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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
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AskGamblers Complaints Team has been provided with enough information and evidence on behalf Pelaa Casino management in regards of this complaint to confirm and justify the casino actions.

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 regulatory body.

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Hi FIVEOFAKIND,

thanks for your patience.

Please note that after reviewing the case and forward all the evidence to AskGamblers, it has been decided to refund all your deposits.
Even though your Self-exclusion via Gamstop expired already, if you wish to reopen your account, as per UKGC regulation, you as a customer should contact us and follow the steps to reopen your account.

Do not hesitate to contact us for further info, we will provide you all the assistance you need.

Regards,
Pelaa Team
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AskGamblers Complaints Team is awaiting Pelaa Casino team to provide the required information.

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I have now sent proof to both Genesis and Pelaa Casinos that my Gamstop exclusion ended on 27th September 2019. I hope we are in a position to reopen both accounts soon, and if not arrangements are made to return my Pelaa account funds, I re emphasis that I joined Pelaa on Monday 21st October, at which time I was not on a gamstop exclusion and also had no idea that my Genesis exclusion was in place or that Pelaa was a sister site of Genesis.

Thanks
John

Pelaa Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 19 / 20
Avg. Amount $1,434
Avg. Complaint Duration 6 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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I writing this complaint to report Peela Casino. I won £430 and proceeded to request the withdrawal of the money on the 1st of August 2021 and then I received an email saying the withdrawal was successful, on the 2nd of August, saying the funds would be paid into the account that I used to make my last deposit. The method I used was Apple Pay linked with a Monese virtual card. After a few days without receiving my funds I contacted customer support many times and at some point, they requested a bank statement which I immediately sent to them. I’ve been told by the customer support that the funds were missing and that the relevant department was investigating it however after 3 weeks of trying to receive the payment I decided to look for further help in another online casino named Vegashero which is associated with Peela casino and the reason why I did this was because I closed my account with Peela casino when I felt there was lack of support/information about this issue. When contacting Vegashero I felt there was more support, so after another week Vegashero customer support told me that the department that was undertaking the investigation at Peela casino said that I have cancelled the withdrawal and played the funds already which isn’t true or make any sense as I received the confirmation email of the withdrawal I never went back to play that money. Knowing as well that the new regulations don’t let players cancel withdrawals after this have been requested. So I asked Vegashero to continue the investigation because I never played the money or received it in my bank account and I also sent them the emails exchanged with Peela casino. On that same day I received an email from Peela Casino saying that the funds were found and the problem was solved and they proceeded with a manual transfer of the funds to my bank account which could take up to 5 working days to reach my bank. So I writing this complaint today because after a month of trying I still haven’t received the money and it’s been now 5 working days.

I would please like to ask for support in solving this issue as it’s within my right to paid the money I won after all the deposits I made in that casino.

Status solved Resolved
£430