horizon12
Legend
Silver Level
Ever wondered what it might be like to open your online poker account to find your have been awarded, for no apparently reason, a seven-figure sum directly into your real money account? Well, that's exactly what happened to a player in France when leading online poker operator Winamax mistakenly credited their account with €1,546,522,16.
The player, Le-requin34, noticed the huge "bonus" sitting in his account on the morning of February 1st, before logging off and going to work. When they logged in again later that day he found the millionaire's roll still sitting in his account.
The player then decided to chance their arm with a few thousand €, losing a little on poker at sports betting, and also withdrew €8,900 of the money over the next week or so. However, on February 8th, the player found his account suspended and as such sought clarification from Winamax as to why the account was not active, as they had not broken any rules.
It turns out that the enormous bonus was of course an error. Due to human error, the players winamax account number "1546634" was entered rather than the correct bonus, a mere €1.82.
Winamax wrote to the player saying the account hadn't been closed, simply suspended until the misunderstanding had been sorted out. They also asked for the €9k which had been withdrawn to be returned - although didn't ask that the player fund the several thousand euros in lost bets they had made during the week.
Currently the player is refusing to repay the money and has said they are prepared to go to court over it if necessary, claiming that they were informed they had a bonus and as such did not act in bad faith and shouldn't be expected to return the money.
Winamax had offered the player €1,000 in compensation for any inconveience caused.
Source:: www.highstakesdb.com
The player, Le-requin34, noticed the huge "bonus" sitting in his account on the morning of February 1st, before logging off and going to work. When they logged in again later that day he found the millionaire's roll still sitting in his account.
The player then decided to chance their arm with a few thousand €, losing a little on poker at sports betting, and also withdrew €8,900 of the money over the next week or so. However, on February 8th, the player found his account suspended and as such sought clarification from Winamax as to why the account was not active, as they had not broken any rules.
It turns out that the enormous bonus was of course an error. Due to human error, the players winamax account number "1546634" was entered rather than the correct bonus, a mere €1.82.
Winamax wrote to the player saying the account hadn't been closed, simply suspended until the misunderstanding had been sorted out. They also asked for the €9k which had been withdrawn to be returned - although didn't ask that the player fund the several thousand euros in lost bets they had made during the week.
Currently the player is refusing to repay the money and has said they are prepared to go to court over it if necessary, claiming that they were informed they had a bonus and as such did not act in bad faith and shouldn't be expected to return the money.
Winamax had offered the player €1,000 in compensation for any inconveience caused.
Source:: www.highstakesdb.com