Allowed me to deposit and play over 2 days then blocked account because of self-exclusion from sister site.
I opened an account with this casino on 12/08/15 and deposited and played through £500 over the next couple of days. I tried to log on on 14/08/15 only to find my account blocked and when I queried it with support I was told I was self excluded from a sister site until January 2016. I checked and found that this was for Jetbull - I'd been having problems with the amounts I was spending so self excluded for a year. I then left a message with PlayHippo on 19/08/15 asking how I was able to open an account and deposit and play through £500 before my account was blocked and stating that it seems very unfair that I have played with money that I was never going to win anything with or have the chance to recoup and I would like an explanation of how this has been allowed to happen under the responsible gaming policy as in the past I have found with other casinos who operate sister sites if I sign up, I am then unable to deposit because my card won't be accepted.
Nobody came back to me so I forwarded on 20/08/15. I then got a response from customer service merely stating again that my account was excluded until January 2016. I responded saying "I did NOT exclude from Playhippo. I opened the account, deposited and played over a couple of days then when I went to log in to play more I was told to contact customer support.
When I did this I was informed that because I was self excluded from one of the sister sites I had now been excluded from playhippo. As I explained I am now aware that I am self excluded from 3 sister sites due to problem gambling and should therefore never have been able to open an account in the first place, let alone be allowed to deposit funds. Effectively, I have been allowed to spend £500 that you would never have payed out on.
I would appreciate if you could escalate this for a manager to have a look at and I am also going to send an email to the regulating body because in terms of responsible gaming, this seems grossly unfair.
I then got a response back from another agent apologizing for his colleague and saying my complaint had been forwarded to his manager and he would be in touch. I waited four working days (as stated on their website) and heard nothing so followed up with an email on 25/08/15 asking if they were any further forward with an answer to my query. Still no response. Emailed again 27/08/15 - guess what? Still no response. It's like they are ignoring me and all I'm looking for is an answer to my query.
Hope you can help!
Kind regards,
Julie
Nobody came back to me so I forwarded on 20/08/15. I then got a response from customer service merely stating again that my account was excluded until January 2016. I responded saying "I did NOT exclude from Playhippo. I opened the account, deposited and played over a couple of days then when I went to log in to play more I was told to contact customer support.
When I did this I was informed that because I was self excluded from one of the sister sites I had now been excluded from playhippo. As I explained I am now aware that I am self excluded from 3 sister sites due to problem gambling and should therefore never have been able to open an account in the first place, let alone be allowed to deposit funds. Effectively, I have been allowed to spend £500 that you would never have payed out on.
I would appreciate if you could escalate this for a manager to have a look at and I am also going to send an email to the regulating body because in terms of responsible gaming, this seems grossly unfair.
I then got a response back from another agent apologizing for his colleague and saying my complaint had been forwarded to his manager and he would be in touch. I waited four working days (as stated on their website) and heard nothing so followed up with an email on 25/08/15 asking if they were any further forward with an answer to my query. Still no response. Emailed again 27/08/15 - guess what? Still no response. It's like they are ignoring me and all I'm looking for is an answer to my query.
Hope you can help!
Kind regards,
Julie