Winamax sluit accounts van Nederlandse pokerspelers

Een deel van de Nederlandse pokerenclave heeft vandaag slecht nieuws ontvangen. Zij kregen vanmiddag namelijk een e-mail binnen, waarin stond vermeld dat hun account op de Franse pokerwebsite Winamax per 30 april 2018 zal worden gesloten. Een aantal pokerspelers kon vandaag al niet meer bij hun account op de site, maar dit probleem lijkt inmiddels opgelost te zijn.
Rond half zes Nederlandse tijd opende PokerNews-gebruiker "Hansiehansie" het topic met daarin de e-mail die hij had ontvangen. Al snel volgden meerdere reacties van spelers die het slechte nieuws ook hadden ontvangen.
De volledige e-mail ziet er als volgt uit:
We are contacting you today in regards to your Winamax account.
We have deduced that your postal address and/or bank details registered to your Winamax player account and the IP addresses you are connecting from are located in the Netherlands.
All gaming operators that want to offer their services to players living in the Netherlands must hold a licence issued by the local gambling commission. As Winamax does not hold such a licence, your player account will be permanently closed on Monday, 30th of April 2018.
If, however, the mailing address and bank account listed on your Winamax account are not current and you now live in a country where Winamax operates legally, please log in and update your information from the “My account” section before Monday, 30th of April 2018:
https://www.winamax.fr/en/my-account_my-account
By updating your account with your new address and bank details, you will be able to continue to take advantage of our services after Monday, 30th of April 2018. Don’t forget to send us a copy of your bank document so that we may validate this.
However, if you are still a resident of Switzerland at this time, then your account will be permanently closed on Monday, 30th of April 2018 at 12:00 CET. On this date, the funds in your Winamax account will be automatically transferred to the bank account you have registered on Winamax. The transfer will include the value of your bankroll at the time of your account closure, the face value of any unused tournament tickets and the monetary equivalent of the Miles you held, at the rate of €0.013/Miles. Funds will appear in your bank account within 7 days of the transfer date.
Thank you for choosing Winamax. We hope you have enjoyed playing at our tables.
The Winamax Team
Michiel "utreg" Brummelhuis was één van de gedupeerden en hij had direct een ander probleem: "Vrij bizar. Deze timing ook. middenin de wmax serie. Ik (en vele anderen) zitten nog met een prima stack in dag 2 van de 500k en 1 mill" Gelukkig voor Brummelhuis en de andere spelers met die probleem was er al snel een oplossing van het Winamax-team:
"All players living in the Netherlands who have qualified for a multiday event have had their accounts temporarily unlocked so that they may finish their events."
We zullen de situatie op de voet volgen en voor meer informatie kun je voorlopig terecht in dit topic op ons forum.
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