The 'inflated balance' thing (if true about Roo, which I don't doubt) isn't new - Stake.com does it too. Stake gives inflated balances to certain streamers and they can only take a fraction of the winnings, but the bigger amounts look better on streams. It's borderline scamming especially considering the fact that people wagering in the 'races' with non-inflated balances are at a clear disadvantage, but hey, if people's withdrawals aren't explicitly being blocked, no one gives a shit...
Yikes, that would be mighty disappointing if true. It's explicitly illegal in a lot of places (e.g. Nevada); and for pretty good reason.
One of the things I really liked about the early days of bitcoin gambling was even in the absence of regulation, the major players were reputation-driven and there was virtually no bullshit and it was clean/honest/transparent. You could even give them your email without fear of being spammed by promo shit, etc.
I guess it's a bit like that batman quote: "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."
It is nice to see you outside of bustabit and bustadice places, I feel like you should be around more often in everywhere. I see you like kind of stamp of approval but also someone wise enough to know every gear that makes the machine work
. I feel like the casino world had to get more ruthless with the amount of competition, that is the problem with all those new stuff.
I mean think about it this way, back in the day we only had just-dice and primedice, and nothing more, they could have done it anyway they want because they were the only off-chain ones, whereas satoshidice was ondice start of dice gaming. Obviously you could be a "hero" in that situation and do everything right by gamblers, because you have no competition at all, but in the end with more competition you have to grow bigger and do a bit more things that bothers but still gets results.
. So yeah, that did work out for me 
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