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Unfairly confiscated winnings of 3BTC


After hearing good reports I played at 4Grinz for a few weeks, almost exclusively on various Blackjack games. I had some luck and found myself with 3BTC profit over this period before finding myself unable to log in.

I contacted their live support where I was told that my winnings had been confiscated. They accused me of "suspicious" play (which I assume is their language for somebody winning!) and basically told me to withdraw the deposited amount and go away.

I sent them a message complaining about this, I've done absolutely nothing wrong, broken no terms , simply had a nice run of luck so to confiscate the winnings feels tantamount to theft but received no further reply. If they are unable to cope with paying such an amount, then I worry for anybody else playing there and feel the best course of action is warn others away.
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AskGamblers Complaints Team have been provided with valid evidence on behalf the management of 4Grinz Casino where it is clearly displayed that player violated general casino term #2.1.2

"You participate in the Games strictly in your personal non-professional capacity for recreational and entertainment purposes only;
It is clearly stated in the 4GRINZ DEPOSIT BACK RULES: The value of the deposit must be wagered three times to qualify for Deposit Back." And upon evidence player didn't accomplish.

Based on the above, AskGamblers Complaints Team consider this case as Resolved and it is now officially closed. In a case of a disagreement with our decision we remind the player that further assistance on this matter could be requested from the relevant licensing authority responsible for 4Grinz Casino.
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Please remove my personal details from the screenshot provided.

You say "All winnings attached to suspicious play are null and void." Could you please , once again, explain what was "suspicious" about my play!! It seems to me like a catch-all phrase you are using to avoid payment when I have done nothing that anybody who ever gambles hasn't done.

Why is 1BTC now deemed non-suspicious but the rest is?

I'm perfectly happy for you to keep any bonuses to yourselves but the rest of the winnings are entirely legitimate and I will continue to dispute this with you.
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Hi Stv77,

Attached is a snapshot of your deposits, refunds, and Coin Back rewards. All winnings attached to suspicious play are null and void. However, you had 1BTC in non-suspicious winnings. In the above statement it was mentioned that bonuses were deducted. Because our Live Chat agent assured you that your could keep the 300mBTC in Coin Back rewards, we will honor this.

Your deposits totaled 4.5BTC
Your total refund and deposits are 4.5BTC
Your undisputed winnings not attached to suspicious play are 1BTC.

The 700mBTC mentioned in our statement above, plus the 300mBTC = 1BTC ($711) due to you.

Please contact our live chat so that we can verify your bitcoin wallet address and refund you the 1BTC balance due.

Thank you,

Sandy
User name loyalty-level-2
As my account is disabled and I'm unable to log in to review my account history, I cannot show the transactions. From the chat log following my initial complaint to you, you state that I have made 2.6btc profit in the time that I played at your casino. You have only allowed me to withdraw the deposits I made which still leaves 2.6btc unaccounted for (with the "300mBTC in deposit back rewards", this would constitute the 3btc that I am disputing. Apologies if it is not precisely accurate, I cannot check the details whilst my account is disabled). I do not know where you got a figure of 700mBTC from.

As for your continuing theme of me using "strategic play", I still do not understand what this means or what I have done that is wrong. I played various versions of blackjack for stakes of between 0.1 and 0.4btc over a period of several weeks and if I recall correctly, had not attempted to make a withdrawal. I could quite easily have lost the balance over the following weeks.

4Grinz Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 3 / 3
Avg. Amount $1,854
Avg. Complaint Duration 9 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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Account wrongly disabled and winnings seized although I followed Customer Service's instructions
After doing my research on the various BTC casinos, I joined 4Grinz while brand new to BTC and new to every aspect of that, and their Customer Service team misled and manipulated my trust. When I first joined, CS informed me that my deposit was still waiting on its 7 confirmations. I explicitly asked what I should do and was told, "Just keep playing and hope it gets confirmed," which is verifiable, and which CS Lee reconfirmed that he had told me. I asked if there was anything I could do to speed up the confirmation, and he said "some people do know how to make it go faster... :)", whatever that means. So, today, when I was waiting on confirmations, I followed this explicit advice and played. I won, but I waited until my deposits were confirmed to submit a withdrawal. I literally waited until after I had received email confirmations from 4Grinz that my deposits had been accepted. Only after I submitted my withdrawal request, did I receive the "fraud alert" email, which explicitly states "We have detected suspicious activity with your 4Grinz.com player account. An attempt was made to deposit funds in the amount of XXXX that resulted in zero confirmations and is suspected as double-spending." (The XXXX is what it actually says; it does not even say an amount). Again, I received this after I received the email confirmation of their acceptance of the deposit, also verifiable. You can see the emails and time stamps below (acceptance of deposits came at 2:25 AM; fraud alert stating deposits had 0 confirmations came at 3:15 am). You can also see that 4Grinz marked all four deposits as accepted more than an hour before I submitted my withdrawal request. Additionally, you can see my many deposits, because I have been a fiercely loyal customer since I joined. Now they have seized my funds and disabled my account. Lee said that this is "out of [his] hands," though he admits he did explicitly tell me to keep playing while waiting on confirmations. I asked to speak to a manager, who was not available.
Status solved Resolved
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Ignoring its own Bitcoin Payment Provider, refusing to pay 6.775 bitcoin winnings since 10/11/2016
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