MarathonBet doing credit searches on me

The whole lot of them are jokes.  Credit searches on accounts, lying about free bets some refusing to pay out before age verification is confirmed yet it's fine for you to put the bets on. It would be great if everyone stopped betting with them and used the exchange and pinnacle as the only bookie.  Would be nice to see their faces if that happened!

But these lot do offer some of the best prices and can get decent amounts on.

smithy91 - How can they verify your age before you open an account or make a deposit? it's the only way they can do it

Well after you've put in all your personal details and bank card surely that should be enough to confirm that you are older than 18! Even if someone did try and get away with it at say 16 or 17 they wouldn't get past the system anyway I tried when I was 17 and got blocked before I even got onto the markets. Not to mention if anyone did get through aged 18 or younger they wouldn't have a clue how to bet anyway and would probably lose loads. The bookies don't care about that surely? They never bother when underage college students go in blitzing all their cash on roulette! I openedup a load of accounts recently with my mate and it just turned into an absolute episode trying to withdraw the money.  They need to sort their **** out!

Jul 11, 2014 -- 8:45AM, onemanarmy wrote:

smithy91 - How can they verify your age before you open an account or make a deposit? it's the only way they can do it

Bookies can have their licence taken away if you bet aged under 18 so it's up to them to do the checks before you place any bet not after you want to withdraw winnings.

Yes darlo bantam. Some of them try to make it hard work to withdraw so in the end they want you to put it all back on and lose it all!

def very suspect imo.  I thought you had to specifically agree (not in general T&C) to such checks.

They certainly shouldn't leave a trail on the credit record, if no credit is being sought.

OP if you can be bothered you could complain to http://ico.org.uk/concerns

Jul 12, 2014 -- 8:11AM, smithy91 wrote:

Yes darlo bantam. Some of them try to make it hard work to withdraw so in the end they want you to put it all back on and lose it all!

This is the formula. 

Easy to deposit. Hard to get out not to keep your money.  They have it.  But so you will bet and eventually lose.

In general, no company can run credit checks if they do not offer you credit (ie. banks, stores, etc, do).

It should not be in their t and c's.

Either way, this is highly illegal if it is the case.

Jul 11, 2014 -- 3:12PM, smithy91 wrote:

Well after you've put in all your personal details and bank card surely that should be enough to confirm that you are older than 18! Even if someone did try and get away with it at say 16 or 17 they wouldn't get past the system anyway I tried when I was 17 and got blocked before I even got onto the markets. Not to mention if anyone did get through aged 18 or younger they wouldn't have a clue how to bet anyway and would probably lose loads. The bookies don't care about that surely? They never bother when underage college students go in blitzing all their cash on roulette! I openedup a load of accounts recently with my mate and it just turned into an absolute episode trying to withdraw the money.

oh my reply didn't post

running a Cr check