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By hilal
11 years ago
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First of all I am new to online casinos and was a bit naive going in.

I joined City Club Casino without reading the terms and conditions, which is a mistake i won’t make again. I deposited £75 and received a 300% automatic bonus. I found this a bit odd since I was not asked if I wanted it, nor was I asked to agree to any bonus terms. However I didn’t think too much of it and continued to play some games. I played some roulette and blackjack and won a bit of money. I then tried to withdraw some of my winnings. A few hours later I received an email saying that I had not met the wagering requirement and that furthermore I had violated the terms by playing restricted games and that my winnings and bonus had been voided. At that point I went and read the terms, realized my error and just sucked it up, since it was my mistake for not reading the terms.

So, I had my original deposit and they had voided the bonus. Since I had now read the terms I also knew that the wagering requirement was also on the original deposit amount and not just the bonus, hence I could not just withdraw my deposit and call it a day. I had to fulfill my wagering requirement by playing only non progressive slots.

I did just that and ended up with almost £2000 by the time I had wagered enough to fulfil the requirement. I must stress here that I ONLY played non progressive slots – in fact it was 90% on the same game. Anyways, I then tried to withdraw my winnings.

Low and behold a few days later I get an email saying that I violated the terms and conditions by playing roulette and blackjack and therefore all my winnings had been voided. The original deposit amount was returned to my account. Obviously I was furious, since I had definitely only played non progressive slots since my original bonus was voided. I have now complained several times, mostly by email and the response is always the same; my winnings are void because I played restricted games. Only I didn’t play any restricted games once my original bonus was voided – on the 1st May. Furthermore the winnings were made using my original deposit and not a bonus (since it was voided). I have explained this at least 4 times now by email, but I always get the same reply (each time from a different rep). In my last email I pointed these things out and requested that they send me the dates on which their system shows me playing blackjack and roulette. I was hoping that once they sent me the dates I could highlight the fact that they were prior to the bonus being voided. I received the following reply:


“This is Denver from the Support Team.
As reviewed by the Audit Team, it has been determined that you have played with the bonus. Note that the bonus was issued on 2010-04-30 13:58:47 and was removed on 2010-05-01 08:46:16. During this period, you have won from the bonus and won on Roulette which is non allowed game; hence, the winnings were removed as per Bonus Terms and Conditions.
Thank you.”

Either they still don’t understand the situation or they are just avoiding the issue and hoping that I will just give up.

My feeling is the latter since I have explained it VERY clearly several times now. Their email above actually proves my point; My bonus and subsequent winnings were removed on 2010-05-01 and I was returned my original deposit which still had a wagering requirement left on it. I played only non progressive slots, made almost £2000, tried to withdraw £1700 and then they just voided everything and gave me back my initial deposit.

They keep acting like the winnings I am trying to withdraw came from the bonus even though they removed the bonus before i won any of this money. What they are claiming doesn’t even make sense! How can I possibly use a bonus to win money when they just admitted the bonus was removed on 2010-05-01. The withdrawal that they are denying was made 2 days later. It is absolutely ridiculous!

Do you think you can help me with is? I really dont like the idea of them getting away with this.

Thanks Hilal

Disputed Casino City Club Casino
Amount £2000

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User name

Hi,

The issue has been resolved to the player's fullest satisfaction with our casino manager.

Please cancel the complaint.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Regards,

Meital

User name

Thank you for contacting City Club Casino. This is Angel from the Support

Team.

We have received your email and it has been forwarded to the department concerned. You will be contacted as soon as possible with further information.

In the meantime, we kindly ask for your patience.

City Club Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 4 / 17
Avg. Amount $847
Avg. Complaint Duration 45 days
Avg. Response Time 5 days

City Club Casino Complaints

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Declined withdrawal and zero my account
I had the worst days of my gambling history the last week at CityClub Casino. I played there a couple of times due to good offers and this time it was a good bonus with x40 wagering. I played the wagering on Fantastic four then asked in the Chat how I was doing. He told me I must not play progressive slots as it does not count for wagering. So I asked what to play and got some suggestions and among them he mentioned Irish luck leprechaun. something..... I just made a search for Irish luck and got a game starting with three pots, I have to choose one. So I started to do wagering and was a bit tired due to fals playing progressive for hours. Now after one hours, maybe two I asked in the chat again and got gratulations, you managed to do the wagering. I could not do withdrawal to my credit card so I had to open a neteller account. But that was not enough, I had to deposit the minimum amount from the nether account in order to get it approved. So I did, about 20€. Then I asked the day after how things was going, status for my withdrawal and I was asked to send them ID documents. I have a pack used in maybe 5 other casinos and the did all approve my documents so I thought there was no problem. After two days I asked again, whats happening? They did not receive my documents, I had to send them directly to the guy in the support and he forwarded it. Okay, the day after that I asked again and the documents was never sent, they did not have any documents. Again I sent it to the right address, they did not receive it so I asked the guy for his address and sent it directly. I sent it zipped, raw, png, jpg, pdf......finally he got it. After a couple of day nothing and I asked, I then knew the images for ID was to dark, so I sent new pictures. I also had to send the credit card as only 3 first and 3 last digits was visible. Yes, that is what other casinos tell me to do and they all accepted it. Anyway, I made new photos and sent it. They guy promise me to email when approved but no email came. Today I sent an email again and this afternoon I got the reply that: Please note that you did not comply with one or more of our terms and conditions therefore winnings will be voided from your account. We apologize for any misunderstanding and thank you for respecting the mutual interests of fair gaming at City Club. Now after one hour in the chat I ask them to give me history from chat but that is not saved. I told them I did everything as I was told and wagering was proved in the chat. I have never experienced anything like this and this is my first ever complaint online. I will also go for [email protected] but I want everyone to make another choice. DO NOT PLAY AT CITYCLUB CASINO!
Status unsolved Unresolved
Winnings voided

I was trying out a few of the different casino bonuses on offer and was looking at the welcome bonus at City Club. When I downloaded the software and logged in - the live chat opens and I am offered a 400% deposit bonus! Great!! I think. So I am fairly new to online gambling, but I knew that there were wagering requirements before cashing out any winnings - so I ask about the wagering and was told it was 20x wagering on the deposit plus the bonus. So I deposit 250 and now have 1250 to play with. After a few days of playing most of the different slot games and trying out a few hands of holdem poker, I was going up and down and then I start to win a bit on the 'marvel' slots. So I enquire about whether i have met my wagering requirements. Yes I am told - my wagering is fine. Fantastic I thought - My balance was on 5,500 (just in time for Christmas). So I request a withdrawal and send through the documents required. About a week later i get a deposit of 250 from City Club and a phone call to say that because I played a few hands of holdem poker (which i did not win anything on) All my winnings had been voided. As the table games are excluded from the bonus. (If you are not allowed to play them - surely they can block them or give you some sort of warning - rather than taking all your money away???) They had - as a sign of GOOD FAITH refunded my deposit of 250. I think that City Club needs to have some sort of warning about the games you cannot play and they need to make it clear that the games CANNOT be played (not just that it won't count towards wagering) I still cannot believe that City Club voided 5,500 winnings because of maybe 50 played on a stupid game of poker!!!!!!

Status unsolved Unresolved
Withdrawls

I would like to register a complaint against City Club Casino.

I had read their terms and conditions on the site prior to playing as I tend to be careful here and ensure I adhere to these.

I deposited $20 and received the first deposit bonus and understood there was minimum wagering amount on the account and a maximum withdrawl. The deposit and bonus was lost and so I had made several more deposits for $20 and received $6 "reward" on each one which usually I would decline but no option to. Anyhow, I understood that their was minimum wagering amount before withdrawl from t's and c's and so played on as I thought these were classed as "ongoing" bonuses.

I eventually went on to win $1900 which was withdrawn after meeting wagering requirements, not playing disallowed games (only slots) and then 5 days later, I received an email stating that they had only processed $420 of this and the rest was void because there was a maximum cashout amount on bonuses received as per their terms.

After sending them all their terms and bonus terms on the web site and explaining no mention of a maximum withdrawl here they called me and said that there were other terms emailed to me for these. This had gone into my junk email and had arrived several mins after deposits and link to the terms and mention of this was right at bottom of email after signature so as could be easily missed. These terms, are, more importantly not linked to from their site, which are located at: http://www.cityclubcasino.com/sterms.php, do state a maximum cashout amount. It also states that "The bonus will be credited automatically to players who have received a promotional offer through email" of which I have never received. I had never received anything from them prior to registering as I found off google search. I have emailed to ask about this and not received a response.

How can this company choose to just put a bonus into my account with different terms than is accessible on their web site without making clear the terms of this prior to this being put into my account and therefore overriding my deposits. The bonus terms (other than first deposit bonus) through their web site make no mention of a maximum cashout amount and so I think this is clearly wrong and needs to be investigated.

I could have never had any opportunity to read and choose not to gamble with them before this was applied to my account. They just applied it which automatically under different terms which made any of my deposits withdrawl limited and I had not even been given opportunity to read terms before.

I would be grateful if you could look into this.

Many Thanks.

Status unsolved Unresolved
Withdrawal Problem

I would advise anyone coming near this site to run away as fast as you can. Incredibly dishonest and underhanded system with their bonus' which they automatically give you without easily giving you a way to opt out.

I signed up and deposited £85 and played routlette. I had no idea that because they had credited a bonus to me that i couldn't actually win anything . Apparently as soon as i go on anything other than a non progressive slot? ( i have no idea even what these are, niether is an explanation provided ) then all my winnings are forfeit.

Essentially they are accepting bets on their roulette tables that they have no intention of paying the winnings on but are fully happy to take the wager.

I played my balance down to zero and deposited another £100, i didnt even see the fact they had credited my balance with another £30 . I won £1500 and tried to withdraw , but browsing the net found MANY stories similar to this one where people had been done out of their winnings.

Then i spoke with their customer services who basically confirmed that this had happened to me as i had been playing roulette with a bonus that was added without my knowledge.

The casino accepted deposits from my self of £185 in total. The software accepted my bet when there was never any possibility of any of my potential winnings ever being paid out. However they are more than willing to accept the bets.

How can software allow you to wager any money that is against their terms and conditions?

I believe this is a deliberate ploy as anyone who loses here doesn't come in to contact with this side of the company.

A casino is meant to be built on trust and transparency but these guys seem to basically be thieves.

£1200+ in my casino balance after depositing £185 , only allowing me withdraw £100.

Status unsolved Unresolved