Betway har brudt alle regler for ansvarligt spil med min konto.
Betway satte mig en forbrugsgrænse i august 2024. Jeg bemærkede dette, da jeg ikke kunne indbetale, og jeg kontaktede deres sociale medieteam på X, som fortalte mig, at jeg havde fået tildelt en månedlig forbrugsgrænse på £1095.
Forbrugsgrænsen virkede i starten, men jeg hævede kun £20 i august, hævede £3900 i september, men indsatte £5000. Fra oktober til marts hævede jeg ikke en øre og tabte cirka £1100 om måneden (nogle gange gik det over, men ikke med særlig meget).
I marts begyndte jeg at hæve en del penge, men jeg var stadig over dobbelt så høj som min forbrugsgrænse. Jeg bemærkede det ikke, fordi jeg havde vundet en masse på andre sider, og jeg følte, at jeg måtte hæve nok på Betway for stadig at være inden for min forbrugsgrænse.
Det viser sig, at jeg tabte næsten præcis £3000 i marts og £2200 i april. Jeg hentede alle tallene fra min konto og beregnede, at Betway havde tilladt mig at overforbruge £3831 siden denne forbrugsgrænse.
Jeg spurgte om dette på deres livechat, og de fortalte mig, at min grænse var £2500! Jeg har altid vidst, at virksomheder ikke har lov til at hæve grænserne, medmindre de bliver bedt om det, og desuden kun efter at der er fremlagt dokumentation for overkommelighed. Jeg har aldrig anmodet om en forhøjelse, og jeg har heller ikke på noget tidspunkt indsendt dokumentation for overkommelighed.
Jeg talte med en person fra UKGC, som fortalte mig, at de ikke har lov til at hæve grænserne uden anmodning. De bad mig også om at skrive til Betway, indgive en officiel klage og få et endeligt svar, hvis de ikke samarbejdede. Jeg gjorde dette, og min klage var fuld af beviser, fordi jeg tog skærmbilleder af mine NET-positionssider, før de låste min konto. De låste min konto, fordi jeg klagede over den nye grænse, de havde tilføjet, og jeg krævede, at den gik tilbage til £1095.
Jeg modtog et svar fredag, som var fuldstændig vrøvl. De adresserede ikke engang problemet med at overskride forbrugsgrænserne og behandlede det i stedet som en tilfældig klage over grænser og krav om refusion.
Der er masser af beviser i min klage til at kritisere Betway for, hvad de har gjort, og for ikke at have gjort noget ved det.
Jeg har sendt min klage og mit svar på deres svar til UKGC i fredags. Jeg håber virkelig, at denne virksomhed vågner op og gør det rigtige.
De seneste nyheder fra i går er fra social media-teamet, som jeg spurgte om situationen. De sagde, at kundeserviceteamet stadig undersøger sagen.
Jeg har kun kunnet uploade 4 skærmbilleder - jeg har mange flere.
Betway have broken every responsible gambling rule in existence with my account.
Betway set me a spend limit in August 2024. I noticed this when I couldn’t deposit and I contacted their social media team on X who told me I had been assigned a monthly spend limit of £1095.
The spend limit seemed to be working at first but I only withdrew £20 in August, withdrew £3900 in September but deposited £5000. From October to March I didn’t withdraw a penny and was losing roughly £1100 a month (sometimes it was going above but not by an awful lot).
In March I started withdrawing quite a lot but I was still down over double my spend limit. I didn’t notice this because I had been winning a lot from other sites and I felt like I must be withdrawing enough on Betway to still be within my spend limit.
It turns out I lost almost exactly £3000 in March and £2200 in April. I got all the figures from my account and calculated that Betway had allowed me to overspend £3831 since this spend limit.
I asked about this on their live chat and they told me my limit was £2500! I have always known that companies are not allowed to increase limits unless requested and furthermore only after affordability evidence is provided. I never requested an increase nor did I send in any evidence of affordability at any point.
I spoke with someone from the UKGC who told me they are not allowed to increase limits without request. They also told me to write to Betway, make an official complaint and get a final response if they’re not cooperating. I did this, my complaint was full of evidence because I took screenshots of my NET position pages before they locked my account. They locked my account because I complained about the new limit they had added and I demanded it go back to the £1095.
I received a response on Friday which was just utter rubbish. They did not even address the issue of going over the spend limits and instead treated it as a random moan about limits and demanding refunds.
There is plenty of evidence within my complaint to absolutely crucify Betway for what they have done and failure to do anything about it.
I have sent my complaint and my response to their response to the UKGC on Friday. I really hope this company wakes up and does the right thing.
The latest news as of yesterday is from the social media team who I asked about the situation. They said the customer service team is still looking into it.
I have only been able to upload 4 screenshots - I have many more.
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