I have no doubt it happened, but I wonder how many times they pay out those figures. It seems a huge coincidence it happened to an active poster on a casino forum.

On the one hand, those are the people who play more, so are more likely to hit big, on the other hand, it is a trifle convenient and if it had to happen to someone, then that is the best person it could have happened to from the perspective of the casino, in terms or marketing and getting their money back in the long run...

Like I said, I have no doubt it happened.

If it was me, and I wanted someone to win to get some visibility, and to get vulnerable people chucking in more money, I would choose an active forum member to win big..

But they can't 'choose' who wins, the games are totally and 100% random, by law.

Here's an interesting one, we've caught the Coral and Gala casinos advertising that they're running slots at 96% RTP, but analysis of the network traffic when the slot is loading shows that they're running the 94% maths model, that's a 50% increase in the house edge. This has already been submitted to the UKGC as a formal complaint

Just to catch me up, 96% RTP is over time, for every 100 you pop in, you get 96 of them back?

I didn't watch all of that (natch), but I hadn't realised you were such a "face" on the scene (the bit where he talks about being directed to Degsy's web hovel by Stuart Campbell).

Are you a fruitie influencer?

You dedicated an entire CD-R to Outlook Express??

Slot machines and landlords: I think it's pretty safe to say you couldn't find two more unappealing ingredients for a game, and yet, I'm bewitched. This is a kind of deck-building game, except the deck you're building is made up of the symbols you see on slot machines. You start with a base deck - a cherry, a flower, that kind of thing - and then add a symbol after each spin. The aim is to make enough points/money to pay your rent after a few spins. But the rent price gradually increases, because landlords, therefore you have to find ways to unlock symbol-combos to keep pace.

Monkey symbols, for instance, eat nearby coconut symbols, earning you ooh-ooh-oodles of money, but the coconuts eventually disappear. Flowers, on the other hand, stick around, and they can be improved by nearby rain symbols and lightbulbs. Toddlers, true to form, eat candy and destroy pinatas. There are thieves and bounty hunters, golems and grannies. There are all kinds of symbols. It's quite imaginative. And, yes, I know it's effectively a slot machine, but it's a surprisingly compelling mix. There's a free demo to try, too.

Did everyone go to Lancaster uni?

allowing a customer to open a new account and spend £23,000 in 20 minutes, all without any checks.
failing to conduct any checks and allowing a different customer to open an account and spend £18,000 in 24 hours.
A third customer was able to spend £32,500 over two days, also without any checks.
Due to "ineffective controls" 331 customers were able to gamble with WHG (International) Limited despite having self-excluded themselves
Anti-money laundering failures allowed customers to deposit large sums without appropriate checks. Sums deposited were as high as £70,134, which one customer spent and lost in a month.
Another lost £38,000 in five weeks while a third lost £36,000 in four days.