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