Request for permanent self exclusion not honoured
Dear AskGamblers team,
I kindly ask your for your assistance with my complaint against Playfast casino; specifically in regards of their responsible gambling policy/behaviour.
On Feb. 17th 2022, I sent an e-mail to Playfast casino support, asking for my account to be closed. I specified that my account needs to be closed permanently, because I have a gambling problem. Casino responded to me via e-mail on the same day, and stated that closing account permanently would not be possible. They said that the maximum time period for self-exclusion they can set is three months and asked me to confirm whether I wanted to do that. As a problem gambler, I was disappointed with this, but accepted the three month self-exclusion time, as I though it was better than nothing.
On May 19th, I sent them another e-mail, asking them to keep my account closed for another three months, but to this, I never got a reply.
I stayed away from Playfast casino for a long time, until on March 10th 2023, I relapsed. Between March 10th and March 18th, 2023, I deposited a total sum of 948€ to the casino, losing all the money. On March 18th, I sent them another e-mail and insisted that my account would be closed permanently. To my surprise, they closed my account within the same day, without any further questioning.
Now I want to know the following: why did the casino fail to honour my request the first time I asked my account to be closed permanently? They specifically stated that maximum time for self-exclusion is three months.
The casino's terms and conditions say the following: " a Customer Support Agent will inform you of the available self-exclusions periods. There can be no variations of the pre-selected time periods".
The second time I asked for the account closure, I was not informed of anything like that. In addition, hasn't the casino gone against their own terms now since they say "there can be no variations of the pre-selected time periods".
In my opinion, Playfast casino have not acted according to their own terms in this situation, and I will demand them to refund me my deposits from 10-18th March 2023, which total up to 948€. I have been trying to contact the casino but since closing
my account on March 18th, they have stopped replying to me. I have all e-mail conversations available if you need me to send them to you for a review.
I kindly ask your for your assistance with my complaint against Playfast casino; specifically in regards of their responsible gambling policy/behaviour.
On Feb. 17th 2022, I sent an e-mail to Playfast casino support, asking for my account to be closed. I specified that my account needs to be closed permanently, because I have a gambling problem. Casino responded to me via e-mail on the same day, and stated that closing account permanently would not be possible. They said that the maximum time period for self-exclusion they can set is three months and asked me to confirm whether I wanted to do that. As a problem gambler, I was disappointed with this, but accepted the three month self-exclusion time, as I though it was better than nothing.
On May 19th, I sent them another e-mail, asking them to keep my account closed for another three months, but to this, I never got a reply.
I stayed away from Playfast casino for a long time, until on March 10th 2023, I relapsed. Between March 10th and March 18th, 2023, I deposited a total sum of 948€ to the casino, losing all the money. On March 18th, I sent them another e-mail and insisted that my account would be closed permanently. To my surprise, they closed my account within the same day, without any further questioning.
Now I want to know the following: why did the casino fail to honour my request the first time I asked my account to be closed permanently? They specifically stated that maximum time for self-exclusion is three months.
The casino's terms and conditions say the following: " a Customer Support Agent will inform you of the available self-exclusions periods. There can be no variations of the pre-selected time periods".
The second time I asked for the account closure, I was not informed of anything like that. In addition, hasn't the casino gone against their own terms now since they say "there can be no variations of the pre-selected time periods".
In my opinion, Playfast casino have not acted according to their own terms in this situation, and I will demand them to refund me my deposits from 10-18th March 2023, which total up to 948€. I have been trying to contact the casino but since closing
my account on March 18th, they have stopped replying to me. I have all e-mail conversations available if you need me to send them to you for a review.