As far as I can tell, the dissenters in this thread are either confused, exposed (i.e. shareholders), or bribed. There has been a lot of name calling, but there has not been one coherent argument as to why my bet should not be refunded.
Because fuck you, that's why. What more do you need?
You're the dissenter. Stop trying to misrepresent yourself as some sort of authority. BitBet is the authority on this matter.
You're the scumbag. Stop trying to misrepresent yourself as some sort of victim. BitBet is the victim, and the fact that it's the victim of your idiocy rather than deliberate malfeasance (you claim) makes no difference.
Having a policy also does not give bitbet the right to steal funds, the same as it wouldn't give bitbet the right to murder people. Wrong and unlawful is still wrong and unlawful regardless of what policy you have in place.
Except murdering people falls under the jurisdiction of fiat courts, whereas BitBet is its own jurisdiction, stemming from the complete immunity of all things Bitcoin to all things fiat.