New Posts For Thread: Exchanges suspending accounts when you have active liabilities.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilitiesHappened to me a couple of times now. Potential payouts of 1k + that I am not allowed to manage until account suspension resolved. Ironically theycome from the 'Safer Gambling Team'I was going to complain about Lloyds bank on trustpilot. Reading the stories the average customer has regards banks will blow your mind. One guy asked to withdraw 5k cash and they called the Police according to him. But review after review shows howhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564726649#564726649I was going to complain about Lloyds bank on trustpilot. Reading the stories the average customer has regards banks will blow your mind. One guy asked to withdraw 5k cash and they called the Police according to him. But review after review shows howWed, 14 May 2025 10:11:40 -0500The problem is this. The OP perhaps is worth £250 in commission over the year. If the GC is handing out fines of £750k, it takes 3,000 such customers to cover the one fine. Logic in individual cases and trust in employees to make sensible decisihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564726045#564726045The problem is this. The OP perhaps is worth £250 in commission over the year. If the GC is handing out fines of £750k, it takes 3,000 such customers to cover the one fine. Logic in individual cases and trust in employees to make sensible decisiWed, 14 May 2025 04:47:41 -0500All they'd have to do is suspend deposits. It's nonsense anyway. Imagine being denied access to your bank account under similar logic. If I was the OP I'd write to the Gambling Commission and copy in Betfair, The Racing Post and Greg Wood at The Ghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564726025#564726025All they'd have to do is suspend deposits. It's nonsense anyway. Imagine being denied access to your bank account under similar logic. If I was the OP I'd write to the Gambling Commission and copy in Betfair, The Racing Post and Greg Wood at The GWed, 14 May 2025 04:30:12 -0500Look at the flip side of the coin and imagine an article in the (generally gambling-hostile) press:"Joe Bloggs said he had gambled away all his life savings, even after he had had a conversation with a customer service representative where he had menhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564725783#564725783Look at the flip side of the coin and imagine an article in the (generally gambling-hostile) press:"Joe Bloggs said he had gambled away all his life savings, even after he had had a conversation with a customer service representative where he had menTue, 13 May 2025 19:27:04 -0500The Anti Gambling Commission have but one purpose. To stop gambling and they are doing a good job so farhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564725661#564725661The Anti Gambling Commission have but one purpose. To stop gambling and they are doing a good job so farTue, 13 May 2025 17:09:21 -0500BHA chairman got BF account suspended after mentioning to CS that he was ill. https://www.racingpost.com/news/gambling-review/bha-chair-sounds-alarm-after-getting-ensnared-in-gambling-checks-aTSQq3R8i8PS/.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564725657#564725657BHA chairman got BF account suspended after mentioning to CS that he was ill. https://www.racingpost.com/news/gambling-review/bha-chair-sounds-alarm-after-getting-ensnared-in-gambling-checks-aTSQq3R8i8PS/.Tue, 13 May 2025 17:05:07 -0500I think lifetime loss is very subjective on an exchange. What happens if you lay off here? Bet on fixed odds. Lay off in running ? Arb? Hedge? How do they even know its an actual loss overall? But good luck trying to explain that to a safer gamblinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564723623#564723623I think lifetime loss is very subjective on an exchange. What happens if you lay off here? Bet on fixed odds. Lay off in running ? Arb? Hedge? How do they even know its an actual loss overall? But good luck trying to explain that to a safer gamblingMon, 12 May 2025 11:41:05 -0500@freddiewilliamsMatbook tell me @1.2k up lifetime. Use them for 10yrs or so. Plenty of KYC and ac checks which is why there current deposit limit (£300) is so annoying.... Withdrew 5k 4/5 months ago and only deposited £600 since, cant deposit agaihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564723537#564723537@freddiewilliamsMatbook tell me @1.2k up lifetime. Use them for 10yrs or so. Plenty of KYC and ac checks which is why there current deposit limit (£300) is so annoying.... Withdrew 5k 4/5 months ago and only deposited £600 since, cant deposit agaiMon, 12 May 2025 11:10:12 -0500have you checked your spam folder for matchbook cust serv contacting you about kyc, id etc?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564723527#564723527have you checked your spam folder for matchbook cust serv contacting you about kyc, id etc?Mon, 12 May 2025 11:08:59 -0500Matbook?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31874047/exchanges-suspending-accounts-when-you-have-active-liabilities?post_id=564723453#564723453Matbook?Mon, 12 May 2025 10:44:34 -0500