Why would your first assumption be that they were hacked - first thought: They are trying to make some $$$ by taking advantage of their user database...
Who are the "They" you mean?
Betnomi or CryptoBonuses.
when trying to access the site. And I deposited $250 on the platform just before that(I got sponsored for playing in poker tournaments recently). I hope everything will be alright soon, because I want to play poker on this amazing platform.
All you can do is hope for the best. I remember only two days before Chipmixer disappeared I mixed some coin and I was lucky to be able the get the coin back. If I was a day or two late then I could lose a larger amount of bitcoin. You never know what can happen with a centralized service anytime.
Yes you never know and sometimes they are honest and make their best to avoid to completely scam their (past) customers. For example Hotbit had a rather bad reputation but when they closed they gave several weeks to their users to withdrawal their remaining funds and they even extended the deadline at the end.
So Betwrong could maybe get lucky and get back his funds. I really hope that things will be better for Betnomi in the nearest future than a situation when they, as honest people, will just allow users to withdraw their funds.
I hope they will be back soon with even more nice features. As for their poker platform, we all know how great it is. Online poker players would miss it big time if it wasn't there any more.
Things are not looking good now, considering the email are sending by some other business.
I saw many before they closed; I made one of them. The writing was on the wall but people chose not to listen. And in part, because this forum doesn't give a fuck. Mods ignore messages, the trust system is manipulated, flags are opposed and people like icopress are paid emissaries for sites with no culpability when it goes wrong. Nothing personal, I know they are not the only ones. I wouldn't play at any of the books on here again with your money, let alone mine.
Don't expect anything official from Bitcointalk. If you don't know, the forum does not moderate scam.
I received a response from Sorsis last week, but I haven't been paid yet.
That's bad my man. Let's hope the response from Sorsis is genuine.