both of the TOS are the same

idk what this conversation has to do with poker being dead

there are alot of threads where kimbr doesnt respond right away or at all to think that they should be here 24/7 when this isnt their sole purpose with the company is laughable.

thread was made 8/19 .


takes two seconds for her to pop in here and say YES or NO. you all defend this site and assume things are what YOU THINK they are because your already playing and want to believe your gonna get paid and not wasting your time , when in fact you have no idea and are being naive and gullible. . how many times do you need to be scammed as a poker community before you ask the right questions ? apparently allot

ok then go to another site and stop complaining

also please learn english your and you're are different please learn how to use them

I personally don't "believe" that I'm going to be paid, I actually HAVE been promptly paid every time I've requested a withdraw. Doesn't necessarily mean that the site won't shut down forever starting fifteen minutes from now, but that can be true ANY online poker room. Nobody should play on a site that they don't trust.

Edit: Playing online poker in the US ain't for sissies.

Ahh the very cliche your and you're poster , hes a stickler for this very specific aspect of grammar but none of the other concepts. very interesting.

Im very aware they are cashing out players as of now , and im happy your $50 came through. i wonder if you will be so happy if you hit a tourney score and the tell you 5k is your max you can win.

fyp

I'm a nano stakes nit who plays for fun and wins pocket change once in a while. I think my biggest "score" was probably less than $75.

hey , winning is winning. better than losing.

Quite so!

Yea, I need clarification on this Florida thing

kimber has refused to respond . im sure shes been instructed not to. im glad that email i got from support is documented here so at least when someone gets pwned there is proof that global was misleading on this matter.

Im going to take a wild guess and say New york and florida players can only cashout a maximum of $5,000 at a time. So if you win $30,000 from a spin you will have to withdraw $5,000 6 times. I hope thats the case.

Global was also quite misleading on why they stopped allowing PayPal witndrawls.

I emailed GP several weeks ago about this issue. This was the response:

Thank you for contacting Global Poker Customer Support.

We apologize for the confusion, please note that when you win a tournament, the total amount you have won will be immediately credited to your account. If you will be redeeming your cash prize there is no limit how much you can redeem; however, there is a limit per transaction, so you can submit a number prize redemption request as long as you have enough $weeps balance which you can redeem. You may redeem the $weeps Cash you have won on our tournaments, cash tables or in our sit and go tables.

If this is the case then, why the language in the TOS.

After I googled it, I found some information I believe might explain the situation.
In Florida, I'm not sure about NY, a company that offers a Sweepstake prize larger than $5000 has to create a bond-or escrow account-with the state. This shows the Florida government that the company has the funds to pay the sweepstakes winner.
If the company does not create the bond, then they are not allowed to offer the prize larger than $5000.
This is my limited understanding of what I found.
If I'm not mistaken a few of big guarantee tournament winners in the last few months have been from Florida and New York. They could have been originally from Fl or NY, and now residing in another state.
If they still live in Fl or NY, it will be interesting to see how the payments took place.
I imagined they got pay. If not a complaint would have surfaced.

I'm sure they got paid, like Cepillo noted if they had not I imagine we'd have heard about it in this subforum.

That said, the support response saying this applies to Chumba Casino only is disconcerting a bit since the TOS is on the Global site in 7.10. I don't live in Florida or NY but if I did I certainly understand seeking this clarification.

I would reply back to that support email and say, thank you for the clarification. However as a resident of (FLA or NY) to be absolutely sure I'm going to be in compliance with your TOS for Global Poker section 7.10 which states xxxxxxxxx, please walk me through this hypothetical:

I play a Jackpot SNG and win 30K.

1) I will have 30K $weeps awarded to my account, correct?

Now I wish to redeem the 30K $weeps to my bank account over some reasonable period of time.

2) I will be able to redeem all 30K over time?

3) If no, how much can I redeem over time? If yes, how can this be accomplished understanding I may need to make several redemption requests?

I think the answers should be:
1) Yes
2) Yes
3) By making 5K redemptions every X (days/weeks/some time frame) six times.

It may feel a little silly spelling this all out but if I lived in Florida or NY and played games where I might win a single prize greater than 5K (Scrimmage anyone?), it's probably worth being very clear.

Bear in mind the front line support you get via email may not be able to answer this quickly, they may need to seek a formal response from their legal department. Which is a good thing, I'd rather hear precisely how this works from their lawyers than from a CS rep who may not have the proper legal response at hand.

Also bear in mind this is really not Global Poker being "shady". They are operating legally in the US under sweepstakes law, and they have to comply with those laws. It's not the simplest of matters, as each state may have their own legal quirks in these regards (aka WA, FLA, NY).

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can anyone confirm whether you can do bigger than $5k redemption in Florida on Global Poker? Seems to be conflicting information and no response from reps.

yes you can.

Kind of weird no rep has come in and cleared this up after a year...

In the T&C it falls under their redemption of prizes. Meaning in NY and FL the most sweeps you can redeem for USD is 5000 at a time

completely false. I live in one of those states and routinely cash out 5 figures.

The only reason that is in the T&C is because per sweepstakes law in the US in NY & FL if the sweepstakes is awarding a prize over $5000 that sweepstakes must first get a bond with the state. They have bonded their sweepstakes in FL and NY and you can cash out what ever is available in your account.

So not completely false since their terms say max of 5k per redemption they just have a workaround.

its not a work around its just how the law works. if its over 5k in florida and ny you have to bond it and state it in the t&c. they bonded so theres no issue.

It is a workaround. Just because it’s a lawful way doesn’t mean it isn’t a workaround. Just like them using a sweepstakes model for their way to operate poker in the USA.