[sobre]

Can anyone confirm having experienced a threat from a poker site to send your "negative balance" to a third-party collection agency in the United States, and if so, what happened?

My story goes like this: I deposited $500 using a credit card (illegal on their end to begin with after July 2006 as I understand), made roughly 1200 in the course of the evening and then moved to withdraw. I was told that someone else had attempted to use my information and that the account was frozen. As part of the freezing, they refunded my initial deposit to the credit card for "security" purposes. They then declined to pay the $1200, stating i didn't actually deposit money, so i can't collect. Finally, they sent me an email a few weeks later informing me of my "negative balance" of $500, stemming from the refund (the $1200 has disappeared at this point) and threatening to refer the balance to third party collection agency.

Long-story short: what exactly can they do to me here in the States, specifically, to my credit?

[Bill Dozer]

Sobre,
Not sure I understand what happened but send a timeline to Bill@SportsbookReview.com if you would like to have us look at it.

[remmy358]

Originally Posted by sobre

Can anyone confirm having experienced a threat from a poker site to send your "negative balance" to a third-party collection agency in the United States, and if so, what happened?

My story goes like this: I deposited $500 using a credit card (illegal on their end to begin with after July 2006 as I understand), made roughly 1200 in the course of the evening and then moved to withdraw. I was told that someone else had attempted to use my information and that the account was frozen. As part of the freezing, they refunded my initial deposit to the credit card for "security" purposes. They then declined to pay the $1200, stating i didn't actually deposit money, so i can't collect. Finally, they sent me an email a few weeks later informing me of my "negative balance" of $500, stemming from the refund (the $1200 has disappeared at this point) and threatening to refer the balance to third party collection agency.

Long-story short: what exactly can they do to me here in the States, specifically, to my credit?

i responded to your other post with the same info. refer to that. don't pay the debt. any collection agency/sportsbook tryin to collect gambling debt will threaten the hell out of you. tell the collection agency that you'll contact the DOJ and report that they are threatening you and trying to collect on illegal online gambling debt.

[durito]

I don't understand how that would have resulted in a negative balance?

[bigbud21]

Sobre I just got back from being overseas I use to play on bodog I requested a payout and recieved it 20-30 days later via check never recieved a tracking number any ways....long stoy short i stopped playing on bodog then i began noticing strange charges to my card and bodog kept email/calling me to deposit more money to keep on playing, I reported fraud and cancelled my card right away. Now a few months later I recieved an email from bodog stating I owed a few hundered dollars in negative balances and if i did not respond they would transfer my balance to a 3rd party, then 3 days later they said i owed more than they previouslly quoted and said i need to respond. What has happened with you so far, my credit card company said never to respond to email threats or phone calls as it usually a scam. Word to the wise, stick to poker stars or someother website way to many problems with bodog

[Cannon]

Bodog are a bunch of scamsters.

[Kellen]

Ive had a neg balance at bodog for 2 years, they never did anything

[j$]

I have a $30 negative balance there. I deposited useing a $30 gift card to play poker. Then they told me the gift card was charged back which i didnt know could even happen,but the funny thing is there was never a balance ever again on that gift card. The money never got refunded. Yet they still harrass me for $30 and i tell them to blow it out there ass!!

[pimike]

Originally Posted by sobre

Can anyone confirm having experienced a threat from a poker site to send your "negative balance" to a third-party collection agency in the United States, and if so, what happened?

My story goes like this: I deposited $500 using a credit card (illegal on their end to begin with after July 2006 as I understand), made roughly 1200 in the course of the evening and then moved to withdraw. I was told that someone else had attempted to use my information and that the account was frozen. As part of the freezing, they refunded my initial deposit to the credit card for "security" purposes. They then declined to pay the $1200, stating i didn't actually deposit money, so i can't collect. Finally, they sent me an email a few weeks later informing me of my "negative balance" of $500, stemming from the refund (the $1200 has disappeared at this point) and threatening to refer the balance to third party collection agency.

Long-story short: what exactly can they do to me here in the States, specifically, to my credit?

[slsmagic]

They can turn you over to a collection agency, because the collection agency is only collecting on the initial transaction.

Wherever you chose to use the funds whether it was to play poker, or buy a TV is your problem. I'd pay and be concered about your credit.