This is becoming even more shambolic now. I honestly cannot believe how unprofessional Vernons Casino are acting.

Today, I received an email from Vernons support, which states the following:

'Please note that you did not comply with one or more of our terms and conditions, therefore your winnings will be voided.

As mentioned in the welcome bonus terms of use, bets placed on excluded games will not be counted toward wagering requirements, and the Casino reserves the right to withhold any amount in excess of the player's original deposit from a player's withdrawal if the bonus is wagered on the above games.

For more details please visit http://www.vernons.com/bonus.html#welcome'.

Now, the link they have provided is invalid, so I cannot check the details on it, but the terms and conditions on their website state '...all Slots games contribute 100%...'. I played through the wagering requirements (40x bonus) on slots. Nowhere can I see that any slots were excluded in this offer.

I have screenshots to show how much I played through and the games I played. If I had not completed the wagering requirements, surely their system should have highlighted that I had wagering requirements left to complete? If, as they say, I did not complete the wagering requirements, why was this not mentioned in their previous emails to me?

I have tried replying to their email, but I received a failure notice. I then tried to reply from a different email address and I received a failure notice. It appears that they have blocked my IP address!

Well, I finally managed to send Vernons support an email today. I queried their last email to me, which stated that I had not met the wagering requirements (when I most definitely had).

I have just received a response which states the following:

We regret to inform you that your winnings amounting to £8xx.xx were removed from your account as per Management’s decision.

This is in compliance with our Bonus Terms and Conditions stated in the paragraph below and in this link; http://www.vernons.com/terms-and-conditions.

“15. We reserve the right to review transaction records and logs from time to time that relate to the award and fulfillment of Bonuses, for any reason whatsoever. If, upon such a review, it appears that You are participating in strategies that we in our sole discretion deem to be abusive, misuse our systems or are in breach of any of the terms and conditions that apply to such Bonus (including, without limitation, minimal risk wagering), we reserve the right to revoke Your entitlement to the Bonus in question (as well as any winnings earned by use of such Bonus) and/or revoke and/or cancel any other Bonuses (as well as any winnings earned by use of such other Bonuses) that we believe have been awarded, redeemed or won as a result of the same. We also reserve the right in such circumstances to terminate Your Player Account. You acknowledge that players found to be abusing Bonus awards may be barred from receiving further Bonuses.”

So, now Vernons are claiming that I have been participating in strategies that they deem to be abusive and misuse their system. How is that even possible? I played on slots, surely it is just luck if you happen to win?

How many different reasons/excuses are Vernons support going to give me for not paying my winnings?

My next course of action is to write a complaint to The Alderney Gambling Control Commission.

I shall let you know how I get on.

Hi,

Vernons have been clear with the responses to tabby_cat and they have all been based on our monitoring of the player's gameplay since signup with multiple No deposit bonuses. After initial analysis of this gameplay with our bonuses and his withdrawal request our fraud team firstly requested notarised documentation to be sent to our Liverpool office and the account was further investigated. This is only required in situations where we feel there is abuse of our promotional bonuses. Our investigation into the account revealed fraudulent use of bonus activity that meant we reversed any winnings and refunded the player's deposit as per our general bonus Ts&Cs - Section 8.4. As mentioned Vernons is an AGCC regulated site and our CS team deals with all players issues accordingly.

Kind Regards,

Vernons Support

Firstly, Vernons have been far from clear in their responses to me. I have received many conflicting responses, such as:

1. An email requesting that I send my notarised documentation to an address in Liverpool.

2. An email confirming that they had received my ID, but it did not match the address on my account and a request that I send further ID - I had not even sent ID at this point!

3. An email requesting that I send my notarised documentation to an address in the Philippines.

4. An email confirming that the notarised documentation should, in fact, be sent to the Liverpool address.

5. An email confirming that the notarised documentation should, in fact, be sent to the Philippines address.

6. An email stating that my winnings had been voided as ‘bets on excluded games do not count toward wagering requirements’ - I played through the wagering requirements (40x bonus) on slots, which, according to the terms and conditions count toward 100% of the wagering requirements.

7. An email stating that my winnings had been removed from my account as ‘it appears that You are participating in strategies that we in our sole discretion deem to be abusive, misuse our systems or are in breach of any of the terms and conditions that apply to such Bonus (including, without limitation, minimal risk wagering)’ - How is that even possible? Vernons sent me an email offering a no-deposit bonus, which I accepted. I played through the no deposit bonus and, by chance, happened to win; does this constitute abuse? I followed the terms and conditions regarding the wagering requirements; in what way did I misuse their systems or breach their terms and conditions?

Secondly: multiple no deposit bonuses? Really? I suppose that depends on how you define multiple. To this date, I have accepted two no deposit bonuses. The second no deposit bonus (the matter of this dispute) Vernons invited me, by email, to participate in. Why try to entice a customer with a no deposit bonus and then cite some convoluted excuse as a reason to deny their winnings? It is bad business practice and I really would expect better from a company of Vernons size and reputation. They are not some fly by night organisation, so why behave like one?

Thirdly, I take the accusation that I have acted fraudulently very seriously. I do hope that Vernons have evidence to back up this claim? I expect I shall be hearing from the authorities, if, as Vernons say, I have acted fraudulently. How completely and utterly ridiculous! Without evidence to substantiate this claim, you cannot go bandying this term around. It is lucky for Vernons that this forum does not identify me, otherwise their response would be defamatory AND libellous.

I repeat, all I have done is accepted a no deposit bonus (which I was invited to participate in), played through the wagering requirements (as per the terms and conditions) and tried to withdraw my winnings!

If anything, I could claim it is Vernons who are acting fraudulently, as this whole episode smacks of ‘bait and switch’.

 Vernons Casino would like to take care of unresolved complaints, with an apology for not doing it before! Is this problem still active?

 Vernons Casino would like to take care of unresolved complaints, with an apology for not doing it before! Is this problem still active?