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Wow thats a huge winnings mate i guess just calm down and try to ask for their support so you will be able to ask some assistance on how to withdraw your winnings instead of keep betting and in the end losing everything just be patient.

First of all, congratulations on your huge profit. Second, I suggest you to sell BTC now when the price is still high. You can save some for later.
Sports betting is not rigged, so it doesn't matter how many times you bet. However, betting 1 BTC in small amounts is smarter than betting on a single game. You can simply find out your wins and losses and adjust your future bets accordingly.

You can PM the support for assistance if you're in dire need of your coins.

I have done this already but they are telling to wait 12 hours now to find out if I can withdraw the funds in the account or not.
Highly bad for a well known sports book to do, since I have deposited over 200mbtc already and only have been able to withdraw 60mbtc once. :-\

As you can see from my previous messages about this they have not gotten back to me after doing everything that they said to do they still deny me access to the credits/btc in the account and only allowed to use them within their site!
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458034.msg17387379#msg17387379

So now what else am I sposse to do? :-[

Did you initially deposit Bitcoin in their website or was it a giveaway from Sportsbet?
I am worried how such a reputed website lacks an automatic withdrawal. If you were gifted Bitcoins from them, I can assume they had put a criteria to wager X amount before you could withdraw your funds.
If you deposited money of your own and still get refused from cashing out, leave a negative trust in the admin's account in Bitcointalk, talk to a moderator or DT member or keep posting in his thread until he decides to hear you out. All you can do is wait.

Lost both parlays of one with 1 bitcoin on the line because of the high odds for basketball game at 7.29 so did not expect to win that one.
The other one was for 150mbtc with only one game off by 2 points with a 2 second shot at the end. All other games won and would of had me at 1.25b.
So easy come easy go as they say with gambling for high stakes.
I did start this with 50mbtc anyways. So no big loss for me. :-\

Taking a major bet with one whole BTC with funds that are not available for me to use anyways. :-\

So my question is: Should I do it and take the risk? Since it the sportsbook site is not allowing me to to withdraw my winnings on their site for the last 12 hours with no response from them when I have tried to contact them all day today.
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This would be a big thing if it did win and this would definitely not count in my favor if it did actually win.
But I have been taking high risk bets since they told me I could not withdraw and have made 0.5btc into 1.15btc since.

Wow that's truly an achievement congratulations to you.


It seems that this is the update that I've been waiting for and it's very unfortunate to know that you lose and it looks like that you are forced to bet with those games. I guess you will not now use sportsbet.io because of that. Try to sports bet with some other good gambling site.

It seems that they held my funds just for this reason because as their review department that they had my account looked at by them knew that I was into taking high-risk bets from my previous parlays that I have done. And was counting on me putting it all on several parlays.

And to the others who are posting after my update post:
I lost the parlay with 1 bitcoin! So the 3 days of winning is over.
It wasn't so great while it lasted because I wasn't going to see that bitcoin anyways and now that my balance is next to zero they will say it is ok to do withdraws from the account. A little to late for that now isn't it? ::)

It seems that they held my funds just for this reason because as their review department that they had my account looked at by them knew that I was into taking high-risk bets from my previous parlays that I have done. And was counting on me putting it all on several parlays.

And to the others who are posting after my update post:
I lost the parlay with 1 bitcoin! So the 3 days of winning is over.
It wasn't so great while it lasted because I wasn't going to see that bitcoin anyways and now that my balance is next to zero they will say it is ok to do withdraws from the account. A little to late for that now isn't it? ::)

So basically the gambling site managed to get you to do what they wanted:

Stall you long enough to tempt you to bet again and lose your winnings.

A shame it happened, next time better be more patient.

I have moved on and used DirectBet for the first time and it was just simple as putting in a bitcoin address where I would like my funds to be sent and that was it!

Now you have made a better choice, Directbet is always my first choice they don't have bullshit KYC policy also you don't have to wait for hours to get your balance updated. When game get settled you will receive your winnings in your bitcoin address directly, also their odds are pretty good.

Go all in man, there's no rush better then the feeling of going all in and winning! Best feeling in the world.

Oh, man. I'm really sorry that you are thinking that way, because it's so typical for a gambling addict. I hope you were joking though.

What I really can't understand in the OP is why it was impossible to withdraw the winnings? The OP is saying of this like it was predetermined, but why?

When I registered on their site I deposited fine of course and won some btc in a rather large bet so I cashed out.
Then just 3 days later I finally won a larger parlay for 0.495btc.
I then proceeded to withdraw the entire amount of the account when I noticed it did not go thru like the one just 3 days before did within less than 5 minutes. Then I see it was denied in the transactions page.
So I questioned online support and they said to read the email sent to me from the security department.
I uploaded the information they needed to them and then they are still questioning my account access to my requests to withdraw 44 hours later.
So yes I just knew that this would happen and did this so to see what they have to say for themselves now. They still have not responded so I do not expect them to do anything with my account as it is.

If they just gave me an answer from their representative here and not side step my inquiries from the start this would not have gotten to this point.

The only way that they can possibly have me retract everything that I have said about their reputation as a reliable and honest sportsbook site is to reimburse me the 1.16638btc which would include the 16mbtc that has still not been refunded to me under their own promotion rules since my account has been like this since monday night.

This is the problem with new gambling sites. When their bettors win big time they question the gambler why he won that much and ask so much other questions and verification. Also, there are some gambling sites that suddenly change the TOS of their bonuses and the game itself just to prevent some big winnings to be cashed out. You should file a scam accusation here and tell your story so that people would know. Just remember to get all your proofs first. So they won't be able to delete your proof.

Oh, man. I'm really sorry that you are thinking that way, because it's so typical for a gambling addict. I hope you were joking though.

What I really can't understand in the OP is why it was impossible to withdraw the winnings? The OP is saying of this like it was predetermined, but why?

They eventually will if your requesting amount is big. And I don't mean 1btc either.
10mbtc is big for this rip off scamming sports betting site.
Once you get more than 50mbtc in your account they will out of the blue deny your request for no reason and ask you to send in your I.D including your freaking passport and proof of address so they can match it to their extensive logs of ip addresses that they catalog to track you down. This kind of behavior should be against the law and the sites that do this offering "an entertainment service" should be prosecuted under the highest extent of the law.
Oh wait! They are in some country that laws can not touch them so they know they are safe. These bastards will not pay you if they do not want to. You will soon find that out the more you use them.
They are bitcasino.io. This has been proven when logging into their support chat and the exact same person with the same name started chat and talking linguistically in the exact same way. ::)
That is a sure fire way to submit evidence of this accusation against sportsbet.io / bitcasino.io / vegascasino.io are under the same ownership!
Here this thread is comparing untrusted casinos and has them as not being one to trust with your winnings and I can attest to this. After winning 1 btc with them then they freeze your funds in the sportsbet.io account and deny your request for withdrawals for no apparent reason.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1760254.0
"bitcasino.io - 2.0BTC / Yes / No (manual) / Full ID required before wagering / Bitcasino seems to respect your privacy for small wagers, but for large wagers they actual freeze your whole account prior to allowing wagers and will require full ID verification."

Watch yourself with using this casino even if they fool you with these stupid phoney promotions, where you have seen the other posts from other members, they don't give you the refund on the cashback promotions and you have to literally beg them for it. Come one! please if you can not operate a competent casino just stop promoting yourself as one that can pay their gamblers after they use your site. Your site is complete FRAUD and should never be trusted with any amount of money. Not 1mbtc minimum that is needed to place a bet not with 1150.87btc that I had in my account that was frozen just 20 hours after I was able to withdraw 60mbtc.
Makes absolutely completely no sense!

Link to the post: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458034.msg17590794#msg17590794

The reviewer found out they're asking for KYC after the winnings are in their account. Which is a scamming tactic by these casinos. So that in it's self is questionable activity right then and there!

If they want to make it this way then ASK for this BEFORE the customer has any amount in their accounts. Even before a deposit is made. This in it's self is a scamming thing to do to anyone with an sense at all.

The reviewer found out they're asking for KYC after the winnings are in their account. Which is a scamming tactic by these casinos. So that in it's self is questionable activity right then and there!
If they want to make it this way then ASK for this BEFORE the customer has any amount in their accounts. Even before a deposit is made. This in it's self is a scamming thing to do to anyone with an sense at all.

Yes it is scamming tactic they should have this written in their Terms so that you can read it before you make any deposit there. Asking verfication for small amount like 1BTC is really unusual from sites like sportsbet which are giving away many bitcoin through contest, i think they may also ask those contest winners to submit their id to get their winnings out  ;D

I don't like to get stucked my bitcoin there so from now on sportsbet will be no option for me to bet on.

if i have 1 bitcoin, i think i don't want to go all in but i will only use half or small part for make a bet because i am to afraid to see if somehow i only get loss. i think its because i don't have much of bitcoin so i don't think its good for me to directly get loss with 1 bitcoin. but its depend on what OP want and i only can say good luck with your bet and i hope the OP can win the games.

if i have 1 bitcoin, i think i don't want to go all in but i will only use half or small part for make a bet because i am to afraid to see if somehow i only get loss. i think its because i don't have much of bitcoin so i don't think its good for me to directly get loss with 1 bitcoin. but its depend on what OP want and i only can say good luck with your bet and i hope the OP can win the games.

Taking a major bet with one whole BTC with funds that are not available for me to use anyways. :-\

So my question is: Should I do it and take the risk? Since it the sportsbook site is not allowing me to to withdraw my winnings on their site for the last 12 hours with no response from them when I have tried to contact them all day today.
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This would be a big thing if it did win and this would definitely not count in my favor if it did actually win.
But I have been taking high risk bets since they told me I could not withdraw and have made 0.5btc into 1.15btc since.

it was a good win. sometimes taking a risk is in need, but you have to accept all that is likely to happen to you if you fail. however, win the game it was really very good. perhaps at this moment you have to be quiet, because if you try to do the same thing, and then fails, all your pleasures will be lost.

Lol what? did you deposit fiat or tried to withdrawal fiat? or was it all pure bitcoin? this isn't a new thing and not only gambling services but eobot(cloud mining scam) did the same thing with my brother, after a few month of mining they blocked his account and said sorry you are not verified so you wont get any coins.
When fiat money is not involved anyone telling you to provide ID for withdrawing bitcoin is just trying to scam you and you should know this already.
If you can send credits to other users then better try that sending to your alt but if they are doing this with all players then no use in doing that and this will be the end of their business.

I think he already used that money to play again and lost. So sad to read it. There is a lesson from this story. Self control is very important not only when we did gamble, but when we faced a technical problem, we have to keep patient and don't let such problem gives a big impact to our games. Try to fix the problem first before we decide to play another games.

Yes seems the match already finished. I guess we can learn something from this, the first when you doubt for gambling, better you do not force yourself to gamble because everything begins with doubt will ended with disaster and also when you doubt on something never put huge money or you will regret.

Really that was amazing better contact support because if you try to play again means you will loose those money also. It's better quit the game and try to withdraw that amount, if you want to play again try with small amounts if possible.

PM sent. They have been good in the past in getting back so we should hear from them soon.

Pure bitcoin books should only ask for KYC information in rare circumstances. One reason for using these books is to remain anonymous.

If a book sees 10 accounts from the same IP, they should say something immediately. Don't free roll the player by accepting losses and not paying winners.

It seems that they held my funds just for this reason because as their review department that they had my account looked at by them knew that I was into taking high-risk bets from my previous parlays that I have done. And was counting on me putting it all on several parlays.

And to the others who are posting after my update post:
I lost the parlay with 1 bitcoin! So the 3 days of winning is over.
It wasn't so great while it lasted because I wasn't going to see that bitcoin anyways and now that my balance is next to zero they will say it is ok to do withdraws from the account. A little to late for that now isn't it? ::)

They came up with a false accusation that I had 10 different accounts which has no merit in this case because their is substantial way to prove that they were my accounts. As I mentioned to PeepsPlace during that time which was the Christmas/New years holidays I had over 10 other people using the same connection that I was on when I registered for the sportsbet account. The other people here wanted to try their luck too so they all wanted to compete against each other with using this site.
So we were all using wifi connection and that is connected to the same internet connection. So of course they will show up as the same ip address. No kidding! But that is a loophole that they can put in place when ever they want too in order not to have to pay anyone they do not want to with this clause in their shady TOS rules. I just knew they were going to pull a fast one and not pay me out my rightful winnings so I put it all in an attempt to empty out the account so I can close it. And I eventually did and told them I would make sure they do not dupe any one else on the forums to fall for their scamming casino sites (vegascasino.io / bitcasino.io / sportsbet.io all are under the same owner! So avoid all of them. You can confirm this by just connecting to the live chat on each site you will see the same person's name is going to connect to you. ::) )and their scamming ways.

Someone with 10 accounts, usually would use a VPN to have different IPs. Therefore, to say 10 same IPs = one account holder is nonsense!

They can also see the operating system of the pc and I am pretty sure that it was not 10 times the same, if different users.

I don't think the IP should be a big issue here, there are people who are just using prepaid connection, hence every time you connect to the internet you will be given a ramdom IP and most likely it will not be the same the as your IP address before. I don't understand what really is the problem here but if everything should be based on the terms and condition of the sportsbet.io.

I think he already used that money to play again and lost. So sad to read it. There is a lesson from this story. Self control is very important not only when we did gamble, but when we faced a technical problem, we have to keep patient and don't let such problem gives a big impact to our games. Try to fix the problem first before we decide to play another games.

Losing a bitcoin in single bet is really an heart breaking event. I never make such a big single bet, maybe because i cant afford to lose that much. But think for a min, if he had won with 1 BTC and doubled it, Wow that would have been great for him. I can only say better luck next time.

If you are unable to withdraw it doesn't mean you cannot get your money. Instead of risking a thousand bucks, you should better wait for their answer and then see what to do next.. This is what I would do, now it is only your choice. Calm down and think about it: would you prefer spending a week trying to get the $900 back or you prefer to risk losing it in seconds?

And this game-protect:
https://www.bitcoingg.com/using-bitcoin-highlights-anonymity-transparency/

They do not have a right to demand any kyc or aml information from their gamblers if fiat is not exchanged before sending the winnings of the bitcoins won at the bitcoin sites.

Some class action lawsuit should happen against this triple-threat gambling casino organization.
Vegascasino.io/Bitcasino.io/Sportsbet.io!

Well if you didn't do anything wrong, then I think there is no reason for them to keep your coins blocked, and everything should be solved in the future. So I guess you should treat those coins as you normally would. I don't think that betting all of it like that would be a good option, because until your problem is settled, those are still your coins and you will probably be able to withdraw them.

So my suggestion is that you should slow down, and keep betting as you normally would.

If you are unable to withdraw it doesn't mean you cannot get your money. Instead of risking a thousand bucks, you should better wait for their answer and then see what to do next.. This is what I would do, now it is only your choice. Calm down and think about it: would you prefer spending a week trying to get the $900 back or you prefer to risk losing it in seconds?

In such a situation, I would also advise to keep calm and wait for a support solution. If the service is a serious business, then one time or another they will solve the problem. This is a significant amount of Bitcoin, and it would be very risky to play with all this, in my opinion.