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So, the title tells everything. My first withdrawal from westcasino.com was 11-08-2022.

16-08-2022 the withdrawal was cancelled and they sent me an email where they asked proof of address (My account was already verified long ago because I made success withdrawal 2years ago. At the time situation was completely different, the withdrawal came in a few days(!).

So, normal procedure now and I sent the required document and I made a second withdrawal. However, my address was still the same.

17.08-2022 my withdrawal was second time cancelled with no reason. So I made the new one.

19-08-2022 I got message that my document was approved.

Days goes forward and 22-08-2022 my withdrawal was cancelled third time. Message from Westcasino was "Please be informed that your withdrawal failed due to technical issues. You can initiate a new withdrawal using bank transfer. Thank you for understanding.".

Mine understanding stops at that: All previous withdrawals were made with the exact withdrawal method required (bank transfer). Still, I made the new one, fourth withdrawal.

26-08-2022 (week from last withdrawal) my withdrawal was cancelled fourth time and the message from Westcasino was "Please be informed that your withdrawal failed due to technical issues. You can initiate a new withdrawal, using Bank transfer instead of instant bank transfer. Thank you for understanding."

So, now I keep waiting that something will happen, fifth withdrawal has made. I have been in contact twice via chat and the customer service says that they are rushing the matter. However, nothing happens, no emails, nothing. Another interesting fact is that the daily offers from the casino have started dropping into my email during withdrawals. The e-mails should concern (at most) the questions I asked through the chat service regarding my withdrawal. In my opinion, a clear and deliberate delay in payment like this goes against the terms of use for fair play. Also, the 24-48h withdrawal times shown on Askgamblers' website are not correct at all. The casino has almost 30 complaints related to similar payment extensions. The casino has a clear tactic to return the amount to the player's account, citing various reasons, so that the player would play and lose his withdrawal amount. I've seen similar activity before, and after I publish this complaint there will be quite a lot of explanations coming from the casino's side. I don't need explanations, I just need my money. Everyone wants that. There wouldn't be so many complaints here, if the casino stuck to its own payment policy and stopped using delaying tactics against players.

Disputed Casino WestCasino
Amount €500

Discussion

User name

Dear all,

As apparent from the submitter's latest post, the AskGamblers Complaint Team is pleased to announce the case has been resolved and closed.

We thank both parties for their assistance during the complaint process.

User name loyalty-level-2
Hello,

Well I don't need explanations, as I already mentioned before, I do understand what kind of player policy is practiced at Westcasino. Thank you Eduard for your message though, you're manage your own field well and this is not your fault. Especially I would like to thank the Askgamblers team for the excellent cooperation. I can confirm that Westcasino has paid my winnings to my bank account today, 18 days after my first withdrawal. Case closed.
User name
Hello Juha,

Greetings from WestCasino!

I am sorry to see that you had some troubles with a withdrawal.

I have checked and I can see that indeed you were first asked to provide a new photo of a Proof of Address. This is standard procedure as we are required to have your updated information on file.

Once the account verification was completed I see you requested a withdrawal using Brite. For this method there are currently some issues with withdrawals for your jurisdiction.

As we don't have timeframe on when this will be solved at the moment, our finance team rolled back your withdrawal request and asked you to place new one using the alternative bank transfer method available in your cashier (shown under the name Instant Transfer by ConnectPay). This was done so that there won't be any delays in processing your withdrawal request.

They rolledback your withdrawal multiple times as you kept requesting it with the same method - Brite, which they informed you is not working due to technical issues, and this was the only reason for the delay in your case.

Kindly note that the review time for withdrawals in our casino, which we advertise, is up to 5 business days. In practice our finance team reviews withdrawal much faster than this, but it all depends on the numbers of requests in queue.

I can see that, earlier today, you requested a withdrawal using the alternative bank transfer method they advised (Instant Transfer by ConnectPay) and that they have already processed the withdrawal for you.

For any other questions regarding your request you can always contact our customer support team which is available 24/7.

All the best,
Eduard

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