Sportsbook A has a policy that one has to have an active account for 30 days and wager n times (five times if memory serves) the amount of the original deposit, prior to withdrawing any funds (winnings included) upon pain of haveing the bonus rescinded if conditions are not met.
Sportsbook A also has an inactive account for player P1 and has told player P1 that he is welcome to reup and get a reup bonus, have his friends, relatives, or associates come in and while they would get a new account bonus player P1 will receive a referal bonus for referring them. One caveat, player P1 was told way back in the past (over a year ago), that all wagers by any of his referals have to be placed by the account holder, not player P1, (Player P1 cannot call in any wagers on behalf of others).
OK, still with me. New account, Player B, opens an account with the sports book. Player B uses Player C as a referal. Player B wagers the required n times the original depoist to earn the bonus but has yet to meet the 30 day requirement.
On day 29, of the 30 day requirement, player B is notified that all bonuses, player B's new account bonus and player C's referal bonus will be rescinded because player P1 has called in a few bets on behalf of player B.
Player B was never told that he couldn't have someone else call in bets for him. Both bonuses are deducted from the account balance of Player B and the balance is sent out.
Question - did the sports book do the right thing by taking back the bonuses of Players B and C, because they were associated with and Player P1 called in a few wagers on behalf of player B?
Should the sports book have told player B not to have anyone else place wagers on his behalf, and allowed him to continue, or to penaliaze him as it did by deducting both bonuses from his account and send him on his way. The referal bonus was deducted from Players B's account because Player C had lost his entire account balance and therefore it couldn't be taken from Player C directly.
Though I don't know the rational of the sportsbook in question, I assume that they rationalized that it was o.k. to take all bonus money because all the players were really part of one group.
Just curious as to this forum's opinions on this matter?
Sportsbook A also has an inactive account for player P1 and has told player P1 that he is welcome to reup and get a reup bonus, have his friends, relatives, or associates come in and while they would get a new account bonus player P1 will receive a referal bonus for referring them. One caveat, player P1 was told way back in the past (over a year ago), that all wagers by any of his referals have to be placed by the account holder, not player P1, (Player P1 cannot call in any wagers on behalf of others).
OK, still with me. New account, Player B, opens an account with the sports book. Player B uses Player C as a referal. Player B wagers the required n times the original depoist to earn the bonus but has yet to meet the 30 day requirement.
On day 29, of the 30 day requirement, player B is notified that all bonuses, player B's new account bonus and player C's referal bonus will be rescinded because player P1 has called in a few bets on behalf of player B.
Player B was never told that he couldn't have someone else call in bets for him. Both bonuses are deducted from the account balance of Player B and the balance is sent out.
Question - did the sports book do the right thing by taking back the bonuses of Players B and C, because they were associated with and Player P1 called in a few wagers on behalf of player B?
Should the sports book have told player B not to have anyone else place wagers on his behalf, and allowed him to continue, or to penaliaze him as it did by deducting both bonuses from his account and send him on his way. The referal bonus was deducted from Players B's account because Player C had lost his entire account balance and therefore it couldn't be taken from Player C directly.
Though I don't know the rational of the sportsbook in question, I assume that they rationalized that it was o.k. to take all bonus money because all the players were really part of one group.
Just curious as to this forum's opinions on this matter?