I have been enjoying a bet now for many a year but in the last several years I have taken my betting much more seriously and have made a constant profit each year. In the past I was placing large bets but in the last couple of years my average stake has been vastly reduced . The problem I have is the bookies don't want to accept bets from winning customers so they simply stop you from taking any prices or taking advantage of any offers they might have. Why should bookies be able to take bets off losing customers and just stop the winners , they already have the advantage as they set the prices but they offer prices surely they should be willing to take a bet.
Online bookmakers
Its really difficult to get any decent bets placed online and even smaller stakes are soon restricted if you are found to be winning. I have had accounts with every online bookie with several different accounts by using friends and familys details to get new accounts but they have all been restricted or closed by the bookies. I have tried placing bets of just £10 online and as soon as you start to win the accounts are stopped. It tends to vary how much you can win on an account but rarely do I get a profit of more than 3k or so and on occasion I have been stopped after having just a handful of losing bets.
All bookies employ traders whose job it is to filter out winning customers and once the traders are alerted the account will continue to be restricted.
Ladbrokes don't just restrict they stop you completely ( maximum stake 0.00)
Betfred are very quick to stop customers and usually restrict to pence as do most of the other bookies.
High street shops
They will take bets until either the staff decide to restrict you or they get a phone call from the traders then its sp only. I get stopped from taking prices everywhere eventually and have to travel further and further to get my bets placed. I have been also stopped on course with the on course bookie (betfred). I have been 100 miles from home in a bookies I have never been in before and only managed to get 3 £50 bets on before getting stopped. Its ridiculous and if they offer prices and offers they should take them from all customers not just losing customers even if it means setting a maximum bet of say £20.
I recently watched a tv program where someone got themselves into 10s of £1000 into debt but they didn't stop him. I have also met someone who lost his house through gambling and they didn't stop him. Why didnt they get stopped? because they were losing , the bookies are quite happy to ruin lives when they are profiting but they don't want to pay out to winning customers.
Something needs to change ,if any shop had an item priced all are welcome to buy it or if they had a special offer then anyone can buy that too so what makes bookies the exception to the rule.
If you want to help make a change then sign this petition
http://www.change.org/p/uk-gambling-commission-implement-bookmaker-fairplay
Online bookmakers
Its really difficult to get any decent bets placed online and even smaller stakes are soon restricted if you are found to be winning. I have had accounts with every online bookie with several different accounts by using friends and familys details to get new accounts but they have all been restricted or closed by the bookies. I have tried placing bets of just £10 online and as soon as you start to win the accounts are stopped. It tends to vary how much you can win on an account but rarely do I get a profit of more than 3k or so and on occasion I have been stopped after having just a handful of losing bets.
All bookies employ traders whose job it is to filter out winning customers and once the traders are alerted the account will continue to be restricted.
Ladbrokes don't just restrict they stop you completely ( maximum stake 0.00)
Betfred are very quick to stop customers and usually restrict to pence as do most of the other bookies.
High street shops
They will take bets until either the staff decide to restrict you or they get a phone call from the traders then its sp only. I get stopped from taking prices everywhere eventually and have to travel further and further to get my bets placed. I have been also stopped on course with the on course bookie (betfred). I have been 100 miles from home in a bookies I have never been in before and only managed to get 3 £50 bets on before getting stopped. Its ridiculous and if they offer prices and offers they should take them from all customers not just losing customers even if it means setting a maximum bet of say £20.
I recently watched a tv program where someone got themselves into 10s of £1000 into debt but they didn't stop him. I have also met someone who lost his house through gambling and they didn't stop him. Why didnt they get stopped? because they were losing , the bookies are quite happy to ruin lives when they are profiting but they don't want to pay out to winning customers.
Something needs to change ,if any shop had an item priced all are welcome to buy it or if they had a special offer then anyone can buy that too so what makes bookies the exception to the rule.
If you want to help make a change then sign this petition
http://www.change.org/p/uk-gambling-commission-implement-bookmaker-fairplay
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