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want some1 to wipe your bum as well, read what his wrote and do your research, lazy tike
Get it free to your computer if you are already a sky sports customer?
Good spot omega. Last time I used the account was 2006 - can still only back to win £10, you would think they would have increased it due to inflation !!
Did anyone apply for this last Saturday? Have you had your login details yet?
Feck I thought you were a sky broadband customer. I already get sky sports free online from sky as a sky sports subscriber with multi room (or sky broadband unlimited).
I've emailed them about it. Feck. No login received as yet.
hazel, I don't subscribe to sky sports. They have only a few games a year I'd be interested in.
Ian, I emailed them myself on Thursday and they told me they had contacted the relevant dept but nothing since then. The offer did say we'd be contacted within 4 days.
Ian, I emailed them myself on Thursday and they told me they had contacted the relevant dept but nothing since then. The offer did say we'd be contacted within 4 days.
I never use them but did a £5 banker bet just to qualify. No login details for me yet either, shoddy!
I emailed them again this morning but no reply.
Feck I looked at the offer and it's for SKY Sports subscribers !! Have I missed something , you stated you aren't a sports subscriber ?
Joe, looking at that I'm pretty sure they've changed the wording from "If you are a Sky Bet and Sky customer" to "If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer" as I'm sure I looked closely at the details beforehand. As hazel says, if you're a sky sports subscriber you can get sky sports online for free anyway so the "promotion" is useless going by their new wording.
I'm beginning to suspect they've been snowed under by people realising they can cancel their sky sports subscription and get it for nothing through this promotion. I'll bet that's what this delay is about. In a few days time we'll get an email telling us we aren't eligible.
SCAMMING B@STARDS IMO
I'm beginning to suspect they've been snowed under by people realising they can cancel their sky sports subscription and get it for nothing through this promotion. I'll bet that's what this delay is about. In a few days time we'll get an email telling us we aren't eligible.
SCAMMING B@STARDS IMO
How to access free Sky Sports online:
1. Simply log in to your Sky Bet account, click 'my account' and in the free bet section enter promo code SPORTS
2. Place any bet.
3. Check in 'My Preferences' that your account is marked as contactable and that we have your correct email details as we'll need to send you log in details via email.
4. After 5 days you will receive an email containing a Username and Password that will give you free online access to Sky Sports.
5. As long as your account remains active, you will continue to have access to the streaming.
Lifetime free sky sports for placing a fiver bet. They must be absolutely bricking it. I wonder what genius thought that one up. :-)
1. Simply log in to your Sky Bet account, click 'my account' and in the free bet section enter promo code SPORTS
2. Place any bet.
3. Check in 'My Preferences' that your account is marked as contactable and that we have your correct email details as we'll need to send you log in details via email.
4. After 5 days you will receive an email containing a Username and Password that will give you free online access to Sky Sports.
5. As long as your account remains active, you will continue to have access to the streaming.
Lifetime free sky sports for placing a fiver bet. They must be absolutely bricking it. I wonder what genius thought that one up. :-)
is it just skysports 1 or is it all the skysports channels?
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Show Terms & Conditions
You must have a Sky Sports TV subscription package to be eligible for this offer. Nb BSkyB only, subscriptions with other providers who show Sky Sports do not count. To receive your log in details you must be contactable, have a valid email address and enter the promotional code SPORTS. Your streaming access will cease if you do not bet within 3 months. Over 18's only. All Sky Bet rules apply.
HTH
Show Terms & Conditions
You must have a Sky Sports TV subscription package to be eligible for this offer. Nb BSkyB only, subscriptions with other providers who show Sky Sports do not count. To receive your log in details you must be contactable, have a valid email address and enter the promotional code SPORTS. Your streaming access will cease if you do not bet within 3 months. Over 18's only. All Sky Bet rules apply.
HTH
done this for the past 8 months. As said, you must have the sky sports package. I cancelled my package last month and now online version wont work either.
So is hazel wrong? If you subscribe to the sky sports package you don't automatically get the online free?
From the sky site
Watch channels live online, including Sky Sports. If you have Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, channels you already subscribe to can also be viewed on your computer for free.
Going by that the only people who would benefit from the promotion are people who already subscribe to sky sports but don't have either multiroom or the top broadband package. WOW. That makes the tote's "place a £5 pool bet with us and we'll enter you into a draw for one free £25 bet" look like an exciting opportunity.
Watch channels live online, including Sky Sports. If you have Sky Multiroom or Sky Broadband Unlimited, channels you already subscribe to can also be viewed on your computer for free.
Going by that the only people who would benefit from the promotion are people who already subscribe to sky sports but don't have either multiroom or the top broadband package. WOW. That makes the tote's "place a £5 pool bet with us and we'll enter you into a draw for one free £25 bet" look like an exciting opportunity.
I received this email from them this evening
Thanks for your email.
Terms and conditions for promotions are regularly updated by our marketing department.
Customers who pay for the sky sport package can now view sky sports when they are not at home, via their pc?s. The new wording now emphasises that they have to be paying for Sky sports channel to be eligible for this promotion
I'm surprised they've admitted to having changed the terms and conditions. When I looked at the offer last week I specifically checked that I qualified and then placed my bets in good faith. If I don't get the offer then I'll be following the example of those 3 guys who reported bet 365 to the advertising authority.
Thanks for your email.
Terms and conditions for promotions are regularly updated by our marketing department.
Customers who pay for the sky sport package can now view sky sports when they are not at home, via their pc?s. The new wording now emphasises that they have to be paying for Sky sports channel to be eligible for this promotion
I'm surprised they've admitted to having changed the terms and conditions. When I looked at the offer last week I specifically checked that I qualified and then placed my bets in good faith. If I don't get the offer then I'll be following the example of those 3 guys who reported bet 365 to the advertising authority.
you're reading the wrong t&c 's
i got on from my old log in they gave me 2 years ago
very stuttery stream though
i got on from my old log in they gave me 2 years ago
very stuttery stream though
I've now had an email saying that the marketing dept. will look at it tomorrow. I've no doubt I wouldn't have heard anything from them if I hadn't followed it up. Very poor. They asked in the email to confirm that I do subscribe to Sky Sports but, as Feck says, it didn't say that originally.
I sent them this yesterday but haven't had a reply.
Before I placed my bets I checked the promotion terms to make sure I was eligible. At that time it only stated you had to be a sky customer. I then placed those bets in good faith. If you're now changing the terms so that I no longer qualify for the promotion you've effectively taken my bets under false pretences. If that's the case I'll have to contact the advertising authority regarding your false advertising.
The initial offer was crazy as obviously anyone with sky sports would just cancel and go for the promotion BUT the reworded offering is equally ludicrous as there's so few people it would be of any use to.
Before I placed my bets I checked the promotion terms to make sure I was eligible. At that time it only stated you had to be a sky customer. I then placed those bets in good faith. If you're now changing the terms so that I no longer qualify for the promotion you've effectively taken my bets under false pretences. If that's the case I'll have to contact the advertising authority regarding your false advertising.
The initial offer was crazy as obviously anyone with sky sports would just cancel and go for the promotion BUT the reworded offering is equally ludicrous as there's so few people it would be of any use to.
Recceived this reply
I am sorry to hear that you feel that the SPORTS promotion is mis-leading.
However, I can confirm that the terms of the offer have been that you need to have a Sky Sports subscription to benefit from the offer for some considerable time. Clearly it would not be in our interests to make the sports package available to non-subscribers as then custoimers would not need to subscribe at all.
It may be that this information was missed as it was part of the terms and conditions of the offer, but it has always been part of this offer.
Clearly if you wish to escalate the matter further then that is a matter for yourself.
Kind Regards,
Simon
Customer Care Team
Sky Bet l Sky Poker l Sky Vegas l Sky Bingo
T: 08000 724 777
To which I replied
Hi Simon,
Take a look at one of the replies to me in the history below. There's an email from skybet that states
"Terms and conditions for promotions are regularly updated by our marketing department. Customers who pay for the sky sport package can now view sky sports when they are not at home, via their pc's. The new wording now emphasises that they have to be paying for Sky sports channel to be eligible for this promotion".
To me that confirms that changes have been made and I can assure you I checked I was eligible (i.e. you needed only to be a sky subscriber) before placing £100 of bets last Saturday.
I totally agree that the promotion was ill thought out on your part but it's equally ridiculous that you would set up a promotion whereby people who have sky sports on their tv can get a password to get it on their pc when most of them will be eligible for such a password in any case. What next? A promotion where betting a winner will result in being paid out at the correct odds?
Be assured I will be taking it further.
I am sorry to hear that you feel that the SPORTS promotion is mis-leading.
However, I can confirm that the terms of the offer have been that you need to have a Sky Sports subscription to benefit from the offer for some considerable time. Clearly it would not be in our interests to make the sports package available to non-subscribers as then custoimers would not need to subscribe at all.
It may be that this information was missed as it was part of the terms and conditions of the offer, but it has always been part of this offer.
Clearly if you wish to escalate the matter further then that is a matter for yourself.
Kind Regards,
Simon
Customer Care Team
Sky Bet l Sky Poker l Sky Vegas l Sky Bingo
T: 08000 724 777
To which I replied
Hi Simon,
Take a look at one of the replies to me in the history below. There's an email from skybet that states
"Terms and conditions for promotions are regularly updated by our marketing department. Customers who pay for the sky sport package can now view sky sports when they are not at home, via their pc's. The new wording now emphasises that they have to be paying for Sky sports channel to be eligible for this promotion".
To me that confirms that changes have been made and I can assure you I checked I was eligible (i.e. you needed only to be a sky subscriber) before placing £100 of bets last Saturday.
I totally agree that the promotion was ill thought out on your part but it's equally ridiculous that you would set up a promotion whereby people who have sky sports on their tv can get a password to get it on their pc when most of them will be eligible for such a password in any case. What next? A promotion where betting a winner will result in being paid out at the correct odds?
Be assured I will be taking it further.
Blimey, opened a can of worms here. Fair play tho Feck, youre spot on here. I could swear that the promo meant that sky bet customers could get free online screening by taking part.
No password here either.BTW
Keep us informed and hang in there.
No password here either.BTW
Keep us informed and hang in there.
When I looked it stipulated "If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer" , I guess they could have amended it since it was posted but I've looked at the previous versions in googles cache and they also had the sky sports customer stipulation.
Good luck with it feck but I think it was misread when originally posted.
Good luck with it feck but I think it was misread when originally posted.
feck is going to get fecked imo
you were wrong
LET IT DROP
you were wrong
LET IT DROP
If it helps, I understood it to be for sky sports subscribers thats why I posted earlier that you could already get it free if you had multi room or sky broadband unlimited.
Also an early poster on this thread said,
GoodLife 20 Feb 15:05
Get it free to your computer if you are already a sky sports customer?
Also an early poster on this thread said,
GoodLife 20 Feb 15:05
Get it free to your computer if you are already a sky sports customer?
If you don't have multi room or sky broadband unlimited its £10 to watch online.
hazel, you posted that a week after we applied by which time I'm assuming they had changed it. When I looked at the offer the previous Saturday I specifically looked to make sure you didn't have to be a sky sports subscriber.
Joe, are you looking at the actual promotions page in the google cache?
The current offer reads
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
I'm sure when I read that the Sports word wasn't present (I think their "new wording" mail confirms that) but to be honest I didn't see the link to the terms and conditions below the offer so it may have already have stated sports in there.
Does no one else think the offer as it now stands is ridiculous in any case? I mean it should read
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer and you don't have multiroom and you don't subscribe to our unlimited broadband service, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
Either they've made a balls up or the promotion is designed to deceive.
Joe, are you looking at the actual promotions page in the google cache?
The current offer reads
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
I'm sure when I read that the Sports word wasn't present (I think their "new wording" mail confirms that) but to be honest I didn't see the link to the terms and conditions below the offer so it may have already have stated sports in there.
Does no one else think the offer as it now stands is ridiculous in any case? I mean it should read
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer and you don't have multiroom and you don't subscribe to our unlimited broadband service, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
Either they've made a balls up or the promotion is designed to deceive.
Feck
Going by that the only people who would benefit from the promotion are people who already subscribe to sky sports but don't have either multiroom or the top broadband package. WOW. That makes the tote's "place a £5 pool bet with us and we'll enter you into a draw for one free £25 bet" look like an exciting opportunity.
Muliti room is about 10 pound a month
Going by that the only people who would benefit from the promotion are people who already subscribe to sky sports but don't have either multiroom or the top broadband package. WOW. That makes the tote's "place a £5 pool bet with us and we'll enter you into a draw for one free £25 bet" look like an exciting opportunity.
Muliti room is about 10 pound a month
Yep was the promotions page feck, just looked again and found a cache showing 20 Feb 2010 01:53:57 GMT which was before you posted
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:2AuB2TjI56AJ:www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3D20freematchedbet365%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions%26aff%3D749%26BZ_Nav+%22If+you+are+a+Sky+Bet+and+Sky+customer,+we+are+thrilled+to+announce%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
No idea how reliable googles cache is but looks like it was always stating sky sports customers
http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:2AuB2TjI56AJ:www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3D20freematchedbet365%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions%26aff%3D749%26BZ_Nav+%22If+you+are+a+Sky+Bet+and+Sky+customer,+we+are+thrilled+to+announce%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
No idea how reliable googles cache is but looks like it was always stating sky sports customers
Arch, I'm aware of that. It's also a tenner a month for unlimited broadband but it still doesn't exactly make for a broad appeal promotion.
Joe, is there anything suspicious about the fact that the wording in the link itself doesn't include sports?
If+you+are+a+Sky+Bet+and+Sky+customer,+we+are+thrilled+to+announce
Joe, is there anything suspicious about the fact that the wording in the link itself doesn't include sports?
If+you+are+a+Sky+Bet+and+Sky+customer,+we+are+thrilled+to+announce
Afraid not Feck, I tried searching to see if I could find a cached version where they'd omitted sports but didn't find any
Doesn't mean they didn't miss it in error for a day or so but very unlikely. The actual google cache of the promotions page was from 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 GMT
http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:LTf5VP0mtzkJ:www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3Dbet_promotions%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions+http://www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3Dbet_promotions%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
It's just an earlier version of the promotion shows it had included sports
http://66.102.9.132/search?q=cache:LTf5VP0mtzkJ:www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3Dbet_promotions%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions+http://www.skybet.com/skybet%3Faction%3DGoStatic%26name%3Dbet_promotions%26play_temp%3D1%26title%3DPromotions&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk
It's just an earlier version of the promotion shows it had included sports
The actual google cache of the promotions page was from 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 GMT
I'm not sure I understand your latest post Joe. 22:20:52 was at least 10 hours after I'd applied.
I'm not sure I understand your latest post Joe. 22:20:52 was at least 10 hours after I'd applied.
I think they have a few promotion landing pages Feck depending on links you've clicked to get there. For the page
http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoStatic&name=bet_promotions&play_temp=1&title=Promotions
which is the link you go from the main skybet site the earliest cache I could find was 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 GMT which like you say is after you entered but if you were to hit the promotion via a £20 Free Matched Bet link
http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoStatic&name=20freematchedbet365&play_temp=1&title=Promotions&aff=749&BZ_Nav
the same promotion is there and does mention sports at least from 20 Feb 2010 01:53:57 GMT before you posted.
Obviously it's possible they'd may have omitted the sports stipulation on the main promotion page but probably unlikley as these pages with just be generated by a script and use the same promo text for all promotion pages.
http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoStatic&name=bet_promotions&play_temp=1&title=Promotions
which is the link you go from the main skybet site the earliest cache I could find was 20 Feb 2010 22:20:52 GMT which like you say is after you entered but if you were to hit the promotion via a £20 Free Matched Bet link
http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoStatic&name=20freematchedbet365&play_temp=1&title=Promotions&aff=749&BZ_Nav
the same promotion is there and does mention sports at least from 20 Feb 2010 01:53:57 GMT before you posted.
Obviously it's possible they'd may have omitted the sports stipulation on the main promotion page but probably unlikley as these pages with just be generated by a script and use the same promo text for all promotion pages.
OK, thanks Joe. I'm still sure I checked before applying and I still think it looks a bit suspicious that the link itself contains the opening wording of the promotion doesn't contain the word 'sports' but I'll let it go anyway. It was the thought they got a ton off me they wouldn't otherwise have got rather than not getting the sky sports that was bugging me. I would probably have only used it on 3 or 4 occassions a year and, thinking about it, I could get my mates password anyway as he doesn't use it.
Feck the link doesn't include sports because thats how I searched. I tried searching without sports to see if I could find a version without it so the link is just to googles cache search rather than anything incriminating .
When I looked on 20th after the original post sometime in the afternoon I'm sure it mentioned sports. I only posted again on the 27th cos I thought I may missed something
When I looked on 20th after the original post sometime in the afternoon I'm sure it mentioned sports. I only posted again on the 27th cos I thought I may missed something
Guys
I just recieved this..I am a sky bet but not a sky sports customer...
You have successfully registered to view Sky Sports live on your computer for FREE. You can start viewing the action straight away. Simply go to www.skysports.com/video/tv and login using the details at the top of the page.
This season has got off to one of the most exciting starts ever, and with more mouth-watering clashes coming up, you won't want to miss a thing.
Will see if it works later...
I just recieved this..I am a sky bet but not a sky sports customer...
You have successfully registered to view Sky Sports live on your computer for FREE. You can start viewing the action straight away. Simply go to www.skysports.com/video/tv and login using the details at the top of the page.
This season has got off to one of the most exciting starts ever, and with more mouth-watering clashes coming up, you won't want to miss a thing.
Will see if it works later...
Works a treat!
Skysports 1,2,3,4 and news
Screen in all modes. Quality looks very good. Links at initiation to install microsoft Silverlight, so easy set up.
Hope you all get it...Well Tasty!
Skysports 1,2,3,4 and news
Screen in all modes. Quality looks very good. Links at initiation to install microsoft Silverlight, so easy set up.
Hope you all get it...Well Tasty!
The quality's great although on my laptop the sound is too low even at full.
Got mine last night - I was a sports subscriber anyway. Sounds OK on mine. Thanks for the heads-up.
I've logged into my Skybet account and clicked promotions but can't see anything.
Is this offer still going?
Is this offer still going?
Looks like it's been removed Kev. Makes me think they maybe did balls up.
I also went for this on the 20.2.10 and as yet no Username and password, just emailed them to ask for it.
Just checked on the new site and the offer is gone, but if you go to the old site its still there under promos, but the wordings changed.
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
How to access free Sky Sports online:
1. Simply log in to your Sky Bet account, click 'my account' and in the free bet section enter promo code SPORTS
2. Place any bet.
3. Check in 'My Preferences' that your account is marked as contactable and that we have your correct email details as we'll need to send you log in details via email.
4. After 5 days you will receive an email containing a Username and Password that will give you free online access to Sky Sports.
5. As long as your account remains active, you will continue to have access to the streaming.
PLEASE NOTE In order to receive your log in details you must make sure we have your up to date email address and that your account status is marked as contactable or we will not be able to send you the information
* Enter the Promo Code
Just checked on the new site and the offer is gone, but if you go to the old site its still there under promos, but the wordings changed.
Watch Sky Sports online for FREE
If you are a Sky Bet and Sky Sports customer, we are thrilled to announce a new service that will make you the envy of all your friends and colleagues. You can now watch Sky Sports action via your PC!
How to access free Sky Sports online:
1. Simply log in to your Sky Bet account, click 'my account' and in the free bet section enter promo code SPORTS
2. Place any bet.
3. Check in 'My Preferences' that your account is marked as contactable and that we have your correct email details as we'll need to send you log in details via email.
4. After 5 days you will receive an email containing a Username and Password that will give you free online access to Sky Sports.
5. As long as your account remains active, you will continue to have access to the streaming.
PLEASE NOTE In order to receive your log in details you must make sure we have your up to date email address and that your account status is marked as contactable or we will not be able to send you the information
* Enter the Promo Code
http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoStatic&name=bet_promotions&play_temp=1...
Cheers Zig.
I've followed the instructions, I guess it's a case of wait and see.
I've followed the instructions, I guess it's a case of wait and see.
Kev, nobody seems to be getting a login unless you prompt them.
If you are a sky sports subscriber you can watch it on your pc via sky player so what exactly are you been given here that is an extra?
Feck N. Eejit..... What is the turnaround on this? Still waiting for my password.
When did you apply Arch? I got my password 11 days ago and it's still working OK but I applied 3 weeks ago when I think they made a balls up of the offer. They've changed the wording since from 'sky subscriber' to 'sky sports subscriber' which, as ActiveX suggests, makes the offer fairly pointless.
5 days ago...
If you cancel your main skysports sub...how would they know that your still watchin online..your betting id is only linked to sky bet account nothing else. I applied my sky bet account online
If you cancel your main skysports sub...how would they know that your still watchin online..your betting id is only linked to sky bet account nothing else. I applied my sky bet account online
It's sky that issue the password to skybet so I assume they'd know that the sky account linked to the password had cancelled sports.
BTW it took 10 days for me to get a password so you may be OK yet.
Update
Hi Mr Stanton
Thanks for your email.
Unfortunately the person who deals with these log in details is out of the office until tomorrow morning. I have put in a request for these details and I will send them on to you once I receive them.
Kind Regards,
Thomas
Customer Care Team
Sky Bet l Sky Poker l Sky Vegas l Sky Bingo
T: 08000 724 777
This person must inundated with requests in his in tray!!!!
Hi Mr Stanton
Thanks for your email.
Unfortunately the person who deals with these log in details is out of the office until tomorrow morning. I have put in a request for these details and I will send them on to you once I receive them.
Kind Regards,
Thomas
Customer Care Team
Sky Bet l Sky Poker l Sky Vegas l Sky Bingo
T: 08000 724 777
This person must inundated with requests in his in tray!!!!
Do you have sky sports in your subscription Arch?
yes but i dont have muti room and the sky player is in HD...thats why i got it, mult room would of cost me a tenner a month.
I know we're nearly 2 years on but did anyone get cut off. A couple of weeks back I found I could only access SS1 & 2. Complained and they now say the offer has expired whereas it definitely said in the t & c's that it lasted for the duration of the skybet account. I'm still getting 1 & 2 though.
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