victor chandler

Yep.
The 'punters friend' only like the losing variety.

They are generally the first firm to close down winners. They are extremely fair in their rulings but hugely selective w/ their customers--if you win, you're shown the door in no uncertain terms.

Imv, better than the restrictions, and a real boon if you know someone w/ a long-term losing VC accnt.

And yet people continue to flock to the HS bookies.
Why I ask ?
Why is there no media outrage over this blatant one sided business practice.?
Could it happen in any other sort of business.?
Why aren't the regulators intervening to stop this practice of shutting down winners, and encouraging losers ?

fll, I bet yours was on the back of Eurovision?

Closed on the back of Big Brother awhile back.
Took 4/1 on someone for elim who was 2/5 within 30 mins.

Had had plenty of losers with them tho and I think the account overall was in the red.

I did the same Pounf - changed username and moved off a card onto moneybookers. This was only after a month - they will lay me sports no problem but very wary and restricted on the nags, whereas before I had no problem with amounts, was just shut down out of the blue.

The reason people are still flocking to the high street is so they can get on.  We'd be even worse off in a world without shops.

I understand that they are in a bit of a mess.  A number of senior traders/management have left the company due to average results and as such it is apparently a rudderless ship.  Accounts that should not be closed have been closed including a mate of mine in the city who is a shocking punter.  But if you show a profit after your first 5 bets or so you are shown the door...

Over the past few years I've been Closed down by. VC, billy hills,PP, and heavily restricted by B£3.65, Skyhigh, Toat, Spoilsports,
Baldfred, spattingbet, Bsq, SJ and Badblokes. I really think one of those secret camera documentaries should go under cover to let the public know what's going on. I think most people would be shocked. OP, you may take some comfort in the fact that you are not alone.

Same here carn, but TBF I can't blame them.
They're not in the business of laying bets to longterm winners.

The PC fooks me off more as I've said in many a thread.
Unlike the bookies, I'm not winning their money.

yep, I agree the likes of B365 and Sid James are just a joke restricting people to a few pence on a 2/1 shot.

Either close the account or atleast let someone have a tenner or a score.

A few will still lay me to lose a humdred or two depnding on the market.
At that level I reckon it pays them to leave winning accounts open as an early warning system.

It's also crazy to restrict across different markets.

I bet on specials and can see why they restrict those bets, but a few will carry that restriction to all bets.

I had a few fiver ew yankees at Cheltenham and had no problem with most firms.
B365 offered me a half penny ew yankee

It took me back to the 80's.

Ladcrooks one of the worst for me.
I'd be lucky to get an even tenner with them on specials.

Yup, SJ must be on a spree. Closed me up. Winning account though.

That's odd screaming, when they 'closed' me, I still have my account, I just can't bet with it. 'Sorry you cannot place a bet'

Shut down today by SJ.
'All Stan James accounts are reviewed on a regular basis by our Trading team, and due to betting patterns on this account the decision has been made to close it.'
my lifetime bets on account totalled 20 since Dec 2009, (all on 'specials' markets) total staked £425 total returns £465.
Useless feckers. Was restricted to pennies anyway since having the audacity to put 30-odd quid on Josie in Big Brother last year

The ad for a Koral trading manager in the RP today said that the brief was to grow the business and attract bets. Meanwhile all the online firms bar 3.65 are closing people down and taking less and less money.

I wonder how the people in the industry who follow horses and sports as fans and have an interest in betting feel about the evolution of the books. Their job now is to get people onto the arcades, the FOBTS in the shops or some equivalent online. It's less interesting or noble a calling than selling baked beans.

What the firms need to do is to offer best conventional bm price as dammit, have best price guaranteed and offer exceptional ease of use and service. In effect, the client wd be paying for not having the time or nous to get the price on bf.

The era of having heavily overround books and expecting chance business to come to you is at an end.

Yes, for winning punters they are appalling. I am limited to 10 pounds takeout and maliciously only ever bet 50-1 plus shots w/ them for the transaction costs.

I meant that from the point of these businesses' point of view, they are failing: not only are they failing clients who wd prob. beat them, but in their own terms they are not growing betting volumes or profits or attracting custom. I was saying what I wd do if I were a conventional bookmaker.

Sportingbet are appalling restricters--down to 50 pounds, then 10 per race. This is when taking a price as I wasn't going for sp+ when I bet w/ them.

Sportingbet, pmsl, biggest bunch of jokers I've ever seen, they make 3 pounds 65 and the two quid merchants skibet look positively courageous in comparison

No, generally speaking, British bookmakers are a bunch of gutless cowards.