I have noticed several times lightlord's unresponsive and payment delay. All time there is issue I think the issue arises when the site make loss and cant afford the payment of hunters and/or gamblers. The issue of hotwallet might be true but it is difficult to trust as this type of staying offline as well as payment delay is usual fact.
I don't know what is the status of lightlord nowadays sometimes he is online but no update from him I think he is not feeling well until now.
I am one of those members in bitvest last August and the delay of payment almost 2 months which is too much delay. But I am hoping that he is under-recovery now if he has an illness came back here in forum and continue what he started.