Account blocked and funds being held
After a period on gamstop which expired on 27/09/19, I registered with Pelaa Casino on Monday 21st October. I thought I'd try this casino as it had a fantastic rating on this site.
I registered and made a deposit of £100 taking advantage of the 100% bonus.
After playing for a few hours and getting the balance up a little, I was without warning locked out of the account. A representative in chat the next day confirmed my balance was £276.71 (which includes £100 bonus money). I add I never dropped below the £100 balance so never used the bonus money.
"Susanne 03:58:37 pm
I see for the moment 176.71 GBP in your account real money..and 100 GBP bonus as well...which should be used before withdrawing ... I will ask how we proceed when we finished here - no worries! "
After getting the run around they informed me that my account was blocked because I was self excluded on one of their sister sites. I had no idea that this was a sister site of Genesis of which I did have an account. The Genesis was excluded through gamstop and should have been removed after my Gamstop expired. I never applied the self exclusion here myself.
I would also say that I used the same email and card etc for the Pelaa account so they should have identified the issue at registration. I hate to think what position I'd be in now if I had made a significant deposit.
Subsequently they asked me to submit my gamstop details confirming when the exclusion ended. I have done this and gamstop themselves also emailed them to confirm by exclusion period ended on 27/09/2019 at 7.59am.
The site continue to block my account and hold my cash balance of £176.71.
I consider myself a responsible gambler who keeps within his means and was just taking a break as I had a lot of things on over the past 6 months.
I would really like this matter resolved ideally by unblocking my account and if this cant be done then my cash balance of £176.71 should be transferred to me. I have already asked if any verification documents need to be sent and I'm happy to do this.
A resolved complaint can be a positive thing for a casino and I politely ask that we resolve this. If the account isn't unblocked then please return my funds (at the very minimum my £100 deposit).
I have had no issues with other sites after my exclusion, other than going through some basic checks.
I hope this receives your urgent attention, now I've escalated it to this site.
Thanks in anticipation of a common sense resolution,
John
I registered and made a deposit of £100 taking advantage of the 100% bonus.
After playing for a few hours and getting the balance up a little, I was without warning locked out of the account. A representative in chat the next day confirmed my balance was £276.71 (which includes £100 bonus money). I add I never dropped below the £100 balance so never used the bonus money.
"Susanne 03:58:37 pm
I see for the moment 176.71 GBP in your account real money..and 100 GBP bonus as well...which should be used before withdrawing ... I will ask how we proceed when we finished here - no worries! "
After getting the run around they informed me that my account was blocked because I was self excluded on one of their sister sites. I had no idea that this was a sister site of Genesis of which I did have an account. The Genesis was excluded through gamstop and should have been removed after my Gamstop expired. I never applied the self exclusion here myself.
I would also say that I used the same email and card etc for the Pelaa account so they should have identified the issue at registration. I hate to think what position I'd be in now if I had made a significant deposit.
Subsequently they asked me to submit my gamstop details confirming when the exclusion ended. I have done this and gamstop themselves also emailed them to confirm by exclusion period ended on 27/09/2019 at 7.59am.
The site continue to block my account and hold my cash balance of £176.71.
I consider myself a responsible gambler who keeps within his means and was just taking a break as I had a lot of things on over the past 6 months.
I would really like this matter resolved ideally by unblocking my account and if this cant be done then my cash balance of £176.71 should be transferred to me. I have already asked if any verification documents need to be sent and I'm happy to do this.
A resolved complaint can be a positive thing for a casino and I politely ask that we resolve this. If the account isn't unblocked then please return my funds (at the very minimum my £100 deposit).
I have had no issues with other sites after my exclusion, other than going through some basic checks.
I hope this receives your urgent attention, now I've escalated it to this site.
Thanks in anticipation of a common sense resolution,
John
Pelaa Casino Complaint Stats
Resolved
19 / 20
Avg. Amount
$1,434
Avg. Complaint Duration
6 days
Avg. Response Time
2 days
Pelaa Casino Complaint Summary
Most user complaints about this operator fall under the Payment category.
So far, 18 out of 19 complaints in this category have been resolved.
This operator's average complaint duration is 6 days, while the average duration across all operators is 8 days.