I am talking about complaints regarding books that, while the bettor is usually right, he can sometimes easily avoid issues if he was smarter.
Example 1: Bettor bets $10 on a 50-team parlay and hits it. Book owes the bettor $50 million. Of course book doesn't pay.
The rules of the book may not say anything about max payouts, or max number of plays you can put on a parlay, so the bettor is entitled to his money. If the book wanted to limit this sort of parlay they should have it built into their software. The bettor is 100% right. But this is the offshore world, and the customer is not always right. If you want to bet a parlay like that, break it up among different books, or bet less or make it a smaller parlay. [Or better yet stop betting parlays at all...]
Example 2: Correlated parlays. This is a trickier one. Again the player is right that if the software let's him bet the parlay, then it should be fair game. But players should know by now to at least be aware of the risk. It may still be worth betting the parlay but don't be surprised when you run into problems.
Example 3: Off lines. Exactly the same as example 2. If you think you can get away with it, great, but don't be surprised if you get the Cubs at +1200 instead of +120 they either take a free shot at you, or close your account, etc. Again, if the book offers the line it should be fair game, but that's just not how it works.
Example 4: Hitting max bets at skins of the same book. Again there is a risk/reward situation and again the player is usually right since the rules don't usually say anything about this. I've done it many times before because I felt it was worth it, but you should be aware that you might get an unfortunate e-mail a few hours later.
So the lesson is, if a book screws with you, you should do your best to raise hell to try and get paid, but acknowledge you took a chance.
Remember: Honesty is unknown in this business.
Example 1: Bettor bets $10 on a 50-team parlay and hits it. Book owes the bettor $50 million. Of course book doesn't pay.
The rules of the book may not say anything about max payouts, or max number of plays you can put on a parlay, so the bettor is entitled to his money. If the book wanted to limit this sort of parlay they should have it built into their software. The bettor is 100% right. But this is the offshore world, and the customer is not always right. If you want to bet a parlay like that, break it up among different books, or bet less or make it a smaller parlay. [Or better yet stop betting parlays at all...]
Example 2: Correlated parlays. This is a trickier one. Again the player is right that if the software let's him bet the parlay, then it should be fair game. But players should know by now to at least be aware of the risk. It may still be worth betting the parlay but don't be surprised when you run into problems.
Example 3: Off lines. Exactly the same as example 2. If you think you can get away with it, great, but don't be surprised if you get the Cubs at +1200 instead of +120 they either take a free shot at you, or close your account, etc. Again, if the book offers the line it should be fair game, but that's just not how it works.
Example 4: Hitting max bets at skins of the same book. Again there is a risk/reward situation and again the player is usually right since the rules don't usually say anything about this. I've done it many times before because I felt it was worth it, but you should be aware that you might get an unfortunate e-mail a few hours later.
So the lesson is, if a book screws with you, you should do your best to raise hell to try and get paid, but acknowledge you took a chance.
Remember: Honesty is unknown in this business.
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