A word of warning before playing on BitStarz casino - page 3.

iv4n

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I can't even remember when I played at BitStarz... maybe 4-5 years ago... maybe even 6 years ago! That was when I started with crypto... like a century ago! And I had some good runs there, the first place I saw with so many slots and table games, and all were free for playing without any country restrictions! Country restriction sucks when you live in a third-world country!
After that "bad things" started to happen... too many accusations even from reputable members here! So I just found another place to gamble! New crypto casinos offered a lot more than BitStarz... somehow I feel it's still the same, they offer less than some others crypto casinos!

PS: Once again we have a newbie that comes to complain AFTER losing money! As always I wonder "why the hell they didn't come here before risking their money"? Did they even try to research a place where they plan to deposit a little fortune?
We all learn from mistakes... next time OP should check things around before making a move!

rodskee

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It is always been a sad thing that there are still becoming victim of this cam site , when the truth is there are so many case for this .
just searching the name of the site will brings you to this forum and the scam accusation section of this.

Quote from: robelneo on June 26, 2021, 11:42:38 PM

What's on their mind, anything that you will put your money, you should do research, always think that where you will go after if they ever scam you and is the site reputable and with good reviews from independent players, they just believe on everything that on the site is, we will have more and more post like this, and even if we don't want to blame them it's really on them for not doing the right thing

Don't blame OP because he was lured and being believed of their legitimacy just later that they showed their character after gaming.

NotATether

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I'm not really surprised as Bitstarz (and 1xbit/1xbet) spend massive money on advertisements and getting their banners on most crypto websites. I have a feeling they particularly prey on publishers who are strapped for cash - and believe me, there are a lot of them - and wouldn't mind trading their reputation for a quick buck. These advertising campaigns must be successful, since they seem to be luring an ever-increasing number of newbies to their casinos using gamblers' money to pay for the ads.

Quote from: Slow death on June 26, 2021, 06:43:31 PM

aside from the fact that it's a scam site, I'm also shocked by this:

Quote from: jsharkie on June 26, 2021, 02:15:56 AM

4. Was asked to walk to a street sign and take a photo of me next to it.

What if these scammers come to your house and commit barbaric crimes against you and your relatives? What if they sell your address to criminals?

I confess that I had never seen this requirement to do KYC

It's not a valid kind of proof of address, as someone could post a picture of themselves next to a street sign 10 hours away from them.

michellee

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Sorry for your loss.

But for a deposit of more than 2 ETH is not wise because you risk more than $3,500 and that is a lot of money, even if you have many ETH, that still not a good thing. I can only suggest you play gambling from the site you found here so you can reduce the chance of getting scam by the casino. I never played on BitStarz before, so I do not know if they ask so many identifications for their members before they can withdraw.

In this lesson, deposit too big money will make you worry and if you lose, you will hard to recover the money. I suggest you use small money to playing gambling, so if something wrong happens like what you experienced, you will not lose too big money, even if you can win a lot of money because your initial money is not too big.

Wexnident

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Rather odd how the methods they asked for your KYC didn't send red signals already. I mean, an ID is already more than enough, and really, unless it's faked, they wouldn't ask for another method to prove your identity. Not to mention that even if it was faked, they'd just use the same method, but ask for a different ID to prove. I must say, you gave out way too much info than you're supposed to tbh. Well seemed like it was a rather old scam site, so hope OP actually looks for info about the sites you're playing at beforehand.

Quote from: Slow death on June 26, 2021, 06:43:31 PM

Quote from: jsharkie on June 26, 2021, 02:15:56 AM

4. Was asked to walk to a street sign and take a photo of me next to it.

What if these scammers come to your house and commit barbaric crimes against you and your relatives? What if they sell your address to criminals?

I confess that I had never seen this requirement to do KYC

This tbh. An obvious red flag. Yes, your ID contains your address, but seeing irl proof makes it a LOT easier tbh.

robelneo

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What's on their mind, anything that you will put your money, you should do research, always think that where you will go after if they ever scam you and is the site reputable and with good reviews from independent players, they just believe on everything that on the site is, we will have more and more post like this, and even if we don't want to blame them it's really on them for not doing the right thing

Reatim

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My friend once tried to encourage me playing in this site but lucky that i did not tried because weeks after he become a victim of scamming also.
and also this company/gambling site is not already active in this forum and they are not willing to settle all the issue in this section.

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Sorry for your loss. But then again thank you for posting, so gamblers and people in the forum can take this lesson learned with you its really now hard to trust casinos, I was just curious if the BitStarz casino is a licensed gambling site? The only advised I can give is next time don't be impulsive and get too excited but to research first.

people in forum are already aware of this site since there are many cases filed against this site , only those newbies and those not active in scam accusation section are becoming victims on this..

bittraffic

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Over and over the casino had scammed already. The warnings are all over the net if you just googled it, there are just casinos made only to scam gamblers.
If you have been playing many times in the past, you should be updated with the rampant scam in the crypto casino scams because its activity done countless times. If there is a new casino you want to signup for, you first google for its reputation. You might wanna move this thread to scam accusation where it's supposed to be.

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Quote from: aioc on June 26, 2021, 05:50:58 PM

There are paid reviews and scammers are doing that so they can lure more new players to play on their platform and this is what newbies are finding online but the place to read reviews are on the ones coming on this forum because they are reviews coming from legit players and they are independent reviews.

I doubt all review sites are paid by Bitstarz. Bitstarz were listed at least the majority of the review sites.

What happened to OP is intentional because of big winnings at stake and the site is likely doesn't want to pay for that kind of big amount. But for $100, $200, $500 withdrawal, I think the site is allowing that.

But the bottom line here, Bitstarz's reputation should be tagged as a scam here in the forum and we will spread that.

magneto

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This is one of the reasons why I absolutely hate bonuses in any sort of casino. They simply try all they can to crawl out of having to pay for the bonus.

The terms and conditions are usually very tough for no obvious reason. This is especially true for maximum bet sizes that they enforce arbitrarily with no consistency whatsoever, and use that as a reason to not pay out big bonus winners.

They also seemed to pull the KYC/AML card earlier on, which you complied with so they had to find some sort of other excuse. Certainly shady plays that I would question their reputation over.

Slow death

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aside from the fact that it's a scam site, I'm also shocked by this:

Quote from: jsharkie on June 26, 2021, 02:15:56 AM

4. Was asked to walk to a street sign and take a photo of me next to it.

What if these scammers come to your house and commit barbaric crimes against you and your relatives? What if they sell your address to criminals?

I confess that I had never seen this requirement to do KYC

TimeTeller

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Quote from: aioc on June 26, 2021, 05:50:58 PM

Quote from: adzino on June 26, 2021, 10:12:45 AM

You should have googled or looked up at this forum before you made a deposit on bitstarz. Should have saved you a lot of trouble.

There are paid reviews and scammers are doing that so they can lure more new players to play on their platform and this is what newbies are finding online but the place to read reviews are on the ones coming on this forum because they are reviews coming from legit players and they are independent reviews.

That's an expensive lesson but he can use that lesson for the next phase of his life in gambling.
This forum alone will provide you good insights on which casino is better to go to.
Check their thread and you can already get the idea how they are treating their players.
Some people will only check the background of the site once they are screwed.

Saisher

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This thread should move in the scam section for more awareness, there's an existing thread on this gambling site already and as long as a newbie in the Crypto gambling section is not very diligent on where to play, we will have more on this, we have done our part giving them warning they should do their part by doing diligent research.

KennyR

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Sorry man. You're lucky, but you weren't able to enjoy the outcome of being lucky. Anyhow what you've shared will help few of our members to stay cautious with the mentioned gambling site. Quite often I used to see this gambling site on the review sites placed on the top, and I don't know on what basis these websites gets selected. I haven't used to it, and most of the trusted platforms never get on the list. This looks like a clear manipulation by paid reviews.

aioc

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Quote from: adzino on June 26, 2021, 10:12:45 AM

You should have googled or looked up at this forum before you made a deposit on bitstarz. Should have saved you a lot of trouble.

There are paid reviews and scammers are doing that so they can lure more new players to play on their platform and this is what newbies are finding online but the place to read reviews are on the ones coming on this forum because they are reviews coming from legit players and they are independent reviews.

harizen

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Sorry for the loss. I'm just wondering if what if, you just made a small withdrawal like below 0.1 ETH, you might get it. Even with a bad reputation here in the forum, Bitstarz is still recognized as legit by the majority of review sites. In other words, they are only tagged as scammer here in Bitcointalk. It's just happened that they find a hole to forfeit your winnings.

However, not all balances should be forfeit as your deposit was coming from your own wallet. It should just be the winnings. What did they tell you about your balance? The whole balance was forfeited?

goinmerry

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Quote from: adzino on June 26, 2021, 10:12:45 AM

Really weird they weren't accepting these as a proof of address. Should be valid as long as the bills were under your name. Where they? And did they really tell you to walk to a street sign and take a photo? Lmao, what the hell.

Actually, the KYC was done smoothly. OP's credentials have been accepted.

However, after exchanging emails, Bitstarz now tells OP that his winnings are forfeited due to the user is not complying with the terms of the bonus. Then the site directs OP on the part of TOS where it stated.

It was unprofessional and Bitstarz is making way for OP not to able to claim his winnings. In total, 3 ETH was busted.

adzino

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Quote from: jsharkie on June 26, 2021, 02:15:56 AM

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The process that followed in each subsequent email and correspondence was :

1. Request for ID, Photo of me with ID, Proof of address

2. Proof of address was not accepted, sent internet bill

3. Internet bill was not accepted, sent cable TV bill

4. Was asked to walk to a street sign and take a photo of me next to it.
-snip-

Really weird they weren't accepting these as a proof of address. Should be valid as long as the bills were under your name. Where they? And did they really tell you to walk to a street sign and take a photo? Lmao, what the hell. They were trying so hard to make you fail the KYC so they didn't have to slap you with their shitty KYC policy. They never wanted to pay you the winnings. You should have googled or looked up at this forum before you made a deposit on bitstarz. Should have saved you a lot of trouble.

btc78

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You should have entered this forum couple years ago mate so you have maybe find the scam accusation against this gambling site.

you are just one of the hundreds that claims them being scammed.

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I don't want to do victim-blaming but why play on BitStarz when there are existing scam accusations,

Maybe he was just New to this forum mate and he was just created His acount today in bitcointalk so he has no idea of those scam issues.

DoublerHunter

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^ It is a known scam gambling site, most of the old members here know that this gambling site has multiple scam accusations before, and surely if members here encounter this site will surely be recognized as scam gambling. I don't know why you did not have proper research before depositing your money on that site and yet, you know here in the Bitcointalk community, and probably if you know the search button you will see that there are tons of scams accusation on that gambling site. Nevertheless, on the other side, thank you for this warning and probably it will help newbies.

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