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[dunover]

Thanks for your thoughts everyone. Your knowledge and incite as to how these rogue casino's operate is helping to give me a bit of closure... and that's all I really want now. I just wish that they'd just get on with it and close my fucking account. Cos its abundantly clear that they will never payout what's due.

Interestingly enough I did notice that just one of my transactions was "declined due to suspected fraud".. But I know that I haven't committed fraud, cos although I have deposited with different cards, they have all been in my name, my money, my gamble.... but my gut feeling is that if and that's a big IF they did tell me why they'd closed my account, it would be along those sorts of lines and quoting their terms and conditions that Guntis has outlined.

In reality though I think they will continue to do fuck all and just ignore me.

To be honest I still don't really get the psychology of what they have done. It's like although I don't want to admit how much money they have had out of me over the year long association I had with them.... (but lets just to say it was a nice profit for them)... it makes no financial sense for them to have suddenly fucked me off like they did.

Chargeback was never really an option in my circumstances and to be honest I knowingly made the transactions knowing that they were a risk. Chalk it all up to experience as you guys have been suggesting. Am just happy to be back in good mental health now and determined not to follow a similar risky path in the future.

I don'y think I will try contacting them anymore. But if something happens. I will update.

These casinos operate on a black hole principle. Once you get too close to them and they have had their money from you, you will then reach the event horizon where normal behaviour and hope is warped and from where no money can escape. If you read A Brief History Of Time you'll get a better explanation than I can provide.

Your transaction was probably declined as they tend to disguise their gambling provision and use Chinese or Indian scam processors where you'll find the transaction is described as 'carpet' or 'materials' etc. and your bank may spot the irregularity of it. This is so they can take credit and debit card payments from blocked jurisdictions.

 

[Simplesoul]

Yes that makes a lot of sense. The bank doesn't recognise the transaction as a gambling transaction, so even if you have blocked gambling transactions with your bank it will still go through, like you say, until irregularities are spotted.

Am just relieved that iv'e been able to educated myself and step back from my own "warped" behaviour and get back to normality and avoid all these dodgy as fuck foreign casino's.

Thanks again for the support and wisdom

 

[CasinoNinja]

I think you can chargeback still, you were not provided the service you expected and they had a false licence. I would just do that. Your not going to see any money otherwise.

 

[Simplesoul]

...... and as I final thought to this sorry saga...

I had a win at a mainstream casino and got paid out in the same time that it would take to make a deposit i.e 2 minutes!

I requested the withdrawal and in the time it took me to open my banking app... there it was!

 

[dunover]

...... and as I final thought to this sorry saga...

I had a win at a mainstream casino and got paid out in the same time that it would take to make a deposit i.e 2 minutes!

I requested the withdrawal and in the time it took me to open my banking app... there it was!

There you go. A proper UKGC licensed site as opposed to a Curacao scam. I'd never have thought it!

 

[Simplesoul]

Well it seems that iv'e not been banned from the chat. I was a bit bored I logged in. I got given some free spins, which I dully gambled and lost.

I asked about my withdrawal and iv'd received a new copy and paste, as follows...


We have kindly received your support request and we are waiting for a feedback from department that has jurisdiction over your case.
I’m deeply sorry for any inconvenience you’ve experienced, and we’re committed to resolving it as soon as possible.
We appreciate your patience and hope to have a solution for you quickly as we have escalated your case to the designated department.

I guess it's not over until it's over!

 

[dunover]

Well it seems that iv'e not been banned from the chat. I was a bit bored I logged in. I got given some free spins, which I dully gambled and lost.

I asked about my withdrawal and iv'd received a new copy and paste, as follows...


We have kindly received your support request and we are waiting for a feedback from department that has jurisdiction over your case.
I’m deeply sorry for any inconvenience you’ve experienced, and we’re committed to resolving it as soon as possible.
We appreciate your patience and hope to have a solution for you quickly as we have escalated your case to the designated department.

I guess it's not over until it's over!

That was a mistake - you've just told them your willpower is lacking and that you could get the urge to play again or reverse, exactly what they want from you.

Thus you have reset the time period before they trigger #8 and 9 on the bullshit bingo list.

P.S. in the meantime, I guarantee you still won't get your w/d.

 

[goatwack]

Does indeed look like they want to bequeath the free spins so that the player views their pending withdrawal as playable funds.

Classic manoeuvre, and yes, a prod to see if you're still willing to play there. And were these free spins somehow redeemed into a meaningful win, it would just get added onto a static withdrawal.

Wouldn't surprise me either if they found 'discrepancies' in said freebies, and use that to annul the original withdrawal under some made-up rule.

All that's happened here is a prolonging of a 'nothing' withdrawal, and more 'incentives' thrown your way!

 

[Simplesoul]

Very true yes.... iv'e made many mistakes in life.

I will win the battle of wills though. I won't deposit again.

I will do my best to have nothing to do with them anymore.