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08-22-2009 , 11:02 AM

#501

Imrahil

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Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 13,626

People who still play on a microgaming site deserve to have their roll stolen as it's obvious the organization is extremely shady.

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08-22-2009 , 11:05 AM

#502

Baglady

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 178

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Originally Posted by bigt2k4

What happened to Eurolinx now? Those players lose all their money too?

I guess that's a question to ask in a couple of years.

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08-22-2009 , 11:17 AM

#503

shiish

adept

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 878

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Originally Posted by Imrahil

People who still play on a microgaming site deserve to have their roll stolen as it's obvious the organization is extremely shady.

+1000000000

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08-22-2009 , 11:33 AM

#504

Imrahil

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Looks like they are just going to start shutting sites down then stealing the players' money.

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08-22-2009 , 11:44 AM

#505

mephisto

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5,372

Can't say that we didn't warn the masses. I remember invading 2+2 eurolinx threads and told the people not to play there because its unsafe. About a year ago a few of us posted terrible reviews on microgaming at pokerscout. People simply don't listen. They have no excuse. I wish I was warned about battlefield poker. They had their chance.

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08-22-2009 , 11:56 AM

#506

alexrmM

banned

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 493

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Originally Posted by Imrahil

People who still play on a microgaming site deserve to have their roll stolen as it's obvious the organization is extremely shady.

Some people trust what looks like a legit business and/or are not aware of what's going on with those previous scandals...

You should think a little before saying stuff like that, I lost a good chunk of my whole roll and some people lost big amounts, 100% of their br was there etc....

It's a little too soon for the : "I told you so" , "you should know better" or "whatever, you deserve it"

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08-22-2009 , 12:27 PM

#507

sonplz

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 367

Guys, could you perhaps try not to antagonize the players that have lost money on EL now... we should try and work together with them in either making MGS fall or at the very least try to hurt their business to a point where they might feel inclined to pay BOTH of us off...

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08-25-2009 , 01:06 AM

#508

JorgeNevada

enthusiast

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 90

I play in unibet. Am I in danger of losing all my roll?

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08-25-2009 , 01:49 AM

#509

sonplz

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 367

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Originally Posted by JorgeNevada

I play in unibet. Am I in danger of losing all my roll?

Your money is very likely safe, BUT the right thing to do is probably to withdraw your money and shoot them an email that you wont give them any more of your business until they move to a trustworthy network. Remember, a part of the rake you generate is going to MGS so by playing at unibet or ladbrokes, you kind of keep these crooks afloat...

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08-25-2009 , 01:52 AM

#510

JorgeNevada

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Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 90

I guess our money will never be 100% safe in these poker sites unfortunately.

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08-25-2009 , 02:03 AM

#511

sonplz

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 367

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Originally Posted by JorgeNevada

I guess our money will never be 100% safe in these poker sites unfortunately.

The only thing we can do is oppose their business model and not play on sites that run on MGS software.

There a lot of good poker sites out there, why play on a network that has allowed millions of dollars to be stolen from its players on multiple occasions.

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08-25-2009 , 05:34 AM

#512

limplimplimp

newbie

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 39

I guess our money will never be 100% safe in these poker sites unfortunately.

If you have your money in sites such as Ladbrokes or William Hill it is near enough 100% safe.

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08-27-2009 , 12:19 AM

#513

PeterGhastly

stranger

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2

Is there any reason why the liquidators cannot pay out on the money they have from Tusk.

Why can't we have whats available now and get any extra that is discovered down the line? I'm bored of the line 'we are still realising the assets'.

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08-28-2009 , 12:38 AM

#514

Silvio Peters

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 27

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Originally Posted by limplimplimp

If you have your money in sites such as Ladbrokes or William Hill it is near enough 100% safe.

Why?

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08-28-2009 , 12:50 AM

#515

tankgirl

adept

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,095

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Originally Posted by Silvio Peters

Why?

Because, in the UK at least, they are both well known bookmakers with a large high street prescence irl?

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08-28-2009 , 04:39 AM

#516

Black winter day

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I for one feel extremely happy for the latest Eurolinx news. When we warned the people not to play on Microgaming because the network has stolen our money, the responses were ranging from " i don't care" and " i am just one person, it wouldnt help if i boycott the network" to " i am playing on a safe skin, you should have known better than to play on unsafe skins".

Maybe now people will finally listen AND realise how severe the whole fiasco was and Microgaming will have to pay us out, cause otherwise, since players just kept giving action action to those thieves, Microgaming didn't care about the abandoned players from the Tusk scandals...

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08-28-2009 , 05:13 AM

#517

sonplz

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 367

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Originally Posted by Black winter day

Meh I don't wish what happend to us on anyone... i doubt that the people that got scammed at EL now will ever frequent a MGS skin again, they are in the same boat as us now...

The sad thing is traffic on MG has MAAAYBE gone down 10%, if that... people are still happily playing on ladbrokes, unibet and what not since they feel safe... Noone cares if they are giving MG a cut of their rake...

I really hope people will be more organized this time around. So far I see little of that though.

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08-28-2009 , 05:19 AM

#518

Bulletproof Monk

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i havent read the thread, but purple lounge is safe right now? yes/no

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08-28-2009 , 05:24 AM

#519

sonplz

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Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 367

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Originally Posted by Bulletproof Monk

i havent read the thread, but purple lounge is safe right now? yes/no

lots of people have said, that if they had to predict the next site where this would happen, it would be purple lounge...

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/sh...&postcount=499

i've seen 2-3 other mentions like that of purple lounge in the EL thread as well

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08-28-2009 , 06:08 AM

#520

MinusEV

Giftastic!

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 12,207

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Originally Posted by Silvio Peters

Why?

Ladbrokes has been around since 1800-and-something and is one of the worlds biggest and most solid bookies. If you're not going to trust them with your money, you can't trust anyone.

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08-28-2009 , 07:35 AM

#521

ihatewells

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,377

wow thats sucks if u got ur money scamed. i am glad i dont play there

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08-28-2009 , 07:57 AM

#522

goldenchild123

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 121

Nothing wrong here the players got what they deserve.
There financial fish to begin with.

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08-28-2009 , 07:58 AM

#523

anytwofine

banned

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,772

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Originally Posted by JorgeNevada

I play in unibet. Am I in danger of losing all my roll?

I think Unibet is one of the most reputable microgaming skins. They advertise alot atleast here and have a positive reputation and are a big organisation, unlike some other smalltime skins which I woould never put money on

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08-28-2009 , 08:02 AM

#524

goldenchild123

centurion

Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 121

yeh all the sites keep the $ every1 deposits they are angels.
Man this thread was a laugh.

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08-28-2009 , 09:12 AM

#525

acethiest

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,902

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Originally Posted by sonplz

If you look at the original internet poker thread I remember the pur5ple lounge rep gave us some false information early on. Something like MGS would bail us out for sure, or something to that nature.

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