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Da DBG1
9 anni fa
Betfair Casino closed my account on or around the 19th November (2016) and sent an email advising me that they have had to 'suspend' my account while they undertake a review of my recent account activity. Within this email, they requested documents for the purpose of 'KYC' (Know Your Client) procedures.

I immediately emailed across the specific documents and they have not responded to even acknowledge safe receipt of those - somewhat - sensitive documents. I have fully complied with their request.

Since the 19th November, I have been calling them on the telephone almost on a daily basis, requesting an update on my account and to substantiate/explain any grounds on why they initially closed my account. I have also been re-sending my documents to them every few days.

I have been playing regularly for many months, depositing, accumulating small amounts of winnings and of course, losing some. The latest account standing is just over £220.00. When I asked them what has happened to my balance, they say: "the account has been closed and the decision is final", providing me with absolutely no indication as to what is really going on or what the issue of dispute is.

I am extremely disappointed with the level of service I have received to date, hence why now I am forced to publicly vent my frustrations. I have not had access to my account for nearly 10 days, which has left me missing out on several big sporting events.
Casinò contestato Betfair Casino
Importo £220

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Based on submitter's last post AskGamblers Complaints Team consider this case as Resolved and it is officially closed now.

Thank you all for your cooperation.
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Update: Betfair have now re-activated my account and verified my documents.
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Update: 10 days later... I received an email from Betfair Customer Service a short while ago stating ..."some or all of your documents were invalid. Could you resend them?"

Just for the purpose of clarity, they initially requested the following documents:

(i) Proof of your ID - a high quality colour photo of your passport, driving license, or national ID card.
(ii) Proof of your address - a high quality colour photo of a utility bill or bank statement not more than three months old.
(iii) Proof of how you pay - a high quality colour photo of the credit or debit card that's registered to your Betfair account.

I sent them: (i) a high quality image of my passport, (ii) a recent bank statement (not printed online, but a hard copy as requested) and (iii) a high quality photo of the debit card/s that is registered to my account.

Now, in this recent email, they have requested the following:

(i) Proof of your ID - a photo image of your passport as we do not accept scanned copies for security reasons.
(ii) Photo of you holding your ID - a high quality colour photo of you holding your above ID next to your face.
(iii) Proof of your address - previous document supplied is an online statement and we are unable to accept.

I will of course comply with their request (again) and will be sending the images through shortly, but I must say, I am slightly taken aback by request (ii). I am familiar with KYC procedures, not limited to say, that as a third year law student and the fact that my family run their own law practice in London, specialising in Corporate/Commercial Law - this request is rather abnormal and unnecessary.

I am aware Betfair is regulated by The Gambling Commission and Betfair also have an internal 'escalations' team/process. Given the level of disservice I have received, any consumer of Betfair's products (i.e: us) are entitled to take their issue externally to The Independent Betting Adjudication Service (IBAS), who have an obligated duty to review such matters objectively. A process that I would very much like to avoid, but I don't see what options are left available to me, should this issue remain unresolved.
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I contacted Betfair Customer Service via telephone again today, only to be informed (once again) that they cannot discuss the matter any further. I have also sent a formal request for information relating to my account.

I received an automated email from them. for me to keep in mind the following time-frames:

(i) verifying your account: average time to answer is 48 hours,
(ii) account security related queries: average time to answer is 48 hours,
(iii) all other enquiries: average time to answer is 4 hours.

It has been over 200 hours since I sent my first email...still no response.

Statistiche sui reclami di Betfair Casino

Risolto 17 / 40
Importo medio $4,264
Durata media del reclamo 8 giorni
Risposta media 3 giorni
1950 skrill withdrawal never received as well as 249 trustly deposit not arriving
Dear sir/madam,

After 4 years of being a loyal customer, unfortunately it seems Betfair is turning rouge on their customers.
On the 11th of August I made a deposit using their “Instant” deposit service Trustly. For 249 euro’s. This payment had the following ID: 2538116405. It never arrived, but did show up in my transaction history on Betfair.

I’ve spoked to many people in their customer service chat, as well as with several managers which all admitted to Betfair having issues with Trustly and assuring me that I wasn’t the only one with this problem. They assured me to be patient and that the issue would get resolved. It had happened twice before several weeks, so I was patient and was confident they would resolve the matter. Unfortunately though, today the deposit was also deleted from my transaction history. After speaking to customer service I was simply told “you never deposited – there’s nothing we can or will do for you – you have to contact Trustly.”.

Right before posting this message I have sent Trustly a message, so hopefully I’ll be receiving a response swiftly. How-ever, I do want Ask gamblers to be aware of these problems since I doubt Trustly is the problem here due to the following reason:

Next to the deposit problem, which has now occurred three times. I’ve also encountered a withdrawal problem. On 2020-08-14 at 00:07 I have made a withdrawal of 1950 to my Skrill account. After waiting for 5 days I decided to ask customer service why I hadn’t received my withdraw yet in time and was simply told it got denied without any particular reason. I was told the withdraw would be reversed and I had to withdraw again, also stating that It might get denied again since it was denied without reason (and thus nothing changes when I make another try at withdrawing. This essentially results in an endless loop in which I don’t receive either my deposits or withdrawals.

Personally, after being treated very rude by customers service (note; I wasn’t too pleasant myself – but I always get generic copy paste messages and missed thousands in arbs/bonuses due to their broken promises which aren't compensated for at all after paying thousands in commissions). I’m not convinced I’ll ever receive my money back from this company.

I can prove everything I spoke about with screen captures / bank notes etc. If anything is needed – please tell me where to send it to and I’ll make sure it’s being dealt with accordingly.

Also, Betfair, if you’re reading this: please do the right thing and make the refund. I need the money and I rely on the reliability of the betting exchange for my livelihood. You’re the only constant in the betting world, so please make sure you stay constant and do the right thing and make your loyal customers whole again.

Thank you very much in advance,

Kind regards.
Status unsolved Non risolto
€2,199
Account Closed & Withdrawal Void Without Saying Why

Good Afternoon,


I am emailing today to raise a complaint about Betfair. I have included my account details below for completeness:


< Personal data removed >


I recently created an account with Betfair as I had read online of their excellent reputation - I am fairly new to the gambling scene so I thought I would pick a reputable brand. However, after my experience I can say I am less than impressed with their fairness and how I have been treated.


I deposited £500 to fund my Betfair account and it was accepted almost immediately with no problems. I then started gambling and was fortunate enough to get a mixture of winnings from the online casino and sports betting to get my account balance up to £5000. I then decided I would withdraw my winnings – this is where the problems began.


The following day, I received an email asking for verification documents in the form of ID and proof of address, to verify my account. I was fully expecting this as with every other gambling site, so I sent in my driving license, a photo of me holding my driving license (with my face in view – I thought I would go the extra mile) and a bank statement. I then received an email the following day saying my account had been closed by the security department on business grounds and in line with their terms and conditions – at this point my initial deposit of £500 was returned. I emailed Betfair querying this and their response was “it was a business decision and once your documents have been approved your account will be re-opened and you will be able to withdraw your funds” I was reassured that that my remaining account balance of £4500 would be kept safe and payed out once my account had been verified. To be honest this was a load of rubbish. 3 days later after chasing the live chat agents’ multiple times and after being told the same thing time and time again. I was eventually told (on the 5th time of asking) via live chat that my account was going to be kept closed and the remaining balance in my account was voided. All email contact has been ignored and I am having to chase Betfair via live chat to get any form of response.


I deposited my own money, risked losing my own money - I could have lost, but on this occasion, I won, and I fully cooperated with question and the verification process. However, my winnings and being withheld. Betfair have to pay out what is fairly and rightfully due to me. I can assure you if I had lost my initial deposit of £500 Betfair would most certainly not have returned this.


I would appreciate it if you could take a look at this case, and hopefully Betfair pay out what is fairly and rightfully due to me. I have no interest in them closing my account indefinitely as to be honest I have 0 respect for this company.


I look forward to your response,

Status unsolved Non risolto
£4,500
Account closure and confiscation of balance with no justification whatsoever

Good afternoon.

At the end of December, I registered at Betfair casino. since the casino was new to me, I started with small deposits. But for some time I made small deposits from 100 to 500 euros.. then I started making relatively large deposits through the Neteller payment system from 1000 to 2000 euros. I played various games: slots, blackjack, and sports betting... 10.01.2019 I made a Deposit of 2101 euros, played slots, card games, then put the money on the withdrawal.. I didn't receive any money for several days. the support service said that according to their withdrawal rules, the period can be up to 48 hours. I was waiting for the money, but after 2-3 days I received a notification that my account was blocked, Betfair holds the money, and this decision is not subject to discussion (See the letter in the attachment: message of blocked account.jpeg).

I never received any emails about violating any of the rules of the game or anything like that from them during the entire game.Instead, immediately send a message about blocking.

I was shocked.

I immediately responded to the email with a request to explain the reason for blocking (see attachment: the answer about the account blocking.jpeg). In response, I received only the standard response that this decision was made by the security service and they do not name the reasons (see attachment: the answer#2.jpeg).

after this response, I decided to write them a letter describing the whole situation as I see it from my side and asking them to clarify the situation AGAIN (See attachment question #2.jpeg). On such a letter from my side, I received AGAIN their standard response: that they do not have access to specific details and put the status: eliminated! (see attachment answer #3.jpeg). In other words, this dialogue has reached a dead end. they respond to all my letters in a monotonous manner and do not give any specifics. So I decided to ask you for help.

P.S. in the attachment, I also attach all correspondence in the e-mail format, since all correspondence was with the Russian-language Betfair support service, I did not receive letters in English from them. also, please note that some of the email they answered was not a text message, but by inserting photos with the answer, so to read them you need to follow the links that they have in their responses. But for convenience, I made all the correspondence in Jpeg format (see all the attachments that I provided)...

Status unsolved Non risolto
€2,095