HomeComplaintsPokerStars Casino BG - Player’s struggling to complete additional account verification.

PokerStars Casino BG - Player’s struggling to complete additional account verification.

Black points: 66

Amount: $835

PokerStars Casino BG
Safety Index:Above average
Submitted: 13 Oct 2020 | Unresolved : 22 Nov 2020
Unresolved Our verdict

No reaction policy, good regulator

UNRESOLVED

Case summary

4 years ago

The player from Bulgaria is experiencing difficulties completing random security check as the casino has requested additional personal documents.

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4 years ago
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Hello! On 05.10.2020. around 23.30 my access to my account was temporarily restricted due to a random security check. On 06.10.2020. provide them with the following documents:

1. Copy of ID card

2. Copy of bank card

3. Copy of phone bill

4. A copy of the bank statement for the respective card

5. Declaration of origin of the funds, containing in my opinion unnecessarily a lot of confidential information, which I will scan and send to you as soon as possible.

On 07.10.2020 I receive a message to provide the following documents:

1. The last 3 payrolls from my current employer.

2. Bank statement for the last three received salaries

3. Bank statement showing my winnings from a game or emails proving the same

4. A copy of my tax return for the previous year

5. Extract from my investment portfolio or investment account


After my refusal to provide the requested documents and an offer to transfer the money to my account and close my account, I receive the same automated answer in my opinion ... we kindly ask you to provide the documents in question. I am a player at a fixed limit and tournaments less often, at Pokerstars, I just decided to try their casino, if I had read your review, I would never have done it .... Now we are in a stalemate, I have not broken any casino rules that suggest that my funds should be paid .... but they put me in a situation that means to me, or you provide us with the requested data or your account remains blocked .... This is a living blackmail, for which I plan to file a complaint to The Commission for Personal Data Protection and respectively to the legal successor of the Gambling Commission, namely the NRA .... I will inform you about the developments ... and I am ready to provide you with reliable correspondence between the two parties, which will be available to others. ig in the hall in question ....!

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4 years ago

Dear Магдален,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your problem. Please understand that KYC and security checks are very important and essential processes, during which the casino makes sure that the money is sent to the rightful owner.

Could you please advise if you have withdrawn any winnings in the past? Have any of your personal details or payment methods changed recently?

If there’s any relevant communication, please forward it to petronela.k@casino.guru. I hope we will be able to help you to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Petronela

 

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4 years ago

Dear Магдален,

Thank you very much for forwarding all the relevant communication. I have checked everything. Please understand that it is a common procedure for casinos to audit players’ accounts. From our experience it may take 14 days, but every casino is different and has its own procedure which needs to be followed. That’s why we advise players to be patient and fully cooperate with the casino.

Could you please advise how long did you have an account in this casino and how would you like to proceed with this case? Do you wish to keep your account opened or close it? 

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4 years ago
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Additional comments from the player:


"Hello! I have been registered with Pokerstars since 2009 or 11 years. Naturally, I prefer to keep my account with them in case we come to a decision. I doubt it, as I do not intend to provide them with additional documents, so that I am willing to close my account, provided, of course, that they pay me the funds I have in the account.

Greetings!

M. *** "

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4 years ago

Thank you very much, Магдален, for providing all the necessary information via email. I will now transfer your complaint to my colleague Matej who will be at your assistance. I wish you best of luck and hope to see your problem being resolved to your satisfaction in the near future.

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4 years ago

Hello Магдален.

Sometimes when a player deposits large amounts, the casino is obligated to check the source of income of such a player. You are complaining about €835, which is not so much to trigger such a check. May I ask why you refuse to give the casino the requested documents and which one particular is the one what you think is beyond the line?

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We received an answer from the player:

Hello! I refuse to provide them with these documents, because according to our legislation I have the right to such a refusal. And nowhere in their rules does it say that they have the right to deny me access to my funds in this case. As I told you about the documents ... . Hardly anyone would provide them with their investment portfolio, annual tax return, and at least how much money they have in a savings or other account. Since I know other players for those years, when I showed them the declaration of origin of the funds, everyone said that they would refuse to fill it in at all (you have it attached in our correspondence). You, with a request to forward my answer to your colleague, as your system does not allow me to do it personally.

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4 years ago

I would like to invite the PokerStars Casino representatives into the discussion with hope that they will explain to us why they need so many personal information from this player.

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4 years ago

We would like to ask the PokerStars Casino to reply to this complaint. We are extending the timer by 7 days. If the casino fails to respond in the set time frame, we will close the complaint as ‘unresolved’.

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4 years ago

I am very sorry, Магдален.

It looks like that the casino is non-responsive. However, in this case, we believe that asking so much personal information from the player is not necessary and especially when we are talking about $835 winnings.

We are closing this complaint as "unresolved".

I am very sorry Магдален that we cannot help you more.

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