I agree with this simply because the ToS clearly state what Sportsbet can do if they even suspect anything untoward going on. Does that allow them to misuse the ToS to steal funds? Well it allows the facility for them to do it but that does not mean they will do it.
If Sportsbet or any other casino mass-scam or selective-scam their users then surely people will walk away and allow the casino to slide in to obscurity. I just fail to see this as a scam by Sportsbet. What I see is them taking a strong stance against users they feel are trying to cheat them. Where they have made a real mess of things is by not freezing accounts of users as soon as they
suspect them of cheating. By allowing those users to play and effectively lose funds is tantamount to morally indefensible conduct by Sportsbet if they then stop those users they suspect of cheating from withdrawing funds.
A user is effectively signing up of their own accord to ToS they were never forced to accept. If those users did not like the ToS offered or enforced by Sportsbet they should sign up to other casinos - simple. They should review the ToS other casinos offer beefore signing up but will notice virtually all of them have identical clauses.
When questioned, I respond that they violated the ToS by stating that they violated the section containing those clauses. I do not provide any evidence and then state, "we'll return the deposit though."
Fair, or not fair?
Wrongdoing isn't necessarily the same thing as "not fair," but in my eyes, it is fair because the user agreed to those terms of service upon registration, and their deposit was returned so they didn't actually lose any money. It's an open market and the player has the choice to use other sportsbooks in the future. If players feel treated unfairly by Sportsbet then surely they will switch to their competitors, resulting in the loss of business for Sportsbet.
In this instance - as many of the sudden influx of others as of late - no wrongdoing was done by Sportsbet. If Sportsbet's terms of conditions are deemed to be "unfair," the free market will sort it out.