Hello,
I signed up to LV Bet last week, deposited £475 and placed a winning NBA bet, screenshot enclosed.
When I tried to withdraw £831 the next day, I was asked to provide ID, a photo of my debit card and a utility bill. So I did - all completely legitimate documents, high resolution and of high quality taken from my iPhone 12. I provided everything immediately. They replied asking for a better quality photo of my ID (even though the one sent prior was of perfect high quality), and a photo of me holding my ID to my face with a note of today's date (seriously?) They also asked for more proof of address (my driver's license ID has my address on it and so does my gas/electric utility bill, but this still isn’t good enough?).
Ok, so I sent everything over again - including the ridiculous picture of me holding my ID to face with the date noted, and I also uploaded my HSBC bank statement pdf I downloaded directly from my banks app to further confirm my address. They replied thank you for the bank statement, but we can’t accept it…
And they have now asked me to provide 3 months bank statements along with my latest payslip. I have sent this, very reluctantly. (Even though they couldn’t accept it before?). They also stated that my account is suspended and the withdrawal has been canceled. My deposit of £475 is gone, my winnings have been retained and my account is blocked.
Needless to say, it’s obvious this is a scam and they clearly have no intention of paying out the perfectly legitimate withdrawal of £831.25. There is nothing more I can do to confirm my ID, my bank account and source of income. Everything I have provided is perfectly and clearly legitimate.
Please can you assist in getting this dishonest operator into paying up what they owe.
This cannot be legal surely.
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.
Thank you for your response.
Please note we try our utmost best to offer the best verification procedure and we are not willing to take any risks despite the circumstances. The reason why we rejected such documents and asked for additional, is classified and cannot be disclosed publicly. Please note we reserve the right to ask/reject documents at any given moment, until we've considered to receive the appropriate extracts. Should this narrative remain unclear to you please refer to our terms and conditions where is is deliberately explained.
We understand your scepticism about us holding your data, and you have every right to object, but please note this is standard due diligence any company would conduct, specially in the igaming sector as such steps are crucial to avoid money laundering, fraud, terrorism funding and so on.
In addition, we apologize for the back & forth hassle. We were effectively able to validate your source of income as the latest provided payslips were adequate. Rest assured your account is now up to date and compliant with outstanding regularity guidelines.
Thank you for understanding.
LV BET Team
Whilst they have finally paid the balance owing, I do not consider the matter as resolved.
It took them 3 weeks to resolve this, and they put me through considerable and unnecessary stress. And they felt it completely acceptable to keep hold of money that didn’t belong to them the whole time.
If you look at their TrustPilot page, they are doing the same things to other people still - they are requesting impossible documents from people that not even the customers can provide.
The whole process was a shambles and I’m very nervous that this company has so many personal documents of mine. No other online gambling provider has requested the amount of information this company has.
They knew my documents were completely legitimate and they purposely caused as much delay as they possibly could. They rejected documents that were completely legitimate from HSBC bank and there was no reason provided. They rejected my payslips, again all of which were completely legitimate.
I still regard this company as a fraudulent operation, and I’m very worried about the information they now hold on me - which I was held to ransom for.
The fact they processed my withdrawal after 3 weeks does not resolve the matter. They should not be treating anybody in this way.
Dear @matthewp85,
The AskGamblers Complaint Team is kindly asking you to update your complaint in a timely manner and confirm if you consider the issue resolved. Please note that, in case you fail to respond within the given timeframe we will consider your case resolved and it will be closed accordingly.
Please keep in mind that as per the AGCCS Terms and Guidelines which you accepted upon registering and using our complaint system, you are obliged to provide the necessary level of assistance and cooperation during the process and providing updates in a timely manner is a must.
Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
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