Bovada and BVX blocking withdrawals 24 hours, unethical

[WindyCityNeil]

Numerous times in the past few months I have attempted to make withdrawals on bovada and its sister casino BVX. As part of the process they send you a six digit code via text to confirm everything and put the withdrawal through to the next step so that it can be approved processed and sent to my wallet. Well there's some sort of flaw in their system because even though I've entered the right code and even though you were supposed to get 3 attempts to enter the right code I entered the right code it said I entered the wrong code and it blocked me after one attempt even though I entered the right code and didn't get 3 attempts. They say this is an issue for safety. If that was the case then why do they let you still deposit when they play these games? Because it happened to me last night when I was trying to cash out $2500 on BVX they pulled the same garbage and me being the undisciplined person that I am, I couldn't help myself and started gambling the money being held by bvx today and I lost it all back. Which is exactly what they wanted to happen when they blocked my account for 24 hours for no reason. And the same exact thing has happened again today. They say that they are not allowed to unlock my account due to the security reasons but that is garbage because they have unlocked my account when it happened to me three days ago. So obviously these casino sites are engaging in unethical behavior praying upon people who they think will continue to gamble and lose the money back if they are forced to keep the money in their account for an extra 24 hours. It's shameful disgraceful just another reason why online gambling is a sketchy operation. And there is no other logical reason behind this stuff. SO STAY AWAY!!!!

 

[maxd]

Hello @WindyCityNeil , I've tweaked your thread title a bit. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

- Max

 

[WindyCityNeil]

Well the ironic part behind this is that I did keep playing and stopped for good with over $6,200 in it. LOL

 

[WindyCityNeil]

Hello @WindyCityNeil , I've tweaked your thread title a bit. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

- Max

None whatsoever.

 

[MahoneyKnows]

It's shameful disgraceful just another reason why online gambling is a sketchy operation. And there is no other logical reason behind this stuff. SO STAY AWAY!!!!

maybe I’m missing something - but if you’re account is “locked” how are you able to spend the funds….? My advice for the slow rolling withdrawal tactic is to request withdrawal then take a self exclusion for the duration of the painfully slow withdrawal process… if you wanna play deposit elsewhere. Now if only I could practice what I preach ?

 

[WindyCityNeil]

Here is the latest. Well, it has proven costly for Bovada as they continue to block my account even though it should never have been blocked out in the first place. Now I guess 5 hours is the magic number. I think what they are doing is totally uncool even though they have paid for it in cash. However, I could have just as easily lost it all. The point is one should be able to withdraw their funds when they want and not be subjected to this chicanery.

 

[WindyCityNeil]

maybe I’m missing something - but if you’re account is “locked” how are you able to spend the funds….? My advice for the slow rolling withdrawal tactic is to request withdrawal then take a self exclusion for the duration of the painfully slow withdrawal process… if you wanna play deposit elsewhere. Now if only I could practice what I preach ?

Another interesting thing is the deposit tab remains open and ready for business? They say its for security purposes. I say they are FOS.

 

[WindyCityNeil]

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Well as you can see Bovada's sense of time is a little off. Whatever. I just wanted to withdraw 2k and be done. But instead I am headed to a $200 depo into 20k. Karma Baby!!