[Chrysalis]

Some may remember I recommended this site a while back because it allows you to play overseas lotteries which have much superior odds.

Have since discovered you dont enter the lottery directly, instead they run some kind of insurance scheme using the results of these lotteries to pay out when numbers match. Still seemed ok.

However having noticed I never been paid any winnings I decided to look into the data provided on their website and I seen I won a small prize 3 different occasions but the winnings is always in "pending" status, the "pending" status also shows on all losing tickets as well.

I sent them a email asking how to get my winnings and simply got a reply telling me how to cancel my subscriptions.

I cannot ring them until tomorrow but it does seem they are at least a bit dodgy withholding winnings for what is at the moment a unknown reason, my ID/age has been verified with them so its not a eligibility issue.

I did also notice the smarkets betting site adds a barrier to withdrawing as well, they will let you deposit and place bets, the age verification simply you telling them your age, but if you want to make a withdrawal it then needs a photo age verification check e.g. a passport. It seems tho the government is planning to address this issue with betting sites where they add barriers to people withdrawing, this is to address both the checks put in place and the one sided promotional offers that require you to keep betting many times to be able to withdraw winnings.