Bad checks issued by Bodog

[yameater]

It seems the dog has bitten myself along with many others. I was issued a bogus check (NSF) last week and have paid hell for days now. Overdraft charges have killed me, and I'm not happy at all. They have not responded the way I would like them to, as they have issued me half of the original money I'm owed, but am now in waiting for another check. Anybody's guess weather it will be good or not. I have PM'd their rep here and have not heard anything. I think they should have at least overnighted the check to me to help make it right. Beware of the Dog at this point. As for myself, I'm definately done with them.

[Nifty29]

Hmmm...didnt I hear of the same thing with Bodog cheques a few months back??

Sounds like they need to change banks!

[RobWin]

Hmmm...didnt I hear of the same thing with Bodog cheques a few months back??

Sounds like they need to change banks!

What makes you think it's the banks fault that their checks are bouncing ? Usually when someone bounces a check it's because there is not enough money in their account...

[bryand]

All I had to do all along was change banks. Sh*t, I'm glad y'all told me that.

[winbig]

I know hindsight is 20/20, but with all of the current problems, why would someone go ahead and spend the money from a check that may or may not go through, based solely on it being from an online casino?

Surely one would wait to make sure the funds have cleared before spending it...

FWIW, are you assuming the check came back for NSF, or did you actually see the NSF stamp on the returned check?

[brianzz]

Anytime I've ever been paid via check from a casino there was a number to verify funds on it, I'd always call before I deposited it to make sure it was good.

Good point on it actually being NSF, your bank, or their parent bank, may have rejected it because it was from illegal activity.. the dreaded online gambling.

[maxd]

I see the Bodog rep was on-site a few days ago. I've alerted them to this thread and asked that they respond ASAP.

[Mousey]

Good point by Brianzzz. Sometimes we forget that banks are actively watching for casino related transactions. It is a possibility that your banks (or US banks overall) have been alerted that a particular processor 'name' is associated w/online gaming and your bank blocked the transaction. That means you must find out the actual reason for the bounce, as trying to cash another check from Bodog (if they're using the same processor) may have the same result.

I must agree w/Winbig ... given the current climate ... never, ever spend money from a casino check until you are certain the funds have cleared. And I have heard of these checks 'bouncing' more than a month after deposit. Best pretend the money isn't there for quite awhile.

There's a whole great big can of worms can come from requesting a check from a casino.

Yessir... nowadays when we gamble online, we're really taking a gamble.

[vinylweatherman]

This is probably down to your repressive regime under Bush, but it would be worth seeing if there are any reports of NON-US players having similar trouble with payments from BoDog. Some signs might be unusually long delays to normally "instant" payments to eWallets, or even checks bouncing for non-US players.
Given how BoDog have publicly run rings around the US government, it is likely that they have become a specific target for the DoJ to shut down, so far more recourses could be going into indentifying and halting the working payment methods used by BoDog. I expect shutting down BoDog will be seen as a nice "prize" for the authorities to be able to claim.

[Nifty29]

What makes you think it's the banks fault that their checks are bouncing ? Usually when someone bounces a check it's because there is not enough money in their account...

Yep - thats definitely true Rob - but I was thinking more along the lines of the bank classifying it as funds from online gambling and hence refusing to accept the funds from the other, or that the issuing bank cancelled the checks after discovering they were gambling related. Seems unlikely that Bodog wouldnt have the funds to cover it, but I guess anything is possible these days....

Maybe its time for yameater to change banks in that case!