Dubious practice
I had an email advertising a new casino "powerspins' so i thought i would give it a try.
I deposited £35 and played a while during the night and luckily won £470.
The casino looked very nicely laid out and it was an enjoyable experience.
The next day i logged in again and was met by a message saying that my account had been
temporarily suspended but no reason given.
I sent an email to powerspins support (answered 3 days later).
There reason for suspending my account was that i had 'duplicate accounts' which was against their T&C's.
While being 100% sure that i had never played at Powerspins, it turns out that i had played at BGO casino a few years ago
that i had closed.
So in short, because i had played at BGO a few years ago, they where now suspending my account at Powerspins, confiscating
my winnings and keeping my deposit.
__ If this sounds quite silly, then the Gaming Commission, the NW Trading Standards and myself as a Lawyer who specialises in Consumer & Commercial Trading Law agrees with you____
After reading the reviews on the likes of Trustpilot where the BGO group has barely 1 out of 10 and reading the endless
nightmare stories, it evolves a common complaint of BGO suspending accounts in Powerspins if the player has had an old BGO account.
The worrying further note is that they seem to be doing it only to accounts that show winnings and not losses.
Imagine if Nektan, MT SecureTrada or any other group did that with their many 100's of group casinos. They would not exist for very long.
As other similar compliants about BGO have said here, THEY sent ME an invitation to play powerspins under a "brand new casino offerring".
As for keeping deposits, I have some knowledge of this activity as i mentioned above and for a number of years i was a gaming regulation inspector
and although it is not illegal to keep deposits, it is generally advised that casinos DO refund deposits out of a moral stance.
Casinos that keep deposits in cases like this and others we generally advised to stay clear as it shows a degree of negative customer care and 'sharp practice'
With all the common themed complaints about BGO, i firmly believe that they should now be classed as a Rogue Casino Group.
I deposited £35 and played a while during the night and luckily won £470.
The casino looked very nicely laid out and it was an enjoyable experience.
The next day i logged in again and was met by a message saying that my account had been
temporarily suspended but no reason given.
I sent an email to powerspins support (answered 3 days later).
There reason for suspending my account was that i had 'duplicate accounts' which was against their T&C's.
While being 100% sure that i had never played at Powerspins, it turns out that i had played at BGO casino a few years ago
that i had closed.
So in short, because i had played at BGO a few years ago, they where now suspending my account at Powerspins, confiscating
my winnings and keeping my deposit.
__ If this sounds quite silly, then the Gaming Commission, the NW Trading Standards and myself as a Lawyer who specialises in Consumer & Commercial Trading Law agrees with you____
After reading the reviews on the likes of Trustpilot where the BGO group has barely 1 out of 10 and reading the endless
nightmare stories, it evolves a common complaint of BGO suspending accounts in Powerspins if the player has had an old BGO account.
The worrying further note is that they seem to be doing it only to accounts that show winnings and not losses.
Imagine if Nektan, MT SecureTrada or any other group did that with their many 100's of group casinos. They would not exist for very long.
As other similar compliants about BGO have said here, THEY sent ME an invitation to play powerspins under a "brand new casino offerring".
As for keeping deposits, I have some knowledge of this activity as i mentioned above and for a number of years i was a gaming regulation inspector
and although it is not illegal to keep deposits, it is generally advised that casinos DO refund deposits out of a moral stance.
Casinos that keep deposits in cases like this and others we generally advised to stay clear as it shows a degree of negative customer care and 'sharp practice'
With all the common themed complaints about BGO, i firmly believe that they should now be classed as a Rogue Casino Group.