Recent content by conker

Industry claim is staff training and database issues. Reality is enforcement costs money and reduces revenue so there's no incentive

Self exclusion enforcement difficult in physical venues without mandatory ID checks. Online much easier to enforce. But yes 7% efficacy rate s terrific

The UKGC's rationale is harm prevention and protecting problem gamblers from financial damage. But there's acknowledgment even within regulatory discussions that this likely pushes casual players to offshore sites. Tension between protecting vulnerable people and keeping players in regulated...

Surely smart choice - dont play these games.

Even if you play carefully, the house edge combined with wagering requirements creates a math trap. You'd need perfect luck just to break even on the cashback itself. Better approach is withdraw the rest or find a casino with better terms if you wanna keep playing. BitStarz is decent but these...

china attitude to gambling is weird though. hate it internally but happy to let macau rake in billions from it probably cos macau generates massive tax revenue that benefits beijing indirectly

feel i need to praise them as they filled niche that most providers abandoned. if you want simple reliable slots without bells and whistles theyre here for you. dont expect them to be what they aren't ok

tbh youll probably have more options living in finland than you did in uk. no merchant blocking and banks dont seem to care about gambling transactions. just the tax situation might change in few years when they get the new system running

btw i heard TOTO and a couple others stoped taking new players from certain regions, but not sure if related tbh

makes sense cos esports bettors usually actually play the games so they understand mechanics better. like i been playing cs for 10+ years so i know which teams good on which maps, player roles, economic rounds etc. gives me edge over bookies who just set odds based on basic stats

wonder if AI will shake things up? some sites starting to experiment with AI dealers, personalized game recommendations, automated customer support so might create new differentiation opportunities if done right... right?

minor impact on bitcoin prob but could hurt some smaller gamblin-focus tokens. most crypto demand is investment/speculation not gamblin anyways

wonder if vpns will still work around this? or if google detects your actual location anyway. might not matter much for dedicated gamblers but will definitely hurt casual discovery

which sites have closed? been getting paranoid about smaller operators lately the levy calculatoin is insane - basically punishes anyone trying to compete with bet365/flutter

the enforcement is inconsistent anyway loads of channels still promoting dodgy sites through "codes" and affiliate links youtube can barely handle copyright strikes properly doubt they'll catch gambling violations