There are different kind of bookmakers, with different kind of approaches and business models. The Euro bookmakers or soft books like Bet365, PaddyPower, WilliamHill and Unibet are the ones who most people are familiar with or have used. These bookmakers don’t allow winning players and limit their accounts. In this article I would like to give some tips how to keep your account a bit low profile and don't get limited too fast.
Deposit
We start at the start of your account. The first thing you do on a new account is make a deposit. Make sure your first deposit small, it’s quite obvious that a big deposit on a new account gets flagged.
Big markets
Try to take bets on big markets from time to time. Markets as NBA, NHL, NFL, Champions League or Premier League are very hard to beat and bookmakers like it when accounts bet on those markets. If you only use your account to bet in the 4th league of Finland or Primera Division of Guatemala, it’s more likely they will flag your account as suspicious because those markets have much more value and easier to get an edge on them. So try to mix up bets of big markets with your selection of lower markets
Combos and High odds
As accumulator bets are proven to not be profitable in the long run, bookmakers like it when people bet them. So it’s a good thing to place some by time to time. The same goes for high odds, I’m not saying that high odds aren’t profitable in the long run but not much bettors are succesfull with high odds so bookmakers love it when you take them.
Stake
Make sure you bet whole amounts. A lot of bettors use different euro bookmakers for arbing (it’s a way to exploit odds from diferent bookmakers to make sure profit) so bookmakers look out for stakes who are not ordinary. Don’t go betting 72,5 euro because of stake calculation or that’s your current flat stake, instead it’s better to bet 70 or 75 euro.
Don’t max out
In case you want to bet €250 but the bookmakers limit is only €220, I would recommend you to bet 70-80% of the max limit so instead of placing €220 I would bet around €170.
Some bookmakers give the option to place the bet for €220 and send the remaining €30 for manual clearance. Never do this.
One bet per game
There is a reason why bookmakers places limits, it’s kind of a protection for them. So don’t go betting several lines in the same game like over 210, over 210,5, over 211 because that shows you are trying to get value out of their odds, something bookmakers also don’t like.
Cash out
As long as you’re not limited and you don’t need the money, leave it on your account. When you ask a cash out, you give a bookmaker a reason to check your account.
These are just a few tips to help you so your account won’t get limited too fast. But just to be clear nothing lasts forever. If you are beating the bookmakers in the long run sooner or later your account will be limited or blocked.
Feel free to ask questions or let me know if you have accounts which are limited or do you have any tips to prevent this
Great advice. Isn't funny (criminal) how books and casinos punish good players?
My add-on advice is to have multiple accounts at different books. Not only are you spreading out your action, but you can find better odds for your picks...
Sorry mate for my late reaction. Didn't saw it before.
And it's sad to see how books and casinos work, most of them just want the losers in and only care about making money.
And that's indeed great advice. Odds shopping and spreading your bets are vital for both keeping your account as long as possible and also to become profitable. Should have put this also in my post, thanks for that!
Nice post mate, you point out some valid and interesting points here. I was heavily into football betting till a couple of months ago but i have stopped now, as i was getting very aggressive with my bets after winning a couple of bets in a row.
But i might start again, (for about the 30th time lol) if i find some tips that interest me and see myself doing well with them. Anyways i'm following you and will be keeping an eye on your future posts. Keep up the good work !
Betting is a learning curve, everyone who is succesfull at gambling or betting had to learn it the hard way.
I've made every possible mistake there is and it took my like a year of failing and losing quitte some money before I turned my strategy in something profitable. And even than I made a lot of mistakes and did stupid things with my bankroll. But never the same mistake again.
If you want to start again with betting, which is totally up to you and I'm not want to stimulate you, I advice you to make a plan, write it down and stick to it even when you're not winning at first.