Issues with Bovada Checks

[jsh169]

This is not major issues, most banks probably send a foreign check to collections, and really it is a safety measure to protect you more then anything as if the check bounces for some odd reason. My bank has a standard 7 business day hold.

 

[supernuts25]

ive never had a check not claer with bovada, and just for futuer refrence. money tree cashes them instanly as a payroll check, and if u dont have a money tree near you just take it to any big check cashing place and tell them its from your job you work online. and pow instant cash and cashing it as a payroll is cheaper fees

 

[John A]

I think with their transition to ignition, checks are going to take longer than normal. Let's see... I just did a max check today so I'll let you know.

 

[Melbell]

Bovda always says not to take to a check casing place, so i never thought about that. My bank sends it to collections as well but they have it down to a under a week most of the time now. Used to be 21 days like clock work.

 

[John A]

Bovda always says not to take to a check casing place, so i never thought about that. My bank sends it to collections as well but they have it down to a under a week most of the time now. Used to be 21 days like clock work.

Yuck... what bank is that? I'll make sure not to go there. I've used wellsfargo for 25 years. No issues like that on bovada deposits. 2-3 days and cleared.

 

[Adict]

I have wellsfargo and my bovada checks are send from canada. My money appears in my account the following day with the first 100 dollars available immediately.

 

[ScottieDuncan]

Never had a problem with Bovada.

 

[Outlawluck]

So was there every any resolution to this story? Did OP ever get your money (I'm guessing not)

 

[John A]

So strange that I've never had any of these experiences. The only thing strange is bovada locked my account today and had me call them so they could tell me not to mention anything about bovada when cashing my check. Really strange because I've cashed countless checks from them before and they've never done that.

Also, I withdrew on Sunday, got approval on Wed, tracking number on Thursday (of last week) and my check arrived on Friday (2 days after approval). I cashed it on Saturday. No problems.

Can someone who plays on bodog (not bovada), call Bodog and ask them about their player pool and what their plans are w/ ignition casino? I can't seem to get any straight answers from them. It's really strange.

 

[Carl D]

Bovada Scam

Hey everyone... just would like you to know that if you are betting on Bovada site beware.. it is a scam. I have been betting there for a long time and finally hit some money worth cashing out. Was Fedex'd a phony check drawn on a CLOSED CANADIAN ACCOUNT!!! I have been playing their scam game now a bit...ie: sending copies of phony check and such and receive the same robot email response each time about how they are looking into it... now going on 4 weeks...hahaha... fool me once. Bovada is totally BS scam site. Be warned.

 

[John A]

Ugh... Mods... please close this out.

Welcome to the new world. Before you post and bad mouth some company though you might want to know what you're talking about first.

Bovada is the largest online sports betting site in the world, and has probably been around longer than you've been alive. Since black friday, a lot of these sites have to use 3rd party payment processors to get you your money because it's technically illegal for your bank to transfer these funds to you. So they have to move their money from payment processor to payment processor to pay you out. Just contact them, tell them your check went bad, and get a new one.

 

[donkcentralFF]

They did the same thing to me. Bovada has ripped people off and he has a right to let others know.

 

[donkcentralFF]

So was there every any resolution to this story? Did OP ever get your money (I'm guessing not)

NO

 

[John A]

They did the same thing to me. Bovada has ripped people off and he has a right to let others know.

He didn't get ripped off, and telling people it's a scam is absurd. His whole language is incorrect. It's not a phony check.

Do you seriously not understand the environment you're dealing in right now? The DOJ is closing down payment processor after payment processor for these companies. So I don't doubt that there could be an issue at some point where a check was issued and a payment processor shut down. Like I've said on here, I had this happen once before also a couple of years ago after black friday. All I did was contact Bovada, and they issued a new check, and cashed that one.

It's unfortunate this is the environment we're in, but I've never heard someone not getting paid, except for the people who were on another popular forum who ran and exploited their bonus loophole, then went crying everywhere that bovda is a scam and won't pay them. That's the only people I've ever heard not get paid from them, and I've watched these forums for over a decade.

OP didn't understand the environment and there's several clues he doesn't/didn't. That doesn't make Bovada a scam. It makes OP an uninformed consumer. Just call Bovada, get the check canceled, get them to re-issue a new one, and don't be stupid when you cash / deposit it. Don't tell them it's from a poker site. This is unfortunately the environment we have to deal w/ until online poker is fully legal in the US. It sucks, but if you do things correctly, you should not have an issue.

 

[donkcentralFF]

Key phrase="shouldn't have an issue".. So why do you claim that you have never heard of somebody not getting paid? When I have seen numerous others come on here and complain of not being paid by bovada.. I have specifically detailed how I was never paid by Bovada and have seen others on 22 who claim never to be paid..

 

[Birdman33]

i guess since poker is ending at bovada, it wailt be the same On Ig. I need to follow this and see what happens. I don't play as often as I did on stars and have never tried a cash out from Bovada. If you can't get your money it is a waste of time to me.

 

[John A]

Key phrase="shouldn't have an issue".. So why do you claim that you have never heard of somebody not getting paid? When I have seen numerous others come on here and complain of not being paid by bovada.. I have specifically detailed how I was never paid by Bovada and have seen others on 22 who claim never to be paid..

Because I never have and I've been in this game for over 12 years now, and have been on 2+2 with a fairly big following for over 11 years. I've seen and read a lot of forums posts. The only people I've ever heard claim this were running a scam, or got a bad check post black friday. Duhhh... this has happened on all sites in this new environment, and it's happened to me at Bovada too. But instead of crying on a forum saying I was scammed (like the above), I calmly called Bovada and they issued me another check which cashed w/o issue. And I've cashed over 40+ checks in that time as well.

Most importantly, I work with A LOT of people and customers in this industry on a daily basis. I know how customers over react, post a bunch of comments because they are pissed, but then their issue gets resolved, and you never see the resolution. These are the same/similar kind of people swearing up and down that X/Y site is rigged.

Bovada is the largest online sports book in the world. They didn't get that way and take the volume of bets that they do by ripping people off.

Your OP post is the prototypical case in point to the T. You didn't understand the climate you were in, you did things completely wrong, and because of the DOJ and you're lack of understanding the climate, you're saying Bovada ripped you off. It's disingenuous to put it kindly. I am sorry you had an issue, but you went about it, and the resolution completely wrong. That's not Bovada's fault, that's the U.S. governments and yours.

 

[Birdman33]

Yes I agree. Cash the checks at the atm and you should have no problems.

 

[tomalba7]

bovada bounced check- now they are sold to Ignition

Bovada bounced one of our last checks, nothing major but its close to 500 bucks. Now I read they are sold to Ignition. Hope they are not trying to screw ppl...

 

[John A]

You made an account to post this message 4 different times.

Why don't you google first, and figure out what's going on. Good lord...

They sold their POKER business to Ignition. Bovada will still exist. They are not going to screw you out of your money. Call them, tell them your check bounced, and make sure you know what you're doing when you cash it, because it doesn't sound like you do. Hint: google how to cash a bovada check.

 

[tomalba7]

um no

No jakoff. this happened last week. there is a difference between no check last time and now got a check that bounced. try reading

 

[tomalba7]

also

this aint my first rodeo btw

 

[atlantafalcons0]

No jakoff. this happened last week. there is a difference between no check last time and now got a check that bounced. try reading

He was very polite and gave you helpful advice. There's no need for name calling bruh.

 

[Birdman33]

did you run the check though the atm or inside the bank?. All the checks from foreign places have to be deposited through the atm or problems will occur. Good luck.

 

[John A]

this aint my first rodeo btw

Honestly, it does sound like your first rodeo and that's why I'm giving you good advice. But instead of making account on forums and screaming the sky is falling for $500, contact them. I'm telling you, they are not a scam, they are not trying to purposely rip you off. You do not understand the climate of online poker and why most online poker sites do NOT support poker in USA. It's a major pain in the ass to constantly change payment processors, and be one step ahead of the DOJ. And to Bovada's credit, they've done it better than anyone else who has served the US, post black friday.

I had another site I played on post black friday that kept my money ELEVEN months before I was able to get it. I thought it was just gone. And this was a little more than $500 (or a lot more).

I'm just asking you kindly not to over react and claim scams all over the place, when that's not what's happening. People who do this stuff sabotage the online poker community and climate, and personally you're not doing anyone here any good.

If you need more details on how to resolve your problem, you're more than welcome to PM me.