[beware of sermon]
We all have to evaluate the safety of the poker rooms we deposit money into. It's better to know something about that first than to look for people to blame later.
At one point I thought I made an intelligent decision to move most of my bankroll from various rooms to Neteller: it got frozen for a long time. I did eventually get my money of course. So it is possible to make an informed decision and still be wrong... or at least lose access to your money for a while (which hopefully is the outcome in this case).
Every room and network has a reputation, good or bad. The smallest ones are presumed to be the least safe, and sometimes do disappear ignominiously (e.g Tropical). Public companies (e.g. Party) are presumed to be safer, as they're subject to a lot of scrutiny and we can read their financial statements any time we want. A lot of people think PokerStars is the best of all, despite knowing very little about that private company (though I don't doubt their reputation is deserved). Absolute (which owns UB) is despised by many, but they've always paid (even to those that lost money in the insider cheating scandal).
A lot of the major networks have high reputations (e.g. I consider Crypto and Boss to be reputable). On the other hand, there are a slew of Playtech (which powers iPoker) casinos on Casinomeister's rogue list. Microgaming bailed out failed licensees by setting up players trusts (
InfoPowa reference to that) twice when casinos failed in the past. Ongame, on the other hand, let players hang when skins from a white-label seller went under (
PRR about Futurebet).
There's lots of information about these networks/sites out there. Make an informed decision before putting your money somewhere (and don't keep unnecessary funds there). You could make an informed decision and still end up wrong, but at least make an informed decision to start.
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