Will believe it when I can place a bet.

Anyone here have a Sportingbet account?

LOL! Check this email from Ladbrokes where you have to fill in a form and basically re-apply for a "limited account":



Hi Patrick

​Thank you for contacting Ladbrokes.com.au

Thank you for applying for a limited account under the NSW Race Fields Legislation.

In order to assess your application for account re-activation you will be required to supply the information listed below.

- Completed Account Re-Activation Form (Attached)
- Certified Copy of Drivers Licence or Passport
- Copy of Credit Card (Front and Back)
- Copy of Credit Card Statement
- Copy of Utility Bill showing address of account

Once all documents have been received, the application will be reviewed and assessed.

NOTE: You maybe required to register your Devices with us (maximum of 2 devices). We will be contact to arrange this in due course.

Outcome of the application will notified within 10 working days.

Should you have any questions please contact support.


Kind Regards


Adrian
Customer Support

Dunno about any of you, but there is no way I would be supplying that type of personal info to a bookmaker. & 'register devices', err yeah right...

So I assume that is the corps new strategy - make the process as invasive as possible in the hope most people will just walk away from them.

I was using one of the bookie ipad apps the other day and it wouldn't work unless I allowed it to track my location. I guess it's to stop one person using multiple devices with bowler accounts.

Pretty invasive, but if that's what they have to do to protect themselves and stay in business, then I suppose it's not unreasonable.

Knew it, more hurdles than Sally Pearson!!!
In my case, I don't have and have never had a passport and all utility bills are in someone else's name. Plus you need to have the same IP address, so cannot use a remote server, and there is no way I'd be showing them details of the credit card statement. They want to know who else you are betting with, and in what amounts.

What they want amounts to open access to your complete personal details.
There is a huge risk of identity theft, by anyone able to access the personal details, whether it be a sacked member of the organisation or one of their "friends".

10 day turnaround, if they say no, they still have you on the database and that information will go on the merry go round.

Forget it, from my point of view.

CP the identity theft issues alone are reason enough not to go anywhere near this ****, some of the most supposedly secure of organisations are regularly compromised & they seriously expect people to hand that info over?

So this is just clearly a way to discourage & it looks like there might be better options out there anyway - off twitter -

Richard Irvine @riracing · Aug 29
Had my account reopened by all Corporates except Bet365. They refuse to. What a lovely, community minded organisation. Better go dob to RNSW


& this just for laughs...

Richard Irvine @riracing · Aug 24
Heard that William Hill's $700 million investment in Australia has been revalued at $320 million. Don't you just hate deductions!

That river of gold from AU->UK got cut in half... oh the humanity!

BET365 has since re-opened Richard Irvine's account.

Might just leave Ladbrokes for now. They're the only ones who have closed my account anyway. They're really hell bent on blocking winners aren't they..