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I wanted to close my Account due to Responsible Gaming. I wrote an urgent Email stating: "please close my account permanently due to responsible gaming. I totally lost control". They just "froze" the account. I wrote back that they should close it permanently when they are a reputable Casino but nothing. They said I should wait for the christmas Promotion because it will be very good. They honestly even triggered me after that clear Email.

Because of my Gambling Issues and them triggering me with Bonuses I "decided" to reopen it the next day. That was done instantly just by answering 4 short questions related to responsible gaming. they did not even give me a cooling off period.

Also whenever I tried to withdraw the initial Withdrawal always got cancelled and I had to make a new one the next day. Of course always technical reasons.

I do not think that this behaviour should be honoured by giving them a certificate of trust. No way.

Disputed Casino Betsofa Casino

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User name

Dear all,

Following a careful review and consideration of all the information, details and/or proof presented by the parties during the complaint process, the AskGamblers Complaint Team reached the conclusion that Betsofa Casino management acted in accordance with their Terms and Conditions.

Based on the abovementioned information, the AskGamblers Complaint Team considers this case resolved and officially closed. While we understand this might not be the outcome expected by the complainant, we would like to remind you that in case of a disagreement with our decision further assistance on the matter could be requested from the relevant regulatory body and/or appointed ADR entity.

The AskGamblers Complaint Team would also like to use this opportunity and to strongly encourage the casino management to consider possible amendments of the aforementioned Term/s towards more clarity and avoidance of similar misunderstandings in the future.

User name
Dear AskGamblers and MRNOLUCK,

We are still reviewing the complaint and will inform you accordingly.
Thank you for your patience!

Best regards,
Betsofa Team
User name

Dear Betsofa Casino,

Please let us know why you did not block the player from accessing the account after notice of gambling proble­ms i­mme­dia­tel­y? Also please explain your procedures once you have been notified about gambling issues. We are interested in the range of responsibility the players in your casino have once they declare gambling issues.

Please note that, in case you fail to respond within the given timeframe, we will consider your case unresolved and it will be closed accordingly. As a direct consequence of such closure, the operator's ranking score on AskGamblers will be decreased accordingly.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

User name loyalty-level-2
And again 90 hours later...
It is imperativ that an Account that is asked to be closed FOREVER AND WITHOUT OPTION TO REOPEN IT should not be able to be reopened a day later. I appended the Mail. There is no need to discuss that again and again.
I do not care if there are any Bonuses now as we are not talking about now. We are talking about the "christmas present" you were talking about in the Mail that triggered me to reopen the account.
Saying that a Real Money Bonus is not for Gambling is also a joke. Don't play that non-understanding Casino Manager that has no idea about Responsible Gaming.

Betsofa Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 21 / 21
Avg. Amount $3,492
Avg. Complaint Duration 17 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

Betsofa Casino Complaints

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Delayed payment over 12 months

I played on the selected online casino on December 22, 2023, using a non-sticky reload bonus. I deposited €200 and received a €150 bonus. I later cancelled the bonus, and after playing, I had a withdrawable balance of €723.

Before I started playing, I carefully reviewed the casino’s terms and conditions to ensure compliance. During my gaming activity, the casino did not raise any allegations of terms or rules violations.

I played permitted games with an allowed bet size (€5).

The casino did not express any concerns regarding my gameplay, but on January 5, 2024, I was subjected to a random verification check.

I provided all the additional documents they requested, which included:

Photos of both sides of my driver's license

A selfie holding my passport and a handwritten numerical code

A video fulfilling the following requirements:

State my full name, the date of recording, and confirm that the video is dedicated to the additional verification process on the company's website.

Show the surroundings to prove that no third parties are present.

Wave my hand in front of my face for several seconds to confirm no face-editing software is being used.

Show myself holding my document and a paper with today's date and the company's product name.

Bring the document close to the camera, rotating it to show blinking holograms and watermarks, verifying its authenticity.

A photo of a notarized certification of my passport along with the passport itself.

After submitting all the requested documents, I received the following message from the casino on April 3, 2024:

"Your account has been blocked for internal audits.

The internal audit of your account will take up to 12 months. You will be provided with a result via your email registered on our website."

After 12 months, I did not receive any further communication. I contacted the casino on April 6, 2025, to inquire about the status, but I have not received any response.

Due to the lack of communication and resolution, I am now seeking your assistance in handling this matter.

Status solved Resolved
€723
Account verification taken weeks

Dear AskGamblers,

Please help me solve this account verification problem with betsofa.com

Prior to winning bigger, my account had been already verified (drivers license, proof of payment, and utility bill). I have managed to make small withdraws now and then but overall, I went more deposit balanced. Problems started when I managed to have a few decent hits and one bigger one (picture attached) and tried to withdraw. I play only live casino and slots.

On the 20th of Nov., I got a request via email to provide an additional photo of my passport or identity card and a photo of me holding a previously provided driver's license with a piece of paper incl. specified digits. I provided these and started waiting. After this without any additional request by the casino, I saw (luckily in the documents section) that this ”selfie” request had been changed to take a photo with a passport instead and the earlier provided file had been rejected. I provided this document.

22nd of Nov. I received additional request to provide a” self-identification video” This video had a lot of requests about contents (photo of email attached). However, this email did not contain any information on where I should send/upload this video. I had to go to chat support to find out if I should use my own Google Drive or other cloud service and make this video available to everyone who has the link to the file. I asked via live chat that if they require players to send this sort of video file why don’t they have the infrastructure for this on their behalf - The reply was its impossible to do so. I also provided this video and raised my concerns that I do not want to keep the open-end link active for a long time. I tried to information about handling time via live chat and several attempts later I managed to get information this could take ten days. After many additional attempts luckily I got a chat agent to promise me five days instead of ten. She also told me their t&c says five days and after this I was a” little confused” about this information (No time frame - > ten -> five, based on t&c). They took this time in full.

27th of Nov. I received once again another request for documents including a notarized copy of a passport, proof of ownership of a phone number, salary slips for the past 3 months, and finally a full tax report for 2023. I provided these 4th of Dec.

After providing these I tried to request handling time, The first few attempts were once again worth nothing, the answer was basically that they could not give any. Luckily I managed to get a reply after several attempts that it would take up to two weeks.

I tried to get updates on this many many times. Every time I have been told they cannot tell (nobody seemed to know that they had given me this earlier mentioned time frame). When I pushed it to their knowledge that I'd been given up to two weeks of handling time since uploading files then I finally got the answer they would complete the task within the time they had given. The latest news via live chat 17th of Dec. however they cannot tell if are they going to. Also, i got a bizarre message that there is bet-checking or some sort going on. Nobody has told me any of this before I've been in touch with them many many times and this information should have been on the table already. It seems to me they use every trick they can to prolong the verification. If there really is bet-checking going on for the note I've played these winning slot rounds 21th of nov. and ”bet-checking” starts less than 24 hours before the document review due time and almost a month from winning/playing any game rounds is really strange.

Dear askgamblers. Without your help and based on the complaint history of this operator it's clear to me I'm not getting anywhere with this verification process. They have already asked for way more extensive documentation I could have ever imagined. Every time I've provided more documents handling time has expanded. I simply want to see my account verified and my deserved winnings paid. Total of 2500€

Also, they have constantly appealed to extensive workload. This same thing has been going on in earlier complaints some of these dating years back in time. If they had this kind of delay ongoing for a very long period of time casinos with even decent business practices would have done something about it. When I raised my worries that this verification process has been constantly the issue in player complaints the chat agent told me: ” All negative reviews of this type are most often associated with fraudulent activity” and ” All honest players receive their deserved winnings”. As I can see there are many cases like mine where the verification process was delayed for weeks/months and this was a bizarre accusation towards players. A large portion of players have gotten their deserved winnings only after askgamblers complaint service. I will gladly provide more documentation if needed to AskGamblers team.

List of documents already provided to get the full picture here:

-Drivers license

-Proof of payment

-Utility bill

-Picture of passport

-Picture of me holding DL with a piece of paper incl. specified digits

-Picture of me holding passport with a piece of paper incl. specified digits

-Video identification with passport and paper note incl. specified text.

-Copy of notarized passport

-tax report of 2023

-salary slips for 3 months

-proof of ownership of a phone number

Status solved Resolved
€2,500