4th May 2012, 03:45 PM
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Because they can see you're not a mug, or the type of punter they want.
It's immoral, but that's the way it is.
You withdrew $1,000 when ahead, so they can see you're not a mug.
All online bookies share profiles on clients.
I worked with the son of a leading rails bookmaker, and he told me that his father monitored the winning smart money. They used this to their advantage to set prices, lay off and he got his son to punt with other "places".
This is the advantage of using a traditional small bookie, rather than a taken over online enterprise. Smaller bookies have usually been at it for years and are old school, they will take your bets and not ban you, as long as you are not seen to be betting all the firmers from the track in advance.
The big corporates a weak, they only want mugs.
There is enough internet evidence that all the bigger online bookies, including the State run ones will close you down unless they can see you are a clear loser.
Just this week emails were sent from another recently taken over bookie closing accounts.
It's a shame really, when Mark Read and Colin Tidy et al were at the helm they never banned anyone that I know of.
Unless you were seen to have advanced knowledge of fluctuations and were trying to take advantage of them, which is fair enough.
I am in possession of a personal email from Mark's son telling me that they would take on anyone.
What amazes me is that with the advent of so much competition and places that won't close you down, can they afford to turn people away unless they are taking them for a fortune.
Could this be the impact of the turnover tax, could this be that they can't afford to keep winning accounts, accounts which turnover higher amounts even though they are losing.
I think they want the little mugs, the blokes that put in $200 and lose it all on the Saturday.
For what it's worth I would approach some of the higher profile and privately owned bookies. I know they are still old school and welcome punters.
As you say, the current situation stinks!
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