Hello,
This may come of no surprise to some, but I’m here to discuss and expose the company (and it’s plethora of aliases) known as 1xbet.com
1xbet was on track to become the world’s leading online gambling operator, they are current sponsors of FC Barcelona and the African Football Association and other partnerships on the way.
Promoting illegal sports and video piracy they were rapidly banned in the UK, and their contracts with Chelsea and Tottenham terminated. They are also financially blacklisted in Russia their home country.
1xbet use a variety of proxies and aliases to circumvent and distribute their website to every location around the world.
They also operate under a number of different brand names: 1xbit stavkabet.kz astekbet betwinner melbet betandyou 22bet fan-sport.com db-bet.com pegas.bet xparibet sportloto99.com
Having been denied the use of PayPal platform, they use third party personal accounts to collect deposits on their behalf. Also providing deposit methods through a multitude of crypto currencies and obscure payment processors.
My experience was the same as thousands of others, and had an account with them for years. Deposits are immediate, however an attempt to withdraw triggers a series of loops and obstacles over months that ultimately consist of preventing the customer from receiving their money, with no explanation. This involves providing your entire life history and ridiculous information. I was put through this on three occasions, before I was ignored and funds forfeit.
Their only method of support is an email address which consists of one line replies, no agent names, and inconsistent messages.
A simple search on Google will bring up thousands of pages of user complaints and scam reports.
Delving further into this company, there is no information on staff, management or headquarters.
Their permanent residence is registered in Cyprus to a MS KYRIAKI KOSTIKIAN.
Evgeniy Kiriushin is head of business development.
MR KOSTIKIAN has hundreds of companies to his name, the corruption delves further. He was charged with defrauding €60m from investors back in 2015, in which he subsequently fled the country: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/experts/article-3034903/TONY-HETHERINGTON-Half-money-vanishes-murky-tangle-binary-options.html
I have been in touch with the Curacao eGaming Authority, who have little interest in mediating these issues, 1xbet even failed to reply to their initial courtesy email and it is fair to say the licensor is complicit in facilitating these operations. Their revenues and underhand profits being the most likely factor.
Curacao is essentially lawless in this regard, I can only imagine the amount of money laundering and corruption involved.
How this company is able to continue to operate in this illicit manner, without regulations, accountability and absolute disregard to consumers and the law is a complete disgrace.
Please feel free to discuss this further and share any additional information!
