I am 1 that feels that a person should take responsibility for their own actions. Even if they did block you, would you have actually stayed away or would you have looked to find another way to get back on the site? What if your bets had won, would you still be making this thread? Or would you have lost the winnings and then made this thread hoping that no responsibility falls to your shoulders?
Sites offer self exclusion and should exclude a player when requested, but so many look for ways around it once they do it. In the end, you have to rely on yourself to decide not to gamble.
This is the problem in online gambling. There’s no way to verify whether the report is honest or not. There’s a probability that some users is using this self exclusion lapses and playing victim card just to use it as some sort of insurance when they lose the bet.
I’m not judging the OP but there’s a lot of same case even on reputable brand but no one manage to get a refund due to self exclusion doesn’t stop them from gambling.
Accept the loss and move on @OP. Besides the brand we are talking here is the worst. Even if you are stating the truth here, there’s no way this casino will refund you.