As many of you know, I filed a complaint against Bodog a few weeks ago because they were refusing to pay me. They told me that to withdraw my funds that I'd either have to establish residency in another state (illegal) or go through a 3rd party in another state and relinquish more than half of my 5 figure balance in a variety of fees. I was specifically told me that these were my 2 options or I would be paid nothing.
So, I decided to file a complaint with SBR and Lou. Over 2 weeks had passed and no progress had been made. So, I had no choice but to eat half of my balance and accept the out of state 3rd party option.
I then told my story on several of the forums here because Bodog likes to claim that they have never missed a payout. Well, as it stood for those few weeks, they were stiffing me and were guilty of non-payment.
Lou and SBR then negotiated on my behalf a settlement in which I would save a grand total of $150 from the $4800 in fees that I had to surrender and they would pay me a week and a half sooner than scheduled.
So, even though I was being screwed by this disgusting book in the worst way imaginable, I posted thanks to Lou, because he tried as best as he could but could do no better for me. They could not produce a payout option in my name. I made this post in hopes of putting this nightmare behind me.
Well, today I learned that, once my balance was paid out to the third party (in which I had to travel to another state to boot to eat half of my balance), I received this email from Bodog:
Dear Mr. xxxxx,
Your account was disabled since we have no funding or payout options available for you, and we do not anticipate any changes for the foreseeable future.
We have appreciated your patronage and we wish you the best of luck.
If you have any other questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Your Bodog VIP Team
Bodog. Be A Player.
vip@bodog.eu
1-888-396-0922
I was not planning on having anything to do with them anyway but this should be a lesson for anyone who plans on playing with Bodog. They will try and steal from you and when you speak out about it and make a complaint with SBR, they will close your account. I am posting this in hopes that none of you face the theft that I did.