@ptaylor78
Another thing I noticed when I took a look at your Casino Guru thread. In the summary, CG states that you are a "player from the United States." Is that true?
Have you checked what the casino's terms state regarding players who are residents in certain territories, including the United States of America? It's under 3.3 in the terms and conditions.
Hi
Pmalek:
Thank you for taking the time to go over to Casino Guru and actually read the complaint. Its interesting that you are now selectively citing Bitzs Terms of Service and pointing to provisions you believe have full force and effect in this dispute.
You reference Section 3.3 regarding restricted territories. Yet throughout this entire thread, you have consistently refused to give any weight at all to Section 6.8 of the same TOS and Bitzs now-deleted Self-Exclusion Policy (
https://bitz.io/self-policy). Apparently, in your view, some sections of the TOS matter and others do not.
That inconsistency aside, I anticipated you would raise Section 3.3. After Bitz refused my self-exclusion request and still before any deposits were made, I sought an independent basis to have my account closed. I explicitly informed Bitz that I was a United States resident and quoted the very language from Section 3.3 you now rely on. Under their own terms, my account should have been blocked immediately.
Bitz refused. They stated that the account could not be blocked until the self-exclusion tool under maintenance was repaired and a seven-day self-exclusion period had elapsed. In other words, even when presented with a clear territorial prohibition under their own TOS, they still declined to act. Now ask yourself why a casino would claim a self-exclusion tool was required to block an account from a restricted territory. You can decide whether that explanation reflects a legitimate constraint or clear bad faith misrepresentation from a
sometimes rogue casino.
It gets worse. On December 15, Bitz support, through the same representative involved elsewhere in this matter, claimed that players could play from any country, with the caveat that there may be issues loading games or the website. That position directly contradicts Section 3.3 and further demonstrates how casually Bitz treated its own rules.
So now that youve decided to engage with the TOS, perhaps you can explain how refusing to honor a self-exclusion request citing gambling addiction, refusing to close an account for a prohibited-country resident, and continuing to accept deposits complies with Bitzs published terms.
You wont be able to. Thats why your arguments keep pivoting to personal responsibility while avoiding operator obligations and misconduct entirely.
Youve seen only a fraction of the evidence documenting Bitzs conduct beginning December 7. I have no obligation to convince you of anything. But when you thought you had found a clever angle by raising U.S. residency, it was necessary to correct the record once again. If this reply after you walked yourself into this trap and were thoroughly debunked is not worthy of what this forum calls merit, then I clearly do not understand how that system is supposed to work.
Screenshots attached for clarity.

Since allegations about schemes and exploitation involving Bitz and its Self-Exclusion Policy are coming from a few detractors, its worth asking the burning question. Did it ever occur to you that Bitz might be the party running the scheme?
A player disclosed a gambling addiction, requested self-exclusion, and explicitly stated he could not play at a casino without deposit and loss limits. Bitz then blocked account closure through every available channel and continued to allow deposits for 9 days until the very harm the player was trying to avoid occurred. Ask yourself who was exploiting whom, especially since following the harm (and after threats of escalation), manual self-exclusions via email and account blocking magically became available. FYI, the "under maintenance" self-exclusion tool that Bitz claimed was required to self-exclude and to block accounts for territory restrictions remains non-functional even as of today, January 8 (
https://bitz.io/responsible-gaming).


Notably, after receiving notice of gambling addiction, Bitz assigned the player a personal manager. That manager offered bonuses, encouraged continued play, and suggested the players willpower was stronger than any responsible gaming tool or limit.
That conduct does not mitigate the breach. It aggravates it. Assigning a host, offering incentives, and encouraging play after notice of gambling addiction by a player from a restricted territory is incompatible with any claim that Bitz was acting in good faith, abiding by the terms of their TOS or honoring its responsible gaming obligations.
Pmalek, I respect your right to hold personal responsibility views. Im not asking you to abandon them. Im asking that the same standard be applied to the operator. The record establishes Bitzs culpability for its own conduct, regardless of whether you choose to acknowledge it.
That culpability explains the $5,000 refund offer they made. It was not holiday season kindness, sympathy or goodwill. It was damage control.
Anyone know if
Bitz_Casino is available to chime in or are they still busy celebrating International Technology Day at Bitz, where technology allegedly works. There are several issues that require explanation. Among them is why blocking an account from a restricted country supposedly required use of an "under maintenance" and unavailable self-exclusion tool and a mandatory seven-day self-exclusion period for an ineligible player.