Actually, as far as I know, 1xBet is a FIAT bookmaker+casino and this topic should not be on Bitcointalk at all. Unless we connect it with 1xBit, their daughter company that operates on the cryptocurrency market.
Either way, we should soon find out if this story is true. Because if it is made up, it means that 1xBit/1xBet is coming back with a promotion on Bitcointalk and we will soon see another campaign. If it is not made up and the OP got his money back, there will be silence and, strangely enough, trust in 1xBet will increase.
1xBet is the parent company of 1xBit.
I actually put that on Wikipedia some time ago but sneaky paid actors keep deleting it, so you're not going to find that info there.
Anyway... there is a reason why 1xbet is banned in virtually so many places and the CEO is a wanted man. Stay away from all of the 1x casinos unless you want to lose money in a guaranteed way.
There is a company BetB2B that owns 1xBet.com. BetB2B looks like it's a company that offers CMS and full service to people who want to create a casino but I strongly believe that BetB2B owns 1xBet, 1xBit and many other companies that use its CMS. At first BetB2B and 1xBet had used same font and same colours in their logos. Also, when I was working in Evolution, 1xbet and 1xbit had tables next to each other in the same floor and I knew how this deal was done behind the scenes. So I believe that BetB2B creates many casinos with its CMS and scams many people.
Btw 1xBet changed their strategy some years ago and they prefer not to scam people, I can tell that from my experience because in Evolution we had too many 1xBet players on the tables, mostly from Russians and they were very grateful of the service that 1xBet offered to them.