OP, can you clarify what specifically happened to your initial account? You said it got limited, they said it got permanently banned. Those aren't the same thing.
Did you receive any communications about being permanently banned and/or limited? Is the account still open and able to wager in the casino?
My first account got limited (amounts I can bet on NBA were smaller compared to the initial amounts) - not a single warning from Rollbit about not allowing me to create more accounts or anything. Hence, I just created a new account and deposited $10k. The new account got instantly limited without a single dollar wagered (I wouldn't bet a cent on sports). I contacted support to ask if I could withdraw it since there was no way for me to wager it through in sports, after which they started some KYC/AML process. I even offered them that I can wager my own deposited $10k through in slots, but they didn't even agree to that. Just decided to mock me with the "thank you for depositing money back" thing.
I am not quite sure if you are familiar with what "being limited" means in terms of sports betting.
A casino/sportsbook, can decide to limit your account to only be able to bet a specific amount on sports.
I know exactly what being limited means and that was my point this whole time. Your first account got limited to restrict you to bet no more than X on sports, so you created a second one to get greater limits and bet XXX. That is the reason for account closure. The first account wouldn't allow you to wager $10.000 because of the limits, and you wanted to do it through the second one. Whether or not you succeeded, I don't know. You say you didn't, but the intention was clearly there.
On a normal site that doesn't allow multi-accounting, I will accept this and leave their platform. On Rollbit tho, it was fine to replace an old account with a new one to get better limits. Which I have repeated like 25 times now.
I don't think it was fine to do it. It could surely be considered a nefarious use of their services.
So they just created the multi-accounting allowance to scam people? If it's considered fair use in your eyes, then there's clearly something wrong with this industry, something wrong with you protecting them. If a player plays by the rules and follows every rule and every clause of Rollbit's T&C precisely - it is Rollbit's duty to make sure that they are honored - which they were. Banning someone without a reason and no explanation at all is just bad and careless practice - a dishonest one. Not batting an eye if people lose on multiple accounts, but stealing money from players if they end up winning - should tell you enough.
Furthermore, I've been waiting for days for them to tell their side of the story here, which they have just avoided. Tells you something about it, doesn't it?
OP, can you clarify what specifically happened to your initial account? You said it got limited, they said it got permanently banned. Those aren't the same thing.
Did you receive any communications about being permanently banned and/or limited? Is the account still open and able to wager in the casino?
Hi, i got purely limited on sportsbetting. I can still wager on casino etc. And no, no communication. Just wasnt able to bet more than a certain amount anymore on sports.
If they gave you no warning and just took your deposit then obviously that's a scam.
Rollbit is a decent sized site that's been around for a while with a pretty good reputation, so before anyone jumps to conclusions , it's worth pointing out: There's been a recent trend of players that find some sort of edge involving match fixing or getting ahead of the live betting lines. They get limited, warned not to make any more accounts. After they keep making more and more accounts, the site eventually starts freezing their funds - so the they come here and tell half the story as if they are only behind the last couple new accounts they made, and not the dozens before that which were warned, in attempt to get their money back.
I'm not going to jump to a conclusion either way at this point. But, your story lines up perfectly with the MO of the person/people that have been doing this, and it also explains why rollbit rubbed it in by thanking you for the $10k. In fact, I'm not saying I know this is true, but it
would make total sense if you were also the OP of this thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/stake-scammed-100k-and-not-replying-emails-for-6-months-5416690Hopefully we hear from rollbit soon.
Exactly. Not a single warning was given. Just a ban on my account and taking away my deposit. Again, I bet on NBA and big sports. Nothing to do with fixed matches or whatever weird things you mentioned.
I wish I had tracked every bet I've bet in my accounts, you could clearly see that nothing's weird about the things that I've bet.
I get that this is "normal" in sports betting, but to me (as someone who doesn't use it), it sounds shady. The house edge should be enough to cover the casino's profit, and allowing winning users lower bets than losing users doesn't seem fair.
I don't think fair has anything to do with it. Life isn't fair. Limiting and restricting winning players is something that traditional fiat bookies do as well simply because they like taking your money, not giving it to you. That's not fair, I don't like it, and I don't agree with it. It's still happening though. It's their business and their rules sadly.
Closing the account: sure!
Keeping the deposit: from what I've read here, I don't think that's justified.
Maybe OP isn't telling us the whole story. Remember the Razer admin (or whatever his name is) saying something like
thanks for depositing part of the money back to us. OP could have been doing this for longer than he cares to admit. I am just speculating of course.
I don't think so:
They could have easily added it to the above list: "We reserve the right to disable accounts that have been created with the intention to abuse our bonus, coupon and chat features, or circumvent account limits.
It would be clearer, sure. I still see it as an abusive way to try to get around betting restrictions the provider set on your account and you as a person. The first account got limited. The reasons why don't matter. Just that it did. OP noticed it, so he created a new account to bet more than he could with his first account. How is that not abuse or attempted abuse? Imagine there is a raffle on the forum. It's available for everyone except legendary members and their alts. So to participate in that raffle, you enroll your Loyce mobile account. Didn't you try to cheat and abuse the system by doing that?
What's the difference between OP creating a new account and betting $10,000 on a certain game, or me doing the exact same thing?
I am not sure what you mean. If you both have limited accounts that you are aware of and you registered new accounts to circumvent those restrictions, you have both attempted to cheat and use your accounts in "nefarious" ways. If you didn't have a previous limited account or attempted to wager above a maximum allowed betting amount, then you are good to go.
What does it matter what one interprets as abusive? Not a single rule or warning was given to me not to multi-account to bet on better limits. Just waiting for me to hit a down-swing and then letting me continue? Or what's the case here, why couldn't they just tell me not to multi-account for sports betting when I asked if it's fine? I would have not done it in that case, lol... Instead of giving me a ban-hammer, they could have just given me my money back and just tell me to stop.
Also; i came out with all Infos right at the start. I didnt act like i had only one Account or whatever. So i dont quite understand why im being framed as someone whos trying to tell half of the story.
For a fact i know that Rollbit is aware of this thread, i know that one of their support members has passed it on to the Admins. Still they choose to ignore it so far.