We are going to announce the results of the tournament during the day today, as some of the results were sent to Support email. Most likely for the privacy purposes, but we are counting them all, because the tournament was promoted only on Bitcointalk, and people who participated have to get equal chances.
Thanks all for participation, further tournaments will be more heavily voiced to attract more players and support the spirit of the big and exciting tournament.
First of all, I appreciate the interest showed to our brand. And yes you are right, from the compliance point of view, the license is comparably easy to obtain. However, that are rumors that the Curacao is "does not care authority and regulator", of cause these rumors are strong as they are supported here and there by those who never obtained any licenses for the casino.
The license is needed to get good games, good, fast and legal payment providers, that may help customers not only get their payments fast and secure(both incoming and outgoing) but also be able to show their payments as legal, in the strict jurisdictions. Because it matters, whom you got the money from and if it is non-regulated casino(non-licensed) believe me in some jurisdictions the one withdrawing from such a casino may be in trouble.
P.S. I personally know casinos who failed to pay holding the licenses you call decent, as MGA, UK, Romanian, they were not punished by regulators, because formally they were right. So, my idea is license doesn't really protect customers, license protects payout, making them good-looking for banks, and payment systems of customers, license do protect games, allowing casino to buy legal content, and great original games, license protects name of the casino, because the one who invested in license wants casino to gain reputation.
What protects customers - the brand reputation.
And the license helps here a lot. Especially Curacao license, because those who obtain it, want to grow, and want to be nice. Yes, we are small, but go extra mile to make customers happy. We strive to grow and to be legal, those big strive to remain there, don't make an extra effort to grow.
The one may have (so-called cool) MGA and UK license, and by having a weird T&C, and cool lawyer(or even legal department) the one may avoid paying winnings to the players, circumventing the T&C here and there to make no-pay action, looking legal and straightforward.
We are good to our esteem customers, working hard to make their time fun and pay their winnings, provided they are honest customers, and non-abusing our bonuses, and system.