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Grand Reef Casino is blacklisted due to the massive amount of unresolved complaints from players reporting unjustified confiscation of winnings, extremely delayed or completely denied payments, various stalling tactics and total denial of cooperation and players support.

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Grand Reef Casino

Our Rating CasinoRank
1/10
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Player Rating 22 reviews
2.6/10
22 reviews
Complaint Response 125 complaints
4 days avg. 125 complaints
What we like
  • Wide selection of Playtech games
  • 24/7 support available through live chat, phone, or e-mail
  • Strict security standards
  • Proven fair through TST
What we don’t like
  • No instant play client
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Grand Reef Casino Details

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Website
http://www.grandreefcasino.com
Established
2010
Licences
Curacao Gaming Control Board
Affiliate Program
Languages
English
Casino Type
Download, Instant Play, Mobile

Grand Reef Casino hails itself as "Australia and New Zealand's #1 Online Casino". With a sunny and aquatic theme, this should come as no surprise. This is a Playtech casino, meaning that they have one of the largest selections of games you can find. Grand Reef Casino has a license in the jurisdiction of Curacao.

Security and Fairness

Players want to know that they're safe when playing online. To alleviate any fears, Grand Reef Casino has a detailed security system installed on their networks. Any information sent to Grand Reef Casino is encrypted with the latest technology. Furthermore, all data stored on their servers is protected with an ironclad firewall. With precautions like these, Grand Reef Casino is perfectly safe.

Grand Reef Casino is also one of the most trustworthy casinos in terms of game fairness. Even though they use the largest casino software provider in the world, Grand Reef Casino still has TST audit the games for fairness. This monthly report is even available for the general public to see.

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Grand Reef Casino - $967.67 Outstanding Since Nov 2017
I don't even know where to begin or the frustration. My understanding is GRC has been taken over by new management and I was first contacted by them towards the end of last year welcoming Australia/NZ players.

I have been in contact with Schalk VIP Manager ever since and he has been very responsive which is typical for them to behave this way to get new business.

I was assured by him there will be change or reform and they will be nothing like the old GRC as he was aware of the past problems.

I was hesitant to play as I have been a long time member of GRC before new management took over - despite the problems I had with the old GRC they still manage to pay me out despite the long delays.

Anyway it is now Feb 2019, almost March 2019 and yet they have failed to pay me since Nov 2017.

Schalk tried a number of different options below as from what he told me it seems an issue between South Africa > Australia sending payments or restrictions with the bank from his end.

- 1st Attempt, BPAY Payment Nov 2019 = failed, BPAY advised they cannot send money to players only receive them which is highly odd because they have that in the withdrawal method section. Why they have it as a withdrawal method if it does not work is really beyond me.

- 2nd Attempt, Neteller Dec 2019 = failed, was assured by Schalk neteller is the best option for faster payment and he guaranteed me I will get the funds however when he attempted Neteller gave a restriction error message which prevented me getting the funds.

- 3rd Attempt, Bitcon Jan 2019 = failed, at this point I already knew this was similar to the old habits of GRC using stalling tactics again and Bullshitting, Schalk told me to get ready and set up a bitcoin account in Australia and wait for setup on his end. I setup an account and waited 2 weeks and his excuse was he needed to get this right because if incorrectly send we both will lose the money and will not be able to recover it.

I never heard anything back from him again even though I asked the question to him numerous times just simply avoided the question and would say something that was off topic and not related - I already assumed at this point bitcoin was a dead end.

Again they have it as a withdrawal method even though it does not work or has not been setup for Australian players.

- 4th Attempt, Wire Transfer Feb 2019 = In progress, this has been in progress since Jan 2019 and finally finalised the bank wire setup on their end according to their finance team in early Feb 2019. I have submitted the wire transfer withdrawal and now I get a message in progress in pending which shows signs of good news however since the start of Feb 2019 until now which is 3 weeks and going into March 2019 they have made every excuse in the book i.e. technical issues, payments on hold, waiting feedback on back and its the same response week in and week out with no resolved outcome.

I have been in contact with all the staff members via online chat because their toll free number which they claim can be used in Australia does not work and I have raised this with them and nothing was done to fix the ph - so live chat was the only option to communicate with them.

The support staff Samir, Dom, Reagon, Stan and Marina all say the same thing every week with a very bland and vague response with no clear answers. They all said "working on it" and "you will be paid" however the specific question I asked them regarding ETA and timeframes they are unable to reply with a clear response and just say waiting feedback and will get back to you. I do not see how complicated my question was and cannot understand the logic why they cannot answer a simple question. It seems the response they give is very scripted and it is like talking to a robot.

As you can see from above every attempt was a major blockage and there is always something going wrong, I am annoyed that I put a lot of work into setting up Neteller/Bitcoin accounts and they dont work which was a huge waste of my time.

Now from what I can tell it seems South Africa is having some issues sending money to Australia, however from what I was been told by Schalk last year the Ban has been lifted and we can now play but it seems like this is not the case.

They should not be advertising Welcome Back Australian players if none of their payment methods work or have not been fully set up - it seems like a scam/con and I really do not hope this is the case.

From now since Jan 2019 Schalk was not responsive anymore and I do not know the reason behind this but I find this highly strange that he was very responsive at first seeking my business but after multiple failed attempts and the number of issues they are having with payments he just does not respond.

To be honest my payment which is under 1k should not be this complicated or rocket science, I cannot imagine the problems if I had won more money. Old GRC payed amounts under 1k no problems, their only issue was with amounts nearing the 5k range.

Can we get a GRC liaison to communicate this with GRC and find out what is going on as this is affecting a lot of other Australian/NZ players and I know I am not the only one experiencing this.

I appreciate someone in AskGamblers or someone who has authority to chase this up - I was promised last week or this week.
Last week has passed and hoping this week I will get a resolution.

So far it has been the same excuse week in and week out and I really do not know what is going on over there or if they are just screwing me around.

Support team in GRC is also useless and say the same thing and really add no value to their response.​

I urge Australian/NZ players to consider this complaint I made if they ever decide to join to save them the stress or hassle - I wanted to give them another chance but it seems the new GRC management has made things worst hence the 1 star rating.

For other Australian/NZ players that are experiencing the same issue all I can say is hang in there and hope you get your money soon.
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$967.67

Complaint Statistics

Resolved 60
Avg. Amount $ 3,774
Avg. Complaint Duration 22 days
Avg. Response Time 4 days

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5 weeks and still waiting to be paid out from Grand Reef Casino, very slow in the withdrawal department, at the moment I wouldn't even suggest playing, whats the point in playing with them if they take as long as 5 weeks to pay you out and don't even call you, email you or even try to contact you to let you know how long it's going to take.

Games 10/10
Online Support 8/10
Withdrawal 0/10

I was taking a brake from playtech casinos during last couple of weeks. The main reason for that is that i invested much and withdraw very little. The other day i received email from grand reef casino marked as spam and i opened it to check it out.

It was a message saying i won 750 euros for free in this casino. I instantly clicked on it and it took me to their web site. The message was marketing trick and that amount should be given out for first few deposits. I don't like when casinos play that sneaky games with people. It is not free if i must make three deposit with several hundred euros in order to get it. Not to mention the wagering requirements which comes with every bonus money you take from casino.

I decided to register my account anyway and play some playtech games without any obligation. I downloaded casino and made a money account but before i deposited money i started live support to give them a piece of my mind because they are spamming people without a good reason. The lady i talked to was kind enough and told me that it must be email from their affiliate where i signed up. Since i already deleted email i was not quite sure about the sender i decided to give her a break and continue towards my goal in grand reef casino.

I successfully deposited founds and opened fantastic four slot. The payout was amazingly terrible as always when it comes to me. First ten or more spinsnot a single line hit. I was really mad i deposited in the first place. I struggled and struggled with this slot and all it was left after my fight with it was 20 cents for one scratch card :(. I opened Irish luck and bought it but off course lost there too.

I left this casino and uninstalled it immediately. I don't know with who i was angrier myself or casino. I can't tell you any good reason to stay away except low payouts but i will never be playing at grand reef casino again. My grade for this casino is 5/10

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