OK here goes...I have been a Royal promoter for over 4 years but noticed I was being slow paid starting in December of last year.By March it got really bad as I basically had to repeatedly call them and ask for my commissions.I visited in April to the office of Royal in Curacao and was assured by Roberto that this was a temporary problem and to not be concerned.At the same time I noticed many of the principals that I started with at Royal and had come to trust were beginning to leave for various reasons.As Royal continued to be slow pay and were in negotiations to be purchased by Olympic I advised my players of an alternative sportsbook that I recommended stating that I no longer could, in good faith, recommend Royal.This I posted on my website.I fielded numerous calls of players asking if Royal was OK and relayed my story but also stated that I knew of no players(nor do I to this date)who had not been paid.On September 25th I logged into my account at Royal to check my commission status and found my balance to be $5500.On Sept.26 when checking my account again, I was mysteriosly blocked from entry.I then called Royal numerous times asking for Roberto(CEO) and Kenneth(one of Roberto's minions) to explain the problem to no avail.On or about Sept. 28 Kenneth finally accepted my call and seemed perplexed by the situation.He checked it out and said that because I had advertised for another sportsbook and would not be recommending Royal that all of my accounts would be converted(stolen) to house accounts.
If this is'nt unscrupulous business practice then I don't know what is.I still have people I recommended, playing at Royal yet they are keeping the commissions for themselves.If you do business with these dutch pirates so be it but do so knowing the full meaning of 'caveat emptor'.Just remember Royal it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and only minutes to destroy one!