eldrfuming

If it wasn't that Unibet has its reputation in the business, it would sound like a huge setup, as they lock your acount then ask for your personal information and such. Good luck to you anyway, fingers crossed.

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@Yoyogi wrote:
@eldrfumingUnfortunately, the live support couldn’t or wouldn’t tell me which law their removal of bets on politics was based on. I’m in the same situation as you: the only reason I made a Unibet account was to bet on the 2020 election.

You’re lucky: I didn’t even get to finish my betting. While I was transferring a large amount of money from my bank account (waiting period of two days), the bets on politics went offline. Now I have lots of money on my account that I can’t even bet with.

And THEN Unibet locked my account… AFTER I verified myself successfully. I have no idea what’s going on. I’m not even allowed to look at the bets I’ve already placed, I just get an error message.

I’ve since spoken to the support again via e-mail. I asked a second time whether the bets already placed would be honored, and they said yes. That’s all I know at this point.

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Hi, Do you know what specific law are they quoting? I registered the Unibet account just to bet on the election... I finished my betting last week and constantly refreshing the webside with a feeling in gut that something may happen in German site, and it it did :) The politics section disappeared since last time I check on Thursday.

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@Yoyogi wrote:

Many thanks for your reply! I hadn’t noticed that bets on politics were still up on the international site. I contacted the live support again and described the problem. It went something like this (translated from German):

support: We don’t offer bets on politics anymore.
Yoyogi: Oh, not at all? Even in future?
Support: Yes, exactly.
Yoyogi: I’ve loaded X amount of money onto my account to bet on politics, but now I can’t do that. Can I get my money back?
Support: Yes, as long as you can supply your ID and a bank statement, it’s no problem.
Yoyogi: I understand… I’ve already bet X amount of money on politics a few days ago. Will my bet be honored?
Support: I’ve been told it will be honored… although I don’t believe it myself.
Yoyogi: Can you tell me why politics won’t be offered anymore? I’ve noticed that all your competitors have also removed their bets on politics.
Support: Because of the new laws.
Yoyogi: Alright, thanks for your help!

Well, I guess betting on politics is over in Germany. What a shame…

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