Topic: 21.5 BTC TAKEN BY SPORTSBET.IO - page 6. (Read 8269 times)

Gave this guy a red tag also to warn my friends not to deal with this site,the admin is online all the time but chooses to ignore all the post of the complainants,I guess this is the end of his business and might close his thread and set up another one.

Good on you Lauda,  more red paint to follow hopefully!

Withholding money and asking for verification without proper ground seems to be a new trend with these shady websites. I've seen this happen with several gambling websites and exchanges. They absolutely have no right to withhold your money. They may withhold the winnings depending on the T&C but not your own money.

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Tagged.

It was so easy to avoid: Warning! SportsBet.io + BitCasino.io since July 2016!

What lead you to play at sportsbet.io, how did you get aware of them?

Curacao civil code say that they have to tell you why they confiscated your money. Breach of their Terms & Conditions is not enough.

Furthermore, please note that if a paragraph of their T&C is not in accordance with Curacao civil code, this part is not valid. Another reason why they have to tell you the exact breach of their T&C.

You could sue them, Curacao has a justice system with court and police.

Or next time maybe register your accounts with any Qualify free site, then the litigation costs will be covered by Game Protect. Definitely worth if you deposit such huge amounts.

Also did gave the account red tag,there were a scam accusations way back 2016 I think this is the end of that gaming site it's such a huge amount to be ignored DT should give them red tag too and Op can also request writers to write about this issue to warn other gamers.

This is looking real bad for them, more and more topics are coming up!

I have a couple questions:

When they requested your documents, did you send them your real information?

You say you deposited 15 BTC into the site, placed some bet and had 6.5BTC profit and initiated a withdrawl. Why did you deposit so much in the first place only to make a few BTC profit and cash out? Some casinos/sportsbooks have terms that require you to rollover the deposit 1x. However thats not what term they are saying you broke.

In any event, askgamblers as sportsbet.io has suggested you use is a good source to mediate issues with online casinos but in this case I don't see that it is. I have used them in the past to resolve issues with stalling of payment by an online casino and once they got the complaint they quickly resolved it.

Here's why I think its a joke they suggested it:

I can't even locate a profile on the askgamblers site for sportsbet.io

They do have them for their sister sites: bitcasino.io and vegascasino.io but as I'm going to get to next theres an issue there.

Last year in December, a user had an issue over 1.5btc being confiscated and while that player may have broke terms or could be innocent. The issue is bitcasino did not provide any proof in the matter to the askgamblers team to mediate. Simply put they ignored the complaint after a couple short replys and then askgamblers posted this :

Unfortunately, BitCasino.io didn't provide the necessary information to AskGamblers Complaints Team so that the complaint could be adequately reviewed and decided. Obviously, we have no other option but to close the complaint as Unresolved and recommend a player to forward their issue directly in front of the relevant regulatory body responsible for BitCasino.io. As soon as AskGamblers Complaints Team is being notified about the regulator's final decision on the case, we will comply and mark this complaint accordingly.


In order for askgamblers to be a mediator sportsbet.io would have to show the proof ExcessTest in some way was fraudulent. Otherwise its useless. And the only other alternative would be to go to the casinos regulatory body of Curacao to file a complaint.

But thats pretty useless, they are a joke of a license and a complaint there would not do any good.

Now with all that said, I have only used sportsbet.io one time and I made a fairly large bet on the Super Bowl. The bet won it was instantly credited to my account when the game went final and I made the withdrawl and was paid immediately. Now, it was nowhere near 21BTC which as their terms suggest triggers the KYC protocol. I've also never had any issues being paid in 2.5 years playing on bitcasino.io Again, I've never won anything big but have had a few withdrawls 2-3k paid out instantly.

We don't know both sides and unless sportsbet.io is willing to provide the evidence against this player but confiscating 21.5 BTC is a pretty serious deal. I would hope they could provide more details to someone trusted and make a resolution.

It very well could be they are falling from grace and going rogue. Unless they provide the evidence against the OP then we won't know and have to assume the worst.

I will personally help you with this.
I doubted the site is shady since day 1 and so did every gambling site scam buster out there.
It's crazy how they suddenly decide to ask for KYC when a high bitcoin amount is involved.So basically they follow this measure "If you win on your website,we could think you have been upto something shady and we won't allow you to beat the house".

Things we will be doing :-
I've tagged the account.
I've posted a warning to not play on this  website on their main thread.
Let's see if the respond,otherwise we could proceed by giving them a feedback from the DT.

Another unlicensed/scam book, stealing from its customers.  Why anyone would deposit here is a mystery to me. sportsbet.io the OP has given  you permission to release relevant details of his "fraudulent" activities that warranted you stealing his deposit and winnings.

Please do, otherwise refund him immediately. 

Scammers Profile Link: https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/sportsbetio-832366
Amount Scammed: 21.5 BTC
Payment Method: Bitcoin

Hi,

I made a deposit of 15 BTC to sportsbet.io and managed to win another 6.5 BTC on top of it for a total of 21.5 BTC. However, when I tried to withdraw I recieved a message that my account was under a temporary security review and to try again in 12 hours. After 12 hours I attempted to withdraw again and was told I must provide KYC documents in order to get my withdrawal! I am bitcoin only player and as you all should know there is no reason for them to request KYC apart from delaying my withdrawal.

So I sent KYC documents to them and they then told me they were not going to send my withdrawal anyway! they closed my account and quoted a bunch of terms and conditions that did not apply to me in any way.

You can view the emails and posts I've already made below:


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