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9 months ago
I played quite a lot on 20bet . First I lost, deposited more, then I Won. So I had my deposit balance + winnings in the account.

Then after verifying account, sending all they need, I got message about that my account was closed, due to fraud. I have tried to ask how I can have been doing fraud, with what I have sent and what they have, but they dont answer me about that. I have not played in any fixed matches or so.

I have reviewed their Terms and Conditions but still do not understand what led to this decision.

I would appreciate any guidance or support in resolving this issue. And most important for me, after reading their terms I know I have rights to get back my deposits on my account. They have only sent my last deposit, that was a low % of my total deposits.
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User name

Dear all,

Following a careful review and consideration of all the information, details and/or proof presented by the parties during the complaint process, the AskGamblers Complaint Team reached the conclusion that 20bet Sportsbook management acted in accordance with their Terms and Conditions.

Based on the abovementioned information, the AskGamblers Complaint Team considers this case resolved and it is now officially closed. While we understand this might not be the outcome expected by the complainant, we would like to remind you that, in case of a disagreement with our decision, further assistance on the matter could be requested from the relevant regulatory body and/or appointed ADR entity.

User name loyalty-level-2
Askgambler, can you involve here? I guess you have gotten some information. I dont know what your conclusion is, but I hope to get some. And If you conclude that playing same bets as other individual(because of following same tipster) is violation, I hope you agree that I at least can get my deposit back
User name loyalty-level-2
I have followed a tipster on X, besides my own bets. You closed my account, so I cant see my activity, but I know there is football lower leagues in Norway, which you offer, and I use the offer, and Tour de France. What other users bet, and if they follow the same tipster, that I cannot control. If this is the reason for confiscating ALL my money on the site, deposit+winnings, I am truly shocked. I hope you AskGambler can help us here.
User name
Hello,

Our investigation has shown a repeated pattern of coordinated betting activity between the player and a third party, similar to activity observed in the past. Due to this violation of our terms, the case cannot be resolved in the player’s favor.

20bet Sportsbook Complaint Stats

Resolved 12 / 13
Avg. Amount $942
Avg. Complaint Duration 11 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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Voided bet after the match is played
On August 8, 2025, I placed a bet on the 20Bet website on a Finnish U20 football league (P20 Ykkönen) match: U20 Sapa vs. U20 Kontu Ita-Helsinki.

I bet on the 1x2 market, picking option 2, meaning a win for U20 Kontu Ita-Helsinki, with odds of 6.00. I placed multiple bets of €10–€50 each, totaling €500. The match ended 0–4 in favor of U20 Kontu Ita-Helsinki, so my bets won. The bookmaker initially paid the winnings into my account, bringing my balance to €3,000.
The next day, when I checked my account, my balance was only €500, and my bets on that match had been voided. I asked in their live chat why my stake had been refunded, and most likely a bot replied that my stake had been refunded because the match result had been known in advance. I responded that I had placed my bets a day before the match started, so I could not have known the final result. They only replied that the team had made a decision and it could not be changed.

On August 10, 2025, I also sent an email to [email protected] about the matter, but I have not received a reply. Now I am wondering whether it can really be the case that a bookmaker can freeroll my €500 stake by declaring after my winning bets that the match result was fixed, without providing any proof of that. In that case, a bettor would have no chance of winning if the bookmaker refunds the stake from winning bets. Would my stake have been refunded if I had lost the bet—if Sapa U20 had won? I doubt it.
A bookmaker should void bets before the match starts if they intend to do so, not after the match when result is known. Of course, I have no information that the match was fixed, and there has been no news or information anywhere in the media or on the internet suggesting it was, so this seems to be a completely made-up explanation. I placed the bet purely on a hunch, and now I feel cheated. Therefore, I want 20Bet to pay my full winnings, as they rightfully should in this case.
Status unsolved Unresolved
€3,000
Witholding funds and abusive attitude
My account was limited to 0 betting, therefore I decided to withdraw my funds back to my Skrill account on july 7th 2025, however both my original deposits and profits are being held hostage without any valid reason by 20Bet.

On july 9th they cancelled my request and proceeded to ask me for a selfie holding my ID which I promptly uploaded and was approved. Still, they refused to process my payment for the second time, all I got was an email demanding 3 more documents to be uploaded: a Skrill statement with all the deposits I made to their sportsbook since january, another selfie with a code and ID and a second proof of address. All this can be verified in the attached screenshots.

This is a repetitive pattern: every time there's a withdrawal request they simply reject it in advance to keep asking for more documents to be uploaded. In my case the information I sent was approved in vane simply because they systematically refuse to process the payment. I did my part, but they obviously didn't. Their only defense it's to keep using their T&C to justify their actions.

Once again I requested a withdrawal (for the third time) on July 17th, which they also rejected and another one (4th attempt) on July 19th which is in "pending" status. This is the complete list of documents I already provided:

1-Passport
2-Utility bill as proof of address
3-Proof of deposit
4-Picture of debit card (front/back)
5-ID (front/back)
6-Selfie with a code written in a paper
7-Screenshot of Skrill personal account details
8-Selfie with ID
9-Selfie with code and ID
10-Another utility bill as a second proof of address
11-Skill statement of deposits made to 20Bet (2 pages)
12-Bank statement with all Skrill transactions in PDF (may-june ’25)

However, they still refuse to process my payment. Even worse: they're now also demanding another "skrill statement for the period from May up to and June with all ongoing transactions visible in PDF format" when their own site doesn't even support the PDF format. 

All this without giving me any valid explanation about why exactly I'm being requested to provide all these details. This is sensitive information which could be possibly being used in a fraudulent way by this operator. After so many attempts to work this out, I think I reached a frustrating dead end with this abusive company and their useless copy/paste "costumer service department".
Status solved Resolved
$374