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Hi!

I have been a customer of Betfinal since February 2017. My account was fully verified shortly after opening the account, and I have made some deposits and withdrawals during the 1,5 years I've played at Betfinal. Up until now always I have always been happy with the experience at Betfinal.

On August 18th 2018, I was invited to Betfinal Ultras, a "VIP club" promising quicker withdrawals, higher limits and some exclusive bonuses. I took up the offer of a Ultra reload bonus and played through the required roll over amount. After clearing that bonus, I made a few more deposits for other promotions they had running at the time.

On August 28th 2018 I submitted a withdrawal of 27259 SEK (apx €2600).

On August 31st 2018 I tried to log in to my account to check on the progress of the withdrawal, but was not able to log in. Instead I was met with a popup informing me: "Access denied. For more information, please contact Customer Support"

I asked them what this was about and received an answer on September 1st 2018:

"Dear xxx,

We have now investigated your account and withdrawal, and we have decided to temporarily close your account for futher investigation due to breach of our terms and conditions.

We will notify you by email as soon as we have reached our decision.

Kindest regards,

The Betfinal Fraud Team"

Then another mail on September 7th, 2018:

"We are still investigating your account, and your account will stay temporarily closed for further investigation until we have reached our decision.

We will notify you by email as soon as we have any more information.

Have a great day."

Since then I have not heard anything back from Betfinal, even though I have sent them several emails during the last month asking for clarification and updates on my case.

Asking for your assistance on this case,
Thanks in advance.
Disputed Casino Betfinal Casino
Amount kr27259

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User name

AskGamblers Complaints Team has been provided with evidence from the casino management where it became clear that this case is referring to Sports Betting and has nothing to do with casino related matters.

As per the AskGamblers Casino Complaints Service Guidelines https:­//w­ww.a­sk­gam­ble­rs.c­om­/co­mpl­ain­t-g­uid­elines we are dealing only with casino related complaints and therefore, this case is being rejected. Further assistance on this matter could be requested from the relevant regulatory body.

User name loyalty-level-2
Hi Betfinal,

Not two months ago you, using your own words, hand picked me to be part of your Ultras VIP team. I took you up on your offers and played through the required wagering according to T&C's. Since my account has been locked for 1,5 months, I can't log in to verify it on your end, but I believe I deposited 8000kr after being invited to the Ultras club. Money that you have now confiscated together with my winnings from it.

Imagine the surprise for a hand picked VIP to be locked out from Betfinal only two weeks after receiving exclusive marketing offers.

Instead, you turn the tables and accuse me of fraud. If there were any truth behind your accusations of me playing in a syndicate, I would back down. This is not the case. Your allegations are incorrect.

Since you have refused to share any details with me, I can only speculate what you will be referring to in your communication with AskGamblers. Surely your boosted "Mega" odds campaigns that you have been running during the summer and early fall would have attracted a lot of players playing on the same selections, but I am sure a serious and sincere gambling site like Betfinal would already have calculated this?

I hope all of this will be made clear through this complaint.

Sincerely,
User name
Dear AskGamblers, dear JBECKMAN,

We have now provided the evidence to AskGamblers in private. We refer to the following Part of our Terms & Conditions.

3.10 Betfinal.com reserves the right to void any or all bets made by any person or group of persons acting in an attempt to defraud us. If there is evidence of a series of bets, each containing the same selection having been placed by or for the same individual or syndicate of individuals, betfinal.com reserves the right to make such bets void and suspend relevant accounts. This rule applies to both settled and unsettled bets.

Kindest Regards,

Betfinal
User name

AskGamblers Complaints Team is awaiting Betfinal Casino team to provide the required information.

Betfinal Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 11 / 16
Avg. Amount $1,870
Avg. Complaint Duration 9 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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Had my account blocked for logging in from my work computer that had to be on a VPN and completely stopped communicating with me. I have emailed numerous times to try and get paid the $19,700 balance that I have in the account to no avail. The terms (section 1.6) do not clearly state that use of VPNs are not allowed and unless used to access their site from an illegal country or to mask your current actual location which is not the case for my account at all. My account has been fully verified, including my proof of residence. This is just another Curacao book that will look for any reason not to pay legitimate winners. It's a great site if you are looking to just go casually lose some money but if you win don't expect to be treated well and you absolutely run the risk of not getting paid.

Please see below for the only mention of VPN service in their terms:

6. Access to certain Services on the Website may not be legal for some or all residents of or persons present in certain countries. We do not intend that the Website and Services be used by persons in countries in which such activities are illegal. It is the Customer’s responsibility to make sure to not use a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location, or by otherwise providing false or misleading information regarding your location or place of residence. Betfinal.com reserves the right to ask for proof of address from clients and to suspend their account until satisfactory documentation is provided.

I am located in the province of Saskatchewan in Canada, which is a legal country. I have never tried to access Betfinal (or any other web site for that matter) from outside of Canada. The VPN service on my work computer was a forced security precaution because I worked for a Financial Institution and was forced to work from home during a pandemic. I have adhered to all their requests and answered all their questions honestly, yet they have blocked my account, stolen my legitimate winnings, and refused to answer my emails.
Status unsolved Unresolved
$19,700
Payment delayed with no further info nor contact
I can't log in to my account for 3 weeks now. I requested a withdrawal but I have never received it. I have (had) about 700 EUR balance.
They replied the following: "This message is caused by technical changes by our provider and currently appears for each and every account. We are working under high pressure on a quick solution. However, we are at this point unable to answer when this will be the case."

"While Christmas just passed and the New Year is around the corner we would like to update you regarding the status of our technical upgrades.

As you already noticed, Betfinal has been unavailable for customers residing in certain countries. The background of this was an unexpected change on provider side. As you can imagine, this has caused a lot of issues for us in the worst possible time of the year.

We however have tackled the issue and are in the final steps to provide all our customers with a solution in the first week of January no matter in which country you are residing.

Please accept our apologies for the delayed updating, but our support team is doing their best to cope with the amount of requests and to answer all emails.

Please also note, that all pending withdrawals are taken care of and if you wish to request a withdrawal of your funds in your account, you will be able to do so shortly. Unfortunately it is not possible to process any withdrawals upon email request.

We wish you a great start into the new year 2019 and will get you updated at our earliest."
Status solved Resolved
€700