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They seem to have alot of good promos......They just said if you back the blues and they are leading at half time but lose the game you get your money back...

I have also see them having alot of promos that if th eteam you back is leading after 70 mins i believe and they lose then they give you your cash back...

That is pretty damn good......

Anyone with them?

 
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I have an account with them
 
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Disgraceful book
 
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Sportsbet make Betezy look like Sea the Stars
 
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Love that 70 min play.

To easy for money

 
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Hey if you're a small time punter who just bets for fun and doesn't win long term then knock yourself with sports bet, centrebet et al
 
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While they do have good markets and promos and 1.92 lines yeah sportsbet will limit your stakes or bar you from certain markets if you can get on the ride side of the fix regularly. I often troll their staff on facebook about being scumbags/tards.

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Quote Originally Posted by Hirschfelder:

Disgraceful book

What makes them bad?

Customer Service, problems with payment and withdrawls, limiting your bets etc etc?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

What makes them bad?

Customer Service, problems with payment and withdrawls, limiting your bets etc etc?


there you go 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Jive_Turkey:


there you go 

What if your average bet is around $500? If they wont accept that then what is the point in being in business?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

What if your average bet is around $500? If they wont accept that then what is the point in being in business?


just going from my own experiences a couple of years ago - depends on the client, depends on the sport. 

sportbooks seem to pick up pretty quickly on the calibre of a client and when 'mickey mouse' books like sportsbet, centrebet ect detect a winner they'll start playing games until said client gets fed up and leaves.

 


 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

What if your average bet is around $500? If they wont accept that then what is the point in being in business?


there are SO MANY mugs out there that keep sportsbooks fat and giggly, they aren't going to be worried about driving away a few sharps who bet bigger.   
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Jive_Turkey:


just going from my own experiences a couple of years ago - depends on the client, depends on the sport. 

sportbooks seem to pick up pretty quickly on the calibre of a client and when 'mickey mouse' books like sportsbet, centrebet ect detect a winner they'll start playing games until said client gets fed up and leaves.

 


So , what if my avg bet is around $500-750......and i go on a good streak...When you "playing games", are you saying...if i go and place a bet on an NRL game for say $500, will they say, sorry we arent accepting this?

WHat kind of business practice is this? Whats the point of being a bookmaker?

 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

So , what if my avg bet is around $500-750......and i go on a good streak...When you "playing games", are you saying...if i go and place a bet on an NRL game for say $500, will they say, sorry we arent accepting this?

WHat kind of business practice is this? Whats the point of being a bookmaker?


My take is this: If you got on a hot streak betting into bad numbers or taking a lot of short priced favourites and were betting on a tonne of games on a tonne of sports every day ect, I don't think that would set off alarm bells. 

if they marked you as a serious risk you starting having your 500 or 750 bets cut to 100 or 200, and pretty soon thats going to have the desired effect of turning you away.




 
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Quote Originally Posted by Jive_Turkey:


there are SO MANY mugs out there that keep sportsbooks fat and giggly, they aren't going to be worried about driving away a few sharps who bet bigger.   

Perfect example is the races, When i worked as a clerk it was far more profitable to take hundreds of small wagers than bigger money from the sharps. It's common practice at the races to cap the rail at $5000 and outer at $2000 for the smarty's. There is always going to be people wanting to bet my as well take it from the one's who have no clue. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

So , what if my avg bet is around $500-750......and i go on a good streak...When you "playing games", are you saying...if i go and place a bet on an NRL game for say $500, will they say, sorry we arent accepting this?

WHat kind of business practice is this? Whats the point of being a bookmaker?



if you are a loser you will be welcomed with open arms

if you are a winner you will get cut up. I've had bets on tennis matches slashed so that they have offered me a bet of $5 and then they will cut the price from $2.50 to $2.10. I've had league bets cut so they offer me 10% of what I wanted

You don't have to be a short term winner to get cut, getting top price will get cut too.

I know somebody who had a bet with them in their offer of getting refunded if your horse loses on protest. He didn't get refunded so he called them up. He got told his bet was over the maximum allowed for this bet (although a maximum wasn't noted in the T&C). When asked what the maximum was he got told it varies depending on individual clients. They never told him what his max was

These places have minimal overheads. They copy prices from other places or get the prices from their UK parent. The have muppets sitting there cutting your bets and cutting prices. You can pay an idiot $20 an hour to do that. They don't hire bookmakers.

There are plenty of mugs in this game. That is who these offers attract. The people who think they win at this game and think they are getting a great deal. They are wrong on both accounts.

Their offers are bullshit, their claims are bullshit, but it makes great marketing and suckers fall for it
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Hirschfelder:



if you are a loser you will be welcomed with open arms

if you are a winner you will get cut up. I've had bets on tennis matches slashed so that they have offered me a bet of $5 and then they will cut the price from $2.50 to $2.10. I've had league bets cut so they offer me 10% of what I wanted

You don't have to be a short term winner to get cut, getting top price will get cut too.

I know somebody who had a bet with them in their offer of getting refunded if your horse loses on protest. He didn't get refunded so he called them up. He got told his bet was over the maximum allowed for this bet (although a maximum wasn't noted in the T&C). When asked what the maximum was he got told it varies depending on individual clients. They never told him what his max was

These places have minimal overheads. They copy prices from other places or get the prices from their UK parent. The have muppets sitting there cutting your bets and cutting prices. You can pay an idiot $20 an hour to do that. They don't hire bookmakers.

There are plenty of mugs in this game. That is who these offers attract. The people who think they win at this game and think they are getting a great deal. They are wrong on both accounts.

Their offers are bullshit, their claims are bullshit, but it makes great marketing and suckers fall for it

When you say "cut", are you saying if i say bet the Storm at @2,75 tonight, say i put $500 on it...i have my ticket which says $500@ 2.75...are you saying that if i win or during the game, they will change my odds to $2.20 or something like that?

 
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no, they will say you can't have 500, only 100. They will do this before you confirm your bet

 
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It seems to me that this booomaker is catering more for the smal small bettors.That is their target market..The $50,  $100 bettors rather than any serious bettors....
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Hirschfelder:



if you are a loser you will be welcomed with open arms

if you are a winner you will get cut up. I've had bets on tennis matches slashed so that they have offered me a bet of $5 and then they will cut the price from $2.50 to $2.10. I've had league bets cut so they offer me 10% of what I wanted

You don't have to be a short term winner to get cut, getting top price will get cut too.

I know somebody who had a bet with them in their offer of getting refunded if your horse loses on protest. He didn't get refunded so he called them up. He got told his bet was over the maximum allowed for this bet (although a maximum wasn't noted in the T&C). When asked what the maximum was he got told it varies depending on individual clients. They never told him what his max was

These places have minimal overheads. They copy prices from other places or get the prices from their UK parent. The have muppets sitting there cutting your bets and cutting prices. You can pay an idiot $20 an hour to do that. They don't hire bookmakers.

There are plenty of mugs in this game. That is who these offers attract. The people who think they win at this game and think they are getting a great deal. They are wrong on both accounts.

Their offers are bullshit, their claims are bullshit, but it makes great marketing and suckers fall for it

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