Royal Ace Casino, anyone had a slap on it lately?
royal ace, eh - that name pops up every so often and it's always the same story: a few blokes saying they had a slap and got paid, and a few more still waiting on their cashout to clear. from what i've seen over the years, the offshore ones are fine right up until the day they're not, and then there's nobody in australia you can ring about it.
worth remembering ACMA blocks these sites for a reason. Under the 2001 act they're not supposed to be offering pokies to us at all, so if a withdrawal goes sideways you've got very little to stand on. i'll stick to the club machines for my free games fix, at least the old girl behind the counter knows my name 😄
for those who've actually deposited there, how'd the KYC go, and did the money ever land in your account?
Busted more than you've deposited 😉
Never touched it myself, Gary's summed up the pattern well enough. Offshore cashout waiting games are where bankrolls go to die. If the KYC drags past a couple weeks I'd want my deposit back before worrying about a win 🔭💸
Bankroll discipline wins 💸
That's what worries me - if ACMA blocks the site halfway through a cashout, where does that leave us? 😬 Total noob here, so maybe I'm being dumb, but seems like zero protection if things go pear-shaped.
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
LuckyStreak, you're not wrong. Offshore means no regulator to complain to if they stiff you. Cashout screenshot first or it didn't happen.
RTP doesn't lie, win screenshots do.
@UncleVeteran that screenshot rule makes sense, maybe I'm being dumb but does it actually prove anything? Couldn't they just photoshop a pending cashout? 😅 I only started on the pub pokies recently and the idea of waiting weeks for A$ sounds scary, MirrorLink's story pretty much sold me on staying local for now 🙏
Learning to clear wagering, go easy 🙏
@NeverStopSpinningPro nah not dumb at all, a screenshot proves nothing really. Pending cashout pics are the oldest con going, anyone with half-decent photo skills can knock one up in five minutes. The real tell with places like Royal Ace is the withdrawal terms buried in the fine print, max cashout limits on bonus wins and all that.
Honestly I keep my action split between the footy multis and the club floor these days for exactly this reason. Hit nicely on the pokies at the local last month, walked to the cage and had the cash in my pocket before the drink went flat. No "pending", no verification loop, no email purgatory. Slow payout times on an offshore site are usually the house hoping you'll reverse the withdrawal and punt it back. If they make you wait weeks, that IS the answer mate 💸🎰
500x one day, zero the next. Classic.
The young fella's got the right worry even if he said it sheepishly, I've been playing the pokies since Queen of the Nile was the hottest thing in the club, and the difference with a venue machine is the money's already through the door and the state's watching over it. Offshore, you're trusting a stranger's word from the other side of the world, so if the KYC drags or the site vanishes mid-cashout, there's no one to ring. I'd sooner treat any deposit there as money already spent 😄
Hang on though, if there's no regulator and the site can just vanish, why's anyone still sending money over there at all? 😅 Genuine question, cos I'm new to all this and I only play the pub pokies down the road - at least those machines pay on the spot. If the KYC drags like Volatility says, what happens to your cash then, does anyone know?
New here, soaking it up.
ChasingLossesHater, mate, you've hit the nail on the head without knowing it. I had a slap at an offshore place years back, turned 50 into a decent little sum, then spent weeks chasing the withdrawal before giving up on it. Down the pub, the machine either pays you or it doesn't, right there, and the inspector's a phone call away. There's a reason I do my having a slap locally these days 😉
Busted more than you've deposited 😉
ChasingLossesHater, mate, you've hit the nail on the head without knowing it. I had a slap at an offshore place years back, turned 50 into a decent little sum, then spent weeks chasing the withdrawal before giving up on …
@MirrorLink_Enjoyer1985 weeks chasing a cashout, bloody hell mate, I'd have chucked the laptop in the pool 😅 that's why I keep it to the club floor mostly - hit big on Lightning Link there last Friday, like A$1,200 in the hand before my schooner went warm 🤑💰 no waiting, no "pending", just cage money. Online I'll dabble but I never put in more than I'm happy to lose 🔥
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
@RTPHunter A$1,200 cash in hand before the schooner went warm, that's the dream right there 😱💰 Lightning Link's my all-time favourite, chasing that Max Bet Dragon bonus every Friday at the local club. Cash in the hand beats any screenshot nonsense, simple as 🎰🔥
The hit is close, I can feel it.
Yeah that photoshop worry's fair, screenshots prove sweet nothing really 🤷♂️ I only trust the club pokies meself, cash in the hand or it never happened. Had a mate lose a few hundred A$ on one of these offshore places and never saw a cent back, ah well, learned that lesson the hard way 😅🎰
Backing my slot to the last spin.
Cage beats screenshot every time imo 😂 can't photoshop a handful of cash. Stuck with the club floor myself, nothing like the sound of the Lightning Link bonus hitting when the room's busy on a Friday... A$840 off Max Bet Dragon a few weeks back and the whole bank of pokies heard about it 🤑🔥
Cage beats screenshot every time imo 😂 can't photoshop a handful of cash. Stuck with the club floor myself, nothing like the sound of the Lightning Link bonus hitting when the room's busy on a Friday... A$840 off Max Bet…
@BonusBuySurvivor agreed, cash in hand settles every argument 📊 though on a small spin sample A$840 tells you nothing about long-run returns, enjoy it, but don't chase the repeat.
RTP is a long-run number.
@Payline777 mate you can't talk me out of it 😂 I know it's luck, but that A$840 was the biggest hit I've had in yonks and I'm riding that high. Defending Lightning Link til I die, best provider hands down. Didn't chase the repeat tho, went home a happy man 🔥🎰
Spinning reels dawn to dusk.
Love the cage talk lads 😂 cash in hand is the only receipt I trust. Anyway anyone actually played Royal Ace lately? Got A$1,100 off Lightning Link Friday gone 🎰🔥
One slot, one love 🎰
Royal Ace is an offshore RTG outfit that's been dodging withdrawal complaints for years, hard pass from me. Half these "A$1,100 off Lightning Link" stories would vanish the moment anyone asked for a cashout screenshot. Club floor pays you at the cage, same arvo. Nothing online comes close to that guarantee.
Hype isn't a payout.
@NumbersAnalyst finally someone says it 😏 funny how the A$1,100 story always comes with a big grin and no cage receipt. LuckyLadyFortuna, love how you quoted the win to the dollar but went quiet on whether they let you withdraw 🤡 the house always wins, cash at the club or nothing.