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Good afternoon, I João [removed by Casino.Guru admin] need help with 888 Casino and Golden Park, I am a compulsive high risk gambler, already self-excluded by SRIJ and I have been followed for a few months at CAT in Matosinhos at the request of SICAD, I am full of debts because of gambling, at the time I didn't even think about it and now I can barely support the bills, I managed to get away from gambling and I have even reported situations of illegal gambling to SRIJ. The problem is that I need to chase funds from houses that have acted incorrectly towards me. Now that I'm more up to speed on the subject and have even done compliance, KYC and AML training, I've managed to realize that both 888 Casino and the license have acted incorrectly towards me, even behaving in a way that can be considered illegal under Portuguese gambling law... they allowed me extremely high deposits without even doing a KYC, without knowing the origin of the funds... they never even tried to talk to me about anything other than enticing me and encouraging me to deposit more money, with bonus offers, VIP account managers, messages, emails... as you can see from the statement I'm about to send you, you can see a clear behavior of addiction and gambling addiction, in fact, you can even see in 888 Casino the evolution of deposits, which started at 40€, 100€, 200€, 500€, 1000€, 2000€ and then it was always deposits this high... there are even deposits of 3000€. And everything is fine with this company! I am looking for help in trying to reach an agreement with the casino, otherwise I will be forced financially to expose this entity to the maximum for dishonest practices! Enticing players and failing to protect them! It's not normal to allow deposits of more than €11,000 in a regulated Portuguese casino without a single check! What has been done here is inhumane and not in line with what SRIJ and APAJO are trying to convey about regulated casinos. This was anything but regulated and legal, it was the destruction of a human life. While other houses like BetClic, Casino Portugal and so on took action to prevent such high deposits and I even had my account blocked, at 888 Casino no action was taken. This casino ruined my life and almost drove me to suicide. The casino has dishonest practices such as enticement through messages, emails, calls, introduction to VIP account managers and a VIP club with bonuses and promotions. All this is considered illegal in

Portugal.

888 Casino entity

"The right to supply and operate remote gambling in Portugal was granted to 888 Portugal Limited under the terms of License No. 016 issued by SRIJ - Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos."

Boa tarde, eu João [removed by Casino.Guru admin] necessito de ajuda com a 888 Casino e a Golden Park, sou um jogador compulsivo de alto risco, já auto-excluído no SRIJ e já ando há uns meses a ser seguido no CAT de Matosinhos a pedido do SICAD, estou cheio de dívidas por causa do jogo, na altura nem pensava e agora mal consigo suportar as contas, consegui afastar-me do jogo e tenho até todos os denunciado situações de jogo ilegal ao SRIJ. O problema é que preciso de correr atrás de fundos de casas que agiram incorretamente comigo, agora que estou mais dentro do assunto e fiz até formação de compliance, KYC e AML consegui perceber que tanto a 888 Casino, como a licença agiram de forma incorreta comigo, tendo até comportamentos que se podem considerar ilegais perante a lei do jogo em Portugal... permitiram-me depósitos altíssimos sem sequer fazer um KYC, sem saberem a origem dos fundos... nunca sequer tentaram falar comigo fosse pelo que fosse a não ser aliciar-me e incentivar-me a depositar mais dinheiro, com ofertas de bónus, gestores de contas VIP, mensagens, emails... como podem ver no extrato que vou enviar , é possível ver um claro comportamento de adição e vício de jogo, aliás, é até possível ver na 888 Casino a evolução dos depósitos, que começaram em 40€, 100€, 200€, 500€, 1000€, 2000€ e depois foi sempre depósitos assim altos… chega até a haver depósitos de 3000€. E para esta empresa está tudo bem! Procuro ajuda em tentar chegar a um acordo com o casino, se não irei me ver forçado financeiramente a expor ao máximo esta entidade por práticas desonestas! Aliciamento ao jogadores e falhas na proteção dos mesmos! Não é normal ser permitido depósitos de mais 11.000€ num casino regulado Português sem uma única verificação! O que foi feito aqui é desumano e não vai de acordo com o que o SRIJ e a APAJO tentam passar dos Casinos regulados. Isto foi tudo menos regulado e legal, foi uma destruição de uma vida humana. Enquanto outras casas como a BetClic, Casino Portugal e assim tomaram atitudes para prevenir depósitos tão altos e até fiquei com conta bloqueada, na 888 Casino não foram tomadas nenhumas medidas. Este Casino arruinou a minha vida e quase me levou ao suícidio. O casino tem práticas desonesta como aliciamento através de mensagens, e-mails, chamadas, apresentação a gestores de conta VIP e um clube VIP com bônus e promoções. Tudo isto è considerado ilegal em

Portugal.

Entidade 888 Casino

"O direito de fornecer e explorar jogo remoto em Portugal foi concedido à 888 Portugal Limited nos termos da Licença n.º 016 emitida pelo SRIJ – Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos."

Dear joaomarsh20,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your negative experience with 888 Casino PT.

Please allow me to ask you a few questions, so I can better understand the situation. 

• Do I understand correctly your account in the 888 Casino was blocked as a result of your registration in the register of self-excluded persons with SRIJ?
• Could you please advise whether you asked the casino to refund your lost funds already? With what result?
• Could you please share your communication with the casino? Send emails or chat transcripts to my email at tomas@casino.guru, or post screenshots here

I hope we will be able to help you to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you very much in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Tomas

Yes, until then they let me deposit as much as I wanted, the deposit amounts in question are not even allowed by law in Portugal without proof of the origin of the funds. I've already tried several times to find a solution with the casino, and the case has already been reported to the Portuguese gambling authority SRIJ.

Sim, até lá deixaram-me depositar os valores que eu quisesse, os montantes de depósito em questão nem são permitidos por lei em Portugal sem uma prova de origem dos fundos. Já tentei várias vezes uma solução com o Casino, o caso está também já reportado ao autoridade de jogo portuguesa SRIJ

Thanks for the explanation.

Please note we don't consider the measures you cite as mandatory for online casinos. If the Portuguese licensor considers the player shouldn't be able to deposit a certain amount without verification unlawful, you'd do best to contact the licensor directly.

From our point of view if you are struggling with your gambling the best this to do is to request a self-exclusion in any online casino in which you have an open account as soon as possible. Unless you inform the casino about a gambling problem you won't be protected. For casinos licensed under SRIJ the national register should offer protection for you, and for casinos outside Portuguese license I would recommend you self-exclude separately in each online casino, using for example our self-exclusion tool: https://casino.guru/global-self-exclusion-initiative/assistance-tool

Other resources that might be useful:

I strongly recommend reaching out to centers in your country that specialize in addressing gambling problems. You can find some of these centers by referring to the following link (https://casino.guru/problem-gambling-help-centers#cnt_203=true)

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Please let me know if there are any other circumstances I might not have considered, otherwise the complaint will be closed.