Hi everyone,
I wanted to start a general discussion and hear your thoughts on a specific practice.
How do we feel about casinos actively misleading players just to get them to deposit?
Imagine this scenario:
• You check the Terms of Service, and your country is not listed as restricted.
• To be absolutely sure, you contact live support. Not only when registering, but also in the later process. The agent explicitly confirms that players from your region are fully authorized to play.
• In the exact same chat, the agent casually advises you to use a VPN to bypass geo-blocking.
• You even find an FAQ section on their official website claiming that playing from your jurisdiction is perfectly fine and legal.
• Sometime later, you find out they hold absolutely no license for your region, and they basically lied to your face just to process your deposits.
Of course, we all know the golden rule: "players have a responsibility to inform themselves."
But if you actually do your due diligence and the casino itself blatantly lies to you during that process: can we even say a valid contract was formed or that agreeing to their T&Cs is in any way binding?
Should a casino really be entitled to keep the deposits when they were clearly obtained through active deception?
Is this just accepted as the "wild west" of offshore gambling nowadays, or is this a completely unacceptable level of fraud?
Have you guys experienced similar situations where a casino's support and official website deliberately trap you into depositing?
I’d love to hear your opinions on how to deal with this kind of behavior!
