Hey all, I'm new to this sort of thing, so I was hoping I could get some advice.
I'm a huge horse racing fan, and was looking for an online book to play the ponies. I was going to use bodog, but I couldn't, as I reside in Canda and bodog doesn't take accounts from Canadians.
So, I stumbled accross allhorseracing.com. It looked great, so I signed up, and I funded my account with a credit card. I'm still a bit leary of these online gambling sites, so I only funded it with $200.00, just to test. Funding was easy, no probs whatsoever. Plus, it gave me $20 extra, which was really cool. Anyways, I played some ponies, won a few bucks. (about $20).
Anyways, I got an e-mail from them last night. They said there was some discrepancy and because I wasn't from the US they could get info from my bank to veify my info. They said I would have to provide them with photo ID, my credit card (front and back) and my credit card statement. Now, I don't mind sending my ID, I don't mind sending them a copy of my CC either, but I don't like the fact I gotta send them a copy of my credit card statement. See, with my CC and the statement (with my billing address), some guy could raid my CC, no? It has a pretty high credit limit, and a low balance on it, meaning i could get screwed out of a lot if I get shafted. Anyways, the e-mail also led me to believe that if I didn't provide the info, I wouldn't be able to make any withdrawls, which means I would kiss my money good-bye if I didn't provide the verification.
So, I was just wondering if this is standard in the industry, and if I should feel safe sending my personal info to allhorseracing.com.
Thanks for the help.
I'm a huge horse racing fan, and was looking for an online book to play the ponies. I was going to use bodog, but I couldn't, as I reside in Canda and bodog doesn't take accounts from Canadians.
So, I stumbled accross allhorseracing.com. It looked great, so I signed up, and I funded my account with a credit card. I'm still a bit leary of these online gambling sites, so I only funded it with $200.00, just to test. Funding was easy, no probs whatsoever. Plus, it gave me $20 extra, which was really cool. Anyways, I played some ponies, won a few bucks. (about $20).
Anyways, I got an e-mail from them last night. They said there was some discrepancy and because I wasn't from the US they could get info from my bank to veify my info. They said I would have to provide them with photo ID, my credit card (front and back) and my credit card statement. Now, I don't mind sending my ID, I don't mind sending them a copy of my CC either, but I don't like the fact I gotta send them a copy of my credit card statement. See, with my CC and the statement (with my billing address), some guy could raid my CC, no? It has a pretty high credit limit, and a low balance on it, meaning i could get screwed out of a lot if I get shafted. Anyways, the e-mail also led me to believe that if I didn't provide the info, I wouldn't be able to make any withdrawls, which means I would kiss my money good-bye if I didn't provide the verification.
So, I was just wondering if this is standard in the industry, and if I should feel safe sending my personal info to allhorseracing.com.
Thanks for the help.
