When i next logged back on the whole amount had disappeared!
(this happened at 8.10pm on the 07/09/2017).
The following morning i logged on and contacted playgrandcasino via the live chat and asked the question why my funds had disappeared and why was i never informed, the answer i was given was there was a technical fault and they would contact me via email once the issue has been resolved, 4 days have now passed and still getting the same answer from the live chat admin, the worst thing about this issue is that no one ever informed me and it seems like Playgrandcasinos have no duty of care to their clients.
Please can anyone help before i seek legal advise which will cost me but im willing to do.
Kind
Steve
AskGamblers Complaints Team have been provided with sufficient information and reasonable grounds in regards of this complaint to confirm the fact that PlayGrand Casino acted in full compliance with their Terms & Conditions. The software glitch was acknowledged and casino acted according to their term #9.5. Player received new free spins but, unfortunately, player never deposit and he was not entitled to his winnings according to term # 10.1.(vi)
9.5 Playgrandcasino reserves the right to void any winnings that were obtained as a result of hardware/software error or malfunction. Players found abusing such errors/malfunctions are subject to having their account closed and any deposits and/or winnings forfeited. In the event of a Website system malfunction all wagers are void.
10.1.(vi) If you have never made a deposit, any gameplay using bonus funds will not unlock bonus funds or bonus winnings from free spins and all winnings will return directly to your bonus account until you make your first deposit. All funds in your bonus account at the time of first deposit will be subject to standard play-through requirements.
Based on the above, AskGamblers Complaints Team consider this case as Resolved and it is now officially closed. In case of a disagreement with our decision we remind player that further assistance on this matter could be requested from the relevant licensing authority responsible for PlayGrand Casino.
As said before, the information regarding the error as sent by our Technical Team has been been forwarded to and reviewed by Askgamblers and we would like to provide you with some more details regarding the technical error.
The tech team of our White Label has explained it to us as follows: It was a system error at our side. We previously had a scenario under which a bonus account was released due to low balance but that releasing bet could then have winnings and so the bonus account would gain balance. And so it could then release more than one time due to low balance. We made a change in the workflow for bonus release in order to avoid this edge case as it is simply confusing. The change was that the funds would only release at the start of the debit before any stake was taken.
That was the bonus account would release to cash and the stake would be taken from cash, leaving the bonus account released and finished with. Unfortunately the change inadvertently allowed bonus accounts for unfunded players to be released due to low balance (<=£1.00 or equivalent). This was compounded by the release process not expecting users not to be funded and led to the cash being released and the bonus money not actually being zeroed. So each subsequent bet would then release the remaining bonus money as cash funds.
It is a bit of a technical story but we hope it makes more sense to you now. Also, our apologies regarding informing you that the error was on the side of the Game provider, we learned just a few days ago that this was a result of a misunderstanding between our Technical Team and the PlayGrand Support Team.
In sum, there was a technical error and based on the terms mentioned earlier on we think that the actions taken are fair fully compliant with the terms you agreed upon registration.
Kind regards,
Sophie
PlayGrand Casino
Please be informed we have forwarded all information available.
Dear Stephen,
Kindly note that each casino has the right to apply her own terms, you should also know that our terms are fully compliant with the UK Gambling Regulations. Again we apologize for the error but we think the actions taken are fair as we have re added the spins to your account and they are in line with the terms you agreed upon registration.
Kind regards,
Sophie
PlayGrand Casino
I recently used another site where I received bonus spins and my winnings went into a cash account??
Regards
Stephen Greenfield
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