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Bingo Players’ Charter Protects Rights of Bingo Players Online
Bingo VG, a new bingo portal dedicated to protecting the rights of bingo players online, has begun work on a charter that is aimed at holding online bingo operators accountable for providing a fair, fun and player friendly atmosphere to play bingo online. The goal of Bingo VG’s Player’s Charter is to establish and communicate a set of standards that is similar to that which live bingo players receive when playing bingo in a live bingo hall.
The amount of Internet bingo operators has increased exponentially over the last ten years and while online players have far more alternatives as to where they can play online bingo, the rights and best interests of online players are not always taken into consideration. Industry wide, there is entirely too much fine print to read over and players do not always know exactly what they are getting into when signing up to a new bingo site. The online charter moves to make the extensive terms of free play and clearing bonuses more transparent, as well as player friendly and intends to address issues such as wagering requirements, the excessively higher minimum withdrawal restrictions, the practice of overselling bingo tickets, and even freezing online accounts – among other hot button issues. Far too often a player books a big win and they end up with an unpleasant surprise when the discover they are unable to cash out the huge win they booked while playing on either free money or on their bonus money and the charter looks to lessen the likelihood of such an unpleasant surprise and plans to reflect the level of player-friendliness in their bingo reviews.
Holding bingo operators accountable and protecting the players’ best interests are of paramount importance to Bingo VG. In fact, Bingo VG founder & bingo industry insider David Lloyd points out, “For years, I have wanted to make a difference in the shoddy way some bingo sites treat their players. Setting up Bingo VG gave me the perfect opportunity to put this plan into action.”
Definitely worth noting, most online bingo portals avoid talking about the darker sides of bingo play online, in fear of irritating the bingo operators who pay their bills. By addressing the underhanded tactics brought on by bingo operators, as well as establishing a set of best practices, it is the hope of Bingo VG that David is able to make a difference within the industry and that bingo operators consider the player’s best interest.
David comments, “I know numerous bingo operators will attempt to mask their players’ problems by making legal threats to sites that dare air their issues. As far as we are concerned, any site that uses these tactics should take a good look at themselves. If a bingo operator sees a complaint about them that is featured on the site, they should view it as an opportunity to show the world that they can do the right thing and improve their offerings to their players, as opposed to being offended or getting defensive.”
The Online Bingo Players’ Charter is going to be built over the course of the next year. The public’s help is requested to assist in building the charter and it will represent the expectations players have from an online operator. The aim of the charter is to fight off the abuse and neglect that is found from some bingo sites as well as communicate to the bingo operators what players want out of a bingo operator. Those who respect the best interests of their players will be celebrated at Bingo VG, while those failing to meet the charter’s standards will be frowned upon and players will be appropriately warned.
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