Thanks Boz,
Even if I had anything useful to contribute here, I'd be disinclined to bother. It's too -ev for even a profitable degenerate to have to put up with some of the shit that gets thrown about here, especially to Shanks lackies. Sometimes funny to watch the infighting though, until the regulars line up together to take a pop at WOV members.
To give something of an answer to Blackhole. The worst time I got stiffed by an online gaff was when they told me I was not going to get the 150 of bonus funds that I'd legitimately squeezed out of their weakness and that I'd get no more bonuses from them in future. I was only mildly irritated after taking that dead easy exploit for about 350 per week over a > 3 month stretch. I wasn't surprised by their turning off the easy money faucet and I just took my business elsewhere. More recently a couple of gaffs have made me jump through hoops to withdraw my winnings. But there were indeed good profits made and no account balances have been 'confiscated' yet. I simply try to ensure that I don't risk ever having a substantial balance at risk by frequent withdrawing of funds. Sometimes I find myself with some exposure, but nothing that I'm uncomfortable with. I'm too lazy to ever pursue my 'rights' through whatever overseas regulators might be in place. Life's too short to fight scumbag organised corporations even when they rob me. I guess it's a bit like the risks of those US players who go into 'Indian' casinos or who play cruise liner games knowing that they might be more likely to get stiffed and have little or no redress. But if those gaffs offer attractive comps or exploits, they get the business.