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SpinAway Casino - Player's bonus winnings have been confiscated.

Amount: €9,000

SpinAway Casino
Safety Index:Above average
Submitted: 18 Apr 2022 | Case closed : 20 Apr 2022
Case closed Our verdict

Unjustified complaint

REJECTED

Case summary

2 years ago

The player from Germany played with a bonus, and the casino probably confiscated her winnings due to placing bets higher than allowed. We were forced to reject the complaint because this happened almost 2 years ago and the player couldn't provide any other information that would help us support her in this case.

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2 years ago
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So if I had known that you could take action against fraudulent online casinos, I would have done so a long time ago. I'm still not over how this casino treated me. I played here in Nov.2020. Deposited 100 euros, also UNFORTUNATELY took the bonus. But I didn't pay attention. From Wednesday to Saturday I worked my way up to 9,000 (!!!!!) Euros playing live roulette. Of course, I did NOT JUST play the round with 5 euros because I didn't know! And it wasn't shown to me like it is in other online casinos. It is set up in such a way that the bets are then rejected. The bonus turnover that you have to achieve was always displayed to me nicely and so I reached it within a day. I then uploaded my documents and waited for my payouts (a total of 7,500 euros, the remaining 1,500 euros remained on the player account). All of a sudden I go into my account on Saturday evening and there are only 100 euros left in my account. I go to my email and have an email from the online casino that I have violated bonus terms and my winnings have been confiscated. They left me 100 euros as a gesture of goodwill...hahaha! The ground was ripped out from under my feet. For real! I asked in the chat if this was supposed to be a bad joke. No, that's the way it is and there's nothing to discuss about that either, they wrote about it... you have to imagine that. They let me play diligently for 3 days and work so hard up and not even tell me in between that something is going wrong? I then asked them to simply delete my account because I no longer want to have anything to do with the club... But when I see how many players (not only in this casino) got their high winnings, even though they also violated bonus terms...I should have complained sooner! But the casino can check everything and I also know exactly the date and the amount. So that wouldn't be a problem. I hope you can do something there. To this day I think it's a bottomless cheek to let me play for so many days and then suddenly they found a reason not to have to pay me the money. I hope you get in touch and things get resolved! Thanks very much!

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2 years ago

Dear S777,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your problem. Do I understand correctly that the casino confiscated your winnings because you placed bets higher than allowed while having an active bonus?

Would you be so kind as to send me all the relevant communication between you and the casino, so we can gather as much information as possible? My email address is kristina.s@casino.guru, or alternatively, post it here.

Thank you very much in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Kristina

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2 years ago
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I have nothing more about it. That was in November 2020. But it was only communicated in chat anyway. So that I still have something about it is impossible anyway

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2 years ago

Thank you for your reply, S777. Since this is quite an old case and you don't have any supporting evidence that could help us proceed with this complaint, I am afraid that our options are very limited.

In general, we are not able to help players who systematically breached the maximum allowed bet. So, if you repeatedly placed bets higher than allowed, we couldn't support you in this case anyway.

If there is any other information that would take us further with this complaint, please let us know, otherwise, I will be forced to reject this complaint. Thank you for your understanding.

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2 years ago
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Well, I've read here about many cases where players got the win after all. But thank you anyway

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2 years ago
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And I didn't know that I wasn't allowed to make such big bets because it wasn't set up that way. In other casinos this is set and spinaway lets me play for a good 3 deals. It makes you feel like you're being ripped off... I certainly didn't bet too high with bad intentions. But whatever. topic done. Thanks very much

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2 years ago

I would like to emphasize that our position is closely explained in Fair Gambling Codex. 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.

Of course, we would like to see casinos implementing systems that would prevent players from placing higher than allowed bets, but, unfortunately, this is not standard practice yet. You were not stopped or blocked when you decided to increase your bet, and, as a result, you breached the maximum bet rule.

Sadly, there is not much I can do to support your case at this time. I would strongly recommend reading all the T&Cs carefully before you start playing to avoid any misunderstandings in the future. Casinos try to design their bonuses to be as attractive as possible, but the rules must always be followed. 

Unfortunately, after gathering all the necessary information we are rejecting this complaint as unjustified. Sorry we were not able to help you with this one, but please, do not hesitate to contact us in the future, if you run into any issues with this or any other casino and we will try our best to help.

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