Hi,
I am creating this thread as a warning to any poker players looking to play on BetOnline. They are thieves, they took my deposit and are now not allowing me to cash out just because I am a foreign citizen and am travelling and playing on the road.
Let me back up a little bit. I am a UK/Aus dual citizen and have been travelling in America for the past 18 months. I created an account on there and i made a very small deposit to start. When i first opened the account i spoke to someone from the accounting team and i specifically asked them that i was able to play on their site. The team member said it was fine for me to play while i travel. So i played on their site for about a year, i made many withdrawals with no problem.
Now i am ready to go home and i tried to cash out and they declined my cash out. So i again requested a call from their accounting team and they called me. Because i am from Australia i use a VPN from time to time to stream. Apparently while i was still logged in to the site i used the VPN after i had finished playing a session. For this reason they declined my cashout. Despite them calling me on my American phone number and despite me playing from my American mobile internet connection. They asked for a lease or a proof of address but i am travelling around the country so why would i have this. Anyways They will not let me cashout my money, money i deposited on there. It's an absolute joke, so now i am stuck in America and im out of money, I mean sure it's poor money management but how could i know they would steal my deposit when i had made a dozen cashouts in the past. I mean how could they even call me on my American phone, and i play on there with my American internet connection if im not in America. They won't even accept my passport. I don't know how i'm going to get home now
Absolute joke, anyways, IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING, IF YOU ARE FOREIGN, DO NOT PLAY ON BETONLINE! I had read about them stealing people's money before but i thought they had improved. Just don't play on their site, they are scammers and they WILL steal your money. Just play on ACR everyone, Betonline cannot be trusted, as soon as you make any money on the site they decline your cashout.
If you read this Betonline, please make this right. You accepted my deposit, you told me i could play on your site, do the right thing and allow me to cashout, I will be posting this on Reddit and every other poker board and i will continue to post this, every single week on every single poker board until you make this right. You will lose so much business, and for what, so you can steal a thousand dollars from a freaking traveller who is trying to get home. I guess the reviews were right and you are just straight-up thieves. Please give me back my money, i have done nothing wrong except accidentally still be logged in at the end of a session when i go to watch some TV shows.
TLDR ; BETONLINE ARE THIEVES AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED. THEY ALLOW YOU TO DEPOSIT ON THEIR SITE, THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PLAY ON A RECORDED PHONE CALL AND THEN THEY STEAL YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU TRY TO WITHDRAW. DO NOT DEPOSIT ON BETONLINE EVER.