Intercasino - 2001

Here's another memory I found on an old hard drive. When I first started playing poker online, 2001, there was a good casino called Intercasino. Monthly bonuses, paid like clockwork, no problems. They had this great version of video poker, they called it Double Bonus, but you can see by the paytable it was unique. Later, they changed it to standard 9-7 Double Bonus, but at it first it looked like this. I loved that game. Notice it paid 2 coins for 2 pair. Sweet. lol

I liked that casino. Did their monthly bonus most months. Cryptologic software, right? That is typical of the goofy pay tables back in the early days of Internet gambling.

A few casinos online had something called Gold Nugget poker or something like that. The full house played 100 coins. It was close to 104% IIRC. I didnt get much time on it before they took it out.

I was going though some old emails and noticed I played at a casino years ago that's still around. I did the password recovery thing and logged on. TO my surprise I had a significant amount of money in there. I went back and looked at some old records and connected the dots as to why I had forgot about it.

I made a small deposit and played, I did well . Now I have to send them a faxback thing (been procrastinating) and cross my fingers hoping they will pay me. At one time this casino was really solid but it seem like they have since had lots of problems paying people but they are now trying to redeem themselves. I will let everyone know how that goes and what casino it is.

I mentioned this on here before. I was making a killing with intercasino. They allowed a match bonus every month with a smaller playthrough than most.

Quote: GWAE

I mentioned this on here before. I was making a killing with intercasino. They allowed a match bonus every month with a smaller playthrough than most.

IIRC they stopped taking US players. What year were you playing there, I thought they had done this before 2010.

Were they also affiliated with Sun Palace? I think they had the same bonuses and everything.

Quote: bobbartop

Here's another memory I found on an old hard drive. When I first started playing poker online, 2001, there was a good casino called Intercasino. Monthly bonuses, paid like clockwork, no problems. They had this great version of video poker, they called it Double Bonus, but you can see by the paytable it was unique. Later, they changed it to standard 9-7 Double Bonus, but at it first it looked like this. I loved that game. Notice it paid 2 coins for 2 pair. Sweet. lol

Your balance is fairly high for only playing 2 credits. Why no full bets?

I assume you took that screen shot to prove your balance just in case there was a problem? I know I took screenshots consistently just in case.

Quote: AxelWolf

IIRC they stopped taking US players. What year were you playing there, I thought they had done this before 2010.

Were they also affiliated with Sun Palace? I think they had the same bonuses and everything.

Seems they stopped taking US players soon after the dreaded day in 2006. The Port Security Act. One of the few times I have watched C-Span all day.

Intercasino was with Cryptologic, along with Omni, Littlewoods, Sands of the Carribean, a few others. Oh, uh, Kiwi Casino, I forgot them. Crypto handled all the banking matters, not the individual casinos. Made it easy. Boss Media casinos did that too, Web Dollar. Sun Palace was with another group, I can't remember their name right now. I'm pretty sure they were with Playtech, and after the 2006 thing they switched to Real Time Gaming. Oh, there was a 49er Casino, I think they were Crypto, and they went to RTG BEFORE the crackdown.

Quote: AxelWolf

Your balance is fairly high for only playing 2 credits. Why no full bets?

I assume you took that screen shot to prove your balance just in case there was a problem? I know I took screenshots consistently just in case.

That was not my account, not live, I dunno where I got the image, maybe a demo. I've been saving it for years, just to remember the paytable.

Quote: bobbartop

I've been saving it for years, just to remember the paytable.

I see it returns 99.94%, with optimal strategy.

Quote: Wizard

I see it returns 99.94%, with optimal strategy.

There was a constant 1/10th% that put it over the 100 mark, hence the "certified" labels.

They had progressive 8-5 JoB in quarters and dollars but they never got over 100%.

If I recall correctly, you could play off a bonus with blackjack all the way until the end, even when most others had put restrictions up.

I remember you could just hang out at Crypto. They had casino bonuses AND poker bonuses, and at least four casinos usually participating in the same promos. Intercasino, Littlewoods, Sands, Omni, I could homestead.

At the very beginning when I discovered online play, Crypto's software was a little different, you could switch over to the sports book. Arbitrage was easy. Especially college games. And I don't know diddly about sports, except horses. Eventually Crypto got rid of the sports, but it was always great. And as Henry Hill would say, Now It's All Over.

Quote: AxelWolf

IIRC they stopped taking US players. What year were you playing there, I thought they had done this before 2010.

Were they also affiliated with Sun Palace? I think they had the same bonuses and everything.

If I had to guess it would have been 2002. I remember my computer setup that I used and the house I was in which was 2001-2004

Quote: AxelWolf

IIRC they stopped taking US players. What year were you playing there, I thought they had done this before 2010.

Were they also affiliated with Sun Palace? I think they had the same bonuses and everything.

Three days of trying to remember, and I just now remembered. Sun Palace was with Main Street Group. Four or five casinos, one was Slots Plus, another was Las Vegas USA Casino, and I forget the rest.

Quote: bobbartop

Three days of trying to remember, and I just now remembered. Sun Palace was with Main Street Group. Four or five casinos, one was Slots Plus, another was Las Vegas USA Casino, and I forget the rest.

Would that be the same Las Vegas USA Casino prominently displayed at the bottom of this site?

Quote: AxelWolf

Would that be the same Las Vegas USA Casino prominently displayed at the bottom of this site?

Yes, that would be. Even though I couldn't find the exact phrase "Main Street Group". Maybe they don't call it that anymore. One thing I noticed is that it says it's licensed in Panama. That doesn't inspire me, but I do believe this group is reputable.

I'm speaking out of ignorance, but my gut feeling says a Panama license is just a receipt for a deposit, essentially. I mean, it ain't Nevada, if you know what I mean.