On 13th August, I claimed a No Deposit Bonus of 60 FreeSpins on the game Merge Up, from which I was lucky enough to win AUD $11.28 by the end of the FreeSpins.
My lucky streak continued and I managed to playthrough the 35x Wagering Requirement to enable me to request a Withdrawal of a max. amount of $75 of my Winnings.
After this, I went ahead and uploaded 4 of my Verification Documents (my Drivers Licence, front and back + a selfie of me holding my Drivers Licence + A copy of my Bank Statement as my Proof of Address).
I then navigated over to check my Transactions History and realised that I had made 2x Credit Card Deposits back when I first opened my Account at Loki Casino in 2018 ($20) & 2019 ($25) respectively.
Admittedly, I have not made any further Deposits into the Casino since that time, and have also not played at that casino very much either over the past 5 years since my last deposit. However, if memory serves, it had something to do with not being happy about the currency conversion fees that I was being charged by my bank at the time.
Regardless of this, I went online and chatted with LiveChat to ask if they were able to tell me what was the last 4 digits of the credit card I used to make my 2x Deposits.
LiveChat was reluctant at first until I explained that the reason behind my question was so that I could verify my account online, and given that the transactions were both 5-6 years old, I would not have a clue which cards I would have used.
Having explained my dilemma to LiveChat, the Agent then advised that I had in fact used 2 different cards to make my deposits - Card number ending 9435 and Card number ending 1250.
Thankfully I am one who doesn’t throw out my old expired cards, and infact managed to find them with ease, so I uploaded photos of the front and back of both credit cards and uploaded them online for verification.
This made it 8 files in total that I uploaded for verification purposes.
Over the course of the next 1-6 hours, I noticed that Loki Casino had infact gone ahead and started to Verify my Documents, however, only 2 of 8 documents (my bank statement and the photo of the front side of my Drivers Licence) were verified and all remaining 6 documents left untouched.
Incredibly 18-24 hrs after I had requested my withdrawal of AUD $75, and uploaded my verification documents, I received an email from Loki Casino at 6:55pm (AWST), on Wednesday 14 August 2024, with the subject Title: ‘LOKI - Casino Bonus’, which said, quote:-
“
Dear Ming,
We hope this message finds you well.
We wanted to bring to your attention an important matter regarding your account and recent winnings. Our records show that over the past five years, the verification process for your account has not been completed. As part of our standard operating procedures and in compliance with regulatory requirements, verification is essential to ensure the security and integrity of all transactions.
Due to the incomplete verification, your recent winnings were adjusted, resulting in a reduction of 75 AUD. This action was taken in accordance with our terms and conditions, which require all players to complete verification to be eligible for full payouts.
We understand that this may be disappointing, and we encourage you to complete the verification process as soon as possible to avoid any further issues. Once your account is fully verified, you will be eligible for all future winnings without any adjustments.
If you have any questions or need assistance with the verification process, please do not hesitate to contact us. We’re here to help and ensure that your experience with us is as smooth and enjoyable as possible.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
ID: TOQQ5O
“
After reading that email, I was initially speechless at the fact that Loki Casino had the Audacity to quote their Terms & Conditions, and adjust my winnings to result in a reduction of $75 (the exact amount I was attempting to withdrawal), on the basis of an ‘incomplete verification’.
After a few minutes of sitting there in disbelief, I promptly replied to Loki’s Email at 7:13pm, and asked for clarification as to which part of my account was not verified?
I waited 10 mins without a response, so sent off a 2nd email at 7:25pm, which said, quote:-
“Hello,
Please advise how am I supposed to verify my account when your team doesn’t action any of my verification documents that’s has been uploaded specifically for this cashout?
I uploaded all required documents in the past 24 hrs … whoever is sitting behind the verification desk approved 2 and left the remaining documents untouched and unprocessed.
I even contacted support last night to verify the last 4 digits on the credit cards I used 5 years ago (both expired might I add), went through the trouble of searching for those cards, found them, uploaded them and they haven’t even been processed or verified in the past 18 hrs.
Please tell me what right you have to deduct my winnings when your own team is not doing their job with verifying my account?!?!?
Don’t ignore this because my next step is lodging an official complaint on all public forums online.…”
After I had sent my 2nd email, I was understandably quite ticked off and irate at the fact that Loki did not even attempt to discuss this matter beforehand, and decided instead to exercise their authority without just cause or opportunity for further discussion.
Which lead me to send off my 3rd email at 7:28pm, which said, quote:-
“Even you yourself didn’t bother checking whether the documents were uploaded online before rejecting my cash out for a second time and re-claiming my winnings!
Only 2 of 8 verification documents have been looked at…. All other abandoned and ignored!”
To that, I attached a screenshot of my Verification page, showing all 8 documents that were uploaded, and proof that 2 documents had infact been verified.
It is now 3 days after this incident, at 6:01am, Saturday 17 August 2024 (AWST).
Loki has shown true unprofessionalism by totally ignoring all 3 of my reply emails and up until now, have still not responded.
My purpose of submitting this complaint is hoping that AskGamblers will step in as an intermediary to get Loki Casino to payout my rightful winning due to their own negligence. In return, I would like all my private ID and information destroyed, and my account Closed effective immediately upon success withdrawal of my AUD $75, via a cryptocurrency payment to my UDST Account as previously requested.
Gelöst
$75