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By Manesh
12 years ago
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I dont usually write a review about anything but I felt very frustrated and disappointed with 32red that made me look for some sites to write reviews! I have played at this casino for almost 5 years now. I'm a VIP player at 32red. I liked the casino for their customer service and their generosity. If I had a bad run, they would help. If I deposited too much, they would help. It was a matter of just asking for a little help! Support was great! Emails responded to almost momentarily! Live chat 24/7 and phones almost always answered quickly.

In August of last year I noticed things getting tighter and support declining. I decided to close my account and stopped playing for 4 months. I then decided maybe things have changed so I decided to reopen my account.

That was back in Dec and have now decided to close my account again.

Amounts deposited to date: $289,442.84

Reason: Huge delays in emails response time. The explanation is Friday nights are their busy time but getting a response the next day or sending an email in the morning and receiving response on afternoon time after time just shows the support is declining.

I made a withdrawal request of about over $3000 last month which took too long to process and after a long time getting response from the payments team that their not able to withdraw to the credit card I registered. Took so long I was tempted to reverse it all.

Rejecting free chips as a goodwill gesture is non existent with 32red lately. They can come up with almost any reason not to offer you one. If you had a bad day their response but you had a good moth. If you had a bad month, their response but you had a good 2 months and so forth.

If you complain about your bonuses versus deposit ratio, they will say yes you have deposited quiet a bit but we have matched your deposits 50% in the past 6 months!!! Whichever figures is more attractive to tell you sorry you dont deserve a bonus!

Account closure requests take 48-72 hours as only a pit boss or a team leader is able to do this (scrolling down to the title of the rep sending the email says pit boss).

There are many more complains but this is all I'm going to say right now.

Again, I have never complained to any casinos but felt a bit frustrated after being treated as a VIP player depositing well over $289000 and treated poorly lately.

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This issue is now resolved. Ask gamblers please close this.

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On Thursday Feb 13th there was a promotion of 20% match deposit at 32red. I went ahead and made a deposit just like everyday. I only play on my iPhone and all of the customer reps at 32red know this by now. After the deposit I went to the promotional page to claim my bonus as usual but everytime I clicked on "Claim" it would say sorry your balance is not sufficient for a bonus. Now the claim button only comes up once you have deposited otherwise it would only have one button "Deposit here". So after 5 or 6 tries logging off and logging back on to a phone (which on an iPhone takes 3 min just to log on), i decided to send an email instead to get my bonus. Btw, you can't use live chat on 32red mobile. After waiting impatienly to receive my bonus, logging on and off the app I started playing with my deposit. As a VIP players you are allowed to do this. After about an hour or so I lost my deposit and still haven't received my bonus so I send another email asking where my bonus is? I get a response later that "Today's bonus is 20% and to inform them once I make my deposit". I am quiet frustrated at this point since the rep knows Im asking for my bonus how could he not check to see if I had deposited yet or not before sending an email informing me of todays bonus?

So I send a response asking for my bonus again! No response.

I send a 4th email.... I get a response that daytimes are the busiest times so if its urgent I need to use Live chat. Reason for not adding the bonus: i had a cash balance and he/she did not want to add unnecessary playthrough!

I log on 32 App---> still no bonus!

I send 5th email questioning what is going on??? Why am I not getting my bonus?

No response!

Send another email letting them know how frustrated I am right now!

I get a response that management has now authorized 20% match as a goodwill gesture!

I forwarded all the email correspondents to the player support manager who earlier said they are taking measures to solve these issues. I didnt hear back from the manager but after following up with them again I got a response from a team leader informing me that the manager has been in back to back meetings so the team leader will look into the events and get back to me.

I got a response from the team leader that reviewing the events, he didnt see any issue so there would be no further actions!

I sent a reply explaining the situation again.

No response!

I send another email asking for feedback 5 AM london time. They said its early in the AM but when management gets in they will contact me!

7:00 PM London time no response so i follow up! Management has left for the day now but you need to wait 72 hours!

This started feb 13th, it is Feb 19! 144 hours!

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Management was nice enough to send me an email explaining the situation. However Im still having issues with the level of service. This is not resolved yet.

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Our Player Support Manager Jonathan has contacted the player directly with a view to resolve this issue.

32Red Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 9 / 26
Avg. Amount $9,109
Avg. Complaint Duration 7 days
Avg. Response Time 3 days

32Red Casino Complaint Summary

Most user complaints about this operator fall under the Payment category.
So far, 5 out of 18 complaints in this category have been resolved.
This operator's average complaint duration is 7 days, while the average duration across all operators is 7 days.

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Unwarranted withdrawal delay and not answering my complaints

I am lodging this formal complaint against 32Red regarding a withdrawal of £4,640 requested on 16th October. Despite fully cooperating with multiple consecutive document requests, my funds are being withheld without any clear explanation, timeframe, or communication.

Timeline of Events:

• 16th October: I won £4,640 and initiated a withdrawal. 32Red requested photographs of the two bank cards currently used on the account. I provided these immediately, and they were successfully processed.

• 17th October: 32Red then requested photo ID, a selfie of me holding my photo ID next to my face, and a bank statement for proof of address. I provided all documents, and they were approved within 48 hours.

• 18th October: 32Red issued a third request, asking for photos of three older cards used in the past. I provided photos of the physical cards and uploaded an official PDF statement for my Chase card (which is a numberless card) via live chat to ensure full compliance. I was advised that processing takes 24–48 hours but could take up to a week.

• Current Status: It has now been 10 days since submitting those final documents. My account remains unverified, and my withdrawal is stalled.

Lack of Communication & Regulatory Concerns:

I submitted a formal internal complaint to 32Red on Wednesday, 22nd October, and a follow-up complaint on Monday, 26th October. 32Red has entirely ignored both emails and failed to provide even a basic acknowledgment of my formal dispute.

Furthermore, front-line live chat agents refuse to provide any updates, stating only that the "whole account is being looked into" and that there is "no timeframe" for a resolution.

While I understand that UKGC-licensed operators must conduct routine compliance reviews, holding a player's balance indefinitely while completely shutting down communication and ignoring formal complaints breaches the UKGC's principles of fairness and social responsibility.

I have fully verified my identity, my address, my current payment methods, and my historical payment methods. There is no legitimate reason for this check to take 10 days with zero customer outreach.

Desired Resolution:

I require a senior manager or compliance officer at 32Red to immediately review my submitted documents, complete the verification check, and approve my withdrawal of £4,640.

Status unsolved Unresolved
£4,640
Withdrawal issues due to verification and lies about timeframes

I have been chasing my withdrawal of £6500. I had been asked upon withdrawal to send over proof of verification so they first asked me to send over my payslip which I did and they approved on the 21st of March 2025 I was asked for my bank statements which I sent on the 26th of March march 2025 it clearly states when you upload this document that it takes typically up to 48 hours and a maximum of seven working days every time I contact the team they just give me generic answers and have now resorted to saying that there is no specific timeframe I mentioned so that means it could be a year or 10 years to which they replied. It depends on the teams workload the fact that they asked me for these documents in bits as opposed to asking me all in one go it would have been so much easier than to make it even more frustrating when I emailed them they say they have the documents and are working on it when I go onto the live chat until the documents are not uploaded and I have to re-upload them which I’ve done about three times now via emails on the website funny enough when I was told to re-upload them through no fault of my own as they had confirmed, they already have this by email and not to worry I was then told I could potentially be put to the bottom of the queue because it’s from the upload date. I have raised a complaint. I speak to the agents every day and just keep getting generic answers and they clearly do not care one bit. It’s literally a copy and paste job they’ve said they’ve contacted the verification team several times and they are literally refusing to help and I’ve just been told it is what it is and it can take however time they need but in their conditions it clearly states 48 hours and below being the minimum and seven days being the maximum it’s also interesting that they only asked for this information when I withdrew my funds I have been with them for almost 3 years and in the past I have verified my ID and what not with no issues in fact they approved my ID proof of address and source of wealth within two working days but the bank statement it just seems to be the most upsetting back-and-forth. All I’ve asked them is to just kindly reach out to the team for someone to have a look as they have already passed the designated timeframe but I no one wants to take initiative at all. I mentioned I am a loyal customer and it’s easier for just somebody to have a look at the emails because the support team do not know what’s going on and the verification team are not allowed to talk to customers and neither our managers which I find really bizarre so all they have to do to resolve this complaint is look at the final document they requested it’s very simple what they requested two months worth of bank statements which I’ve already shared and they should enable them to just approve my withdrawal. They should’ve said at the very start there is no specified time for us to verify these documents but it clearly states 48 hours to 7 days and I known this is how long it takes I would’ve gone with another provider that is more proactive and polite to their customers. In fact the chat agents at 32 red casino are incredibly rude and not helpful at all. I would just like my withdrawal approved and paid and my documents verified which is not a big deal because it’s only the last document they requested. The only delay is they have not reviewed my documents and I'm sure if they do this matter is easily resolved.

Status unsolved Unresolved
£6,500
Delay withdrawal of 1165 pounds

On the 10/12/23 I trudged to making a withdrawal which was then reverted because my payment method ending in 0354 can’t accept inbound payments from 32red.com.

Later on in the day I found out that my 32red account was permanently closed without any form of communication as I had to find out by starting several chats with agents who wouldn’t even tell me what was going on. I ended up having to call the Uk support phone number to find this out. I was then told that my withdrawal will be processed and that my bank statement is needed which i uploaded to the live chat agent at the time which I’ve sent a screenshot of the chat showing this.

The next day on the 11th even though the withdrawal that was made on the 10/12/23 was declined by the method ending 0354; it was made to the exact same card without my knowledge and it was declined again; I only found out about this by live chat as they lied stating that they emailed me which they did not as 32red have a reputation of poor communication with customers. My bank statement was sent in order to have my £1165 paid to me by bank transfer but nobody has deposited to my emails and every time I ask the live chat agent they always tell me to be patient which is ridiculous.

It clearly states on 32reds website that withdrawals are processed in less than 24hrs but in my case it’s been over 72hours. I would please like askgamblers to step in and sort this out please so that I can have my £1165 paid to my virgin money bank account that I was told to supply a bank statement for. As 32red are very notorious for making withdrawals difficult for customers as they do not communicate at all

Status unsolved Unresolved
£1,165