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Powbet Casino - Player’s account has been closed after suspicious activity.

Amount: €2,000

Powbet Casino
Safety Index:Very high
Submitted: 18 Apr 2024
Case opened Current status

Waiting for player to reply

6d 2h 32m 26s

Case summary

21 hours ago

The player from Italy won €2500 and noticed an attempted withdrawal that he did not initiate. After informing the casino, his account was temporarily blocked. Despite providing requested documents, his account was closed without explanation. He seeks the recovery of his winnings.

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3 weeks ago
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Good morning,


On 13/04/2023, I won approximately 2500 euros while playing slots at Powbet Casino.

I would like to state that I have been a customer of theirs for years and have never encountered any problems, and I have made dozens of withdrawals on their platform without any issues.

The day after the win, I noticed an unusual withdrawal request that didn't seem to be made by me, so I contacted the support team. They immediately deactivated my account, stating that they were conducting fraud checks.

I can confirm that a withdrawal of 500 euros was made on 17/04/2024. The same day, I was notified that the fraud checks were completed and no suspicious operations were found.

In addition to this, they informed me that I had to promptly send the requested documentation to unblock my account, or else my account would be closed and the balance of approximately 2000 euros would be deducted.

In all this, I hadn't received a single email detailing the documentation I needed to provide.

Today, after multiple reminders, I received an email asking for proof of address, proof of an e-wallet account, and front and back photos of two cards used.

I promptly provided the first two documents today, explaining that the two cards would be more difficult to provide as they have been expired for years.

A few moments ago, I asked for information from live chat, and was informed that my account had been closed for administrative reasons.

I simply want to recover my money.

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3 weeks ago

Hello Gianchamp92,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint and I'm really sorry to hear about your issue with Powbet Casino. Please allow me to ask you a few more question before we would move forward.

Could you please advise since when exactly is the verification process ongoing? Would it be possible to at least get some confirmation from your payment provider that those cards belonged to you? Did the casino respond anything regarding those expired cards?

Please note that the verification process may take up to 14 days after sending in all the requested documents.

Looking forward to your answer.

Regards,

Nick




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3 weeks ago
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Good morning Nick,


the verification process started two days ago, the strange thing is that initially the account was disabled, since yesterday I saw that it was actually closed for administrative reasons.


For the cards I would have to go to Banca Intesa so I think the time would be much longer.

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2 weeks ago
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Good morning,


To date I still haven't received any news regarding document verification and 12 days have passed, I haven't even received any responses from support for 48 hours.

One positive thing is that the second withdrawal of 500 euros in the queue was strangely processed.

For now, however, I remain with the account disabled and 1500 euros in the gaming account that cannot be withdrawn.


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2 weeks ago

Thank you Gianchamp92 for all the information provided. I will now forward your complaint to my colleague Michal (michal.k@casino.guru) who will be assisting you from now on.

Wish you best luck resolving it.

Regards,

Nick

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1 week ago

Hello Gianchamp92,

I'm Michal and I have taken over your complaint. I have reviewed this case. Please forward me all related communication you had with the Powbet team regarding this case at michal.k@casino.guru. I will contact the casino to shed more light on this matter.

We would like to invite Powbet Casino to join the conversation.


Dear Powbet Casino,

Can you please provide more clarification on why the player is required to provide old bank cards when they supposedly have not been used for years? If the information can't be shared publicly, please forward it to me at michal.k@casino.guru 

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1 week ago
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Hi Michal,


thank you for your help, I forwarded the very long conversations with support via email, you will see that I had to open two calls because they had not given me any response to the first one for about 10 days, yesterday I had to send again some documents that had been sent to me already requested 10 days ago.

with all sincerity I am no longer interested in playing at the casino, I just want to recover the approximately 1500 euros in my account.


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1 week ago
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Good morning Michal,


yesterday for the 4th time the site support asked me to send the missing documents, I have already sent everything several times, as specified it was not possible for me to send the photo of a card used more than a year ago as it is no longer in my possession.

I have already replied to the casino that I honestly no longer have any interest in activating my account, all I would need is for them to send me my remaining balance of around 1500 euros

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5 days ago

We would like to ask the 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’ which may negatively affect its rating.

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5 days ago

Dear Gianchamp92,

Just to give you a quick update. I'm in contact with the casino representative. I understand your point in not fully understanding why the casino team is requesting you to provide information about a bank card that you don't use anymore and that expired a long time ago, however, as a part of the Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), the casino is entitled to request information about all the payment methods you used to fund your account, as it's mentioned in the casino terms and conditions.

Verification of your age, identity, and other checks
5.1 You must provide us with all information that we may request in order to manage your account, verify your identity or the source of the funds deposited to your account. This includes (but is not limited to) properly certified ID, proof of residence, proof of ownership and transaction histories of the payment methods used, including bank or credit/debit card statements etc.

I am currently in discussions with the casino team to explore potential solutions to effectively address this obstacle.

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5 days ago
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Thank you very much Michal,


I would simply be able to withdraw my funds, the fact that I have been their customer for years and have already made a lot of withdrawals I hope it can help

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3 days ago
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Good morning Michal,


Is there any news on this by any chance?

I haven't received any responses from the casino for over a week now.


I'm starting to evaluate this type of casino as a legalized scam.

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21 hours ago

Dear all,


Thank you for reaching out!


Please be informed that we received the documents the customer submitted, and are in the process of reviewing them.


We appreciate your patience on the matter.


Best regards,

Powbet Team

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