fundiver199 said:
Why exactly do you think, this is, what happened? After I made my first deposit on 888 Poker, I relatively quickly got an email with a request to verify my identity. The email informed me, that if I did not comply with this, restrictions might eventually be put on my account, including to put withdrawals on hold. So I naturally send them the documents, they asked for, and I have never faced any problems with withdrawing money from 888 Poker.
Maybe you got the same email but failed to read it or follow the instructions? Regardless what happened I advice you to comply with the request to verify your identity and then move on with your life. Its important to not spend a lot of time and negative energy on a fight, that cant be won.
By the way its certainly nothing new, that poker sites ask customers to verify their identity. Around 10 years ago I briefly played on PartyPoker, and when signing up they informed me, that I had to verify my identity within 30 days. I failed to do this, and then they returned my deposit, kept my winnings and put my account on hold. At first I got a bid mad about this, but really it was my own fault, and it was an insignificant amount of money. So I quickly decided to let it go and chuck it up to experience.
fundiver199 said:
I still completely fail to see, why its a "angle", that you must verify your identity, before you can withdraw money from a poker site. Its been a standard practice, since the birth of online poker, which both I and others have explained to you already. Just get it done and move on with your life.
It's not an angle to ask someone to verify, it's an angle to flag some for verification, and then not tell them until they try to withdraw.
The only reason someone would do this, is to try and keep the money on the site a little bit longer, and therefore the customer potentially gambling a little bit longer.
This obviously exploits people who are prone to gambling addiction, as it makes it harder to stop gambling when they stop you from withdrawing. It puts doubt in your mind if they are even going to pay you your money, which causes stress, and might cause someone to want to gamble to escape this stress. Partaking in this, although feels like a way to escape the stress, will most likely become an avenue for even greater stress, as you are most likely (with such a low % of winning players), to lose even more money, waste more time, and become more frustrated.
It's very predatorily, nothing wrong with verifying people, but it is wrong to flag someone for verification, and then not tell them until they try to withdraw.
Also I asked chat support to try and proactively make sure I was good to go with withdrawing and they assured me I was, and no additional documents were necessary, until I tried withdrawing, then all of a sudden the story changed.
Very predatory.
Just because you are not the personality type this angle exploits, doesn't mean it's not an exploit or angle.
