Simon’s Big Dollar Casino Review – Scam Alert

Big Dollar Casino is a small, neglected online casino ,which accepts US players (illegally, details below at the licensing section) and credit cards (by working with the shadiest, least trustworthy payment processors, because they officially shouldn’t be able to accept credit cards from the US, details are below, at the withdrawal and deposit options section).

It is part of the infamous and known scammer Genesys Club (owned by Genesys Technologies N.V., or sometimes they hide behind their shell company Ardway Limited, both registered in offshore tax havens for tax evasion purposes).

You should avoid this casino, and other casinos of the group at all cost! They are known to be stealing money from players and affiliate partners. And they also engage in all sorts of other illegal and unethical activity, which you can read about below, in the detailed analysis of the rouge digital gambling platform.

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Big Dollar Casino licence: They have a Curacao license (you can check the licence here).

Curacao licenses are among the worse, more shady gambling licenses.

They are known to openly harbour criminal online casinos (e.g.: like all of the Genesys Technologies N.V. casinos), who openly accept US players, even though the country claims publicly that they don’t allow their license holders to do such things*.

/Comment: Both the EU and the Netherlands are pressuring them to abide by the international rules and laws**, they of course don’t, because they get too much money from these criminal gambling sites. Not to mention, all of these Caribbean offshore tax havens are disgustingly corrupt places, where much of the dirty money of the world is kept, and they are routinely used for tax evasion and money laundering./

About 90% of the Curacao licensed online platforms, including Big Dollar Casino does accept players from the USA, illegally. It’s actually best to avoid any of the Curacao licensed casinos pretty much.

/Comment: But I have to admit, not all of the Curaçao licensed online gambling platforms are bad. But quite a lot of them are./

They also accept credit cards from US players, which is also illegal (due to anti money laundering laws, international laws, and political pressure from the USA), and the country of Curaçao publicly stated that such behaviour among licensees is not tolerated.

Regardless, they have been doing it at least since 2013, which is a good indication as to what sort of company this is.

And the USA is not the only country they accept players from illegally, that would be a long list.

UPDATE 2021: If this wasn’t enough, Curaçao was implicated in the worst and biggest online gambling data leak in the world, when the details of 108 million wagers were exposed online. Attached to these exposed bets were such vital private info as:

• real names of players
• residential address details
• e-mail addresses
• phone numbers
• details about date of birth
• user names at the different sites
• and most importantly and worryingly: information about the credit card used

 

Sources:

*European Gaming: Curaçao to Tighten Gambling Licensing Rules

**Malta Today – Curaçao pressured to introduce gambling regulations

***Curacao Online Gambling Data Leak

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Genesys Club Casinos: The other casinos of this scammer group are: Lucky Creek, Lotus Asia, Treasure Mile, Mandarin Palace, Black Lotus, make sure to avoid them as well, same company owns them, same customer support (or lack thereof), same affiliate program, same games.

 

Not all of the casinos of this rouge network have dedicated reviews on this site (I only reviewed the bigger ones of the group), the other low quality scam platforms of this group are:

• www.lakepalace.com
• www.bellavegas.com
• www.casinograndbay.com
• www.betlakepalace.com
• www.jupiterclub.com
• www.treasuremile.com
• www.jackpotwheel.com
• www.betcasinograndbay.com
• www.betjupiterclub.com
• www.betbellavegas.com
• www.jumbabet.com

 

Avoid all of them.

Additionally, sometimes they hide behind the following programs and shell companies:

• Top Refer Affiliates
• Lotus Affiliates
• Ultimaterevenue
• Ardway Limited
• Genesys Technologies

 

 

Conclusion:

If you don’t have the time to read the full review below, just read this short summary: PLEASE AVOID THIS CASINO AT ALL COST! AND ALL THE OTHER GENESYS CASINOS! They started to scam and steal money from their players, and affiliate partners. /Instead of this online casino, I wholeheartedly recommend the following gambling platform (click to see). They have significantly more games, and they have sports betting and poker too. And they are not involved in any scandals. And they have been around for 15+ years. It’s currently the best rated US player accepting online casino on this site. And it is my current personal favourite US casino as well./

 

 

Big Dollar Scam

Before we get to the review, I have to deduct -20 points for them stealing money from me, and other players. And because of this, the review below is just symbolic (but I tried to be as objective as I can, despite the theft).

Under no circumstances should you trust this criminal casino group with sensitive information, credit card number, passwords, etc…. They will abuse it! And if you look around online (past the first page, because that is full of their fake, paid casino reviews) you can find plenty of cautionary tales.

A quick Google search for “Big Dollar scam”, “Big Dollar casino didn’t pay me” or “Genesys casino affiliate scam” or “genesys casinos group doesn’t pay affiliate commission” will quickly reveal other similar horror stories from both players and affiliate partners, who were scammed by Genesys and their casinos.

 

Scam: -20 points

 

Big Dollar online casino review

The review of big dollar mobile casino consist of the following sections (click on the links below to jump to that section):

• Big dollar list of restricted countries, registration process
• Big dollar games selection
• Big dollar deposit and withdrawal options and other payment methods
• Big dollar uniqueness
• big dollar’s rating

 

1., Who can play: The most important thing for a player in a new casino is whether you can actually play or not, so here is the list of all the countries not accepted at Big Dollar Casino.

Let’s determine whether you can actually play at the casino at all, before you read any further.

/Clarification: The country of your residence, your official address, what’s on your ID card (or address card if it’s a separate thing in your country) is what you should be checking, not your current residence.

Example: If you are from the UK, and you currently temporarily reside in the Australia, you can still play, even though Australian players are not accepted at this particular casino.

This is really important, because if you win, they will ask for your ID and/or address card to make sure you are who you said you are on the registration form.

And they will check the address on your ID, if it’s not the same as what you put down during registration they will instantly perma-ban you.

And all your winnings will be confiscated, no matter how much you won! Be careful!/

 

 

It’s a short list, they accept players from many countries. Therefore, they get +1 points for accepting players from many different countries.

I added a “?” at United Kingdom and United States.

Clearly, you can register and play from the states, or the UK, it’s one of the selling points of the casino. They are always described as a casino accepting US players on every gambling blog or casino review site.

And if you check the registration form you can select both the UK and US as your country when trying to register.

That’s not a mistake in the terms & conditions (that’s where the list of the countries not accepted is) it’s intentional. They are trying to hide the fact that they accept people illegally from the UK and the USA, -2 points. And I wouldn’t be surprised if it would cost them quite a lot in a lawsuit, down the line.

Just like all the other casinos of this network, Big Dollar Casino aggressively tries to push the registration form in your face, it’s unnecessarily agressive. I can’t check out the games, no demo mode, can’t read the details of promotions, almost everything on the website is hidden behind the registration form, -1 point.

 

Summary:

Accessibility, number of countries accepted: +1
Issues with the terms and conditions: -2
Aggressively pushing registration: -1

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Total: -2

 

2., Games: The second most important thing to players is the number, and also the quality of the games.

Big Dollar Casino works with Saucify (above average software developer) Betsoft (average, below average games), Genii (below average and some bad games) and Rival (below average and bad games).

It’s a mixed bag, but there are some good games there. Because the best software developer companies don’t work with US casinos, this is still an above average quality selection for a US casino. However, the amount is very low, only around 200 games, mostly slots, table games, no poker, no classic casino games, no live dealers, no sports betting. This is just simply not enough nowadays, -1 point.

 

 

Most of these games are available on the mobile version as well.

Games: -1 point

 

3., Deposit and withdrawal options: The third most important thing to a player are the deposit and withdrawal options.

To deposit money the following options are available:

• Credit cards
• Skrill
• Neteller
• Ecocard
• Bitcoin

 

Big Dollar Casino accepts credit cards as well! Which is great for US players, because due to legal reasons credit card companies refuse to deal with the overwhelming majority of US casinos. This is one of the few exceptions.

UPDATE 2021: They are actually not an exception, they accept credit card from the US illegally and by working with shady payment processors, -2 points. This is illegal and they could be sued for it, and this should be brought to the attention of the EU, the Dutch government and the WTO.

They accept bitcoin, +1 point.

However! These were only for depositing money, for withdrawing money you only have the following options:

• Skrill
• Ecocard
• Bitcoin
• Neteller
• Cheque

 

They don’t accept credit cards, Skrill, Ecocard when it comes to withdrawals, -1 point.

It’s definitely an inconvenience that they don’t just send your winnings to your credit card, the same card you used to deposit money, but that’s the law. Payment processors are independent third party legal entities and it’s really strictly regulated, international transactions especially.

Another big issue is that the minimum withdrawal amount is $150, which seems excessive, -1 point.

 

Summary:

Illegally accepts credit cards from the US by working with shady payment processors: -2 points

Cryptocurrency accepted: +1

High minimum withdrawal amount: -1

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Total: -1

 

4., Uniqueness: And the last one I think we all are looking for in an online casino is innovation, unique and interesting new online gambling games and features. Anything that makes you “Wow, that’s amazing.”.

Does Big Dollar Casino have the so called ‘wow-factor’?

No, it’s a small, boring, forgettable digital casino. Nothing unique here.

 

Innovation, interesting, unique features/games: 0, none

 

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The following are less important optional factors, but still contribute to the total score:

 

-Live support chat: The casino has live chat support, 24/7. +1.

 

–VIP, loyalty program: They have a very detailed, extensive loyalty program called the Lotus Player Club, it has 4 tiers and all the casinos of this group are part of it.

However, all bonuses earned from the Player Club have wagering requirements of 40x or more, which makes it impossible to win any money, and it is designed to make players lose money.

Not to mention, it’s a hassle to keep track of the playthrough limitations.

 

-Mobile compatibility: The casino is mobile compatible, most of their games work on mobile devices.

 

-Other reviews: It’s always important to check what others say about a casino, to make sure it’s not a scam and Big Dolar Casino has very few reviews, but the few out there are usually bad ranging from 1/10 to 6/10. The 1/10 reviews are especially worrying.

In those reviews, players claim that they never got paid (I can attest to this, it’s true).

According to player testimonials, even if you get your winnings, it takes months. Even if it’s as little as a $1000.

The casino has a very bad reputation, -1 point.

 

-Casino bonuses: Big Dollar, just like the other casinos of this group, has really bad bonuses for new players, usually 40x wagering requirement or more (anything above 30x is considered a bad bonus), -1 point.

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Total score: Big Dollar Casino gets 0/10, 0/5 stars, it’s a scam casino that is stealing money from their players and affiliate partners, avoid it, and stop playing at this gambling site as soon as possible.

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Last updated: 2021-08-02

 

Miscellaneous other info about the company, in case you need to contact them:

Official name: Ardway Limited,  using the gaming license of its holding company Genesys Technology N.V.
Encryption: 128-bit SSL
Live Chat: 24/7
Head Office: DSLR Suite 413, Ftieh Street, Birkirkara Bypass, BKR2940 Birkirkara, Malta
Licence: Curacao
Phone: no phone number, just email
IT-Security: COMODO
Self Exclusion: Available
Email: info@ardway.com but use the contact form on the website instead, better, faster response
RTP Analysis: eCOGRA
Anti Money Laundering: ID-Check Required

 

 

Last Updated on 2021-08-02 by Simon