U.S. players cannot withdraw money?

[henoch]

Hi everyone!

I opened an account and deposited $1400 about a year ago on Australia or UK (not sure which) based casino. Didn't play there except few spins on a roulette table (accepted stupid bonus) but soon after I lost all confidence in playing online .

Also U.S. put some restrictions on online gambling. In January i tried to withdraw money. I thought they will give me crap about not playing minimum but instead they tell me that because of recent U.S. laws they cannot proceed with a withdrawal.
They wrote me email that they are working on it but no answer.

Question to U.S. players: Can they do this?

My buddies play poker online all the time and have no problems like that.

I didn't find that casino on this website fair nor rogue. I don't know if I can
disclose their name at this point.

Anyone had problems like this before?

[lauriejim]

if you gave the name of the casino that might help. have you not had any contact with them since january? it is my understanding that the anti gaming laws went into effect way more than a year ago, youll get more help and info if you put up some more info that would be useful, just my thoughts on it...............laurie

[henoch]

Ok. It's Kiwi Casino. Today I sent an email first time since Jan. and I got one back that someone will contact me within 48 hrs.

They locked me out long time ago so cant tell You my bank and deposit history but it's possible that it has been longer than a year.

Also can U.S. residents get an account with a netteller?

[lauriejim]

Originally Posted by henoch

Ok. It's Kiwi Casino. Today I sent an email first time since Jan. and I got one back that someone will contact me within 48 hrs.

They locked me out long time ago so cant tell You my bank and deposit history but it's possible that it has been longer than a year.

Also can U.S. residents get an account with a netteller?

.thats what i thought it would have been way longer than a year , a long time since u.s players could play anywhere they pleased with ease, as far as netteller, dont think thats an option for you as a us player, i could be wrong, nothing shocks me anymore, please let us know what happens with your withdrawal, a long time for them to be holding your money, seems like they would have refunded it or something by now, you may want to pab with maxd if you dont get an answer from kiwi casino.........laurie

[vinylweatherman]

KIWI changed hands, and is no longer owned by Christchurch gaming, but by an outfit in the Phillipines. ALL Playtech casinos stopped serving US players when UIGEA came into effect. Very few reputable casinos now accept US players. A good many rogue casinos still do.

Withdrawals are a big problem now for US players, however, KIWI should have sent out a refund as soon as Playtech pulled out. This was quite some time ago, and at the time, most casinos promised they would refund remaining balances to US players within timescales of around a month.

KIWI have probably long since lost the ability to send gambling related payments to the US, so this money could be quite hard to extract from them.

The situation for US players recently got even WORSE, with a seizure of several bank accounts used by current payment processors that still process payments to US players. At this time, it would be uncertain which casinos have been affected, and by how much. There may soon be a flurry of complaints about non-payments and bounced checks as this seizure begins to stall the payment systems used by online casinos. In order to honour payments, the casinos will have to come up with a replacement for the $26M seized, as well as take the risk of further seizures.
BoDog seems to have been the main target, with the rest being "collateral damage". Calvin Ayre has publically embarrassed the US authorities, and has made a public spectacle of their inability to catch him, or stop him, so it is no wonder they put their all into hitting BoDog as hard as they could.

[spearmaster]

Originally Posted by vinylweatherman

KIWI changed hands, and is no longer owned by Christchurch gaming, but by an outfit in the Phillipines.

Sorry, not correct.

A simple check of the Kiwi Gaming website would show that they are owned by an Antigua-based outfit - which happens to have been around for a long time.

If you don't mind, would you please endeavour to check your info before stating something as fact? Thanks

Originally Posted by henoch

Also can U.S. residents get an account with a netteller?

Unfortunately, no.

[babs7262]

I just wanted to add that online poker is considered a skill game now and US players are allowed to play either in all or certain states. Im not sure on the amount of states but thats why your friends that are playing poker are getting paid

[maxd]

Please note that Kiwi was flagged with a Casinomeister Warning some months ago.

[tim5ny]

Originally Posted by spearmaster

Sorry, not correct.


If you don't mind, would you please endeavour to check your info before stating something as fact? Thanks

Ouch Spear! I felt that one all the way over here in New York! Can you do it a little nicer next time?

[maxd]

Originally Posted by tim5ny

Ouch Spear! I felt that one all the way over here in New York! Can you do it a little nicer next time?

Presumably you're joking, yes?