Suspended by Sky Bet

Bet void = refund surely, in any circumstances?

Would be interested to know what you have done to get Security involved - multiple accounts?

Racing is hard ..... betting on it is even harder.

im a 66yr old pensioner and bet small stakes. They mentioned chargebacks but there havent been any.

They took the bet , they must honour the bet if it cops. Annoyingly you may need to go down this route

https://www.ibas-uk.com/consumers/register-with-ibas/

@swifty

"They took the bet , they must honour the bet if it cops."

Yes but.  If the're closing his account because they no longer want the OP's business because he's "shrwed", yes they need to pay out his already-placed bets.

Hence why I asked about Security - if he's being closed for multiple accounts (technically fraud), anti-money laundering, terrorist financing or any of the things you would expect to see a Security department involved in, then no such chance.

It's not as simple as they took the bet so honour it as several reasons why they wouldn't be obliged to do so , however....

No refund on voided bets seems odd unless deemed fraudulent in some way.

Can you copy & paste their comments ?

dodgy koonts just to say never accept their promos free bets psins or whatever and most important of all dont dare win.

If they’ve taken a bet when account was open ,they will honor it,ie the Haaland  bet…Unless there’s more to the story,,as someone else said..contact ibas….they can’t void bets they’ve already taken,,,unless they want to return stakes on all losers ,,,,hmmmm…..never heard of we are voiding all bets ? Is it your account ?

security team = some d!ckhead with an MA in Digital Media Production from Sheffield Hallam University.

Sky bet was the first account and only account i ever got actually closed. Others were just restricted. However Sky bet (it was probably around 10-12 years ago) wrote me a threatening email saying that they suspected fraud/abuse or some words like this from me and would take legal action against me if i ever bet with them again. Literally i couldnt belive what i read. I thought how low a bookmaker can get to write things like that - just because you have applied some skill and experience to select some racing winners. I had done literally nothing other than have an account and bet on horses mainly. I was probably 3-4k up approx. What bullys! And typical of bullies who they really are: pick on are the weak and defenceless with BS bravado examples to everyone else

Filth, stay away from Sky Bet is my advice.

W'nkers

maybe get broady a slot on their tv advert

i had a fiver on Haaland to score 45 plus goals at 50/1 & they're trying to close my account before they have to pay me out ..... haaaard

You can't void any bet once struck,unless the incorrect price was given , pretty much only fraud can stop the bet having to be honoured.

Yes but what bookies can and will do is tie you up in procedures and delays - in the hope you give up

Not another bookie bashing thread. Lol.

Trident • February 3, 2023 2:42 PM GMT
Filth, stay away from Sky Bet is my advice.

They are in the same group as betfair

To OP have you ever self excluded from paddy power, poker stars/full tilt or betfair? Excluded from one means excluded from all.

they didn't decide he was "excluded from all" until Haaland bagged his 25th goal of the season ?

He would not be able to log on here and post if he had self-excluded from one of the Flutter brands.

This is part of the response i received
We do apologise for the inconvenience this may cause you but the security team have made the business decision to no longer offer you our services here at Sky Betting And Gaming. This does mean that the account will not be reopened and you will not be able to create another account in the future.

The Security team do not have to disclose any further information with us so unfortunately we are unable to provide any further information on the matter. Please respect this decision as it will not be reconsidered. Once again we do apologise for the inconvenience and frustration this may have caused you.

And this



Any live bets on the account will no longer be valid we're afraid as the account has now been closed due to the reasons above.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused. this

unless you're a Grade A muggins, you will eventually receive this message from any online bookmaker.  it basically means they've had enough of you for a variety of reasons - not losing quickly enough, winning, betting carefully, taking good prices etc.  just make sure you get your Haaland bet honoured and forget all about them.  eventually the mugs will dry up and they'll go the same way as Betbright and the rest of them

I would go back to them and ask for the bet to stand otherwise you will take further action.
Dont let the scamming b@st@rds get away with it.

def - and I would ask them to provide you with all information held on you

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/right-of-access/
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personally not bothered if I never bet with sky bet again but do you think it is worth waiting to see if Haaland gets 45 goals and i am owed 255 before putting any effort into this?

Flutter own or at least did own Oddschecker, if you use Oddschecker they know, and assuming(and obviously) you then only bet with one of theirs(BF, PP, SKY etc) when they are out of line, they don't like it. Cookies really take the biscuit.

i always use Oddschecker

Thanks for that Dave 1357

Thanks for that Dave 1357

Thanks for that Dave 1357

I think if you wait for the outcome that wouldnt help you.  if you kick up a fuss if its a win they would say you was quite happy for it to be voided when they notified you.

@swifty

"Flutter own or at least did own Oddschecker"

Did own - sold out to US VC a couple of years ago.

cracking business model.  take a bet at 50/1, wait to see how it's getting on & if it's going well just close the account down.  i'd make the GC aware as you're probably not the only one, absolute scum.

the normal "fack off" from books is "traders decision", "security" implies something else, so I would def demand the reason using data rights if required.

longbridge, Flutter have bought out so many businesses here and Stateside, it's difficult to keep up with what they own. I expect they have access to info required, they probably own the 'new' owner

@swifty

I know what you mean, but they don't own Bruin Capital.

@hulk

"take a bet at 50/1, wait to see how it's getting on & if it's going well just close the account down."

That's why I'm on the same page as dave1357 here - the "Security" thing doesn't sound like the usual game.

longbridge, fair enough. Why would a US investment company buy Oddschecker?

It's in their "space" - they do sports, entertainment, technology.

It has been a long while since I worked in the City so no closer to the matter than that.  I suspect Oddschecker wuld be one of their smaller acquisitions.

just seems a weird one.

As I said, it's been an age since I worked in the industry, but what VC firms' backers don't want to see is them sitting on cash - so they will take a lot of punts across their sector.

I don't know if Flutter were made to divest Oddschecker as part of the Monopolies & Mergers / Competitions Commission review of the Sky takeover by Paddy Power Betfair?

that sounds feasible.

no they weren't, the quango went lol @ gamblers at pretty much everything (IIRC)

Skybet still owe me around £80. Invited me to enjoy some free spins so deposited £30 and won £50, there was no play through t & C,s to worry about. Tried to withdraw money and account locked by security, tried again and again but they basically stole my money. In protest I cancelled Sky Tv/Broadband and mobiles with them and put the whole lot with Virgin. For the sake of £50 it has already cost Sky £2860 in lost revenue and a platimum customer who had used Sky for the best part of 25 years. Skybet, Sky media and Sky News are best avoided at all costs.

Skybet Security locking peoples accounts doesnt amke any commercial sense whatsoever over pennies. Wonder what the owner of Sky would think if he/she/they knew Sky is likely losing fortunes in lost rvenue to nonsense at Skybet. Lets face it, once any firm rips you off you are going to cancel and boycott ALL of the services they offer for the rest of your natural.

@basilbrush

It has been a few years since Sky Bet were owned by the same people as the Sky TV/broadband/phone company, so I doubt they care.

they stopped giving me free bets last year and I felt like telling them to poke their TV as well but I do like to watch all the F1.

Oxford English dictionary: Slybet- an organisation following the model best defined as "Let's open a bookmaking business- but we don't know anything about bookmaking- that's no problem is things get difficult we just don't pay and don't give reasons- well that's ok then".

Sky Betting & Gaming is a British-based gambling company, owned by Flutter Entertainment, with headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire and offices in Sheffield & Solihull. Sky Betting & Gaming consists of five core brands: Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Poker and Sky Bingo. Sky Betting & Gaming also operates popular, free-to-enter football prediction game Soccer Saturday Super 6.

In 2015, Sky plc sold an 80 percent stake in the company to CVC Capital Partners for £600 million,[1] with Sky retaining a 20% stake in the company and agreeing to a long-term licence of the Sky brand.[2] In 2018, CVC and Sky (then in the process of being acquired by Comcast) agreed to sell Sky Betting & Gaming to The Stars Group for £3.4 billion, which was then acquired by Flutter Entertainment in 2020.[3] Flutter continues to use the Sky name and logo, which are now owned by Comcast.

didnt think of it yesterday but i cant even watch race replays on Sporting Life now. Feel like i have done something wrong but know 100% i havent.

Longbridge     they said that there are chargebacks on my account whatever they are. Im going to speak to my bank on Monday but cant see what i am supposed to have done wrong.

same scenario repeated 100's of times on here:

Punter gets banned by x or y online betting company.

Come on here to moan about it, claims to be innocent but says company won't tell them why is he banned.

Punter is advised to put in a data access request to obtain all computer data, computer profiling data & phone data they have relating to him.

Punter never does.


has anyone ever heard of a banned punter actually bothering to put in a data access request to find out the reason they were banned?

ill be the first then Escapee. Not bothered at all about not being able to bet with Sky Bet but admit it is bothering me that they feel they have a reason for doing what they have done but i dont know what it is or have any recourse to question it.

Keep us informed of any response to your request, broady.

Receiving a data access request is a considerable burden for a company, and the laws concerning their response are in favour of the requestor.

go for it.

Feb 4, 2023 -- 3:14PM, broady wrote:

didnt think of it yesterday but i cant even watch race replays on Sporting Life now. Feel like i have done something wrong but know 100% i havent.

''Log in with your existing Sporting Life, Sky Bet, or Sky Games account. If you don't have any of those, it's completely FREE to register!
Thats what it says on the Sporting Life website.  Have you tried to register. I could not log in but I think I used another e mail address or something. I can now see them.

They can't void the Haaland bet because if they did that they would be saying that every bet you placed since then was void and you'd be entitled to a refund.

Also what would stop any firm shutting anyone down who were perhaps on the brink of a huge pay-out by simply saying, sorry computer says no.

Will do Escapee and thank you to all who have given me good advice. Sparrow i will post how i get on.

i had my SkyBet account closed a few years ago after just one losing bet