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WestCasino refusing document they list in their terms


3 years ago

I signed up at WestCasino to play.

I checked before what they accept as verification. Their term 5.5 (attached) state clearly driving license is accepted. this is specifically mentioned twice in that term. I only have this which is why I checked

West has said they do not accept driving licenses and seem to ignore their own terms.

I would not have signed up and deposited over 200 euros if my driving license was not listed. WestCasino has advertised to customers they accept driving licenses and if they are now trying to renegade on this they would be breaching eu consumer law and also be breaching advertising standards and agency regulations in terms of misrepresentation of sale.

I would need AskGamblers to help here as WestCasino are not behaving in line with their own terms,

I will email files separately for evidence as not working on upload.

Deniel

Disputed Casino WestCasino

Discussion

User name

Dear @denielhorvat,

As per the AGCCS Terms and Guidelines which you accepted upon registering and using our complaints system, you were obliged to provide the necessary level of assistance and cooperation during the process and providing updates in a timely manner is a must.

Due to the fact you failed to provide requested information to the Casino, the AskGamblers Complaint Team has no other choice but to reject the case.

And while we understand this might not be the outcome expected by the complainant, we would like to remind that in case of disagreement with our decision further assistance on the matter could be requested from the relevant regulatory body and/or appointed ADR entity.

User name loyalty-level-2
Once again the parameters of the complaint have not changed.

I signed up to the casino under the conditions of the contract, term 5.5, which listed driving license as acceptable. Had the term stated they could ask for various documentation on top of this I would not have signed up as I do not have these.

As stated ID cards are actually NOT mandatory pre 2020. They are chargeable and if the casinos insists upon it as a gesture of goodwill I will get one should the casino cover the €80 fee.

Otherwise under eu consumer law, asa regulation and misrepresentation of sale I would request a full refund of my €200 deposits and my account closed.
User name

Dear @denielhorvat,

Based on the fact that it is a common practice for an Operator to request additional verification paperwork in order to finalize the player's verification process when needed, which has been also explained within the mentioned 5.5 Term itself ,we must advise you to cooperate with the casino and send the required national ID. In addition, it is of common knowledge that the Croatian identity card ( Croatian; Osobna iskaznica ) is an identity document issued in Croatia. Any Croatian citizen who is resident in Croatia can obtain an ID and it is compulsory for all citizens over the age of 18. This document is issued by the police on behalf of the Ministry of the Interior.

Please keep in mind that as per the AGCCS Terms and Guidelines which you accepted upon registering and using our complaints system, you are obliged to provide the necessary level of assistance and cooperation during the process, therefore please make sure to confirm by posting the public message if you have provided requested information.

Should you refuse sending the required verification paperwork, or fail to confirm, we will have no other choice but to reject the case and recommend you forwarding it to the relevant regulatory body.

Thanks for your cooperation.

User name loyalty-level-2
As askgamblers is aware the parameters of this complaint (under which askgamblers accepted said complaint) is in regards to what is listed in term 5.5 on west casinos website in regards to accepted documents. I would ask askgamblers to please remember this.

Driving license is clearly listed, I signed up under this term of the companies contract. There is no term that states 'individuals from croatia cannot be verified with a driving license and must provide etc etc'. If this term existsed I WOULD NOT HAVE SIGNED UP AND DEPOSITED 200 EURO.

I have made clear i have no id card as this is not relevant to me. I also have no passport.

West casino have done their best to ignore their own term 5.5. However EU consumer protects consumers, if the company is now renegading on their own term and refusing me service I have made perfectly I am exercising my right, under said law, for my deposits to be returned to me with immediate effect. As a gesture of good will I have even provided my LTC address.

At this stage i have not instructed solicitors, however if WestCasino is now renegading on their term 5.5 and attempts the criminal act of theft I will move swiftly and aggressively through legal means to recoup my funds.

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