I am 30 year old male. I do not gamble much. I am actually a smart man and earned all my money hard way with honesty. I had all my money saved for last 2 years. I was in puerto plata and was visiting sosua to meet a guy friend who flew from Miami. We were checking out the places and I was invited to play with free 2 coins at progressive roulette at grand bay casino sosua. Because it was free, I got involved.
There have been multiple reports on this fraudulent game. And how many have lost huge money in matter of less than an hour. I did not know this before.
The purpose of the game is to get 100 points which you will never get. In matter of few minutes, I reached 90 which was fraudulent(doesnt matter what numbers are actually thrown, dealer will falsely read it to high numbers at 70 or 80.and cameras won't catch it because the balls are small. Now because its in your favor, you dont question him and think you are very lucky. this is where he will gain your confidence. and within 3 rounds, you are 90 and all you need now is 10 points to win jack pot. but you actually never got those points.. )I was repeatedly told to play the game. And that I will win 800 000 dollars. By next few minutes, I reached 99 and I got stuck there. They started using my debit card repeatedly and ultimate i shed out 43 000 dollars. Ya screw me. It only doubled the bet and the cash price. Now i realized there was something wrong. so i started counting balls and numbers and it was too late then. i checked the machine and see if he was manupulating it. Nope.. the basic psyhcology in this game is the combination numbers are designed in a way that it will not hit 100. you will only be hitting the numbers which will double the bet or get 10-1000 dollars. but you cant quit the game until you hit 100 or else you loose all the money. It was totally a mind game. It has to do with how human psychology works. I am a psychologist and he screwed me.. Ha ha funny. Funny how I earned the degree. Shame on me, real shame.. I have no reason to practice psychology anymore. I am giving it up for good.
I realized by this time it was fraudulent. They told me that they will keep the casino open extra 24 hours just for me. They offered free drinks. They told me to give them good tip when I win and that their children will be happy with just new pair of shoes. . They said once i win then all my debit charges will be cancelled. They said guys in punta Cana have won millions in this game. They said it would be foolish to quit at this point that I have earned 99 in 45 min.. And that casino wants me to quit but that I shouldn't, they said i should call my friends and family if I run out of money. I just looked around at the dead casino with 4 walls. My buddy sitting with me was isolated and told to not give me any advise and that I am playing an intelligent game.. Casino told me that I should send my friend out or not trust him because of so much money that I will win. I told them its ok and I trust him. They asked me where I live so that I will be given extra security once I win such big money. They got my phone number.. They asked me to sign on 30 different documents which included debit card charges, some hand written charges. My buddy asked me if I really thought casino would pay us 800 000 even if I win? I cannot imagine the casino had more than 1000 dollars with them at that time.. I asked them and they said because it was so much money, they will pay 50 000 dollars in hand and rest will be wire transferred or through a cheque. Now they knew i was suspicious and my safety was questioned. But all signatures were completed by that time.
They ultimately froze the game. And said i should play tomorrow and make arrangement for more money as I will win.. Stupid me. I went home and read online reports. I realized that I was just robbed 43 grand.. They asked me where I lived, my number.... I quickly checked out into some far remote hotel.. I threw my phone.. I called my bank to see if I can block the money transfer.. I couldn't because of some federal law.. I told the bank that I was repeatedly threatened to use my card.. My safety was in question. I called the airlines to prepone my flight to the earliest next available so that I can fly out. I flew next morning.
I called the department of casino, finance Dominican Republic to file a complaint. People there seem to be understanding and very helpful. But they asked me to come to Dominican Republic Santa Domingo to file a complaint. Without this they can't do anything. I would want to go there and see if this games can be blocked. I have no hope of getting back any money but I hope other tourists dont get ripped off like I did.
I called the casino and said i am filing complaints. And that its not right thing to do to take money from someone who has genuinely earned. They asked where i was. LOL. They cared less and told me to go ahead and file a complaint.. They said casino pays taxes and has 1000 of complaints which they hardly care. They said that they have it on camera on how excited I was and that I enjoyed the glamor.They said case will run in years and ultimately won't do anything.
While I was flying back, I googled the best lawyer and called him.. He asked me to put down 1000 dollars down payment for him to investigate. He also said that if I get any money back, he will keep 30 percent.
I called office of casino back again and said that I lost the money.. I have very less hope of getting back. I told them that if I could recover the money, I will donate more than half of it to charity so that it will atleast go in good hands. They seemed to be impressed and asked me to come and file a complaint.
If you look at us govt travel website on DR, it warns you to not play progressive roulette or Kano.. I was not aware of them earlier. I was scammed big time. I am just lucky that I am alive. My safety was in question.. I read reports saying how other people were actually threatened and were not be able to leave the casino.. Other who complained to Casino were thrown out...
I will be happy to file a case and try my best to atleast stop such games so that innocent people don't get taken advantage of.. If anybody has gone through what I have, please suggest what I do.. For others please be cautious.. Do not enter casino in third world countries.. You will be dragged into a game where you have zero chance of winning.. And then your safety is also in question..
I have tried every possible way to get money back but all in vain..I am still in shock. Money i lost is huge and was earned hard way. The game is incredibly falsely designed. It's fraudulent. It's all about gaining confidence from players and then manipulating their innocence, trust.
There have been multiple reports on this fraudulent game. And how many have lost huge money in matter of less than an hour. I did not know this before.
The purpose of the game is to get 100 points which you will never get. In matter of few minutes, I reached 90 which was fraudulent(doesnt matter what numbers are actually thrown, dealer will falsely read it to high numbers at 70 or 80.and cameras won't catch it because the balls are small. Now because its in your favor, you dont question him and think you are very lucky. this is where he will gain your confidence. and within 3 rounds, you are 90 and all you need now is 10 points to win jack pot. but you actually never got those points.. )I was repeatedly told to play the game. And that I will win 800 000 dollars. By next few minutes, I reached 99 and I got stuck there. They started using my debit card repeatedly and ultimate i shed out 43 000 dollars. Ya screw me. It only doubled the bet and the cash price. Now i realized there was something wrong. so i started counting balls and numbers and it was too late then. i checked the machine and see if he was manupulating it. Nope.. the basic psyhcology in this game is the combination numbers are designed in a way that it will not hit 100. you will only be hitting the numbers which will double the bet or get 10-1000 dollars. but you cant quit the game until you hit 100 or else you loose all the money. It was totally a mind game. It has to do with how human psychology works. I am a psychologist and he screwed me.. Ha ha funny. Funny how I earned the degree. Shame on me, real shame.. I have no reason to practice psychology anymore. I am giving it up for good.
I realized by this time it was fraudulent. They told me that they will keep the casino open extra 24 hours just for me. They offered free drinks. They told me to give them good tip when I win and that their children will be happy with just new pair of shoes. . They said once i win then all my debit charges will be cancelled. They said guys in punta Cana have won millions in this game. They said it would be foolish to quit at this point that I have earned 99 in 45 min.. And that casino wants me to quit but that I shouldn't, they said i should call my friends and family if I run out of money. I just looked around at the dead casino with 4 walls. My buddy sitting with me was isolated and told to not give me any advise and that I am playing an intelligent game.. Casino told me that I should send my friend out or not trust him because of so much money that I will win. I told them its ok and I trust him. They asked me where I live so that I will be given extra security once I win such big money. They got my phone number.. They asked me to sign on 30 different documents which included debit card charges, some hand written charges. My buddy asked me if I really thought casino would pay us 800 000 even if I win? I cannot imagine the casino had more than 1000 dollars with them at that time.. I asked them and they said because it was so much money, they will pay 50 000 dollars in hand and rest will be wire transferred or through a cheque. Now they knew i was suspicious and my safety was questioned. But all signatures were completed by that time.
They ultimately froze the game. And said i should play tomorrow and make arrangement for more money as I will win.. Stupid me. I went home and read online reports. I realized that I was just robbed 43 grand.. They asked me where I lived, my number.... I quickly checked out into some far remote hotel.. I threw my phone.. I called my bank to see if I can block the money transfer.. I couldn't because of some federal law.. I told the bank that I was repeatedly threatened to use my card.. My safety was in question. I called the airlines to prepone my flight to the earliest next available so that I can fly out. I flew next morning.
I called the department of casino, finance Dominican Republic to file a complaint. People there seem to be understanding and very helpful. But they asked me to come to Dominican Republic Santa Domingo to file a complaint. Without this they can't do anything. I would want to go there and see if this games can be blocked. I have no hope of getting back any money but I hope other tourists dont get ripped off like I did.
I called the casino and said i am filing complaints. And that its not right thing to do to take money from someone who has genuinely earned. They asked where i was. LOL. They cared less and told me to go ahead and file a complaint.. They said casino pays taxes and has 1000 of complaints which they hardly care. They said that they have it on camera on how excited I was and that I enjoyed the glamor.They said case will run in years and ultimately won't do anything.
While I was flying back, I googled the best lawyer and called him.. He asked me to put down 1000 dollars down payment for him to investigate. He also said that if I get any money back, he will keep 30 percent.
I called office of casino back again and said that I lost the money.. I have very less hope of getting back. I told them that if I could recover the money, I will donate more than half of it to charity so that it will atleast go in good hands. They seemed to be impressed and asked me to come and file a complaint.
If you look at us govt travel website on DR, it warns you to not play progressive roulette or Kano.. I was not aware of them earlier. I was scammed big time. I am just lucky that I am alive. My safety was in question.. I read reports saying how other people were actually threatened and were not be able to leave the casino.. Other who complained to Casino were thrown out...
I will be happy to file a case and try my best to atleast stop such games so that innocent people don't get taken advantage of.. If anybody has gone through what I have, please suggest what I do.. For others please be cautious.. Do not enter casino in third world countries.. You will be dragged into a game where you have zero chance of winning.. And then your safety is also in question..
I have tried every possible way to get money back but all in vain..I am still in shock. Money i lost is huge and was earned hard way. The game is incredibly falsely designed. It's fraudulent. It's all about gaining confidence from players and then manipulating their innocence, trust.
