Jokabet Casino - Player’s account has been closed without reason.

Hi. I have been using your site for the past 6 months or so and recently started again last week. I made my last deposit of £20 on the 24th september and placed a bet of £10. Then I tried to log back in later that day and my account is locked and comes up with the message 'country not allowed'. Which baffled me as I have never had the issue before and I have made a lot of deposits totalling hundreds of pounds over the months I have been using the site from my UK bank account. I decided to check your T&C's and noticed that it says UK residents are not authorized to play on your site. Over the last year I have really been struggling with depression and anxiety and as a result my gambling has got out of control. I have self exclusions in place on all UK sites and, so looked for other sites, which is how i found yours. When I signed up I used my UK address, mobile number etc and as I mentioned all deposits have been from my UK bank account. I have looked into this and I should be entitled to a refund of all my deposits, as a result. Can you please help me proceed with this. 

Yours Sincerely

Jonathan ****

Dear Jonnymuk85,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your negative experience with Jokabet Casino.

Please allow me to ask you a few questions, so I can better understand the situation. 

• Was your country filled in your player's profile?
• Could you please share your attempts to resolve the issue with the casino?
• Have you asked the casino for a refund of your deposits, due to your gambling problem?
• When did you inform the casino about having a gambling problem to your knowledge?
• My email is tomas@casino.guru

I hope we will be able to help you to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you very much in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Tomas

Hi Tomas,

Thank you for your reply. I reached out to customer support on the website before getting in touch with yourselves. That's when I told them about my problems with gambling and the issues I've been having with my mental health. The person I eventually got through too was called Steven and I told him all the issues I was having personally and with the site. I told him that I was a UK resident and I had been able to open an account and make deposits totally hundreds and hundreds of pounds from my UK bank account and asked for these deposits to be refunded, as I was entitled due to their negligence. When I opened the account I input all of my details correctly including my address, country of origin and even my UK mobile number. So there system should have flagged this from the start. But it never was. I have been playing on the site for over 6 months on and off. Never had any issues with depositing or placing bets up until now. I still had a balance on my account also of £10, which I mentioned to Steven on live chat. He basically didn't listen to anything I said. He just closed my account and when I asked again about getting my money back he just said 'you should have read the T&C's. They will be able to see quite easily how much has been deposited on my account over the time of me playing, so I would like them to refund it in full or at least part of it.

I have attached the screenshots of my chat with Steven for you to see. I also have the transcript that they sent me from the chat if you would prefer that.

Kind regards

Jonathan ****

I have also opened a complaint with jokabet, which I had an automatic reply with a reference number for the complaint.

I also noticed an email from jokabet received on the 24th september, which they had sent me with regards to a login attempt on my account (which was me) stating there has been a new login attempt on your account. It provides the IP address, which clearly states it's in GB. Shortly after that I couldn't login. So that's when there system finally picked up on my location. Please see the SS

Dear Jonnymuk85,

In your conversation with the casino, you mentioned you have an active balance in the casino.

• Could you please specify how much the casino withholds?
• Have you received any reply to your complaint submitted to Jokabet yet? If you have, please share it here. Alternatively, forward the information to my email at tomas@casino.guru

Thanks in advance for your reply.

Dear Jonnymuk85,

We are extending the timer by 7 days. Please, be aware that in case you fail to respond in the given time frame or don’t require any further assistance, we will reject the complaint.

Unfortunately, the player has not responded to our messages and questions. Consequently, we are unable to investigate further and have no choice but to reject this complaint.

The player can reopen this complaint at any time.