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mbonner78

mbonner78

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Hello my name is Michael Bonner. I signed up with them on July 5th, deposited a couple grand, ran it up over the weekend and on Monday morning my account was disabled. I don't know what going on as nobody will communicate. All I did was make straight bets, no casino or nothin like that. Screenshots below
 

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BigJay

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Hello my name is Michael Bonner. I signed up with them on July 5th, deposited a couple grand, ran it up over the weekend and on Monday morning my account was disabled. I don't know what going on as nobody will communicate. All I did was make straight bets, no casino or nothin like that. Screenshots below
Did you send them in all the KYC items they requested??

Also curious if you took a bonus
 

mbonner78

mbonner78

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I took the new sign up bonus I wanna say it was 75% but not 100% sure. And yes I sent all the stuff they wanted as soon as I saw it was disabled (the email had went to spam) here's a screenshot of that as well
 

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BigJay

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I took the new sign up bonus I wanna say it was 75% but not 100% sure. And yes I sent all the stuff they wanted as soon as I saw it was disabled (the email had went to spam) here's a screenshot of that as well
Hey buddy you may want to edit and delete your real name from the posts although I appreciate your transparency

Also might want to delete the pics with your personal docs
 

offshorelore

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I took the new sign up bonus I wanna say it was 75% but not 100% sure. And yes I sent all the stuff they wanted as soon as I saw it was disabled (the email had went to spam) here's a screenshot of that as well
Well, if I were a gambling man I would bet he isn’t Michael. Nobody smiles in a personal selfi for KYC. My guess is he paid this guy for his ID and had his documents ready to go. He also definitely broke bovada bonus terms because it’s very unlikely he turned $1750 into this balance in a few days. Sloppy bonus abuser. Keep the balance under 5k my friend.
 

Ace7550

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Well, if I were a gambling man I would bet he isn’t Michael. Nobody smiles in a personal selfi for KYC. My guess is he paid this guy for his ID and had his documents ready to go. He also definitely broke bovada bonus terms because it’s very unlikely he turned $1750 into this balance in a few days. Sloppy bonus abuser. Keep the balance under 5k my friend.
He doesn't know about Bovada's bonus terms. Hardly anybody does.
And I usually do my hair and put a monkey on my shoulder in my kyc pics.

iu
 

btcfan

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Yep...Bovada is half the deposit max bet for sports. Takes a bit to roll, which was a long time ago. Now they are nice enough to let me get less than $5 down on anything there. I miss their soft lines. They didn't like my NHL props bets too much last season I guess. If you follow the rules, I haven't heard any cases where they didn't pay. They may show you the door but you get paid.
 

BMR Genie

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Hello my name is Michael Bonner. I signed up with them on July 5th, deposited a couple grand, ran it up over the weekend and on Monday morning my account was disabled. I don't know what going on as nobody will communicate. All I did was make straight bets, no casino or nothin like that. Screenshots below
Fill out the BMR Complaint form, and we will try to assist you.
 

mbonner78

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Well, if I were a gambling man I would bet he isn’t Michael. Nobody smiles in a personal selfi for KYC. My guess is he paid this guy for his ID and had his documents ready to go. He also definitely broke bovada bonus terms because it’s very unlikely he turned $1750 into this balance in a few days. Sloppy bonus abuser. Keep the balance under 5k my friend.
Yep...Bovada is half the deposit max bet for sports. Takes a bit to roll, which was a long time ago. Now they are nice enough to let me get less than $5 down on anything there. I miss their soft lines. They didn't like my NHL props bets too much last season I guess. If you follow the rules, I haven't heard any cases where they didn't pay. They may show you the door but you get paid.
So you're saying I'm lying about this because I'm smiling in my selfie? And no, I didn't know anything about a max bet rule? If it's something in the terms and conditions of the bonuses then yeah I didn't read them. How would I even be violating anything if I was only making straight bets? I didn't do anything wrong
 

BigJay

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So you're saying I'm lying about this because I'm smiling in my selfie? And no, I didn't know anything about a max bet rule? If it's something in the terms and conditions of the bonuses then yeah I didn't read them. How would I even be violating anything if I was only making straight bets? I didn't do anything wrong
Some people here just breaking balls

If I’m not mistaken the rule that gets some folks in trouble is you can only make bets for half the amount of your deposit. It’s in their Terms and Conditions I believe
 

offshorelore

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Some people here just breaking balls

If I’m not mistaken the rule that gets some folks in trouble is you can only make bets for half the amount of your deposit. It’s in their Terms and Conditions I believe
I’m honestly pretty confident he is using someone else’s identity. Comfortably upholding the documents to a public forum (no sane person would upload their own to a public forum)

He keeps talking about only doing straight wagers. Usually people who argue that don’t realize that that’s one of the main factors only bonus whores do. Recreational players tend to do a few small parlays, a few long shots, and sharps don’t realize this and think they are only low profile doing straight bets. 😭😭😭😭

Also it’s incredibly unlikely that a person who doesn’t have an existing account at Bovada, knows about BMR. I find it strange how someone made a Bovada account for the first time and already knows to go complain to BMR.

With Ace, his situation is totally different. He had a long history with them and then they screwed him over . #FreeAce

say what you want, but if you know you know. And this guy isn’t Michael Bonner. I’d bet $15,000.
 

offshorelore

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Some people here just breaking balls

If I’m not mistaken the rule that gets some folks in trouble is you can only make bets for half the amount of your deposit. It’s in their Terms and Conditions I believe
And one more point 😂😂😂😂😂

if I have an account disabled with $20k this is how I’m sending the selfi.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
 

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offshorelore

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Oh, and not to be a conspiracy theorist but he’s got the notification on the phone in the top of the phone which means he saved photo to camera roll. If he took the pictures on the phone we’re seeing that wouldn’t be there. (Probably) Also, not connected to WiFi, and having the pictures all taken within 10 minutes is strange. So he screen shotted his balance, and then conveniently got that email 10 minutes later. The only time I have had an issue at Bovada is when I bet $1750 on a +350 soccer dog and it hit. (Took a bonus) got my account disabled for a few days but I knew what I was getting into. Got my funds and never did again. Sloppy bonus whores is what ruins it all for the rest of us. Do a few $25 parlays, and maybe do $40-$50 in slots. Stay under the radar and finally #KeepYourBalanceBelow$5k
 

mrmcnasty

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Oh, and not to be a conspiracy theorist but he’s got the notification on the phone in the top of the phone which means he saved photo to camera roll. If he took the pictures on the phone we’re seeing that wouldn’t be there. (Probably) Also, not connected to WiFi, and having the pictures all taken within 10 minutes is strange. So he screen shotted his balance, and then conveniently got that email 10 minutes later. The only time I have had an issue at Bovada is when I bet $1750 on a +350 soccer dog and it hit. (Took a bonus) got my account disabled for a few days but I knew what I was getting into. Got my funds and never did again. Sloppy bonus whores is what ruins it all for the rest of us. Do a few $25 parlays, and maybe do $40-$50 in slots. Stay under the radar and finally #KeepYourBalanceBelow$5k
Dawg this is either a grade A troll job by you or you are completely batshit crazy. Go touch some grass bro why tf am I reading 4 paragraphs of conspiracies lol

Bovada is known to cause issues and have in the past. Which is well documented here.

I have a conspiracy theory myself now.. you are from Bovada
 

offshorelore

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Dawg this is either a grade A troll job by you or you are completely batshit crazy. Go touch some grass bro why tf am I reading 4 paragraphs of conspiracies lol

Bovada is known to cause issues and have in the past. Which is well documented here.

I have a conspiracy theory myself now.. you are from Bovada
I’m definitely a little crazy but I’m likely not wrong.
 

offshorelore

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Here is the likely scenario. His account is disabled for about 10 days. It is unlocked. He has to scan his ID and face. And then he will have a message saying that he violated bonus terms of service and then any further repetition will result in account closure. There’s also a chance that they forfeit his winnings on the bonus however, I once had a bovada representative. Tell me they will always give a warning prior to partial balance confiscation. However, the balance being 20,000 it’s most likely they will confiscate a portion of the winnings.
 

Ace7550

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Here is the likely scenario. His account is disabled for about 10 days. It is unlocked. He has to scan his ID and face. And then he will have a message saying that he violated bonus terms of service and then any further repetition will result in account closure. There’s also a chance that they forfeit his winnings on the bonus however, I once had a bovada representative. Tell me they will always give a warning prior to partial balance confiscation. However, the balance being 20,000 it’s most likely they will confiscate a portion of the winnings.
Agree. That sounds about right
 
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