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Nordicasino - Player was accused of breaching a maximum allowed bet.

Amount: €4,000

Nordicasino
Safety Index:Very low
Submitted: 18 Jul 2022 | Case closed : 09 Mar 2024
Case closed Our verdict

Insufficient evidence from player

REJECTED

Case summary

8 months ago

The player from Germany was accused of breaching bonus terms by placing a single bet greater than the allowed one. The player's game history suggests that the maximum bet rule was indeed broken. The player's argument that he was given misleading information couldn't be confirmed.

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2 years ago
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It's been some time. I had played at Nordicasino with a deposit bonus and finally paid out 4000 euros. However, the casino wiped my balance and only restored my deposit amount of 50 euros. While playing with the bonus I asked in chat if I had met the requirements. This was approved for me. The clerk told me I was out of bonus balance and had met the wagering requirements. However, after I requested the withdrawal, the casino commented that I allegedly played with too high a stake. However, the games were carried out normally. I know from other casinos that it's not possible to bet too much anyway if it's against the bonus terms. The game then stops automatically. Anyway. I bought free spins, but only after the casino agent confirmed in chat when asked that I had met the bonus requirements. As part of the payout check, however, all my winnings were then deleted.


I ask that you contact the casino and request the full chat history. The sum of 4000 euros was won, and then simply deleted arbitrarily after a payout request, because of allegedly too high stakes with bonus money.

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2 years ago

Dear thomas3588,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your negative experience. I checked the bonus T&Cs and I found this:

"1.1.6. Until the play through requirements have been met, the maximum amount per spin/ bet that can be placed is €5."

Our position is closely explained in Fair Gambling Codex https://casino.guru/fair-gambling-codex-for-casinos#max-bets: The max bet rule is, in fact, an industry standard, just as the fact that a casino has the right to seize the player's winnings from bonus play after breaking this rule. We prefer not to go against industry standards by penalizing casinos that use the maximum bet rule against players from time to time.

However, if you feel like you have been accused mistakenly, feel free to forward me your game history together with a link to the specific bonus that you redeemed and played. My email address is kristina.s@casino.guru.

If there is any other relevant communication between you and the casino, please send it as well.

Thank you in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Kristina

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2 years ago
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Hello Kristina,


first of all thanks for the answer. I still have several points.


  1. The casino does not use technical devices to prevent accidentally making higher bets than allowed with the bonus. It's different in every casino I know. The game then breaks off immediately without a bet occurring.
  2. Before purchasing the free spins, I asked in the chat whether the bonus had been played through. It is not possible at Nordicasino to see when the bonus has been played through. The chat clerk agreed that I had fulfilled the bonus with his terms and conditions. A clear deception!?
  3. I no longer have access. Can you request chat history at the casino?
  4. I have emailed the casino multiple times. This monotonously indicates that I had breached the terms without proving to me exactly which mission had breached the terms.
  5. A compromise would be to just delete the profit from the (accidentally) overplayed bet.
  6. Since I was assured that I would have fulfilled the bonus, I only made higher bets afterwards.
  7. I did not buy free spins in the game with a bonus, only after the statement from the operator in the chat.
  8. Could you please ask the casino to take a public position on my concerns here.
  9. It is no longer possible for me to present the chat history. The casino should have saved this.

Thanks


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2 years ago

Thank you very much thomas3588 for your reply. I will now transfer your complaint to my colleague Peter (peter.m@casino.guru) who will be at your assistance. I wish you the best of luck and hope to see your problem being resolved to your satisfaction soon.

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2 years ago

Hi thomas3588,

I have looked at your case and understand the situation. I will contact the casino and see if I can help. I would like to invite Nordicasino to the conversation to participate in the resolution of this complaint.

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2 years ago

Hello All,

Thank you for reaching out to us. 

 

We understand that Thomas has submitted a complaint regarding the decision made by the Casino and his voided winnings owing to irregular play.


The Casino also expects all potential players to read all the terms and conditions. Thomas's winnings were voided for breaking the 30% Rule.


As speculated on the Casino General T&C:


https://www.nordicasino.com/general-terms-conditions/?lang=en


 "10. Betting Rules

10.1. The casino expects you to follow the rules of each game while playing at the casino. We reserve the right to withhold any withdrawals and/or confiscate the winnings and bonuses for violation of the Betting Rules.

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10.3. Placing total bets equal to or greater than 30% of the value of the deposit currently in play is prohibited. Acquiring an in-game Buy Feature to trigger free spins for a buy-in cost equal to or over the 30% max bet limit is considered as irregular play.


10.4. When a player receives a bonus, a cashback or redeemed the Comp Points, a maximum bet limit applies. This bet limit shall not be equal or exceeding 30% of the value of the bonus or cashback or Comp Points currently in play. If multiple bonuses are in play, the limit will be calculated against the smallest bonus. This limit also includes acquiring or purchasing an in-game bonus feature."


In Thomas's case,  the deposit in play is deposit ID 7181012 of 50 Euros and deposit bonus ID 7181016 of 100 Euros. Therefore, according to the Terms and Conditions of the Casino you are unable to bet more than or equal to 15 Euros.


According to his game-play, Thomas made 50 over-bets ranging from 50 Euros to 200 Euros on the games: "Angus Fire 2", "Cat Clans", "Thor Infinity Reels", "Holmes: Reel Detective", "Gold Tiger Ascent".


During his gameplay, Thomas breached the maximum betting rules by placing bets that are greater than 30% of his deposit, and bonus amount.  This is the reason why Thomas's winnings were voided.

 

Please be advised that we view "over-betting" as a violation of the service we provide, and an attempt to deal unfairly with us. If a player attempts that, confiscation of the winnings accrued is in order. Of course, you might claim that you were uninformed and that you meant no harm. We are always careful to return to the balance the deposit from which the confiscated winnings were accrued, even though, technically, we don’t have to do that. 


With regards to Thomas's request to be paid, please note that our review shows the casino has acted promptly and in accordance with its Terms & Conditions while voiding his winnings.

In light of the above, the casino has no obligation to pay the winnings that were owned by making irregular bets. 

 


We mark this case to be resolved, should you need any further information don't hesitate to contact us.

 

 

Best regards,

Nordi Casino


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2 years ago
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Dear stakeholders,


In no way do I see this open case as solved. Casino Noricasino must be accountable for the actions of all employees of their company who communicate with customers/players in a recognizable manner.


As I have already pointed out, but probably overlooked by Nordicasino, I spoke to a chat agent while playing with the bonus. No 50 bets were made with active bonus balance. The bonus balance was fully cleared by fulfilling the wagering requirements! If this wasn't the case, the chat clerk gave the wrong answer when I asked if I had fulfilled the bonus. Because it is not clear to the player on the Nordicasino site whether they are playing with a bonus or real money. The balances are not shown separately. The false statement could not be given to the detriment of the player either. The casino has to pay out the winnings. It was played for several hours. If the casino had given an early notification that the bonus had not been fulfilled, I would hardly have wasted my time playing, since winnings would obviously not have been realizable.


It was therefore necessary for me to explicitly ask in the chat. "I would have fulfilled the bonus".


The casino should therefore immediately make the chat history accessible. This will have been saved by Nordicasino.


The diverse, legally erroneous view of the casino operator becomes very clear when he refers to his terms and conditions, which are obviously to be declared invalid in legal transactions. The casino is fraudulently pretending to offer me a refund of my deposit i. hv 50.00 euros. What actually happened was an unlawful removal of my legitimate winnings.

Withholding my deposit would clearly have constituted criminal fraud or embezzlement. My deposit was therefore undoubtedly MY MONEY and not the casino's money, since obviously no more profits could be made with the deposit. If I want to play for fun, I definitely don't use real money. Invoking general terms and conditions is only permissible if these are made available to the customer in simple, unambiguous language by the entrepreneur. The casino must comply with the legal requirements of the country in which it offers its offer. Therefore, German law applies exclusively with regard to the General Terms and Conditions. According to this, the terms and conditions clauses used should under no circumstances have any effect against the player and cannot entitle the company to an obvious criminal offense.


If it turns out that high stakes have actually been made with bonus credit, this could have been prevented very easily by technical precautions. Especially since the slot machines can be played very easily with high to very high stakes if you accidentally click. The whole procedure of the casino is questionable and one-sided almost fraudulently designed in favor of the entrepreneur.


I therefore continue to demand an immediate payment of my long overdue winnings of around 4000.00 euros! The casino also wishes to be transparent in resolving this case and not invoke invalid, inapplicable or fraudulent and ambiguous terms and conditions.

When resolving this case, I would also give the operator of the Nordicasinos to consider that, after a rough examination, it probably should not have been active on the German gaming market at all if player protection, as in the present case, is trampled underfoot.

Should the casino continue to embezzle my winnings and not pay them out to me, I will be forced to sue for my full deposits of the last few years. Because whoever specifies a chance of winning must, in the event of a win, which is ultimately at the player's risk, stick to the promised chance of winning, and in particular may not refuse the winnings achieved against the programmed probability of the machines. So if Nordicasino does not grant my claim here, I will have to file a lawsuit promptly, and I would clearly win this according to the applicable case law. I would also report openly about this case here in order to protect other players from the obviously practiced fraud of the Nordic Casino. The Nordicasino can think this over carefully and now consider reasonably whether it would finally like to grant my claim and the repeated demand for my money.


Kind regards


Thomas


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2 years ago

Hi all,

Thank you for your replies.

Dear Nordicasino team,

Could you please send the player's game history and mark the overbets to my email address (peter.m@casino.guru)? Could you also explain why the support informed the player that the wagering requirements were met if he breached the maximum bet rule?

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Hello Peter, 


We have sent to your email address the game history and highlighted the irregular bets per your request. 


As for your question about the support staff informing the player that the wager criteria had been reached, please be reminded that the support on live chat had answered the player's inquiry about whether or not he had completed the wager.

The agent never said that his withdrawal would be paid or that he had not violated the maximum betting rule.

The support agent will assist the player to the best of their ability, but once the player submits the withdrawal request, the financial department will verify the game history and determine whether or not the withdrawal will be approved, in accordance with the T&C that the player agreed to upon registration.


We hope the above information is sufficient.


Kind regards,

Nordi Casino


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The chat agent was asked if the terms of the bonus were met? He agreed to this.

I can hardly imagine that the employees in payment transactions check each of my bets individually and that with thousands of players. So you should and should have noticed it days before my payout. There are technical possibilities for this.


Otherwise, you would deliberately trample on your players' time as they play for credits, which you deduct afterwards. The chat continues to be of my heightened interest. So please make it available to us. Thanks

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2 years ago

Dear Nordicasino team,

Thank you for the evidence and explanation.

Dear thomas3588,

I've looked at your game history and the data suggest that the max bet rule was actually breached on numerous occasions. Even though the casino support confirmed that the wagering requirement was met, this doesn't change the fact that the rule was broken. I'm afraid, there's not much that can be done in this case.

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Many Thanks,


Just because the maximum bet amount has been exceeded does not mean that the casino can keep my winnings. After all, it all comes down to when I made those big bets. As far as I know, this only after the statement of the chat employee. Even if the limit were accidentally exceeded, this would be irrelevant from a legal point of view due to the assurance given by the chat employee. (see comments below) Dear Peter, please send me the chat history, as it is about the exact time when the statement was made in the chat.


Of course, the casino must take account of the statements made by their chat staff. Because the employees appear as vicarious agents/employees of the company. The player therefore also has the right to trust the statements. If I ask whether the bonus has been fulfilled, I can therefore also assume a CORRECT answer. If this is not the case, the entrepreneur must strictly instruct his employees not to make any statements to his customers about playing through the bonus. But the answer to my question was very clear. Dear participants, why should regulations/terms and conditions favoring the company, which are mostly misunderstood on the part of the company, stand above the civil law that has been written and passed by parliaments. This is not the case in any legal system!!! Even in the legal system in which the casino is located, the consumer is protected in that he can bindingly rely on the statements of employees. Here the game was also offered to a German consumer in Germany. Accordingly, at least German civil law with all its attribution rules also applies. Regulated in the BGB and EGBGB.


If the casino really has the legal opinion that it is allowed to deviate from both state and German laws in the present case, please prove this to me using the applicable law. A general terms and conditions is not a right. The casino should therefore not constantly refer to its own terms and conditions, as these can never be above state law.


You should also ask yourself what would have happened if I had lost all my money and my deposit. Would my deposit have been refunded? As a logical consequence, this would have had to be done, since the maximum bet would have been exceeded and, according to the casino's statements and actions, there was no longer any chance of winning with my credit at any time. The casino is obviously not interested in the fact that a maximum bet amount has been exceeded as long as they can collect the deposit. In the end, however, this is a contradictory action.


I would also like to point out that the casino does not take any precautions to ensure that the maximum bet amount is not exceeded. This is a negligent action and in the absence of any other information on the site, the customer is forced to ask for information about playing through the bonus in the chat. As already stated, the answers given there are binding for the casino operator.


We should therefore also pay attention to the actual course of events in terms of time, and dear Peter, please do not jump too quickly on the side of the casino, as we should be showing a comprehensive consideration of all circumstances. Applicable laws are also applicable here, because the terms and conditions are restricted or canceled by the actual actions of the casino.


This case may therefore of course remain open.

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2 years ago

Hi thomas3588,

I asked the casino for a transcript of the aforementioned chat by email. I'm waiting for a reply now.

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2 years ago

Hello Peter,


Please be advised that we had replied to your email.


Kind regards,

Nordi Casino

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2 years ago

Danke Nordi Casino.

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2 years ago

Dear thomas3588,

Unfortunately, the casino doesn't have the chat transcript anymore since the conversation took place in January. Without the chat, we can't tell if the casino support team member made a mistake and gave you misleading information. I'm afraid we can't help you with this one. The fact is that the maximum bet rule was breached and we can't penalize the casino without further evidence. I suggest making screenshots in the future should a similar situation occur. Based on the above, your complaint will be rejected. If you disagree with our decision, please turn to the Curacao Gaming Authority (http://www.gaming-curacao.com/). I wish I could be of more help.

Best regards,

Peter

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