All of these reviews are correct. We lost over $5,000 US in a progressive roulette casino game that you CANNOT WIN.
We were playing Blackjack and after losing 30$ each we were leaving the casino and at the door Some pretty women employees offer you free chips to lure you to the game Thinking the RIU is a respectable place you give it a shot and are not really paying close attention to the game and they have this pretty girl beside you at the table while you throw the balls to distract you when the Dealer counts the 8 balls in the small roulette, and why would you recount the 8 balls if the Dealer gives you point ?
First as it seems like you are rolling great rolls to start and your points are adding up quickly. The dealer is a professional in what he is doing when he counts the balls it seems really legit, he is a white American and he tells you that he owns a MMA school, his ears are messed up deformed like the MMA fighters, he becomes really friendly with you to make you comfortable. You quickly get close to the large jackpot before you have to start making bigger bets. He tells you that you are doing amazingly well and only 1 point away to win like 6000$ US , he ask you really nicely to give or show your credit card and sign a paper and that you will not have to pay anything because your bets will just be subtracted from your inevitable winnings so they dont even try to cash out money on your card because you will win anyway.
If you need to leave the casino to go get your credit card in your room, he writes your score on a paper and tell you that they close at Midnight so whenever you come back with money or credit card you will keep playing at the same score that you were. However, then the bets constantly double, so when the pot is 102 000$ US the bets are 2560$ each for throwing the balls, so your thinking ok its ridiculous the next double up my bet will be 5120$ US and after another double 10 240$ for trowing the balls and a jackpot of 400 000$ US, so you clearly realize that its a total scam. And at the end when you really count the balls its the real score but you just cannot reach a score with 8 balls that give you points, its just double your bet and double the pot. So even if you try to sue them you cannot do nothing because the part were you got scammed is when they gave you points at the beggining so you cannot prove anything.
A real shame that a nice resort like RIU would allow this to happen on their property. DO NOT GO INTO THIS CASINO OR ANY PRIVATE CASINO ... YOU WILL WASTE YOUR VACATION