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  • Dogsrule2025
    SBR Rookie
    • 08-08-25
    • 3

    #596
    Here is an email I sent BM today to their management, I feel like it provides a well documented summary of my experience with them and hope to prevent any future large players from making the same mistake I did.


    To Whom It May Concern (if anyone still does care),
    I'm fully aware that this email may never reach anyone in management who will meaningfully address it — and if past experience is any indicator, no one at Bookmaker likely cares how their most loyal high-end clients are treated.
    That said, I’m writing this final message not in the hope of resolution, but as a courtesy — to provide candid feedback, and to help warn others. I will also be sharing this across major sportsbook forums and platforms to ensure my experience informs future or current players.
    Background
    Since 2022, I have deposited nearly $400,000 in BTC, and approximately $500,000 total over the life of my account. Any withdrawal I’ve made has typically gone right back in — a fact not even reflected in my deposit history.
    That means Bookmaker has profited substantially from my business — to the tune of nearly half a million dollars.
    The Turning Point: April 2022
    In early 2022, I went on a significant winning run, turning a $20,000 deposit into an account balance ofapproximately $1.7 million by April 1st. Instead of acknowledging this milestone as a reason to value my loyalty, Bookmaker’s actions indicated the opposite:
    • Bet Points were restricted during this stretch, costing me an estimated $50,000+ in cash value.
    • Free Plays were removed, despite their use as a standard incentive for player retention.
    • Withdrawal caps were arbitrarily enforced: $25,000 per day and $100,000 per month — despite the ability to deposit $500,000 per day. This would require 5 months to withdraw one month's deposit — completely illogical and user-hostile.
    • When requesting an exception, I was met with rigid resistance and zero empathy from your support team.
    • Customer support was abysmal — long ticket grading delays (sometimes over an hour), chat agents who couldn’t escalate issues, and responses that often felt dismissive and disrespectful.

    Ongoing Disrespect
    Despite reopening my account on multiple occasions (yes, that’s on me), Bookmaker never restored Free Play access or meaningful incentives — even after proving ongoing activity and loyalty.
    When asked why features were removed, the answer was consistently: “Management does not disclose this information.”
    Even worse, I was guilt-tripped by supervisors who said things like, “We don’t care what you did in 2022 or 2023 — you’ve only deposited X in the last 3 months.” A complete slap in the face to a long-time, high-value customer.
    Final Thoughts
    In the beginning, I had helpful agents, timely perks, and it felt like I was playing with a reputable book. Once I won big? The incentives were yanked, the service declined, and I was essentially punished for being successful.
    This wasn’t just poor customer service. It was manipulative, predatory, and disrespectful to a customer who contributed over $500,000 to your business.
    If you're a casual bettor, maybe Bookmaker works for you. But if you’re a serious player, or have the potential to win big, proceed with extreme caution. Based on my experience, Bookmaker will pull perks, restrict withdrawals, and ultimately penalize success.
    I would advise anyone considering Bookmaker to seriously question whether this is a company that deserves your money or your trust.
    Regards,
    [A Frustrated (Former) Bookmaker VIP Client]
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    • Headsterx
      SBR Posting Legend
      • 12-03-16
      • 23423

      #597
      Why would you hold more than $100k in an offshore account?
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      • Optional
        Administrator
        • 06-10-10
        • 62174

        #598
        Dont get how they are in profit from you if you deposit 500k and win 1.7mill. Or did you lose all that? I'd call them a lot more than 500k in profit from you if so.

        The rest of the stuff about betting and withdraw limits, and losing perks, really is pretty standard from them once they assess you as not a guaranteed loser.

        And as far as disrespectful CS and sales dept staff. Agree its offputting, but also kind of standard too :\
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        • djefferis
          SBR MVP
          • 08-16-08
          • 1210

          #599
          So I’ve got this correct - your mad that a book who you managed to beat out of a million dollars + didn’t:

          - Roll out the red carpet and celebrate you beating them
          - Decided you were not a profitable account and withdrew incentives to keep you with them
          - enforced rules posted at the time of your deposits regarding max payouts per transaction and per month

          How many books even allow players to go on such a run without limiting/shutting them down that aren’t Bookmaker ?!? Try doing that at a legal book like Seminole Hard Rock for example and tell me about “disrespect”.

          You won a million - so you’re clearly not new to gambling or offshore. Why would you expect a book to kiss your ass when your up ?? It’s business - learn to treat it like one just like the books do. As to CSR’s - most have zero interest in your profit/loss and treat everyone equally as bad. Higher management understands the value you bring in allowing them to consolidate large amounts of volume in a single customer - but they also recognize giving you that opportunity is a customer incentive as well. Not many books would service that level of winning action consistently.
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          • BeatPete
            SBR Rookie
            • 04-10-06
            • 34

            #600
            If you were paid what you were owed, then great job on winning that much and move on.
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            • unde0087
              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
              • 03-27-08
              • 28973

              #601
              Like Opti said, CS agents, now more than ever, are completely clueless of how anything works so that is nothing new. When you win then don't expect perks from any book. I have had perks at books one day and then when I went on runs those perks were removed and in some cases my account was closed because they deemed me "non recreational". This is how it goes. Like jeffy said, if you won even a fraction of that kind of money at any other book, especially an American clown book, you would have been booted or had $20 limits before the next day.
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              • Ylla1
                SBR Rookie
                • 08-10-25
                • 17

                #602
                I’ve won much less than that, and have been immediately limited before. I’m surprised they let you get that far with wins before they limited you, or took any action on your account.

                I know this post was to warn people about them, but this post actually makes me want to sign up, if they’re letting people win that much before taking any action lol
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                • djefferis
                  SBR MVP
                  • 08-16-08
                  • 1210

                  #603
                  Bookmaker has always been welcoming of winning action - as they know what to do with it.

                  They have the customer base and the volume that they can slightly adjust lines to their favored side and attract more money on the side they want without risking disaster of things don’t go their way a week or 2 - unlike many PPH books.

                  Dimeline on bases is a bonus in itself. Fact they will let you cash for a profit and collect a bonus on next reup is unheard of in this market - plus give betpoints.

                  Soon enough there will be one last offshore standing and Bookmaker will be it for the USA. BetOnline is a worthy runner up - and Bet105 good for the Bronze for non rec players. Otherwise - it’s a bunch of rec focused books these days.
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                  • Ylla1
                    SBR Rookie
                    • 08-10-25
                    • 17

                    #604
                    Originally posted by djefferis
                    Bookmaker has always been welcoming of winning action - as they know what to do with it.

                    They have the customer base and the volume that they can slightly adjust lines to their favored side and attract more money on the side they want without risking disaster of things don’t go their way a week or 2 - unlike many PPH books.

                    Dimeline on bases is a bonus in itself. Fact they will let you cash for a profit and collect a bonus on next reup is unheard of in this market - plus give betpoints.

                    Soon enough there will be one last offshore standing and Bookmaker will be it for the USA. BetOnline is a worthy runner up - and Bet105 good for the Bronze for non rec players. Otherwise - it’s a bunch of rec focused books these days.
                    So Bookmaker.eu will let you typically run up huge amounts like the OP stated, and not limit or take action on your account? Like in the 100 thousands and up?
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                    • djefferis
                      SBR MVP
                      • 08-16-08
                      • 1210

                      #605
                      Absolutely - they routinely service pro action and rarely limit/boot.
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                      • Ylla1
                        SBR Rookie
                        • 08-10-25
                        • 17

                        #606
                        Originally posted by djefferis
                        Absolutely - they routinely service pro action and rarely limit/boot.
                        Oh nice! Didn’t know that. Have they had any consistent issues? Like not paying out, locking accounts of users, etc?
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                        • Optional
                          Administrator
                          • 06-10-10
                          • 62174

                          #607
                          Originally posted by Ylla1

                          Oh nice! Didn’t know that. Have they had any consistent issues? Like not paying out, locking accounts of users, etc?
                          Scroll up through the last 18 pages and you can decide for yourself.

                          It depends on how you plan to play there.
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                          • Brooklyn Dick
                            SBR MVP
                            • 09-12-08
                            • 1075

                            #608
                            I was limited to a dime a game on EVERY sport, including NFL. I did a number on them though before it happened. And I know others who are also limited. Also they put you on a line with more juice.
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                            • SportsBettor5
                              SBR Rookie
                              • 01-12-22
                              • 31

                              #609
                              Originally posted by Brooklyn Dick
                              I was limited to a dime a game on EVERY sport, including NFL. I did a number on them though before it happened. And I know others who are also limited. Also they put you on a line with more juice.
                              I can also confirm BM does limit on main markets if you're too good. It's been years now with limits that are about 1/3 or 1/4 of BOL/Pinnacle. Back in the day this was unheard of, but times have changed.

                              Nevertheless, they've always been top-notch when it comes to payouts and that's the most important thing. Also, my limits are not so low that they've become useless. Slightly surprised this happened to you.
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                              • A4K
                                SBR Hall of Famer
                                • 10-08-12
                                • 5245

                                #610
                                Submitted my documents over a week ago to get their ATM card. I was told that I was approved and to wait up two weeks to receive the card.

                                Today, I spoke with a chat representative and she says that I was rejected for an ATM card and that I need to resubmit my documents.

                                I never received a rejection email or notification and this is after I was explicitly told that I my account was approved for a card.

                                BOOKMAKER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS TURNED TO SH!T. Starting to think they don't have the money for payouts.
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                                • A4K
                                  SBR Hall of Famer
                                  • 10-08-12
                                  • 5245

                                  #611
                                  There customer service gets worse by the minute.

                                  I was told I need to provide a new email address. I ask how to update my email address and then 10 minutes later, I don't need to give a new email address.

                                  DO NOT SEND THESE PEOPLE YOU BUSINESS. It's a constant stream of misinformation from their LIVE chat people.
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                                  • miaplus3
                                    SBR High Roller
                                    • 03-16-10
                                    • 242

                                    #612
                                    Originally posted by DontTailMe
                                    Okay, so now we have at least 3 Bookmaker accounts who all appear to be under investigation after performing the same steps within the last couple of weeks.

                                    SBR User: PrettyBadBet (brand new user)
                                    Incident Date: ~9/19 (reported on 10/3, says happened 2 weeks ago)
                                    What happened: New account, bitcoin deposit
                                    First SBR Report: https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...l#post30568735

                                    SBR User: Z-Fly (user since 2013)
                                    Incident Date: 9/21
                                    What happened: New account, $300 bitcoin deposit
                                    First SBR Report: https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...l#post30555919

                                    SBR User: carlmon (brand new user)
                                    Incident Date: 9/30 (Edit: confirmed)
                                    What happened: New account, $500 bitcoin deposit
                                    First SBR Report: https://www.sportsbookreview.com/for...l#post30564802
                                    Reddit Report: https://www.reddit.com/r/sportsbook/...ation_process/

                                    Did I miss any other reports? This happening to 3 people / accounts within the same time period is very curious.

                                    A couple of users speculated that it must be because they made a bitcoin deposit as their first deposit on a brand new Bookmaker account. But that doesn't make any sense, since that's what their business IS. Making everyone go through this process wouldn't be a great way to encourage betting on their platform, and we've never heard of such problems there anyways. User carlmon says Bookmaker told them "our security filters caught something and your account is now under investigation". This rings truer to me, but what could that be?

                                    So what's gong on over at Bookmaker?

                                    carlmon - Can you clarify when this first happened to you?
                                    This is an awesome forensic recap brother.
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                                    • Brooklyn Dick
                                      SBR MVP
                                      • 09-12-08
                                      • 1075

                                      #613
                                      Originally posted by A4K
                                      Submitted my documents over a week ago to get their ATM card. I was told that I was approved and to wait up two weeks to receive the card.

                                      Today, I spoke with a chat representative and she says that I was rejected for an ATM card and that I need to resubmit my documents.

                                      I never received a rejection email or notification and this is after I was explicitly told that I my account was approved for a card.

                                      BOOKMAKER'S CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS TURNED TO SH!T. Starting to think they don't have the money for payouts.
                                      Starting to think they don't have money? They laid off over half the staff to avoid paying them. There is NO customer service any more, they come up with all that phony KYC to delay or avoid payoffs. Forget this place.........
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                                      • SportsBettor5
                                        SBR Rookie
                                        • 01-12-22
                                        • 31

                                        #614
                                        Originally posted by SportsBettor5

                                        I can also confirm BM does limit on main markets if you're too good. It's been years now with limits that are about 1/3 or 1/4 of BOL/Pinnacle. Back in the day this was unheard of, but times have changed.

                                        Nevertheless, they've always been top-notch when it comes to payouts and that's the most important thing. Also, my limits are not so low that they've become useless. Slightly surprised this happened to you.
                                        Update: BM doubled my limits. Thank you!
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