Fake Yggdrasil and Pragmatic Play Slots Spotted at Hera Casino

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August 13th, 2017

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Fake Yggdrasil and Pragmatic Play Slots Spotted at Hera Casino

Hera Casino is one of those sites that feels wrong from the get go. Even at first glance, you can't shake off a gut feeling telling you something is not right here. We came to know about the site through several forum topics, in which players related their, mostly negative, experiences about this operator. Several players noticed Hera's slots behaving strangely at various stages throughout the gameplay, showing odd winning patterns, or other suspicious bugs. This is always a red flag for us, since we have seen enough fake software to know that disregarding such occurrences is never a good idea. After investigating the platform, we can confirm your hunch - the slots do not function correctly because they are pirated versions of the original games.

If It Looks Rotten...

Surprisingly, we found fake Yggdrasil and Pragmatic Play slots. The former is a highly rated, but small-scale provider, and it is strange that this casino chose their products to fabricate. This is, for sure, the first time we encountered any of these two studios being targeted by pirates and rogue groups.

In addition to unlicensed software, Hera has a dubious layout, very few games, and incomplete terms and conditions. They are also unable to provide evidence for the UK license they claim to hold. If you scroll down the webpage and check the footer, you will see the logo of the Gambling Commission, however clicking on it leads to the casino's registration form, instead of the public registry on the Commission's official website, where license details, if any, should be showcased. The whole site appears unfinished, with many unresponsive tabs: banking and withdrawals information is inaccessible from the homepage. Terms of service seem poorly worded - if we had to guess, we'd say it was compiled by an amateur with only a basic knowledge of how a proper contract should look like. They made it a point to bold parts of the text containing their rights to forfeit, withhold or void bonus balance and winnings, terminate or suspend accounts, invalidate transactions or gameplay, carry out random checks on players, especially those who attempt to cash-out, refuse promotions or campaigns at their own discretion - essentially all the things that make it convenient for the site to disadvantage players and declare it fair.

Misleading Homepage

Designed as clickbait, the homepage shows several screenshots of popular NetEnt, Microgaming and IGT games, which the operator doesn't have at all. Since there is no demo or free play mode available, players have to register to browse or access the offering, and only then can they realize they are duped. A small portion of Pragmatic Play releases, and a few Yggdrasil slots are all there is to this pretend-platform.

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Not Good Enough

By inspecting the source code of Dragon Kingdom from Pragmatic Play, we found the iframe source link displays a blank space, but hovering cursor over it shows the slot is hosted on the casino's domain, which original games never are. This proves the game is pirated, but also indicates the site is aware of this fact and attempts to mask the source link to appear genuine.

Furthermore, we discovered other discrepancies: chat and odd buttons embedded into the game, missing ''CLOSE" button from the upper right corner of the screen, solid black instead of semi-transparent background in the pay-table section, and a missing ''X'' button used to exit the pay-table. Aside from these, the slots are near-perfect copies of the original products.

Pirated Dragon Kingdom

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Original Dragon Kingdom

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Pirated Super Heroes

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Original Super Heroes

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We are happy most of our members were smart enough to either stay away from the site, or take a closer look by using some of their no deposit offers. When that nagging bad feeling won't go away, it's best to follow your gut and find some other site to trust with your money. Hera Casino is not one of those sites, and should be avoided at all times.

RELEVANT LINKS:

Blacklisted Hera Casino - Report by moolahcasino.com

Hera Casino Caught Red-Handed - Report by twolittlefleas.co.uk

Pirated Content Found at Hera Casino - Report by WorldCasinoDirectory.com

Exposed – Pirated Slots at Hera Casino - Report by freeextrachips.com

“Hera's slots behaving strangely at various stages throughout the gameplay”

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Trinzies 7 years ago Full Member

I won a little over US$5000 in winnings on Hera (not to mention the games pay out was really odd). Requested payout and did not hear from them for weeks. And then the chat support "Paul", either he works 24/7 or every chat support there is named the same.. So dodgy!!

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Patsy Optimistic Wheeler 7 years ago Newbie

if this is a fake casino why haven't anyone reported them to the gaming commission so that they can close them down? yes warning ppl is good but some ppl don't read these blogs or comments,

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LadyEnygma 7 years ago Full Member

I am so glad I read this seeing as I was playing here today! I would have never deposited, but now that I know how shady this place is I am staying clear away! Thanks for all that you do here! This site, admins and members here are fantastic!

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princejuju 7 years ago Super Hero

played there a few months ago , won some money and was never paid , these fake casinos are horrible. very bad experience there

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norman222 7 years ago Sr. Newbie

Wow, Ydragsil is hard to pirate, their games are very nice. Good job on identifying them and resolving the issue for us regular players. I would welcome to read more about impact for players when it comes to these pirated games.

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NatSteph 7 years ago Hero Member

Interesting to see Yggdrasil and Pragmatic targeted. Glad to see we're staying on top of sites delivering pirated games and keeping players up to date. Nice work!

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herlis 7 years ago Sr. Member

I have not played at Hera Casino and i guess i will never play there reading your news from what i read here it seems like noone is winning inn this casino andit seems like the reels are moving on its own.Thank You for writing about this Casino Hera im quite sure that this is a Rouge Casino. Ty.

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energydd 7 years ago Full Member

There are much more casinos with fake games . But most of them staying under the radar of sites likes. I know that 24pokies com has fake slots from aristrocrat and other providers. And there are much more sites from the group they are in. And i always look wich group the casino is in before i make a deposit or register. And...

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zuga 7 years ago Admin

@idnever , there's always more casinos that you can trust than those you can't. But it is crucial to do your due diligence first and research before choosing a casino. We at LCB do our fair share but players also need to stay on top of things. The more info coming from our visitors the easier it gets for our team to do...

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WaroftheGods 7 years ago Full Member

I love how LCB is consistently unmasking these pirated and rogue casinos, excellent job well done. By the sounds of this one, a thanks should go to several LCBers for voicing their concerns about this online casino from the get go, thanks to all of you for a keen eye and listening to your gut feeling on this sham, great...

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idnever 7 years ago Newbie

Say what you want, but for real, how much casino can we trust

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residenceNelis 7 years ago Sr. Member

Great Work Lcb, u guys are too good for this world!, it was funny i played there today the free bonus because i was bit boring, i won 25 usd, this guy told me to deposit he gave me some strange gmail account to send money too with paypal!hahaha! how u mean big fake casino, i sended them 1 cent just too make fun of them!...

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coolsongss 7 years ago Hero Member

Oh, LCB caught another rogue casino with pirated games, great. I didn't even heard the name Hera casino, but it is easy to remember, so I will just skip it if any spam email comes to me in the future. It is also surprising that Yggdrasil and Pragmatic Play (TogGame) is being pirated.

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maes10 7 years ago Sr. Newbie

Wow! Two thumbs up LCB...thanks....they won't get my money.......

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Sydney 7 years ago Almighty Member

Well done LCB! Thank you for making the online gambling industry better and safer for all of us.

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Trdza 7 years ago Superstar Member

The experienced players would surely stay away from these kind of sites. It's good that LCB always publishes news about these scams so everyone could be aware of it.

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MelissaN 7 years ago Almighty Member

Good work LCB! Fake games, no license, very bad business practice by Hera casino. Players should definitely read this article and stay away from Hera casino.

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Mil E Na 7 years ago Full Member

Thanks LCB for this report! All players should definitely start avoiding Hera Casino from now on...

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Sylvanas 7 years ago Admin

This site looks amateur at best, even without knowing about the fake games, I'd run the hell away. Worrisome to see new providers targeted, but it had to come to that. At least we know there are no 'safe' games anymore.

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Snowbowl 7 years ago Sr. Member

Well done lcb! Thanks for the warning. I'm glad to be a member of this site.

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