08/2013 - BEWARE! Sosua Bay Casino
Hi guys,
Two board members who shall remain nameless unless they want to tell their story here were taken for $3,000 US at this incredibly crooked casino two nights ago. This casino allows a progressive Keno game to take place in the casino. If you are not aware of this game, it is a total rip-off with absolutely no way to win. It looks kind of like a roulette wheel with 8 little red balls and a shark spinning and counting the balls very poorly for you I might add. This shyster is smooth as silk and knows exactly what he is doing.
The idea is that you need 100 points to collect the jackpot which can be hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Like they could ever pay that out if someone somehow were to win which as I said, is impossible). They rope you in with a free play token to get you started then as you play, both the pot and your bet double as you try to get to 100 points. Please stay the hell away from this game and Sosua Bay casino. Any casino that allows this type of thing to go on in my books is dishonest so they will never see even one of my pesos.
I personally know the retired American Council here on the north coast. He once told me of a horror story he had to deal with because of this game. Apparently,an American lost $48,000 DOLLARS playing this game. The casino threatened him with bodily harm if he did not pay. They took his passport. The council arranged to get him emergency travel documents so he could take the next plane out of the country. Unfortunately, our friends had to pay the casino.
PLEASE stay away from this scam and Sosua Bay casino. Sosua does have another casino which is at least as fair as a Dominican casino can be.
I am posting this here to advise others about this scam.
Take care and be safe.
Rick
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If you have a gambling addiction...............................the Dominican Republic is the wrong country to visit. Period
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I remember a night way back at Playa Chiquita. I started this Keno thing one night with another member. The dealer was an English speaking guy that was full of vim a vigor....really made you feel like you could win. The trick is, you do win....at the beginning, they make you feel like you are on one lucky heater. We recognized the sign early on and jumped out without losing anything. I could see how a guy, either with a few drink in him or with some peer pressure could get caught up in it. Beware as Rick says....Beware.
Added: I wonder if this is the same guy we dealt? It was about 8 or 9 years ago......
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Has anyone tried "pressing pause" and not letting him add up the numbers and taking the balls away before YOU have added it up?
I remember playing my free token and reaslized very quickly the scam, but always wanted another go to see if I could scam them right back.
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Originally Posted by
Dafishguy
Hi guys,
Two board members who shall remain nameless unless they want to tell their story here were taken for $3,000 US at this incredibly crooked casino two nights ago. This casino allows a progressive Keno game to take place in the casino. If you are not aware of this game, it is a total rip-off with absolutely no way to win. It looks kind of like a roulette wheel with 8 little red balls and a shark spinning and counting the balls very poorly for you I might add. This shyster is smooth as silk and knows exactly what he is doing.
The idea is that you need 100 points to collect the jackpot which can be hundreds of thousands of dollars. (Like they could ever pay that out if someone somehow were to win which as I said, is impossible). They rope you in with a free play token to get you started then as you play, both the pot and your bet double as you try to get to 100 points. Please stay the hell away from this game and Sosua Bay casino. Any casino that allows this type of thing to go on in my books is dishonest so they will never see even one of my pesos.
I personally know the retired American Council here on the north coast. He once told me of a horror story he had to deal with because of this game. Apparently,an American lost $48,000 DOLLARS playing this game. The casino threatened him with bodily harm if he did not pay. They took his passport. The council arranged to get him emergency travel documents so he could take the next plane out of the country. Unfortunately, our friends had to pay the casino.
PLEASE stay away from this scam and Sosua Bay casino. Sosua does have another casino which is at least as fair as a Dominican casino can be.
I am posting this here to advise others about this scam.
Take care and be safe.
Rick
thanks for bringing this up Rick. I am surprised (but not really) that this guy is still in business, he has been reported about on at least 1 other message board. The progressive Keno type games in the Dominican Republic are also listed as a warning on the US governmens travel page (or they used to be).
I know not many people read that (I don't either) but hey, maybe it would be a good idea as part of a fact sheet about Sosua you could give to guests.
My sympathies to the two BM's, it sucks to get taken!
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This game/scam is talked about all over the internet, it's not just in Sosua. There is a long thread about it on DR1.
When I first moved here over 3 years ago, I entered Sosua Bay Casino and they gave me a free play at this game. I paid another fourty bucks or so and saw where this was headed. So I stopped and walked away and that was that. I went and played blackjacks.
How do people such as these 2 board members let themselves get caught up in this? Were they drinking heavily? or did they want to show others that they were high rollers? I don't understand. We are all adults and whether the game is a scam or not, we should have the intelligence to stop. When you walk into a casino you are against the odds, period. If you win, count yourself lucky....and yes it is much worse in any caribbean casino.
So do you blame the casino for this? partly I would say because they know the game is a scam and they let it continue. So all carnivals games in the world should be banned as well, cause we all know we can't knock down those milk cans with 3 balls. People are too quick to blame others for their actions and not accept responsibility. In this case, the two gentleman had the opportunity to walkaway I believe.
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This has been reported on before. There was a guy not too long ago who lost 15k.
I find it difficult to sympathize with anyone who falls for this.
I thought everybody knew...gambling in the Caribbean should be looked at as pure entertainment..look at the flashing lights, balls, cards..waste your $100 and go on with your night.
But nooo these guys are actually trying/hoping to win?!?!..I mean really!?!?
This is the same thing to me as 3 card monty on a street corner in NYC....
You should know better...and if you don't..."you gon learn today". :)
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I played a poker tourney there and I also played in Santo Domingo... Every hand all in O_O I was like WTF! Dudes be smart if you gonna blow your money away blow it away inside some nice chica smh... If these guys are still interested I do have sand in the Desert to sell :rofl:...
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i started playing that game once with the free 5 dollar coupon they were handing out on PC.. i very quickly saw that the guy was adding up the numbers too fast and taking the balls away before you could even see where the balls landed. the holes that the balls fall in have numbers all around them so you dont even know what numbers to look at. i lost my five dollar free coupon and called it quits.
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mrblackluv
This has been reported on before. There was a guy not too long ago who lost 15k.
I find it difficult to sympathize with anyone who falls for this.
I thought everybody knew...gambling in the Caribbean should be looked at as pure entertainment..look at the flashing lights, balls, cards..waste your $100 and go on with your night.
But nooo these guys are actually trying/hoping to win?!?!..I mean really!?!?
This is the same thing to me as 3 card monty on a street corner in NYC....
You should know better...and if you don't..."you gon learn today". :)
I almost ran a scam on the three card monty dude in the UK. It can be done with lookouts lol.
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Don't get this. Why would anybody risk a significant amount in a DR casino?? Why would anybody think a DR casino will be honest.
Next thing you know, some dumb ass will marry a Puta and think she will be loyal.
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Thanks for the post. With more stories like this from Sosua Bay Casino, definitely understand why it does not have a very good reputation. The casino is often a wasteland in the daytime. Gambling is not a great tourist attraction for Sosua.
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dquick
Don't get this. Why would anybody risk a significant amount in a DR casino?? Why would anybody think a DR casino will be honest.
Next thing you know, some dumb ass will marry a Puta and think she will be loyal.
Everyone insert dick sucking photos now!@!!!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: This mutherfucker done let the truth slip out. She was slinging ass in less than 72HRS???!!! Damn was the ink even dry??!!!
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If i am bored, had some dinner and there is nothing poppin off till later on in the night, I stop by to play a few hands of blakjack... I dont want the freebee game they're trying to get everyone to play, so i ignore the free spin or roll bullshit... Im quikly in and out of there when I stay for blackjack... If im up 50 bucks, I cash out and keep it movin
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Shogun Warrior
Everyone insert dick sucking photos now!@!!!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: This mutherfucker done let the truth slip out. She was slinging ass in less than 72HRS???!!! Damn was the ink even dry??!!!
hell that's nothing xmas 05 I picked up a freshly married chica at rockies showing off her wedding pics from the day before:rofl:
as things were slow that holiday season I kept her 3 days and she showed me cabaret and the expensive places to eat shrimp:o:rofl:
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Like a friend of mine shared with me about her new hubby, "I don't love him. I don't even like him, but I have to do what's right for my daughter".
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whynotme
hell that's nothing xmas 05 I picked up a freshly married chica at rockies showing off her wedding pics from the day before:rofl:
as things were slow that holiday season I kept her 3 days and she showed me cabaret and the expensive places to eat shrimp:o:rofl:
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dquick
Don't get this. Why would anybody risk a significant amount in a DR casino?? Why would anybody think a DR casino will be honest.
Next thing you know, some dumb ass will marry a Puta and think she will be loyal.
You need to stop Trash Talking on other board members.... They are "special" and she says she loves him & wants to be a Hausefrau..
so Stop being such a Hater, and let Dudes Play the game they way they wanna play it..
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The Sage
Like a friend of mine shared with me about her new hubby, "I don't love him. I don't even like him, but I have to do what's right for my daughter".
Damn they already learning from these US women
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The Sage
Like a friend of mine shared with me about her new hubby, "I don't love him. I don't even like him, but I have to do what's right for my daughter".
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hugrad95a
Damn they already learning from these US women
U.S. women... and just about every female (of every species) on the planet. It's a biological imperative. Same reason that makes men wanna fuck every nice piece of ass that we see. Perpetuation of the species and all that.
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All these casinos attached to hotels/resorts are owned/management by big gaming company's. All the games are rigged to give the house a edge no matter how small the edge because they believe in volume. These company's live by this motto "you can shear a sheep many times but you can only skin them once"
There is so much money to be made that that don't need to steal.
NOW this sounds like a like the work of greedy management and employees. They should be reported to the casino management. They aren't going to get their money back but at least that management can be aware that casino is ruining their name.
If you think BLB is just thinking like a gringo, yeah sure but the 2 casinos i frequent has done a few interesting things. Last time i was at hotel jaguar several pit bosses are gringos. not expats, they were company men, i can tell by the way they greeted me and how they spoke to me. As the Lina, they have caught and kicked out cheats, shouting out the cheapers on facebook and twitter. Sounds stupid right, think about it, the casino manager tweets/facebook "BLB was cheating at hotel Lina" next time i am at the casino Hispaniola one of the players remembers that message, and shouts me out and management hears me. Why would i say that because thats what i would if i run into those cheaters again. I will go to the manager and say I am leaving because they allow cheaters and i would make heard
Now i have no idea how keno works, i have seen the Dominicans at Hotel Lina holding their keno tickets. Keno has the worse odds but it isn't rigged intently. I dont know how you can go from free to 3k, to 14, 40k in debt without asking. We need more info about the scam