LCB Uncovers Fake Games at Four Crowns Casino

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October 3rd, 2019
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Neverending stories should be about a once-upon-a-time journey, heroes, beauty, love, conquests, even fantasy and magic, or whatever storytellers and audience deem worthy of not having an end.

But NO.

When it comes to some iGaming operators, the only neverending stories we hear are those of fake games, dubious licenses, playing waters crawling with online pirates, disregardful practices, blacklisted fortresses and probationary islands in the realm of unfairness for players’ safety.

Concomitantly, there are also exposing storytellers in the online gambling world which tend to report such inconspicuous, yet flagrant attempts whenever possible.

Sadly, monsters in some stories usually have to devour a few unassuming and unsuspicious punters first, before exposures can take place.

The good news is that these guardian reporters consider only one kind of story as neverending — the one that keeps on going until there are no more rogue stories to tell.

Unfortunately…

…today we have yet another one for you.

It’s about Four Crowns Casino (4Crowns Casino) and their fake Novomatic, NetEnt, IGT, EGT, Aristocrat, and Merkur games offered to players from the Netherlands.

Well-Known Settings

As is the case with any narrative arc, a story should start with the exposition, setting the table for new places, characters, and mood the reader is about to meet and greet.

But, there’s nothing new in Four Crowns Casino story: it’s déjà vu all over again.

It happens in the Curaçao jurisdiction. 4Crowns’ license might have been issued by one of four master license holders — Antillephone (8048/JAZ), CIL (5536/JAZ), Cyberluck (1668/JAZ), or Gaming (365/JAZ) — but it’s essentially a mystery because there’s no validation seal of approval on the casino’s website.

Even if you visit this casino from Portugal, Germany, the Netherlands, or the United Kingdom, the seal of approval is still missing. [Don’t give us the look: yes, we tried; we told you it’s a neverending story for us.]

Thus, the main character might be or might not be licensed, who knows!

But, there’s no suspense or uncertainty at play here. See, even if it was licensed, grieving players could not enjoy a fair or good-minded mediation by the regulator, since Curaçao master license holders are notoriously difficult to reach.

Any hopes of having CIGA (Curaçao Internet Gaming Association) arriving in a manner of true online cavalry would be melted like wax on the warm Caribbean sun: they just don’t do that.

So, yup — the story mood is gloomy.

Rising Action and Story Wrinkles

Now, since we already have an inciting incident (fake games), surely there is a way to develop relationships between characters, and escalate the conflict in this story?

Of course! Enter 4Crown Terms and Conditions.

In a true manner of a generic, 6,468-word document picked up somewhere, T&C has remnants of another casino name that somehow survived powerful Find-and-Replace forces of, assumingly, Microsoft Word.

So, if you’re into originality in this chapter — we’re going to have to disappoint you.

But hey, you still got plenty of action in T&C!

For instance, you’re visiting “at your sole option, discretion and risk,” but “we do not warrant the legality of your participation,” although you’re free to “consult legal counsel in the applicable jurisdiction if you have any doubts about legality.”

[Which jurisdiction? Please, be patient.]

But, if you sit in front of your screen in Israel, the United States, South Africa, Italy, Denmark, France, Spain, Bulgaria, Belgium, Singapore, you probably never heard of this casino since they won’t accept you as a player.

[Wait, haven’t we just visited this casino with the U.S. IP address? Yes, we did. So how…? What are you, deaf or blind? It’s a mystery!]

Speaking of countries.

Since “you expressly represent, warrant, covenant and agree you have verified that it is entirely legal for you to make use of online gaming facilities in your jurisdiction,” — now you see which jurisdiction; it’s yours! — “and [that] there are no legal or other restrictions that would prevent or prohibit your participation,” apparently it’s quite OK for 4Crowns to target the Netherlands players.

Legal trivialities such as ‘strict ban on online gambling’ in the country and the Netherlands Gambling Authority expectations for the Remote Gambling Act to kick in no sooner than July 1, 2020 — so that the market can be open from January 1, 2021 — seems to be just a tiny fly in the online ointment of this casino.

[If you think someone might be breaking the law here, you’re right! But according to 4Crown T&C — it’s you!]

However…

…they do employ “sophisticated proprietary technology intended to seek out and identify users making fraudulent or unlawful use,” of the casino! So, if you by some chance get any “viruses or other code that may contaminate or destroy your mobile phone, system, or data,” well—you guessed it, it’s again on you!

If you’re not amped enough, let’s just put a cherry on top: naturally, no warranties or liabilities whatsoever.

Don’t You Just Hate When the Climax is Fake?

So, as our new and unassuming punter enters4Crowns from mobile or desktop device, facing simple yet visually striking lobby — probably being enticed by no less than $6,563 (€6,000) Welcome Package, as stated in T&C — the inciting incident kicks in instantly for those who know what to look for.

But for those who don’t, the incident occurs forcefully only after they play any of fake Novomatic, NetEnt, IGT, EGT, Aristocrat, and Merkur games.

Accordingly, the story tone changes.

We have underlined for to many times that “online casinos licensed by Curaçao cannot offer Novomatic or Aristocrat software,” to anyone.

What’s additionally alarming in this particular case, is that 4Crowns offer games that are not (yet) available online to Dutch players, which automatically means they’re fake. Also, official Novomatic slots cannot be played from the Netherlands.

Furthermore…

…sustained investigation by our moderators indicates that 4Crowns has been offering decommissioned NetEnt slots including When Pigs Fly, South Park: Reel Chaos, and Aliens. This means games have been taken out of official NetEnt servers; if you’re playing them anywhere, you’re playing the fake ones.

Finally, the findings of our engineers and games’ content managers conclude that this casino uses casinomodules.co and gradx.pro domains, verified to be fake.

Fake Aristocrat game at 4Crowns Casino

Fake NetEnt game at 4Crowns Casino

Fake Novomatic game at 4Crowns Casino

Why is this so important?

The original, proprietary slots are always offered from a strictly controlled game providers’ servers verified by independent experts. They certify that a slot works properly and fairly and that the payout you see at the casino’s website is factually correct.

Whenever you play fake games, you don’t have any certainties when it comes to the game outcome. Compound this with all we’ve said thus far in this story, and the notion of no man’s land where our beloved punter ends up emerges.

Action Subsides, Resolution Emerges

Of course, as in any story, what goes up must go down. So, as we close down on 4Crowns’ dubious business practice, one question — a subplot, if you will — remains:

What can YOU do to avoid ending up stranded in the piracy ocean?

Well, if you play a game run on Flash, you can click on the right mouse button and select Settings where you can see the details about the server. In other instances, when you play a game in your browser, you can click on the same button and select Inspect; you’ll get the same window as our snapshots show where you can easily spot the server’s name.

By checking our other Rogue Reports you can see other fake servers our engineers unearthed thus far.

Also, you can repeat the whole process while playing at verified casinos—those that for a fact have original games —and write down the names of legitimate servers of your favorite game providers.

That way, in time, you’ll have your list of servers and whenever you see the game you’d like to play, do your diligence and check the games’ validity.

Because…

…at the end of the day, the story of unscrupulous people ready to do whatever is needed to take your money away is neverending. It’s one thing to lose in the casino, but it’s a completely different thing to be robbed.

There’s no mystery here. Such people will never cease to exist.

What you can do is:

Make good use of your knowledge, prudence, discipline, and responsibility in gambling as your own neverending story.

As far as we go, until the last zeroes and ones of the code that writes fake games and pirated software exist, we shall be writing these stories. Hopefully, one day, there will be no more to tell.

But until then, we will keep searching, investigating, and reporting back to you never-endingly.

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