Originally Posted by
dontknowhowtobet
No, unfortunately that is not always the case as you're trying to portray.
I know someone who won $50,000 with a bookmaker and the bookmaker is refusing to pay him out. I'm just not allowed to talk about it here since that person is dealing with SBR about that.
Bookmakers are not quick to payout. They find reasons why not to, they take their time, make you wait, asking for more documents, and many other things. Funny enough, there was one bookmaker that told me they need 14 days to approve my documents before processing a withdrawal. I said "fine, so self-exclude me then", they asked me why and I told them I had a gambling problem and they by surprise I got my withdrawal processed same day and all of my documents were approved because it was useless to them to make me wait whilst they know I cannot bet with them any longer.
They are not the most honest people on earth, they are there to TAKE your money, not to PAY you...
If this entire industry was a honest and decent industry, then by all means I would have agreed with you.
But this goes both ways.
You need to understand this doesn't work one way only, and that is why I'm not a big advocator of paying debt to such scumbags.