Landbased casinos do have player levels and I’ll use Caesars as the example. They have 7 Star which is their top level, Diamond Level, Gold and Platinum.
They have dedicated lines for each level and if a gold level player clears the window, they will take the 7 Star or Diamond Level players first even if a gold level player is in line. Meaning, they get to cash out or do a cash advance or whatever business they have before the lower level player.
Is it fair? Absolutely because that’s what the benefits are for.
Now in the example here, why wouldn’t a top level player get their cash out handled quicker than someone new or a lower level. I’ll add however, without knowing how many people are working the cashier area at the site or what the influx of withdraw requests are, perhaps there wouldn’t be much of a difference in time between the top tier player and the newer or lower level player.
There’s a lot going on behind the scenes we aren’t privy to… staffing levels, number of withdraws in the system etc etc. Deposits will always happen quicker than withdraws, it’s been that way since day 1 at every site of this nature. It doesn’t matter who it is, where they are located or how long they have been in business.
Not taking any sides here and I get it people are upset over a bunch of different things. Land based casinos are regulated by the state or the country (Non USA) whereas internet sites don’t need to be. They are based out of Costa Rica, the government doesn’t require them to be regulated as say Malta would. Although Malta is a crooked government agency when it comes to gaming anyway. I have stories but they don’t matter here in this context.
The grass is always greener on the other side until you see what’s on that other side.
One thing about online poker… doesn’t matter what site, here, Stars, 888 etc, all of the RNG’s are set up for action. Action creates bigger pots which creates bigger rake take out for the house.
Go do a tournament search for poker tournaments in Vegas or any land based casino, no one bitches about the high take out fees for tournaments and gladly parts with their money and never a word. Nothing like entering a $200 tournament and 25% of the entry goes to the house. Then they want you to tip on top of it if you cash… just saying…