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Failed to provide adequate assistance with Apollo game glitch


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By Ben F.
9 years ago
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It has been over a week, I understand it is Christmas period, but on 22/12/16 I was playing through £200 deposit and £200 bonus with a £2000 play through limit, as I got close to completing, up to around £1900 I was playing on Apollo game and got feature, I had around £268 in my account when the game glitched, although not seen it show first bonus spin won £45. Went through usual issue of clearing browser history still stuck

I made immediate contact through chat line and informed they would investigate, gave them about 24 hours without response and then contacted through chat line again, still appear to be getting runaround copied and emailed VIP team as supposed to be a VIP client, no response so made phone call, three days advised is third party issue, obviously not happy as not able to access my money as stuck in game as bonus fund due to not being able to complete game.

I decide to wait as understand is Christmas, even though they continue to operate. Phone again on Wednesday and informed still no resolution as not heard from third party. Checked betting history but not available either. Phone again on Thursday as they have not got back to me still, same response advise I want my money and want to know what is happening but again not given any information. I contacted again on Friday (yesterday) and agreed that I will get £268 back and allow game to conclude. At last they did get back to me and money was paid into my account. However, the game has not reset and no bonus round, considering bonus rounds are when you get a chance to get a decent payout, I am still very unhappy as not been given a clear response on what has been done and why the bonus game not reset.

Being that I have lost tens of thousands over the past few years, feel this is not acceptable and feel it is a little dubious.

Advised they would get back to me but not holding my breath on past evidence, hence complaint submitted
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Amount £46

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Based on submitter's last post AskGamblers Complaints Team consider this case as Resolved and it is officially closed now.

Thank you all for your cooperation.
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was happy with response, although disappointed about timescale
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Dear @benno,

Please make sure to update your issue in a timely manner and let the AskGamblers Complaints Team know if you are satisfied with the decision taken by Betfair Casino management. Keep in mind that in case you fail to respond within the given time frame we will consider your issue as resolved and your complaint will be closed accordingly.

Thank you for your cooperation.
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Hi Ben,

Thanks for your patience.

I have spoken with support and they informed me that you were on a bonus round which got stuck.

The bonus round had already paid out £268 in winnings when the game broke so we confirmed what was due with Blueprint (game provider) and refunded the rest. The total refund a was manual pay out of £45.80 which was added to your account.

I hope this resolves your issue.

Thanks
Scott

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Avg. Amount $4,157
Avg. Complaint Duration 8 days
Avg. Response Time 3 days

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1950 skrill withdrawal never received as well as 249 trustly deposit not arriving
Dear sir/madam,

After 4 years of being a loyal customer, unfortunately it seems Betfair is turning rouge on their customers.
On the 11th of August I made a deposit using their “Instant” deposit service Trustly. For 249 euro’s. This payment had the following ID: 2538116405. It never arrived, but did show up in my transaction history on Betfair.

I’ve spoked to many people in their customer service chat, as well as with several managers which all admitted to Betfair having issues with Trustly and assuring me that I wasn’t the only one with this problem. They assured me to be patient and that the issue would get resolved. It had happened twice before several weeks, so I was patient and was confident they would resolve the matter. Unfortunately though, today the deposit was also deleted from my transaction history. After speaking to customer service I was simply told “you never deposited – there’s nothing we can or will do for you – you have to contact Trustly.”.

Right before posting this message I have sent Trustly a message, so hopefully I’ll be receiving a response swiftly. How-ever, I do want Ask gamblers to be aware of these problems since I doubt Trustly is the problem here due to the following reason:

Next to the deposit problem, which has now occurred three times. I’ve also encountered a withdrawal problem. On 2020-08-14 at 00:07 I have made a withdrawal of 1950 to my Skrill account. After waiting for 5 days I decided to ask customer service why I hadn’t received my withdraw yet in time and was simply told it got denied without any particular reason. I was told the withdraw would be reversed and I had to withdraw again, also stating that It might get denied again since it was denied without reason (and thus nothing changes when I make another try at withdrawing. This essentially results in an endless loop in which I don’t receive either my deposits or withdrawals.

Personally, after being treated very rude by customers service (note; I wasn’t too pleasant myself – but I always get generic copy paste messages and missed thousands in arbs/bonuses due to their broken promises which aren't compensated for at all after paying thousands in commissions). I’m not convinced I’ll ever receive my money back from this company.

I can prove everything I spoke about with screen captures / bank notes etc. If anything is needed – please tell me where to send it to and I’ll make sure it’s being dealt with accordingly.

Also, Betfair, if you’re reading this: please do the right thing and make the refund. I need the money and I rely on the reliability of the betting exchange for my livelihood. You’re the only constant in the betting world, so please make sure you stay constant and do the right thing and make your loyal customers whole again.

Thank you very much in advance,

Kind regards.
Status unsolved Unresolved
€2,199
Account Closed & Withdrawal Void Without Saying Why

Good Afternoon,


I am emailing today to raise a complaint about Betfair. I have included my account details below for completeness:


< Personal data removed >


I recently created an account with Betfair as I had read online of their excellent reputation - I am fairly new to the gambling scene so I thought I would pick a reputable brand. However, after my experience I can say I am less than impressed with their fairness and how I have been treated.


I deposited £500 to fund my Betfair account and it was accepted almost immediately with no problems. I then started gambling and was fortunate enough to get a mixture of winnings from the online casino and sports betting to get my account balance up to £5000. I then decided I would withdraw my winnings – this is where the problems began.


The following day, I received an email asking for verification documents in the form of ID and proof of address, to verify my account. I was fully expecting this as with every other gambling site, so I sent in my driving license, a photo of me holding my driving license (with my face in view – I thought I would go the extra mile) and a bank statement. I then received an email the following day saying my account had been closed by the security department on business grounds and in line with their terms and conditions – at this point my initial deposit of £500 was returned. I emailed Betfair querying this and their response was “it was a business decision and once your documents have been approved your account will be re-opened and you will be able to withdraw your funds” I was reassured that that my remaining account balance of £4500 would be kept safe and payed out once my account had been verified. To be honest this was a load of rubbish. 3 days later after chasing the live chat agents’ multiple times and after being told the same thing time and time again. I was eventually told (on the 5th time of asking) via live chat that my account was going to be kept closed and the remaining balance in my account was voided. All email contact has been ignored and I am having to chase Betfair via live chat to get any form of response.


I deposited my own money, risked losing my own money - I could have lost, but on this occasion, I won, and I fully cooperated with question and the verification process. However, my winnings and being withheld. Betfair have to pay out what is fairly and rightfully due to me. I can assure you if I had lost my initial deposit of £500 Betfair would most certainly not have returned this.


I would appreciate it if you could take a look at this case, and hopefully Betfair pay out what is fairly and rightfully due to me. I have no interest in them closing my account indefinitely as to be honest I have 0 respect for this company.


I look forward to your response,

Status unsolved Unresolved
£4,500
Account closure and confiscation of balance with no justification whatsoever

Good afternoon.

At the end of December, I registered at Betfair casino. since the casino was new to me, I started with small deposits. But for some time I made small deposits from 100 to 500 euros.. then I started making relatively large deposits through the Neteller payment system from 1000 to 2000 euros. I played various games: slots, blackjack, and sports betting... 10.01.2019 I made a Deposit of 2101 euros, played slots, card games, then put the money on the withdrawal.. I didn't receive any money for several days. the support service said that according to their withdrawal rules, the period can be up to 48 hours. I was waiting for the money, but after 2-3 days I received a notification that my account was blocked, Betfair holds the money, and this decision is not subject to discussion (See the letter in the attachment: message of blocked account.jpeg).

I never received any emails about violating any of the rules of the game or anything like that from them during the entire game.Instead, immediately send a message about blocking.

I was shocked.

I immediately responded to the email with a request to explain the reason for blocking (see attachment: the answer about the account blocking.jpeg). In response, I received only the standard response that this decision was made by the security service and they do not name the reasons (see attachment: the answer#2.jpeg).

after this response, I decided to write them a letter describing the whole situation as I see it from my side and asking them to clarify the situation AGAIN (See attachment question #2.jpeg). On such a letter from my side, I received AGAIN their standard response: that they do not have access to specific details and put the status: eliminated! (see attachment answer #3.jpeg). In other words, this dialogue has reached a dead end. they respond to all my letters in a monotonous manner and do not give any specifics. So I decided to ask you for help.

P.S. in the attachment, I also attach all correspondence in the e-mail format, since all correspondence was with the Russian-language Betfair support service, I did not receive letters in English from them. also, please note that some of the email they answered was not a text message, but by inserting photos with the answer, so to read them you need to follow the links that they have in their responses. But for convenience, I made all the correspondence in Jpeg format (see all the attachments that I provided)...

Status unsolved Unresolved
€2,095