Had my bet365 account restricted yesterday. Had the account for 6 years & definitely lost more than I've won over that time so I'm a little surprised.
Spoke to a few friends who have also had their bet365 account restricted recently so they must be having a clear out!
Just thought I'd give the punters on here a heads up
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I was restricted as a 4 bet loser 1 winner ( all around evens all for aound £1k ) spread out over a year or so thats prolly 7 years ago now
They didn't like my style of betting and think i could be a winner long run , i said I'm the worse gambler i know and i'd like to be the other side of my bets and if you're best odds on something I'll be taking your odds .
Messi to score any time i think the bet was that won 8/11 (£1100 won me £800) my last bet with them , next day rooney any time same price can i have £1100 no you can have £10 or something tiddly
That's rather odd. Have you contacted them? Be interested to know what their reasons are.
I use betfair and 888 personally. never had a problem with either.
Sorry, can't do that - it's on its way back from wintering in Barbados.
Did a quick search on twitter, sounds like a lot of people are getting restricted.
Did you have a decent win recently? Sounds like they're just shutting down winners.
Half the time I received no prior notification, but they will only refer you to their terms and conditions and you will never get to speak to the 'trading team' who make these decisions.
Computer software enables bookies to identify patterns in betting and when it flags up accounts that are going to be problematic, sooner or later there is only one outcome for the punter.
Whichever way they may try to frame it, bookmaking today is a rancid business.
It was the saddest day in their existence when the restrictions came in on the fixed odds machines, but they can still make a tidy sum from this at the expense of some of the most stupid punters.
They have been forced into showing advertising about responsible gambling, but in their wider promotional campaigns they naturally pedal the myth that you can win, whilst thousands of the savvy punters will be swearing at the TV.
I'm pretty much done with gambling as I'm out of options, but perhaps you may find that your spouse/partner develops a sudden interest, though it's only a temporary solution.
I now long for the day where we can reform pool betting properly and have a robust and fair system which will be the only option available to punters apart from the exchanges.
Have been using Fitzdares and seems ok. Sky's odds are probably the worst of the lot of em.
I'd even make them better than a choice price and they wouldn't trade ...
my mate who is like you a proper gambler has gone through loads of accounts with spread ex , they never like his style of bet selling goal mins even as low as 1 and they'd restrict him !!
I don't understand why people wouldn't use betfair who are best odds more often than not .
I'll never get my head around me being restricted when i was one of the worlds worst losing gamblers
Cool way to earn a living! Also tax/ NI free too (I assume?) so can earn less than a conventional job i imagine to make ends meet.
Must take a lot of skill and discipline to make it work.
Is there a big element of mathematical/ statistical nous involved or other factors?
Genuinely intrigued by this as must be great to earn a living outside the usual 9-5 rat race.
EDIT it's essentially very similar to those who trade shares online. Someone my missus knows has made over a million doing that apparently without any prior experience. (Obviously for every one who makes a wedge there will be thousands who don't of course).
I have had an account with Sporting Index, for over 25 years had some big wins some big losses, never had a problem with them.
Never had a problem, never been blocked 😁