Banning of winning punters & restricted accounts.

thanks for highlighting that..... I did not know/realise that!!.

Restricted again. No bets placed, so Tuesday's excitement was presumably some sort of glitch.

Shrunk in the Wash wrote: As it’s anything corporate they have stuffed up a massive opportunity

Thant's true

As it’s anything corporate they have stuffed up a massive opportunity

Love it

spinner wrote: yea just banned over time one by one. Yes backing horses that are shortening around the $5 mark. No form study involved, its been fun and ive closed most of my accounts and will spend the $5000 on a holiday.  TAB was a little different i multiplied mainly favorites as the $5 shots were normally unders with the TAB by more than 10% so if the multiply was 1.05 you struggled to break even so i would just go the shorties that could be matched on BETFAIR and hope for a good boost to get the overs.  Most of them must rely on the same system of barring anyone using the boost feature only to bet as i was hardly showing a profit with one corp turning over $12,000 in bets for a return of $12,700 over three months and bang they barred me.  All in all for a punter that normally bets about $100 pw for fun ive turned a $5000 profit in 3 months. Good fun while it lasted but not without its flaws, you have to be quick as some blow out as quick as they shorten and suddenly your laying for a big loss or holding and hoping for a win.

If you abuse the promos - as E&E describes it - then you are on borrowed time receiving them. "Abuse" from their perspective would be someone who is a consistent winner (or even slight loser) who disciplines themselves to the promo offers. If you take the position that they are in the game to make a reasonable profit - the banning of these type of "opportunistic" customers is a good thing for customers that don't (the remaining majority I would have thought). I would be happy for all Corporate enticements to be banned. Let them survive on standard price, service & betting options.

Luva Punt wrote: spinner wrote:  there all weak, just lost my TAB multiplier. Yes it because in boosting $200 win bets to $5.50 and laying at $5. Been going for a few months  and $5000 in front but have now been barred by lads, hill, crown, tab, neds and sports. TAB was the toughest noty knowing the boost but if your quick you jag the odd good one. Fun whist it lasted.  So are you saying Spinner that all of the corporates know when you are placing your bets with another betting agency, and also when you place your LAY bet on Betfair ?? Are bookies allowed to freely share your current wagering information, or have you just lost all of these accounts over time because you have been winning  ??

They don’t need to share information. He is backing things at a price higher than the Betfair lay price. Therefore his bets are profitable long term. Very easy for them to work that out and take action accordingly.

Luva Punt wrote: spinner wrote:  there all weak, just lost my TAB multiplier. Yes it because in boosting $200 win bets to $5.50 and laying at $5. Been going for a few months  and $5000 in front but have now been barred by lads, hill, crown, tab, neds and sports. TAB was the toughest noty knowing the boost but if your quick you jag the odd good one. Fun whist it lasted.  So are you saying Spinner that all of the corporates know when you are placing your bets with another betting agency, and also when you place your LAY bet on Betfair ?? Are bookies allowed to freely share your current wagering information, or have you just lost all of these accounts over time because you have been winning  ??

spinner wrote:  there all weak, just lost my TAB multiplier. Yes it because in boosting $200 win bets to $5.50 and laying at $5. Been going for a few months  and $5000 in front but have now been barred by lads, hill, crown, tab, neds and sports. TAB was the toughest noty knowing the boost but if your quick you jag the odd good one. Fun whist it lasted.

oneonesit wrote: Had a good look at that Neds mob & don't know how they survive. Their odds are middle of the road at best, their website is ordinary & they have a very narrow product range in Sports compared to the others (esp Sportsbet/Bet365). Now Al is saying they don't have much ticker either. What are others seeing that I am missing

They have a lot of easily exploitable promos. Run top 3 get a bonus bet, win get a bonus bet, back something in one race get a bonus bet for another race etc. Its just about every day. I’m sure they will put me out of business on one or all of the accounts I use soon enough though.

oneonesit wrote: Had a good look at that Neds mob & don't know how they survive. Their odds are middle of the road at best, their website is ordinary & they have a very narrow product range in Sports compared to the others (esp Sportsbet/Bet365). Now Al is saying they don't have much ticker either. What are others seeing that I am missing

how p!ss weak are these bookies getting!!!.

Define recreational gambler?

The T&C's are on their side but perhaps action could be taken against them in terms of false advertising.