Exploited by gambling site ate age of 14, one site hasnt banned me after threatening to kill myself

[chloe2k]

I have been abused and exploited by one certain site.

Hello! I am 25M and have been gambling addicted since of age 14. I have got serious gambling addiction to e-sports betting after I won 14000€ by the age of 15 in 2 months span in CS:GO matchbetting. Not soon after, I lost all and I loaned through random people trying to recover that 14k€ through random people and got into loans.

By the age of 19 I discovered a site called ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It ruined my life completely. I remember at some point I asked myself to be permabanned forever from this website when I was 20? After that I was good 2 months away from gambling. Not long after I just tried to access ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ again and guess what? I could just make a new Steam account and bypass the ban.

I told them I have serious gambling addiction and I am gonna kill myself if they dont help me by closing my account. They only just closed the account and let me use a new one.

I have even requested a perma-ban by my own name and told them I dont want to be back with my details for long time. If possible, permamently. Which to they responded after 3rd or 4th ban on my different accounts that they never had such thing as banning me from this casino forever, only just closing the account.

They used and took advantage of me and I feel just broken how my things have been going on in life. Sometimes I just have 20€ left, guess where it goes? ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ just claims it.

I stand by my words that I have threatened to kill myself in their live support. I have requested a perma-ban on their website.

I have near 20 000€ in debts after discovering ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, my 5-6 years of my life have been ruined completely. I feel like commiting a suicide and I just want to ask. On their website stands next:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is operated by Moonrail Limited B.V., Korporaalweg 10, Curaçao (Company Registration No. 148182). A company licensed and regulated by the laws of Curaçao under license number 8048/JAZ. Payments may be handled on behalf of Moonrail Limited B.V. by JHOLT LTD, Voukourestiou, 25, NEPTUNE HOUSE, 1st floor, Flat/Office 11, 3045, Limassol, Cyprus (Company Registration No. HE393291) as per the agreement between the two companies.

I have tried to make a same claim on Casinoguru before but they said that they dont see that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is a gambling site. They said that they cant do anything since there seems to be no real money gambling involved.

I have made atleast over ten thousand, if not even more 20 or 30k€ total payments through Skrill.com or by crypto. Yet they say they dont see that ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is a casino.

They have alot of different payment options on their website which is why it is 100% a casino. You put money in, gamble. Win or lose and you can withdraw in crypto or CS2 virtual skins. You cant withdraw to your bank account but all of these things have monetary value.

The sites owner, Malcolm Fitzcarraldo aka Monarch has made previously attempts to bring down other competition of same casinos so he can stay on top.

I want to know, if I have any chance of getting help to bring this site down and maybe possibly recover my funds. I have took too many loans just to keep on gambling on this site and it has completely destroyed my life. I have atleast made 4 accounts after requesting a permaban on their site by my own name and made new ones just by few clicks and using my same name.

This has to stop, my life is pain.

Tldr: Read the whole post, to understand what I am trying to put together. This has to be illegal in many ways.

[katari]

You are going through a very difficult time and have been struggling with a gambling addiction for many years. Your situation is indeed concerning, and it's essential to seek help and support to overcome this issue.

I would suggest reaching out to professional organizations that specialize in gambling addiction and recovery. They can provide guidance, resources, and support to help you break free from your addiction.

It's crucial to focus on your mental health and well-being. Seek professional help, such as a therapist or counselor, to address the underlying issues that may have contributed to your gambling addiction.

Remember, recovery is a journey, and it's essential to be patient and persistent in seeking help and support.

[Švedski Šved iz Švedske]

Valve is indeed, a far cry from what they were in their golden age. All they do now is exploit adults and adolescents alike for corporate profit.

Saddest part? They're not even obliged to make as much money as possible, Valve is privately owned. They could do better. But they don't, and they haven't for more than a decade now.

Shame on you Valve and the CS team, burn in hell.

[Shroomy]

I bet on pro matches a couple times when I was 15, lost 70 bucks and never did it again. Never understood the appeal of the more slot machine like gambling sites, they're all so obnoxious and obviously make every effort to take advantage of you. I saw through this at that age. Not trying to victim blame here or anything but how could you not? Why do you feel the need to continue gambling when you're so deep in debt, the pattern is obvious - if you continue it will only get worse. Again I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to understand the mentality.

The only thing I can suggest is to seek help from people who have experienced the same thing as you and have recovered. Recovering from addiction is most difficult if you're doing it alone. If you have a job focus your pay on your debt but only after you've spent money on essentials (housing and food) and see if you can make a payment plan, depending on where you live (I could be wrong about this) but if you are obviously struggling to make payments you can request to make a payment plan and who you are indebted to are obligated to find something that works for the both of you. If that is not an option you can seek to have a bank buy off your debt and start a payment plan with them. Sometimes when a company sees that they might not get payed they are willing to cut some losses and sell your debt for less than owed to get a large sum now instead of small sums over years. I would rather owe a bank than a suspicious, obviously predatory gambling company. Look into debt acquisition.

It seems you're quite concerned about under age gambling so if you ever do recover mentally and financially, perhaps dedicate a part of your life to lobbying/advocating for stricter gambling laws or to helping other recovering addicts. Recently I've seen some states in the US outright ban pornography sites that don't require proper age verification so pushing for law like that might not be out of the question.

Good luck.

[chloe2k]

yall falling for a copypasta

[Shroomy]

Originally posted by chloe:

yall falling for a copypasta

Never seen this one. I see people post entire novels in these discussions so I didn't think twice.

[Švedski Šved iz Švedske]

Originally posted by chloe:

yall falling for a copypasta

Doesn't take away from the fact that Valve ruins a certain percentange of people's lives for their own greed / corporate profit, including underage adolescents. They should be sued for the evil things they do, sadly the law has not caught up. Except in France and Belgium.

[Asha]

Originally posted by Švedski Šved iz Švedske:

Doesn't take away from the fact that Valve ruins a certain percentange of people's lives for their own greed / corporate profit, including underage adolescents. They should be sued for the evil things they do, sadly the law has not caught up. Except in France and Belgium.

Blaming greedy, third-party gambling sites, or even Valve, for trying to generate revenue from legal content is tiresomely futile and akin to blaming a hungry lion for mauling zoo visitors, rather than the keepers for leaving the gate unlocked.

[Plotist]

Great Scott!
I feel for you and I cant even imagine how hard it is for you

Please, reach out for professional help: its not the end of the road. I'm speaking from my own experience here

[Xayah]

I almost believed it until I saw "Malcolm Fitzcarraldo"

[Smuxfy]

lmao skillissue

[peon]

Originally posted by Asha:

Originally posted by Švedski Šved iz Švedske:

Doesn't take away from the fact that Valve ruins a certain percentange of people's lives for their own greed / corporate profit, including underage adolescents. They should be sued for the evil things they do, sadly the law has not caught up. Except in France and Belgium.

Blaming greedy, third-party gambling sites, or even Valve, for trying to generate revenue from legal content is tiresomely futile and akin to blaming a hungry lion for mauling zoo visitors, rather than the keepers for leaving the gate unlocked.

Spoken like someone who has never experienced addiction first hand or even through someone else.

I wish it were that simple.

Us humans think were so evolved, but were just really monkeys still playing with rocks.

[xXBurner]

Last cs launch 27 feb,still alive