GameDuell

I have been using gameduell for ten years always wining small amounts and had successful withdraws. The minute I won over a hundred dollars they deactivated my account. I tested this through my partners account and the same thing happened. Once I had winnings over $100 they deactivated the account for no reason. Too bad as the games are really fun.

So, I deposited $50.00 to try the games at Game Duell and I used PayPal. The games are basic and are glitchy. All the games of skill I play like solitaire give you an undo for you to use. They had it sometimes and sometimes not when I was playing solitaire. These games remind me of the 1980's. OK now here is the Real issue. I had no issue depositing from my PayPal account but when I did the redemption request for the same 50.00 back to my PayPal account, I was sent paperwork to fill out to include a Driver's License or a Passport? Also, they will 1099 you? Only if it's over 600.00 Game Duell. Like you are actually going to win that much LOL. I smell SCAM! They got my 50 bucks they will never get another dime from me.

GameDuell has now locked me out of my account after 15 years of playing. They claim my ISP should give me a new IP # that shows I'm in Oregon USA. New IP address made no difference...still locked out and now they say it is a proxy server that is being used to hide my location. Something changed when they tried to bar users located in states where on-line gaming is illegal. What's wrong? I have a $ balance in my account. Have never asked for funds. Even bought a new Router thinking the problem was an old one malfunctioning...ISP technicians have examined my connection and see no irregulatities. Interesting Got an email from them yesterday inviting me to play Winter Games on a new platform? Tried to log on for the umpteenth time and still no luck. Just the same notice of on-line gambling being outlawed in Oregon! Lots of these states are listed where on-line gaming is illegal but NOT Oregon.

I joined GameDuell hoping to play games, once your credits have gone too low, you are out of luck until you become a paying player... the catch is that if you live in Canada you are out of luck, they do not recognize Canada and of course cannot pay, even though they are in the USA. I contacted them and they will expand at some time but no idea when. RoyalGames closed and advised everyone to go to GameDuell - DON'T!
Here is my email from them

Dear GameDuell customer,

Thank you for your email.
You are correct in that Canadian players are not able to upgrade to money players.

We are still in the process of fully internationalizing our gaming platform. Because of this, we regret to inform you that paid registrations can only be carried out by residents of the countries listed on the registration form. A registration from Canada will only be possible if it were to be listed in the drop-down menu.

We do apologize for any temporary inconvenience, and hope to be able to welcome you to GameDuell in the near future!

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Best regards,

Barry Thompson
GameDuell Customer Service
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GameDuell INC,
1156 Clement Street,
San Francisco CA *******

Email Service: http://www.gameduell.com/contact.html

Have been a member of gameduell for a number of years and really enjoyed playing the games. I was a 'money player' but only in the sense of small amounts, playing for fun. I enjoy the games and was willing to do this - I never played to make money and withdraw. However lately the games keep dropping out and they refuse to refund, also as others above have stated, it is blindingly obvious that people cheat (which I don't like - I think if you can't play fair then what's the point of playing!) but also you very very rarely win against a higher ranked player - you just cannot beat them - that seems to be a built in 'cheat'. All in all, although I love the games, I have had enough of being taken for a ride and have cancelled my account. If you decide to join up - don't say you haven't been warned!

Don't sign up! After numerous deposits and hours of games... (Registered 2 years ago). I finally made some money. Almost $200. Problems start when I want to make a withdrawal... You have to make live test videos, making scores impossible to do. With very short times obviously! In short they congratulated me, did not validate my videos because my scrores was not high enough according to them and finally they kept my money. And of course they closed my account. Haliding methods. Real bandits!

Don't play the game crazy 8 against jerries. The site prefers German players, 99 out of 100 games, the jerries had the winning hand. Guess it's a bloody na. I site that tries to steel money. It's not a rant because I'm pissed. It's my real world experience with this gaming site.

I'm playing with free points for fun only. They take 50% commission for each game. If you're a moron and keen to risk your $2 for $1, you can play with real money.

To play and deposit everyrhing goes well. But to withdraw the money, it is the obstacle course! He makes himself filming while playing, copies of proof of identity papers... again and again. Short to avoid

I had been playing this site for several years. Lately, I've been called some pretty foul names, harassed via Gameduell email by players for a multitude of reasons. The final straw was that the players can cheat. For example, in Crazy 8's one player can play a bad card to show the player across that he has a +2, Skip, etc so that they can win. It seems extremely "fixed" lately as players with the same IP address are able to access the games simultaneously.

After 7 years, I cancelled my membership since cheating is allowed per GD customer service person. In addition, I've had enough of being verbally abused by sore losers.

Smh

Exactly the same experiences as you. I play a lot of Hearts games and I have NEVER seen so much BLATANT cheating!
I could sit here and give you AT LEAST six players who I believe are well and truly PART of the cheating!

After many years my player account has been stop. I do not know how to send id proof to be safe. I wanted to withdrew my many from my player account but did not receive any. This don't make my happy.

I am not here to echo other complaints about payouts... I accept that I do not play to win money but to compete with real people and have fun. My problem is with the cheating manipulative nature of the site. I refer to the occasional time when I have made a complaint, usually about a destructive reduction in my skill level discordant with the games outcome. If you make a complaint of any kind you then find that you are dealt desperately bad hands for the next few days. This has happened to me on several occasions, enough to make me suspicious. Basically, they are taking my money and then cheating me and making a fool out of me. The most galling thing is that it is virtually impossible to prove, but only a total idiot could fail to spot the blindingly obvious. I am quitting their games but am seriously disappointed in their behaviour because the concept is good and I enjoyed it but I am not being taken for a fool any longer.

I really love gameduell, all games are great and page designed awesome, BUT all the rest is bull big $#*!! I played like 200 times in few famous games and finally saw something suspicious, you don't need to be scientist to see how it's repetitive sometimes, one day all the time winning and just a day after lost all games? How it's possible! Than many times you see you get three, four times same card in row? Even in national lottery its pretty impossible to get number 1, 2, 3, 4 in a row at least few times, it's not just one situation! Than you check one player winning all time or pretty repetitive situations like you are winning and at the end in last game you loose all? I understand it's gambling and it can happen, but in such repetitive way, in a row wins and than in a row loose? THIS IS BIG GREATLY MADE CHEATTTTTT!

STAY AWAY - SCAM you for your money, too many internet failures, no refunds and no gain... don't just stay away... RUN as fast as you can!

Lol site stole 600 bucks from me and at the year asked me to send them my social security number to pay taxes on it this company is in the business of making money and part of that business is doing anything in their power to keep money in their accounts and out of yours.

SCAMMERS. Stay away unless you want to throw your money away, and never withdraw, they will terminate your access without warning!

I echo what someone else said on this site, there are huge problems if you try and withdraw money. I actually found a game that I could regularly play and win money on however I have never actually seen that money. They owe me nearly £300. They asked me to send copy of sensitive documents which I did and then they claimed I had created "multiple accounts" which was complete rubbish. They suspended my account and have never paid me my winnings. A complete scam.

I agree with the previous posters who have stated Gameduell will not pay out. I have made around 6 withdrawal requests in the last year, not for any large amounts as I simply don't play that well. 2 of these requests were paid - for around £30 GBP total, the other 4 are not being paid. First they asked for ID which I provided, they are now asking for me to video myself playing and send it into them so they can see how I am doing so well.

Firstly I am not doing very well and am around average statistics wise, secondly they have refused to pay out unless I send this video and it cannot be wobbly, and must fulfill all sorts of other criteria. Clearly they simply don't want to pay.

Thieves! Me, my dad an my bf opend a site a soon as my dad wanted too cash out we all got frozen and deleted cuzz our stats looked too mutch the same! So my dad got nothing and so did we, and we did deposited on that site!

I'm an avid Hearts player andI love the game of Hearts at GameDuell; however, if you play for money, then the odds are really bad. For example, i had to pay a fee of 80 GD$ for a chance to win 120 GD$. That means if i play 3 games and win 2 times i break even. (80 * 3 = 240 for fees vs. 120 * 2= 240 winnings). That's horrible odds when you're playing against others with equal or better skill. I think they should set it up so that a skilled player has a reasonable chance of making money. If you're playing against someone equal or better, then the odds of you winning can't be better than 50/50. GameDuell's high fee requires you to win 2 out of 3 just to break even. Anyone that can do the math will only play at GameDuell if they enjoy losing their money or simply don't care about their money. For players that do the math and value their money - well, i don't imagine those smarter ones will play GameDuell for money very many times... unless they are compulsive gamblers. And that's sad. What kind of people enjoy making money off of others addictive weaknesses Huh?

Personally, if i only had to win say 4 out of 7 to get ahead, then i'd being playing at GameDuell all the time. Yes. I' m that good!

I have not tried to withdraw money (see other posts), 'cause they took all my money -- and yes, I did win a majority of the games i played.

It is popular, but like i said, if you can do the math, you won't be playing for money on that site.

Complete and total rip off! I deposited money played a bit and when I figured out that not only it was impossible to win, but in fact it was designed to make you lose, I tried withdrawing the remaining amount.

They never responded to my withdraw request, when I tried to close my account and withdraw that way, they sent me an e-mail that there is something suspicious about my requests and that someone will contact me.

Some one definitely contacted me TWO MONTHS LATER. They said that unless I provide a whole bunch of sensitive information, they will not let me withdraw my money. At this point I decided to just let them choke on the $15.

Oh, and did I mention that their method for withdraw is through some half-assed service and thats the ONLY service you can use to withdraw, the minimum you can withdraw is higher than the maximum you can deposit (which means that you'll only be able to withdraw if you win)... and the amounts are set up in a way where if you play a game thats worth let's say $0.40 - if you lose the game then you lose $0.40, but if you win the game you get $0.30.

So even if you keep wining and losing equally you're still gonna lose your money.

STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAM