Question about Gambling websites with Curaçao license using incorrect Merchant Category code (sida 1 633)

also ventira and vocaloidy are very niche merchants which not many people other than me have mentioned. So it’s good to hear that they are laundering for more sites than just winbeast. Would help if you wanted to do a group claim against them assuming you are a uk citizen. I’m genuinely thinking of taking them to court.

visa and mastercard both have 540 days limit when it comes to fraud - did you go to the financial ombudsman? I can post the sample letters I have sent to the companies and the banks if you want a copy

NO! and my total is £48765.31 over 1 year!

oh my gosh i’m so sorry to hear that. Yeah it’s definitely fraud if they refused withdrawals and continued taking deposits

I haven’t gone to them for any of my banks. Only for ISX financial which is an FCA regulated company laundering money for multiple offshore casinos

Immerion casino /Goodwin NV , i find it , but they simple dont care

I had no idea I was in such a huge hole until I did the full audit of all my accounts - I will get it all back even if I die on this hill!

best of luck. Please keep me updated though. I have just shy of 2k with Ventira. I’d try and call them because they don’t reply to emails at all. I’m thinking of sending a letter to their registered address too

How did you afford this? You can reach out to lawyers regarding any unfair lending practices if needed.

All my investigation is recorded. Once I'm done, I will get it all together and probably create a website for others to follow my process if successful.

They are on my shitlist - no response - well, Northampton is not far for a day trip...

I'm a prop trader, so I made a lot of money and, due to my stupidity, lost it all here...

It’s a very common office address tbf. Plus the Director and Secretary Khaled Jelidi is Italian and resides in Italy. No sure how it would work regarding that

That was half joke - an Italian holiday would do me some good too 😉

Oh that’s cool. A lot to make in a year prop trading aswell. Congratulations. I’m sure you’ll continue being successful. Such a shame about these evil gambling companies man. Ruined my life for a bit.

This investigation has cured me of gambling. I had no idea it was this bad! I want the law to change and for people who were scammed to have a proper recovery process. In my view, the government has failed many people when it comes to illegal gambling, and it is time for change!

Completely agree. But my case isn’t as strong as yours I guess because they did give me SOME withdrawals 🙁

is yours an actual licensed (even if not in uk) casino?

No it’s winbeast. They aren’t licensed at all. They refused to closed my account completely 10+ times despite me disclosing a gambling addiction. Even when I said I was really struggling mentally (and worse) and they kept offering me bonuses to keep playing. Different sites lie about them being licensed in Anjouan and Curacao but these are lies. They aren’t licensed anywhere. There live chat say the license is in the T and Cs but it isn’t. I’ve told them this 3 times and they said they’d fix it everytime but it’s just a chat bot so obviously nothing has happened. It’s basically confirmed they’re not licensed anywhere on here. But their payment chains are solid and hard to process where the moneys actually gone. I also have lost a lot on Ryker and Santeda casinos but that was mainly with SWIPEZ1 and DSOLPAY. Which have closed down because of the transaction laundering so that refund is dead.

Sounds like mine. This is not ok and the bank should do more to protect you and get the money back. Have you received their final decision? Did you go to the ombudsman? There are many cases when the ombudsman forced the banks to refund gambling losses.