Peter

I sometimes loan streamers.
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[Peter @PeterKolui]

I’ve wagered $1B+ across online casinos and am known for lending to some of the biggest streamers in the space.

So when I tell you a casino seized $400k of my winnings after a 15-minute session, I think it’s worth paying attention.

I deposited $200k on @bluffcom and received a 3% deposit top-up. I played Pragmatic BJ with bets up to $100k and quickly ran my balance to $600k.

I tried to withdraw. They paid my original $200k deposit and froze the remaining $400k for “review.”

Weeks later, they requested KYC - including from the friend who referred me, despite him not playing there for weeks.

A few weeks after that, they told me they were seizing the $400k, claiming I abused their platform and bonus system, while apparently suggesting my friends and I were the same person.

The kicker: I never received any lossback or bonus other than the 3% deposit top-up.

First session. $200k deposited. $600k balance. $400k seized.

It’s been months now, and after seeing the community’s opinion on the matter, I genuinely hope @bluffcom does the right thing and finally pays my winnings.

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@ThyGamblerArmy Free Peter!!

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@adam_betbolt Thanks Adam. I certainly never had any issues like this on Betbolt!

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@stevewilldoit @bluffcom I got you bro!

[Peter @PeterKolui]

I’ve wagered $1B+ across online casinos and am known for lending to some of the biggest streamers in the space.

So when I tell you a casino seized $400k of my winnings after a 15-minute session, I think it’s worth paying attention.

I deposited $200k on @bluffcom and received a 3% deposit top-up. I played Pragmatic BJ with bets up to $100k and quickly ran my balance to $600k.

I tried to withdraw. They paid my original $200k deposit and froze the remaining $400k for “review.”

Weeks later, they requested KYC - including from the friend who referred me, despite him not playing there for weeks.

A few weeks after that, they told me they were seizing the $400k, claiming I abused their platform and bonus system, while apparently suggesting my friends and I were the same person.

The kicker: I never received any lossback or bonus other than the 3% deposit top-up.

First session. $200k deposited. $600k balance. $400k seized.

It’s been months now, and after seeing the community’s opinion on the matter, I genuinely hope @bluffcom does the right thing and finally pays my winnings.

[Peter @PeterKolui]

I played on Bluff due to a friend of mine recommending it. They offered very good bonusing for high-rollers (more than this 3% bonus, even tho that was the only bonus I ever actually received).

I'm generally open to playing on new sites if they are doing good things and offering good bonuses. Depositing 200k on my first session was stupid tho...

In a sense, you are right. I played there only because the bonus was enticing. Why wouldn't I choose to play a session where the cashback is significantly higher than on my old accounts? Does that make me a bonus abuser?

It seems to me that this is some kind of a honeypot trap on their end. They offer extremely juicy bonuses to high-rollers and then they can always claim that the player was a bonus abuser if they happen to win.

I have done a fair bit of research on this topic. Any reputable casino will shut down bonus abusers by disabling or cutting their bonuses. There even seem to be cases where casinos have clawed back bonuses that were previously paid out (only done by shady casinos).
However, it is basically unheard of for a casino to refuse payment of atual winnings on the grounds of potential bonus abuse

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@Astraxx7 @bluffcom my story has been featured briefly before, so if it was 400k then it's almost certainly my case

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@m1k3b13n @bluffcom Yeah except there's nothing even wrong with my KYC so they had to make up reasons like "my play doesn't seem like a recreational player" and "that I'm probably intending to do bonus abuse". This was apparently enough reason to withhold all winnings

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@limousinness @bluffcom interesting timing...

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@whilegonewild @bluffcom Tbf, most of my life problems are because of Goobr

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@Franklin0x369 @bluffcom Yeah seems like this is their playbook. If a player wins big then they find any reason imaginable to not have to pay out, even if it means adding restrictions or changing their terms of service

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@Franklin0x369 @bluffcom What happened in your case?

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@rozerr @bluffcom I will be going into more detail on their player terms

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@MuttonLV I think my session couldn't have been any more straight forward.

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@daveydefi @bluffcom They raised over $20m but it looks like using every excuse not to pay.

[Peter @PeterKolui]

@MacTries @bluffcom First time hearing about this account association