Bovada sent me a message last night I never have gotten before

**Orbison** · 12-26-22, 04:08 PM

sorry to hear it. what are your new limits if you don't mind saying?

**PD77** · 12-26-22, 04:09 PM

Merry Christmas! Their timing is impeccable.

**unlearn** · 12-26-22, 04:10 PM

Gave me the boot about 6 months ago after raping them for years. New management I guess?

**crzbrave** · 12-26-22, 04:13 PM

It doesn't look like the limits have changed much i can still bet max 3 k it loos like when I press max bet
But I haven't tried to place anything

They are shady af I think it's bout the second part of their message

**Natty68** · 12-26-22, 04:13 PM

Seriously?? I'm shocked.... you successfully attacked Bovada's live market and they let you win THAT MUCH? Normally you're gone in about three hours. YES. THEY ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ALLOW WINNERS THERE. Sorry.

**PD77** · 12-26-22, 04:14 PM

Originally posted by crzbrave

It doesn't look like the limits have changed much i can still bet max 3 k it loos like when I press max bet
But I haven't tried to place anything

They are shady af I think it's bout the second part of their message

They could always do that and did that to players and even had the backing of this site to justify it.

**crzbrave** · 12-26-22, 04:15 PM

No more live betting for me. On my 15 second TV delay and their slow rate of accepting or rejecting my wagers they have every advantage and I have every disadvantage they can cancel or freeroll me over some 400 dollar bets
And they're raking in millions and they're worried about my Lil potatoes

**Optional** · 12-26-22, 04:45 PM

Originally posted by PD77

They could always do that and did that to players and even had the backing of this site to justify it.

The message says it is about pre-match bets.

The OP talking about live for some reason.

Sounds like he bet a bad line and they are telling him dont do that on purpose or they may cancel the bet in future.

Don't like that policy, don't bet offshore, as all of them have similar policies.

Bovada not known for taking advantage of people with the rule though. They seem to honor bets unless it's a crazy obvious error or the person looks like they obviously target them. Adding the bad line to 30 different parlays for example.

**pavyracer** · 12-26-22, 05:04 PM

If you bet a bad line and the bet loses do you get an email from them apologizing to you and canceling your bet?

They need to be consinstent. If they cancel bets when you win on a bad line they should also cancel bets when the bad line you bet loses.

**jjgold** · 12-26-22, 05:20 PM

Part of the game
If you do not like it play with the big boys like bookmaker or credit account pinnacle

CJ · 12-26-22, 06:12 PM

Bovada is an absolute trash book and your account is now burned. Had this happen to my old account and they progressively increased the limits from 50% to 90% to 99%.

I highly recommend you cash out (if they even let you) and find another book.

On a side note: only a complete asshole would actually defend Bovada at this point. I've seen them fail to cancel bets when people mistakenly took an incorrect line the other way many times. They're criminals.

CJ · 12-26-22, 06:14 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

Part of the game
If you do not like it play with the big boys like bookmaker or credit account pinnacle

Bookmaker, conversely is extremely credible. Highly recommend anyone still on Bovada move their business to BM.

**jjgold** · 12-26-22, 06:35 PM

Yes

**BuckyOne** · 12-26-22, 08:51 PM

Cash 80% in. Collect it and then send them an email.

Gentlemen:

If you guys ever cancel one of my bets, it will be the last one! I will immediately close my account. If I am not there to play weak lines ? How are you going to know you have a weak line???

Sincerely,

XXXXXX

**Nate rasta** · 12-26-22, 10:11 PM

^^^ they don't care. They'll probably be happy to see him go

CJ · 12-26-22, 11:46 PM

Originally posted by Nate rasta

^^^ they don't care. They'll probably be happy to see him go

This.

He's already been limited, they want him gone.

**juicername** · 12-27-22, 01:32 AM

Originally posted by pavyracer

If you bet a bad line and the bet loses do you get an email from them apologizing to you and canceling your bet?

They need to be consinstent. If they cancel bets when you win on a bad line they should also cancel bets when the bad line you bet loses.

Disagree. The reverse freeroll is their way of discouraging shot takers from taking advantage of obvious bad lines.

**mjsuax13** · 12-27-22, 02:55 AM

Only message I ever got from BOVADA is reload instructions. Bah humbug.

**jjgold** · 12-27-22, 06:53 AM

What is a Bad line?

No definition at all

Gamblers have zero shot of winning

Bet for fun

**milwaukee mike** · 12-27-22, 07:14 AM

Originally posted by CJ

Bookmaker, conversely is extremely credible. Highly recommend anyone still on Bovada move their business to BM.

bookmaker has cancelled a bunch of my prop bets in the past few months, for no reason other than they wanted to move the line and didn't want my action. so they aren't perfect either

bovada my pregame and live limits on a lot of things are like $6

but for the bowl games looks like i can bet 11, thanks bovada, don't want to break your bank over there!

**jjgold** · 12-27-22, 07:49 AM

Everyone does it

What is issue???

**Brock Landers** · 12-27-22, 08:04 AM

Originally posted by mjsuax13

Only message I ever got from BOVADA is reload instructions. Bah humbug.

LOL

**pavyracer** · 12-27-22, 08:42 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

What is a Bad line?

No definition at all

Gamblers have zero shot of winning

Bet for fun

There are no bad lines. The book guesses what the line should be and puts it out. Then the gamblers move the line.

What books mean by bad line is a sharp bet one way and if the small fish bet the same way they will have to adjust the line for them.

**jjgold** · 12-27-22, 09:13 AM

Paver like I said gamblers have no chance anymore

**pologq** · 12-27-22, 09:26 AM

Originally posted by mjsuax13

Only message I ever got from BOVADA is reload instructions. Bah humbug.

same. i actually am jealous the OP is successful enough to get that email.

**mjsuax13** · 12-27-22, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by pologq

same. i actually am jealous the OP is successful enough to get that email.

AMEN. Bookmaker I just cashed out though.

**milwaukee mike** · 12-27-22, 12:26 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

There are no bad lines. The book guesses what the line should be and puts it out. Then the gamblers move the line.

What books mean by bad line is a sharp bet one way and if the small fish bet the same way they will have to adjust the line for them.

well there are obviously bad lines all the time

let's say someone has celtics 1h tonight at +480 instead of -480... or they have that total at 1185.0 instead of 118.5

but mistake lines (bad lines) and slightly off lines (which the books call bad lines, so they can cancel them) are totally different

**Mike78** · 12-27-22, 01:16 PM

I thought Bovada always had a reputation for limiting quickly. It happened to me there after about six months. I did alright...nothing crazy. Never came close to wagering a max limit. Never took advantage of bad lines. Still not entirely sure why I was limited, but didn't think too much about it because of their reputation.

After being limited, they were good about letting me withdrawal everything at once (they waived their normal policies). I think they just wanted me to leave ASAP!

**jjgold** · 12-27-22, 07:48 PM

It’s a great rec book

**BuckyOne** · 12-27-22, 08:44 PM

Look at all the square books/candy stores that have went teats up. They try to screw the squares with bad numbers that they will take. Duh, they do not have to screw them with numbers and juice as they will lose anyway.

They do not want sharps eating their value and they want to just gamble with squares.

Instead of writing this email they could just as well have put a sign on the front door, "NO SHARPS ALLOWED". They make money by screwing over players!

Flat out a risk to play in this kind of business model!

**d2bets** · 12-27-22, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

bookmaker has cancelled a bunch of my prop bets in the past few months, for no reason other than they wanted to move the line and didn't want my action. so they aren't perfect either

bovada my pregame and live limits on a lot of things are like $6

but for the bowl games looks like i can bet 11, thanks bovada, don't want to break your bank over there!

Whoa!

In 2+ years I've never had s single wager cancelled by a US book. And you know the stuff I bet, they probably could argue it sometimes.

**d2bets** · 12-27-22, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by milwaukee mike

well there are obviously bad lines all the time

let's say someone has celtics 1h tonight at +480 instead of -480... or they have that total at 1185.0 instead of 118.5

but mistake lines (bad lines) and slightly off lines (which the books call bad lines, so they can cancel them) are totally different

The distinction I'd draw it if it patently obvious. Like your 1185.0 total for example. As in, even if you knew nothing about ths game or line, can you see the number and know it's an error.

So if the real total is 202.5 and it's 212.5, that's not a patent error.

**BuckyOne** · 12-27-22, 09:39 PM

Originally posted by d2bets

The distinction I'd draw it if it patently obvious. Like your 1185.0 total for example. As in, even if you knew nothing about ths game or line, can you see the number and know it's an error.

So if the real total is 202.5 and it's 212.5, that's not a patent error.

Yes, but everybody would cancel a line that is ten points off.

**milwaukee mike** · 12-27-22, 09:45 PM

Originally posted by d2bets

Whoa!

In 2+ years I've never had s single wager cancelled by a US book. And you know the stuff I bet, they probably could argue it sometimes.

i don't even bet anything live at bol/sbag any more, they cancelled a handful of big bets 10-30 minutes after i bet them

bookmaker is the one i can no longer trust with anything, i mean how do they justify voiding a bet on harden rebounds? how the heck am i supposed to know the exact correct price, especially if they don't