At least you are obviously able to log in to the site. I had money in my Skilljam account but the worldwinner site does not recognise my email address, therefore I am unable to access my account. It wasn't a lot of money but it's the principle of the matter. There was no warning for members that this was happening, in fact I received an email from skilljam today inviting my to participate in a dynotmite tournament.

I was a daily player on skilljam and a gambling one as well to the point that as a Canadian I received a tax statement from the States. Since worldwinner took over from skilljam I have been unable to play due to the fact they claim never to have heard of me. I have sent E-mails and received replies but nothing has been done to fix my dilema. to make matters worse the even took a 10.00 deposit from me but still will not let me in to play. Our household actually has 2 accounts both with money in them but? I am truly disappointed with this issue and feel that I have been lied to and robbed.

i have 5 people in my house each of us started world winner accounts and my bf won over 200 dollars and they will not send it to us because there are multiple accounts. so everyone that paid money to compete and lost to him got there money takin for no reason worldwinner thinks they can keep it. i am suing them in small claims court. but whoever posted this is right they leave no contact number or anything

Just don't get to the point where you are able to play Dynomite (or any of the other games) well. After a couple weeks of playing Dynomite after the merger I was told that because I knew how to play the game I would not be allowed to do so any longer. They have cleverly hidden their true purpose behind a "fair match rating" or some such nonsense.

Here's the scam. Let's say that Dick and Jane both put $50.00 into their accounts. If Jane is the superior player, she will eventually get all of Dick's money (minus the per game money the site takes ... which on average appears to be around 20%).

If they each play 50 $1.00 games, and Jane wins 80% of them, then after the last game is settled Dick will have $16.00 and Jane will have $64.00 (which means that Jane made $14.00 while the site made $20.00 ... seems excessive to me).

But now let's say that Dick is a little more evenly matched (not much) and Jane can only win 60% of the games. Now once the games are settled Dick has $32.00 and Jane has $48.00? Even though Jane is winning consistently, she is still losing money over time.

This doesn't even take into account the "fixed payout" tournaments. I just saw one today that has $1.25 entry fee and a total payout of $300.00 ... what a scam. Let's say only 500 people play in the tournament and on average they play only twice. This is 1000 entries for an intake of $1250.00 ... of which they return only $300.00! This is an outrageous 76% fee they are charging!

Just trying to spread the knowledge.

UABJ

I also got ripped off by SkillJam this past week. I made two $20 deposits that were processed by Paypal and posted to my bank, but Skilljam did not acknowledge these deposits nor my several attempts at contacting their customer care department. They also don't answer the phone. I'm not sure what can be done, I have a six month membership I just shelled out $40 bucks for so at this point I'm out $80 bucks. I'm going to continue to write, call and do whatever I can to get my hard earned cash back. I have always connected to SkillJam through AOL Games so World Winner says I don't exist to them. I don't think I'll ever play at any other gaming sites because of this. I encourage anyone who has experienced an issue like this to post as well.

I totally agree - I joined thru aol and have been trying to stop the $14.95 debit from paypal for about a year now with no luck. Each side tells me to see the other side. Getting very frustrated. Haven't played there in over a year. Don't even no my logon/password anymore!

You can go to the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and make your complaint. I received an immediate response. Even though Worldwinner made up a lame excuse ( one being I was playing free games and competitions combined so I can not collect on both) ??????????????!!!!!!! It made no sense. Anyway, BBB advocated for me and I was satisfied. Worldwinner did not like getting complaints from the Better Business Bureau. I think if they get enough complaints they will get shut down.

You are exactly right about starting to win some and then they put you in with someone you have no chance of beating. Today was my final day at WW, Last week I entered the daily $1600 WOF tournament and won twice, a little over $30 each time. It was THE most I have won since I started playing. Each time I left myself with $10 and withdrew the $20 to try and get back some of the small fortune I have spent at this place. Now I can't win a game to save my life. I depsoited $10 today and it was gone in minutes. I was getting good scores but not even coming close to the top. Then I noticed that the top player was someone who had just won over $2000 in a surviva tourny, this same person was in first place for the game I played with a score that was in no way beatable. So I looked up their info and found that they have won THOUSANDS...this seems a little odd to me, no one is that lucky and most of them were in WOF, which SHOULD be a game of more luck than skill. I am finished with this place now, it is a terrible terrible scam and I refuse to continue wasting my money at this place. Anyone thinking of joining BEWARE , unless you like throwing your money away. And those articles out there claiming people are earning a living off of this place is because they obviously work for them, no one is making money off of this place unless they are getting an actual paycheck from them. It's all lies to boost their earnings.

How in the world did you manage to get 150,000 in Dynomite? The highest I was able to get is around 70,000 and most of the time it's 60,000. I can't seem to figure it out. I tried everything and came to the conclusion that a score that high must be rigged. And when I play, WW puts me in with these 100,000 level players. Talk about Fairmatching. What a scam and rip off!!!

I have had this exact same thing happen! I Googled worldwinner + scam and came upon this site... I have sent them countless emails and had several IM chats w/ their online help. The check they owe me is only for $50, but as some people have said, it's a matter of principle at this point. I've probably shelled out close to a couple thousand dollars by now on their site. I know, I'm a sucker... took me awhile to come to the realizations others have had about the alleged "fair matching" and other b.s. --like consistently being beat by 5 or 10 points, esp. when you get a killer (read: unbeatable) score. anyway, if anyone has any tips as to how to get a response out of these guys, let me know. I just threatened them w/ FTC and CA AG complaints... we'll see if that works, but somehow I doubt it.

You need to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office for the state that you live in so that this ripoff website gets investigated for deceitfully claiming to be providing skill gaming. There is no skill matching at all and the website is completely unfair. You are 100% correct when you stated that each player in a competition is not receiving the same board to play. In skill gaming, each player receives the same exact board, otherwise, it is a game of chance or gambling. There are certain players that win every single game that they play with scores that are not humanly possible. Everytime you send them a message via either there website or thru e-mail, worldwinner gives the same bs scripted response to everything. There are currently 24 complaints against this website on the Better Business Bureau's website at www.bbb.org. Worldwinner.com is a scam and is commmitting fraud! Make sure you file your complaint with the Attorney General's office and pass on the word to all the other players that have lost tons of money!!!!

Dud if you are trying to write off loss you do not know much about taxes and should have a pro help you. The onlt time you can write off a gambling loss is when you pay taxes on winnings then if you lose you have to have a way to prove it. Like losing lottery tickets,dog track stubs ect. Then and only then can you recoup losses.Be careful do your taxes with someone who knows even if you have to pay them they will probably get you more back because they should know what they are doing.It is hard to find a good tax guy but Turbo Tax is good if you do step by step and know about if you own a house,a bussiness have kids 18 and under or are in school till age 23 ect. Turbo Tax will do the right thing anyway.GO read stuff on IRS site ask them questions they are really good and free. Sorry for rambling on but it is a tuff question to answer in a generic way.Plus if you make 250k or more it is really hard to write Gambling losses off unless you cheat which I would NEVER recommend.Taxes are no fun!

They sent me 1099's for thousands that I never received,,screwed ,me out of the stimulis and everything. I do not understand how the IRS lets this go on.