I'm not a regular poster so I don't know if this has been covered in the past, apologies if so.
I was looking at my UK credit report today and I noticed a few months ago Wager Works ran a credit check on me. I assume this possibility is buried somewhere in their T&Cs (I don't even know which site it was so I can't check this), but even if so I think most peoples' assumption would be that they would only do this if they had an unusual and compelling reason to do so, ie strongly suspected fraud. In my case I hardly play at WW and have never deposited or cashed out any large amounts, so I can only assume this is a routine/random thing.
It's a big deal IMO. Firstly, it automatically knocks a few points off your credit score anytime someone runs it. Secondly, would be creditors can see how many enquiries are lodged, and the more you have the worse it looks, because the assumption is that all of them are from people who you have requested credit from. And lastly it's a gambling company - chances are most people won't know the name, but if they do they'll tag you as a gambler, and that's never going to look good on a credit application.
I'm not going to go as far as to say there are no circumstances at all under which a casino would be within good practice to run your credit, but it's a significant intrusion of privacy and I just want to make aware anyone who isn't already that they might do this.
I was looking at my UK credit report today and I noticed a few months ago Wager Works ran a credit check on me. I assume this possibility is buried somewhere in their T&Cs (I don't even know which site it was so I can't check this), but even if so I think most peoples' assumption would be that they would only do this if they had an unusual and compelling reason to do so, ie strongly suspected fraud. In my case I hardly play at WW and have never deposited or cashed out any large amounts, so I can only assume this is a routine/random thing.
It's a big deal IMO. Firstly, it automatically knocks a few points off your credit score anytime someone runs it. Secondly, would be creditors can see how many enquiries are lodged, and the more you have the worse it looks, because the assumption is that all of them are from people who you have requested credit from. And lastly it's a gambling company - chances are most people won't know the name, but if they do they'll tag you as a gambler, and that's never going to look good on a credit application.
I'm not going to go as far as to say there are no circumstances at all under which a casino would be within good practice to run your credit, but it's a significant intrusion of privacy and I just want to make aware anyone who isn't already that they might do this.