Sports Betting Player screwed for $120,000 by FortuneJack

How safe is gambling with cryptocurrency? It seems to me most of the crypto sportsbooks are run anonymously and could potentially disappear with deposits and winnings with no recourse to players. They’re mostly unregulated and 99% don't have licenses - or use the Curacao license, which is as good as not having a license at all.

I'd like to highlight an ongoing attempt by Fortunejack to scam a player for $120k of their winnings. Citing bogus terms and conditions as the reason why it's their RIGHT to keep your winnings when it suits them

The player in question placed a series of bets within fortunejack’s allowed max nets. FJ accepted the bets, but waited until the event was over - and the bets graded as WIN to refuse to honor the bets.

First off they claim the player placed “similar” bets which is just not true, and that the winnings exceeded their maximum payout amount.

Then they deleted the players entire betting history to hide their shenanigans. I mean who does that? Only a shady casino would delete a player’s betting history and say that it's their right to do so because it's in their terms and conditions.

 

The bets in question were placed on the 29th of October 2021. Each bet placed was a combination of 2 events, so the bet odds were a multiplier of the odds for each event:


1-Bet of 20 XMR (~4750 euros) placed at 21h19, with odds of 20.48 on:
Match A: Heidenheim wins for "full time result" (odds of 3.2)
and
Match B: Lille wins for "first half result" (odds of 6.4)


2-Bet of 1.96 XMR (~475 euros) placed at 21h20, with odds of 20.48 on:
Match A: Heidenheim wins for "full time result" (odds of 3.2)
and
Match B: Lille wins for "first half result" (odds of 6.4)


3-Bet of 20 XMR (~4750 euros) placed at 21h22, with odds of 19.84 on:
Match A: Heidenheim wins for "which team wins the rest of the match" (odds of 3.2)
and
Match B: Lille wins for "first half result" (odds of 6.2)


4-Bet of 2.61 XMR (~500 euros) placed at 21h24, with odds of 20.42 on:
Match A: Heidenheim wins for "which team wins the rest of the match"
and
Match B: Lille wins for "first half result"

FortuneJack waited for the outcome of the bets then canceled bets 2,3 and 4 claiming they were identical to bet 1.