At Last Starluck Online Casino is Paying Off!

Although many might interpret three whopping betting video poker Royal Straight Flushes in a period of only three weeks which occurred earlier this year, as being the sign of a truly lucky Internet gambler, indeed for one online casino player rather than that, it was the start of anxious months of stress while the online casino took its time in meeting that most essential of all casino obligations - paying off the player.

Even though in reality those three Royal Straight Flushes brought the player $736,407.00, after several weeks he had received only $26 000 and this was despite having already requested full payment on at least two occasions. Suffering from a cash shortage was not the problem since Starluck is a successful and well established online casino which is owned by a major, London-listed online gambling group that also operates Partypoker, considered as being the worlds largest poker card room.

Starluck Online Casino which operates as a part of a multi-billion dollar Party Gaming group, subjected the player to no fewer than 3 separate and distinct "investigations". Then claiming that it had not acquired the player's documents, the casino stalled, and this was despite the fact that those documents had already been sent three times without problems.

When the winning but frustrated player decided to make contact with a mediator on the gaming message boards, the real breakthrough came. The mediator took the case on several weeks later. He discovered that the casino was extraordinarily uncommunicative about the entire affair, without doubt passing up a grand chance to produce some major PR regarding the event.

While discussing the situation, the mediator, who is himself a extremely experienced gambler, said that he had never heard of anything even remotely close to what was happening in his eight years of internet wagering.

The fortunate gambler begun with a $5,000.00 wire transfer deposit, expressly deciding to avoid any bonus offers in order to steer clear of allowing the casino any reasons for disputes and delays if he did in fact win. Following his hitting the first Royal he had accumulated an account balance of approximately a quarter of a million dollars.  Therefore, from that point on he had sufficient financial power to continue on at the $500 a hand level, which resulting in his hitting two more Royals.

The Starluck Online Casino player was finally paid in full several months following the event. This delay however, has left a bitter taste with regard to the many gamblers who have been following the news releases that have been detailing the player’s progress, on popular message boards. In addition to this, Starluck has actually squandered what would have been a brilliant opportunity for making a positive name for itself.

Sometimes it would appear, Online gambling can be a strange world.

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