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Responsible Gaming Violation


Dear Askgamblers,

On April 21st I've self excluded at Westcasino. Their terms and conditions specifically say that an email is needed for selfexclusion and such request will take effect within 24 hours from the moment of receipt of the request by our Support team. So I send an email where I asked them to selfexclude me permanently due to gambling addiction. I received that same day a ticket with the receipt of my request.

On May 19th I was still able to reopen my account and deposit and play in WestCasino eventhough they were aware of my gambling addiction.
I decided to chance deactivating my account to which I was able to very easily . I am a gambler it doesn’t take much to entice but I was trying to safeguard myself by sending them an email to selfexclude me permanently. This however, was not carried out by the casino.

I decided to contact them and asked them why they let me open my account if they were aware off my gambling addiction. They refused to refund my 1250€depost.

Please see their terms below;
29.3 Self-exclusion - If you feel that you may have lost control of your gambling, we provide a self-exclusion facility which can be activated by contacting suppor­­­t­@­w­­e­­st­­­ca­s­­­in­­o.com. Self-exclusion means that your account will remain closed during the entire exclusion period, which can be set for a minimum of 6 months. This is the major difference to a standard account closure request. Should you wish to activate permanent self-exclusion you may do so by contacting the above email address. Any funds remaining in your account/s, shall be immediately returned to You, with an applied deduction equivalent to the transaction processing fees.

Should You self-exclude and afterwards, during the applicable self-exclusion period, succeed in opening an account, depositing and playing, all of your bets shall be voided by us and all of your deposits will be returned to You, with an applied deduction equivalent of the transaction processing fees. This will occur immediately upon detection and You agree to waive any and all claims relating to the respective amounts.

''Self-exclusion

If you feel that you may have lost control of your gambling, we also offer self-exclusion option which can be activated via email, as specified in the Terms and Conditions. You MUST state your wish to SELF-EXCLUDE and any such request will take effect within 24 hours from the moment of receipt of the request by our Support team. NOTE: Unless SELF-EXLCUSION has specifically been stated, your request will be treated as standard account closure as illustrated above and can therefore be reopened at any time during the selected period.""

The casino is now refusing to pay back the €1250 deposits that were made after selfexclusion and aren't taking my gambling addiction serious.
I tried to protect myself by sending them an email to selfexclude permanently so that im unable to reopen my account as this is how it works for all others casinos . But it was very easy for me to reopen and deposit again.

Not just for me but also for other gamblers this can be very harmfull, reopening an account this easy while you have mentioned your gambling addiction. I feel that they are taking responsible gaming not serious.

Can you please help me get my 1250 deposits back?

PS: I've send you an copy of the email where I asked Westcasino to selfexclude me due to gamblingaddiction
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Discussion

User name

Dear all,

Following a review of valid information and proof presented by WestCasino management, the AskGamblers Complaint Team hereby confirms that the issue, subject to this dispute, has already been raised with and ruled by the operator's regulatory body.

Based on the above mentioned information and taking into account the AGCCS policy of compliance with the decisions taken by the official regulatory bodies and/or ADR entities, the AskGamblers Complaint Team has no other option but to close the case as resolved in operator's favour.

User name
Hi AskGamblers team

We understood from the MGA that the player was also informed about the case being closed.
I am sending now the evidence to AskGamblers support as well.

Best Regards,
Ed Blake
User name loyalty-level-2
Dear Askgamblers,

I just spoke to MGA over the phone and they have informed me that no decision has been taken yet and they are still investigating this case.

@Westcasino, I don't know why you claim this case has been resolved when MGA is currently still investigating.
User name loyalty-level-2
Hi askgamblers,

I haven't heard back from MGA yet.

WestCasino Complaint Stats

Resolved 38 / 38
Avg. Amount $2,258
Avg. Complaint Duration 7 days
Avg. Response Time 1 day
Casino not verifying account
On 8.9.2024, I had 1329€ after wagering a bonus, I withdrew the money and started verifying my account. I then uploaded a picture of my ID card to the site on the same day. On 16.9, they sent me an email (screenshot) saying that my withdrawal has been placed back in my balance, as I had sent them a "blurry" image of my ID, and hadn't send them an official bank statement yet. I then uploaded a bank statement, and new pictures of my ID card on 17.9.

As I hadn't heard anything from them, I contacted them through live chat on 31.9, and asked what is the hold up, since the verification of the documents should take only 1-3 days, as their site says. The live chat operative told me that they "trust" that the verification team is going to contact me once they are done with the verification, nothing else.

On 1.10 I again asked what is the hold up, and told them I'd contact AskGamblers on the following friday if my account hasn't been verified and money withdrawn because my verification is being held up for no reason.

On 4.10, they sent an email (screenshot) saying that, again, the pictures of my ID card are blurry (none of the pictures were blurry, other sites had accepted them without a problem). I humored them and sent them new pictures of my ID cards for the third time. I sent the pictures on 4.10, and waited again, and as I received no response I decided to contact the customer support through email on 10.10 (screenshot), and they told me that the documents I send have to be valid and that the finance team will check it "as soon as they can".

It's been 4 days since that and I haven't heard anything from them, so I thought its time to open a complaint here, as it seems they are just using delay tactics and trying to make me play the balance away.
Status solved Resolved
€1,329
Operator deliberately ignoring emails

I have been trying to get in touch with WestCasino regarding a legal issue about their operator in my country of residence since December 11, 2022. Hence, I contacted them via e-mail on December 11 and 19 with my initial request. Since I did not get a response whatsoever, I sent follow-ups reminding them about my writings on December 20 and January 9 2023.

Please find proof of my e-mails attached to this writing. In the meantime, I got in touch with their live-chat several times, as I simply did not hear anything at all from their e-mail support. There, I was told, "Live-Chat support and e-mail support are to different departments and both cannot access each other's data." Hence, they could not tell me if they received any of my e-mails or were processing them. However, I was told multiple times I would receive an answer "soon".

Since that had not happened after one month, I decided to bring in my lawyer. Therefore, I needed my official transaction history on their Casino. On January 14, I contacted the operator again, asking for said transaction history. This time, after two days, I was told to contact their DPO - which I did. I have not heard from them since January 16.

On January 31 I resent my initial request with more detailed information. On February 3, I reminded them about my e-mail and asked for a confirmation of receipt. I have not heard from WestCasino since then.

I gave the operator the benefit of the doubt for some time. However, I have been waiting for almost two months now and have not heard anything at all (!) regarding my request. I would love to solve this issue through my lawyer, though I also do not get any responses from the operator's DPO.

WestCasino simply seems to be intentionally ignoring my request for whatever reason, as my e-mails clearly come through - since they responded to my request about my transaction history within two days. I had also thought that perhaps my e-mails did not come through, however, my e-mail provider always informs me within seven days if such a thing happened.

With this public complaint, I would like to utter my discontent about the way the operator is handling this issue. I would like to specifically point out that this complaint does not regard the legal issue behind my initial complaint (I will either try to find a solution with the operator itself or resolve the entire matter in court), but the way the support team simply ignores any of my e-mails. I understand requests sometimes can take longer to process, however having to wait almost two months without hearing anything really goes beyond anything I have seen before.

I am hopeful this complaint will encourage the operator to finally get in touch and find a timely solution to my request.


Kind regards

S

Status solved Resolved