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In response to your post, you make some valid points however there are a few things I didnt mention in my OP, purely because the post is a wall of long text as it is and people wont read it. If anything, although it shows a way round, it highlights the pitfalls of doing it if you win, big or small. I see from other threads here that self exclusion is taken seriously and the posts in reply to those that have self excluded are ones of support, so with that in mind my post might be deemed controversial or not of value to those who have self excluded. I was worried it might not be allowed or deleted because I signed up to Gamstop and found a way to circumvent signing back up to a online site.
I then in my infinite wisdom done something I never do, I clicked on the slot window and played a slot game. I DO NOT PLAY live casino house games due to odds being in favour of the house and variance, even if playing a live poker tourney at a live casino. Played in various UK comps on the circuit predominantly tourneys and rarely cash due to variance with decent success across online/live play. ABOUT ME – I have played both Texas Holdem and Omaha/Omaha Hi/Lo for over 14 years now both online and live in a semi professional capacity. I agree that my contact data may be used to keep me informed about casino and sports betting products, services, and offerings. The TalkBanStop campaign offers three free tools to help people stop gambling.
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I entered a good few high entry tourneys on stars as well as cash games and played totally opposite to normal & like an idiot. BACKGROUND – Last March (2018) after winning 1 poker tourney on Stars and placing in several others I decided to have a few beers, I mean a good few that I wasnt compus mentus. I also DO NOT PLAY any online bookies slots, games etc for the same reason.
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Is your account still frozen or have to taken any steps with the casino? 1/ No, there is no way you could be de-registered from Gamstop. As your admin cocopop am happy to PM you screen grabs of proof so you can verify to other members this is not a wind up or billy bull post As for making a withdrawal as yet, nope, they froze my account after 72hrs asking for ID verification, freezing deposit, withdrawal and also playing with the funds. With regards to the slightly amended name and totally different DOB, this I thought would be the biggest issue when submitting my real ID & telling them that I entered them wrong on sign up & they’d likely close my account confiscating the balance using this as their reason. Thanks first of all cocopop3011 for allowing my post, I see you are an admin.
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TLDR – Had big win on slots, spunked it all back in. If so then I might be okay as I can say I entered the wrong details on sign up and their T&Cs have a line to say you can do that if it happens, just let them know when you notice. In my wasted stupor I carried on playing thinking I was invincible and dropped £100k odd over the course of the next 3-4 hours. Although no consolation but thankfully the £16k in my stars account was not my full bankroll.
I hit a feature not long afterand while in that feature picked up the 3 sickle symbols that brought me through to a jackpot round where I could win the Main (think £1.6 million) silver (think £180k) or bronze (£65k) or red (£3000 odd) jackpots. I played and hit a bonus or feature here and there and the £200 was gone. I was still down a bit from my drunken play but thankfully nowhere near as much as I was before that hand or if I lost it. I was calling/raising in stupid situations and before long out of the tourneys and down massively from my cash play at one point but thanks to a donk shove to bully/force a fold to claim the pot, I was called and hit a miracle river that I scooped the lot and left the table.
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I’m sure it would raise suspicions with the casino for starters and you’ll have additional verification checks considering the amount you’re trying to withdraw is so big too. You changed both your name and DOB there’s just no way the casino would believe that both of these mistakes were accidental. Opened new gaming account with slightly different details to circumvent Gamstop, deposited £140 and span it up to over £350k and then back down to £250k odd, I need to verify my ID to withdraw but my ID doesnt match the details I used to sign up. Thing is I cannot verify as my ID is different from the details I used to sign up with as I changed the them in order to sign up. I deposited £140 using my own debit card registered to my address and went to go to their poker tab but they didnt offer poker, at all, not even as a network affiliate. I called them, giving them the error & they said they couldnt open an account as when you click “Register” it does a auto check against the Gamstop database to check if you are on there as self excluded, which being drunk I totally forgot.
Thanks, please see my response above to cocopop about the details on account and getting them changed when verifying. So I decided to try another well known UK site that I havent had an account with before, this time changing my name and DOB slightly on the account sign up form and when I clicked register the account was created. You can contact gambling companies you have accounts with directly to arrange the return of funds.
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My only other form of gambling is betting on football casino sites not on gamstop using Betfair mainly, bets mainly consisting of high stake single bets on a selected game or medium stake bet on a 3-4 fold acca, never more than 4 teams. My first live play being at the Gutshot and The Vic in London. So to my issue, I will keep it very brief. I will preface explaining the problem I have where I need advice by saying I know this might be a controversial post. Read the Privacy and Cookie Policies for more details.