New Posts For Thread: IS A Bookmaker closing accounts,[winning accounts]https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accountsFair trade, after all they take your money but if you win they get rid of you, its not in the spirit of things, should they by law be allowed to operate such practises.Agreed iprefertolay , also if you are in the habit of taking 5/1 a generally available 13/2 chance you are highly unlikely to be a winning account I would also suggest that you are a Gold Card Account holder who gets free bets and complementary tickehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538146849#538146849Agreed iprefertolay , also if you are in the habit of taking 5/1 a generally available 13/2 chance you are highly unlikely to be a winning account I would also suggest that you are a Gold Card Account holder who gets free bets and complementary tickeTue, 25 Feb 2014 06:09:17 -0600Agreed iprefertolay , also if you are in the habit of taking 5/1 a generally available 13/2 chance you are highly unlikely to be a winning accounthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538144929#538144929Agreed iprefertolay , also if you are in the habit of taking 5/1 a generally available 13/2 chance you are highly unlikely to be a winning accountTue, 25 Feb 2014 01:03:04 -0600toffee, if some mug is taking 5/1 when 13/2 is widely available thier thick and the bookies best friend.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538141253#538141253toffee, if some mug is taking 5/1 when 13/2 is widely available thier thick and the bookies best friend.Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:52:18 -0600Just one thing i would add to Richard Hughes claim if you do all your betting with one bookmaker then you won't get closed, how would a bookmaker know you are being faithful to him and giving him all your business if you are taking 5/1 with him whenhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538140625#538140625Just one thing i would add to Richard Hughes claim if you do all your betting with one bookmaker then you won't get closed, how would a bookmaker know you are being faithful to him and giving him all your business if you are taking 5/1 with him whenMon, 24 Feb 2014 15:09:36 -0600Just one thing i would add to Richard Hughes claim if you do all your betting with one bookmaker then you won't get closed, how would a bookmaker know you are being faithful to him and giving him all your businesshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538138931#538138931Just one thing i would add to Richard Hughes claim if you do all your betting with one bookmaker then you won't get closed, how would a bookmaker know you are being faithful to him and giving him all your businessMon, 24 Feb 2014 13:09:49 -0600Paddletoe, what I do know is that bookies categorise customers when they ring up to place a bet.Various lights flag up to alert the bookie on actions to take for example>Accept all betsRefer to traderRestrict all betsRestrict bets on specific sportsIhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538137475#538137475Paddletoe, what I do know is that bookies categorise customers when they ring up to place a bet.Various lights flag up to alert the bookie on actions to take for example>Accept all betsRefer to traderRestrict all betsRestrict bets on specific sportsIMon, 24 Feb 2014 11:08:55 -0600Some actually close your account others limit you to pennies or in the case of boils max stake 0.00 & claim they have not closed you downhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538137253#538137253Some actually close your account others limit you to pennies or in the case of boils max stake 0.00 & claim they have not closed you downMon, 24 Feb 2014 10:48:41 -0600I dont have a winning account (lost some thousands) with an online bookmaker but still was limited to 3-4 Euros a bet now.Are they allowed to limit a customer who lost a big amount of money or is there something I can do against it?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538135521#538135521I dont have a winning account (lost some thousands) with an online bookmaker but still was limited to 3-4 Euros a bet now.Are they allowed to limit a customer who lost a big amount of money or is there something I can do against it?Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:32:44 -0600Bookmakers close accounts if the punter displays any skill,knowledge,intelligence etc.,even if he is losing.If it looks like he MIGHT win in the long term then he is closed or restricted.It's called the "mugs only policy".https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538135519#538135519Bookmakers close accounts if the punter displays any skill,knowledge,intelligence etc.,even if he is losing.If it looks like he MIGHT win in the long term then he is closed or restricted.It's called the "mugs only policy".Mon, 24 Feb 2014 08:32:41 -0600FFS! You can fool some of the people some of the time................The myth that has been created by bookmakers that it is arbers that they shut down because they are somehow doing something underhand and morally questionable. this has been swallowhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30205123/is-a-bookmaker-closing-accountswinning-accounts?post_id=538134269#538134269FFS! You can fool some of the people some of the time................The myth that has been created by bookmakers that it is arbers that they shut down because they are somehow doing something underhand and morally questionable. this has been swallowMon, 24 Feb 2014 07:07:33 -0600