About Bovada Casino

Bovada Casino is a legal online casino in Canada that was established in 2007. It is operated by Salmon River Technologies Ltd. and registered for operation in the jurisdiction of Kahnawake. The casino offers an extensive list of titles from Realtime Gaming and Rival Gaming, as well as from their own proprietary software. There are several slot games with progressive jackpots tied to them to choose from, which means there are plenty of chances for Canadian players to hit a big jackpot. The casino also offers sports betting, as well as a host of poker and card games to ensure a variety of ways that players can win a fantastic payday.

Bovada Casino has a very good reputation for paying out winnings to players, and a well-established name so players know they can trust this casino. The management is experienced, professional and handles customer support via telephone or email in a timely manner. While the site does not offer an instant messaging feature at this time, casino customers report that customer service typically resolves issues and responds to inquiries within a 24-hour time period.

About the Five Times Wins Slot

The Five Times Wins title is a three-reel, three pay line video slot from Rival Gaming. This slot may be simple in its design, but it is definitely a rewarding choice. It has a classic theme that evokes the fun, exciting atmosphere of a live, Las Vegas casino. The graphics are uncomplicated but clean and nicely executed, and the interface is intuitive so players don’t have to waste time learning the game’s controls. The game also has pleasant sound effects and background music, which makes the experience even more enjoyable. Another convenient feature of this slot is that the pay table is located to the right of the reels, so players can easily see what the payouts and rules are without interrupting their game play.

There are several symbols to spin in Five Times Wins: classic cherries, red, blue and green 7’s; single, double and triple BARs; and a 5x wild. The 5x wild symbol, which looks like the slot’s logo, substitutes for every symbol on the reels and, as the game’s title implies, it also multiplies every win that it is included in by a factor of five. This can add up to big wins in a short amount of time, even though this title features far fewer paylines than most online players may be used to.

The main jackpot on this game gives participants the chance to win a $25,000 (32,642.50 CAD) jackpot. Three 5x symbols pays out the next-highest amount of 1,500 coins. Three 7 symbols of the same color pay out as follows: Red 7’s earns 50 coins, green pays 40 coins and three blue 7’s pays 30 coins. The remaining symbols are all worth 20 coins or less per pay line.

Details on the Breach

This security breach has been said to have happened in early November, according to sources from Casino Rama. The people who have been hit with this attack include customers, but it also includes vendors and employees as well. Some of the information stretches back to 2004, and it includes both past and present players with the stolen data including financial reports, security reports, emails, debt information, vendor details, personal information for all staff members, credit report inquiries and more. In fact, even the performance reviews of many employees were released in this attack.

The Posting of the Information

After the information was hacked, the person or people who did it released a small amount of the information online with a warning that the rest would follow in 72 hours. They also noted that it was “extremely simple” for them to get the information from Casino Rama because there were “no security systems in place,” leading this casino to get a ton of scrutiny from the press and angry players and employees. The hacker railed on the casino as well for allegedly creating an image “that they take the protection of data and customer information seriously when really they don’t.”

The fact of the matter is that this has shaken confidence in casinos, and even though Casino Rama is land-based, it’s obviously affecting the perception of online gambling as well. This is particularly important as Canada is in the middle of a transition period over their online gambling policies, and a targeted hit like this could set back discussions quite a bit for quite a while.

Incoming Lawsuit

As you might expect, a massive lawsuit to the tune of over CA$50 million has been proposed on behalf of all of the affected parties by a law firm, and a website has been created to allow those who have been affected to sign on as a part of the case. Some people might scoff at this type of thing, but the fact of the matter is that it is the casino’s responsibility to keep this information safe, and they apparently did not since they were hacked. Regardless of whether it was as easy as the hackers claim or not, it still warrants a lawsuit because of the damage that can and most likely will be done to the affected individuals.

The State of Online Gambling in Canada

So here’s the problem for online gamblers in Canada regarding this security breach. For a while now, the provinces have had the power to run their own gambling games online, but they have to be the ones actually running the show. They can’t offer licenses to outside companies, which is the approach that most of the regulatory world suggests. This creates a situation where the government-operated legal Canadian online gambling sites have been pulling very small percentages of all online gamblers from the area with players overwhelmingly preferring to play with foreign sites.

However, there has been a push over the past couple of years to get that changed, which would really be a win-win for both the players and the government. A hack like this one at Casino Rama affects public opinion and may make politicians afraid of putting that information in the hands of other gambling businesses out of a fear of losing face publicly. For now, we’ll have to sit back and see what unfolds over the next couple of months and see how it affects Canadian online gambling laws and regulations.