Betting Restrictions

This has to go down as a disgrace..
Went onto my William Hill account and typed in £50 ew on Pretty Happy at 6/1 in
the 4-20 Fairyhouse.it is a 17 runner handicapp hurdle,very competitive race.
They declined my bet and offered me £0-83 ew,if it won i would win £7-50.....
I thought it may have been some error ,so tried £50 ew on Captain Lob at 11/2 in last..
Was offered £0-88 ew........
This company is the one of the largest and has over 2350 shops in UK.....
I know i harp on about restrictions,but that is so poor. They only want punters on the roulette wheels.

davetheflower Wrote:

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> This has to go down as a disgrace..
> Went onto my William Hill account and typed in
> £50 ew on Pretty Happy at 6/1 in
> the 4-20 Fairyhouse.it is a 17 runner handicapp
> hurdle,very competitive race.
> They declined my bet and offered me £0-83 ew,if
> it won i would win £7-50.....
> I thought it may have been some error ,so tried
> £50 ew on Captain Lob at 11/2 in last..
> Was offered £0-88 ew........
> This company is the one of the largest and has
> over 2350 shops in UK.....
> I know i harp on about restrictions,but that is so
> poor. They only want punters on the roulette
> wheels.

It really has to stop imho. Bookies are bookies and restricting everyone who wins just sends out a message that its pointless doing it. Killing the industry imho. Yes they are a business and they have interests to look after but it has become absurd.

Dave, have you got some sort of record that these books are wary of you... lol

Bookies mainly do this to punters that back horses that shorten in price,even though these horses get gubbed..

every horse just about that i back shortens and my bookie aint one bit scared of me guess why? cause they dont all win

hibernia Wrote:

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> Bookies mainly do this to punters that back horses
> that shorten in price,even though these horses get
> gubbed..

I have heard so many reasons for them doing it Hibs... investors interests (restricting someone to winning 20 quid is going to affect no company that big!!), backing horses that shorten (many follow the market so this must be huge numbers!), repeatedly backing the same horse in a race (cos they think you are laying it off elsewhere whereas I simply keep a very small amount in my account for better control but when one keeps nagging at me I go back and back again etc), winning in a particular market (should we not try to specialise then?). What they fail to realise imho is that is the game... you win some you lose some, trying to win them all will leave them with no punters eventually.

hibernia Wrote:

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> Bookies mainly do this to punters that back horses
> that shorten in price,even though these horses get
> gubbed..


bob im not a mug and im not following money. I t hadnt moved in the betting at 10-45 when i tried to
back it,far&ing has now though...I can understand if it was pricewise or tipping line,but 83 pence ew
is a disgrace...My own bookie will lay a bet,but they dont price irish till later...
Pissed off and taking the dog out..

New extreme... SPORTINGBET... allowed 62 pence on an 8/1 shot to win 5 pounds... then changed the price twice as I was trying to place the bet.

I just can't believe how anyone can justify this.

1. Restricted me as a result of a losing bet on a winner that was thrown out.
2. I have consistently lost money to this bunch of !??!%@$'s and have no idea why they restricted me to start with.
3. Continually take repeat bets because their system is ridiculously set up, takes some bets, not others but leaves the stakes in the box and then when you try again for the other bet they take the original bet again. They fail to appreciate that it is exactly because of this problem that it looks like people are repeat betting which is often not the case.
4. Refuse to give any reason for restrictions or to give an address for complaint.
5. Are obviously in a lot of trouble as a company if they will only take bets of 62 pence to win 5 pounds.

I can only ask that all clanners do not use them in the future and spread the word of how useless and pathetic they are. The more we fight back against these companies to show that this kind of discrimination against certain punters won't be accepted, then it might just be possible they will review some of their absurd decisions. Sounds stupid but doing nothing just lets them continue as they wish. I'm not even angry, I'm actually laughing, I just think they are a complete joke.