Confiscated €9,810 (L.C.S Limited) (Scibet.io) – Ongoing Pattern of Player Funds Being Stolen

[Axed]

Hey everyone,

I am posting this to share my extremely frustrating experience with Scibet.io (operated by L.C.S Limited under an MGA license) and to shed light on how this operator continues to confiscate player funds without valid justification. After reading many other threads describing similar experiences with L.C.S Limited casinos, I want to make it clear that this is still happening, and players need to be aware.

The Situation:​

I accumulated a €9,810 balance on Scibet.io through raw deposit with fair gameplay on live casino games. When I attempted to withdraw, the casino confiscated my entire balance, citing alleged violations of their terms and conditions. They did make me withdraw 2000 euros prior.

They accused me of:

1. VPN usage – I have never used a VPN while playing, and I have video proof that I always used my real IP and the only available live casino provider for my location (Eeze).
2. Bonus abuse – I never used a bonus on this casino. My account history clearly shows my "Bonus Money" balance as €0.00, and I have recordings proving this.
3. Submitting forged documents – I submitted only real, valid KYC documents, which the casino initially accepted before falsely claiming otherwise.

"​

We would like to inform you that your withdrawal has been cancelled by the payments department and the amount of €9,810 has been removed from your balance due to the breach of the following Terms & Conditions:

12.10 Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to void any winnings and forfeit any balance (winnings and deposits) in your betting account, to terminate the Agreement and/or to suspend the provision of the Services or deactivate your account if: i) we identify you have disguised, or interfered, or taken steps to disguise or interfere, in any way with the IP address of any Device used to access our Site (such as using a Virtual Private Network “VPN”) ii) it comes to our attention that the customer used forged documents (photos, scanned documents, screenshots etc.) during the verification procedure or in any point time the Agreement is active iii) there is a reasonable suspicion that you have committed or attempted to commit a bonus abuse, either on your own or as part of a group iv) you are involved in any fraudulent, collusive, fixing or other unlawful activity in relation to Your or third parties’ participation or you use any software-assisted methods or techniques or hardware devices for Your participation in any of the services provided by the Company.

Do not hesitate to contact us in case you require any assistance.

Kind regards,

Customer Support Team
"

A Pattern of Theft by L.C.S Limited​

After my experience, I have seen multiple threads from other players who have had large balances confiscated by casinos under L.C.S Limited. Many of these complaints involve:

• Sudden accusations of VPN use, bonus abuse, or document forgery—without proof.
• Large winnings of €5,000+ being confiscated right before withdrawal.
• Casino support refusing to provide concrete evidence, only generic responses.

It is clear that this is an ongoing issue with this company, and their casinos seem to be operating a pattern of systematically confiscating player balances without real justification. The gambling community needs to be aware of this behavior and take action.

My Evidence & Actions Taken:​

I have submitted a detailed complaint to Casino Guru, along with:
- Full video recordings of 90% of my bets, proving I played fairly.
- Account statements showing all deposits, withdrawals, and no bonus usage.
- Proof of my KYC submission - I have recordings of my very first time after 500 euro deposit showing bets and ID submission.
- Confirmation that I only used the allowed game provider (Eeze) for my location.


I have also taken the following steps:

• Casino Guru is investigating my case now
• I have submitted a formal GDPR request to Scibet.io/L.C.S Limited, demanding all data they hold on me, including IP logs, game provider history, account transactions, and internal risk assessments.
• If the casino fails to comply, I will escalate my case to Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) and the Malta Data Protection Authority (IDPC) for GDPR violations.
• If MGA and IDPC do not act, I could probably pursue legal action in Malta with the amount of evidence and make this case public on all major gambling forums.

Why I’m Posting Here:​

• I have read so many threads with similar experience with other L.C.S Limited casinos
• How have you successfully fought back and recovered your funds?
• What additional steps should I take to apply more pressure?

L.C.S Limited continues to operate multiple online casinos under MGA’s license, yet many players report similar unfair balance confiscations. This situation needs more exposure, and I encourage other affected players to share their experiences so we can hold them accountable.


I will update this thread with any new developments. Thanks in advance for any support .

 

[SYPlayer95]

Sorry this has happened to you.
They have a poor rating on CG of 5.8 which is 'below average'
However, seeing as your complaint is on CG - there's not much that can be done on this site, per say.
Other than the exposure your post may potentially bring.
Previous cases in the past on this site, and I believe there was a PAB against the same operator, where they simply just ignore player complaints.

 

[mulven]

LCS and their related networks (Famagousta, CW Marketing etc) have some of the worst casinos operating with a "good" licence.

I have had personal experience with Betsamigo where it took 2-3 months withdraw a few grand.

Most of their network have sub 2.5 ratings on CG and they tend to have a "no reaction policy to complaints" so as you mentioned, you'll probably have to get MGA involved.

In my situation it was just one ridiculous kyc request after another until I finally got paid. Thankfully I didn't have to deal with any serious accusations.

I have also been accused of VPN usage in the past with no evidence as a way to confiscate winnings of a player they don't like or have profiled a certain way. Tusk Casino (awful) did this as well as pledoo, however the latter walked back their confiscation after I seriously challenged their accusation and asked them to show me the session IPs for each login in a public complaint. They still tried to save face by reminding me to keep my alleged vpn turned off whilst using their site in the future.

With tusk casino I was unable to challenge their claims as they were licenced by a weak curacao master licence at the time and didn't react to complaints.

As these guys have a proper licence and ADR (MADRE i think) you should have a decent shot pressuring them to present evidence in front of their licencing body and/or ADR.

Off topic but why does Chat GPT or other models embolden text so superfluously? It's so annoying!

 

[Axed]

As these guys have a proper licence and ADR (MADRE i think) you should have a decent shot pressuring them to present evidence in front of their licencing body and/or ADR.

Yeah, I already sent a legal GDPR letter to Scibet, so they HAVE to provide their evidence and all information regarding my account. I feel fortunate that I recorded literally every session I had on the casino—I have 18 videos clearly showing all my bets: €2,500 Blackjack hands, no bonus usage, no VPN usage, and even me uploading my KYC documents and account statements multiple times. The evidence is so solid.

What worries me is seeing how many people have had bad experiences with MGA just referring them to MADRE ADR, and that both of them seem to take the casino’s side.

Yea it's weird how chatgpt emboldens text so superfluously

 

[mulven]

Yeah, I already sent a legal GDPR letter to Scibet, so they HAVE to provide their evidence and all information regarding my account. I feel fortunate that I recorded literally every session I had on the casino—I have 18 videos clearly showing all my bets: €2,500 Blackjack hands, no bonus usage, no VPN usage, and even me uploading my KYC documents and account statements multiple times. The evidence is so solid.

What worries me is seeing how many people have had bad experiences with MGA just referring them to MADRE ADR, and that both of them seem to take the casino’s side.

Yea it's weird how chatgpt emboldens text so superfluously

I won't name any names but a casino falsified my betting history to invent a max bet breakage so they could confiscate my winnings. Their master licence sided with them based on this information. I definitely would have loved to have recorded my session to have that kinda solid evidence!

 

[hamgz]

Good luck bro against these scammers. So far 4 bookmakers from L.C.S Limited, CW Marketing B.V., and Famagousta B.V. : Svenplay, Sonsofslots, Campeonbet and Supacasi confiscated 19.3KЄ of winnings. They also accused me of the same things without justification. I'm still trying to recover my funds from each one of them. I've already escalated the matter to MGA concerning both Svenplay and Sonsofslots then to MADRE but the latter stopped the case because I'm outside EU and the operator needs to consent which of course they didn't, so I think you have a better chance if you're from the EU. Keep fighting, we need to put more pressure on these crooks online.

 

[essuk]

Problem is online casinos see themselves as the judge, jury and executioner. Generally they rely on terms which give them absolute discretion with no requirement to provide any kind of evidence. Personally I think most t & cs fall foul of fair contract terms under UK law due to this complete imbalance. Suprise suprise when players win big the casinos decide with their discretion that the player has done something despite there being absolutely no evidence given the alleged activity never happened. Its time regulators took up this issue and clear imbalance in the t&cs of virtually every operator. I dont believe adr operators do this...they say the operator has envoked clause x and in their opinion these are the facts but no actual proof. At least thats how it seems to be to me.

 

[Milaroy]

It's a really terrible situation, I sympathize with you.
I hope you'll manage to get out of it successfully. Unfortunately, from my experience, the casino is always stronger than the average user. They write all the terms and conditions in great detail and can pick on the smallest details.

 

[TheGambler80]

One thing that is undercommunicated in this thread:
These companies always refers to MGA («We are a casino authorized by the MGA» etc) when explaining why they can just confiscate money.
Hence, the MGA/MADRE should have some interest in stopping them, unless they have some connections to them (which can easily be suspected).

By «connections» I mean things like:
- Hiring people who earlier worked for these casinos, and the other way around.
- economical benefits from having many companies under their umbrella.
- classical corruption.

By the way, here are some more companies under the LCS limited, that has recently stolen from customers in the exact same way as the thread starter indicates:
- OneStepCasino
- Foggybet