BetOnline.com Legit? Answer to come...
Roughly 3 weeks ago I created an account at BetOnline.com after seeing it's "Recommended" rating on this site. In all, I made about a half-dozen $500 deposits (each time my account was depleted). To make a long story short, my balance went all the way up to $40,000, then all the way down to $3,000, then all the way up to $71,230. I requested a payout of $40,000. I was using their sportsbook (football) and casino (blackjack), but all of my winnings came from the casino. After my final run in their casino, my account was frozen, and when I attempted to log in, it instructed me to contact customer service. I was directed to their casino manager ("Marshall"), who told me that my account was on hold so that they could investigate my winnings. He said that this was common procedure when a customer goes on a run as big as I did. I was asked a handful of questions, all of which I could answer, except for one. I was told that my account had been accessed using over 40 "devices" (computers). Although there was no way for me to refute such a ridiculous claim, it was only 1 question out of many, and all in all I felt confident that their "investigation" would be concluded quickly and that the payout I requested would be processed. This conversation took place on Thursday (11/01/07) and Marshall said that he planned on trying to have everything cleared up by the day's end Friday so that I would be able to access my remaining balance for the weekend's action. I did not hear from Marshall on Friday and have been unable to reach him since that day (he's always "away from his desk"). Monday evening when calling I was told he had to leave the office early but that he would be emailing me regarding my account sometime later in the evening. That email still has not arrived, and for the first time, I am becoming a little concerned that I may not be seeing any of the money I won. I am still giving them the benefit of the doubt before filing a complaint with SBR, but wanted to get this posted, as the outcome of my situation will positively be a true test as to whether or not this book is to be trusted. I will be sure to follow-up with another post as soon as I am able to find out what's going on.
-KJ
They have paid me large amount
They have paid me about $30K, 3 chuncks of $10K each. They did ask me questions for security purposes, but I did not feel the questions were out of line. They also have asked me to fax in documentation. I do not feel the documentation was out of line.
Where there is a very large amount, I am often asked to participate in a security interview. What I do now is just ask for much more frequent withdrawals of less than $10K to avoid this nonsense.
My gut feeling is that they will pay every penny they owe you because they are a reputable book. It is too early yet to accuse BOL of anything. Cooperate with what they ask for you and you'll probably get paid.
Regarding my initial post.
Thanks for everyones input. I hope that my post does not lessen my chances in a favorable outcome. I tried to make it clear that my situation was pending and it was not meant to be a threat to betonline.com and I really didn't even think this would be read by them. i was able to get into contact with their casino manager today and was basically informed that their investigation is still on going. Ultimately, anything that could be taken negatively from my post about betonline.com will be without merit if i end up having to seek the help of SBR and they do not agree with my case. I would have no credibility at that point. If anyone from SBR reads this, I would appreciate your input regarding my initial post...if it will do more harm than good for all parties, is there anything I can do about it?
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Originally Posted by
raiders72002
I hope that you get paid if true. The only thing is that you should have first asked SBR for help before posting publicly.
Your odds of getting paid have lessened because of posting this on the forum first. You've threatened the book without both cases being heard by SBR and have put all in a bad situation.
If you do get paid, every scammer is now going to use the SBR forum to extort money from the book and give them bad press.
The book may tell you to go to hell because of your post. The SBR forum is no longer good to the book. They may just take your $70k because of this.
SBR would have posted your story and given them a decrease in grade if they were wrong. You could have posted your side of the story.
Next time go to SBR first. After that you then go to the forum.
he has every right to honestly report what happened
Everyone here has every right to post what honestly happens with a sportsbook. Now it is up to BOL to either look good or bad. The poster did nothing wrong to alert the community that he was starting to get nervous and other should hold off for a moment.
If BOL wants a hapy ending, the ball is now in their courts.