Heads up for european players

[chachi]

Not that many are likely to be opening a new Stan James account, but be aware they have banned Moneybookers/Skrill for betting accounts. As per their help section on deposits/withdrawals:

New customers that use Skrill/ MoneyBookers to deposit funds into an account will be automatically restricted from placing sports bets. No such restrictions apply to Casino, Games and Poker products. You will be informed by Stan James in writing in the event that the sports bet restriction is removed or relaxed.


By using Skrill/ MoneyBookers to deposit funds into your account, you agree that you will wager the entire value of the deposit on Stan James’ products. In the event that you choose to withdraw funds before having wagered the entire value of the deposit, Stan James may recover from your account balance the cost incurred by Stan James of processing your deposits and withdrawals

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In the event that a client requests to withdraw their full deposited balance without placing bets that reflect the value of their deposit, then we reserve the right to make a charge of 3% to cover our transaction costs.

[Pat McCrotch]

Fukkin cowboys

Only a mug plays there

[chachi]

may as well take their stupid odds for a few days before getting closed down, but Neteller appears to be the preferred method now for that

[benandjerry]

is the reason behind this most likely those 1% (0.8% was it last time?) cashback promos MB is running occasionally? I thought neteller was probably doing something similar, at least they have different kind of vip levels which has to give some benefit I guess.

yeah, no big loss, guess they're worth it for the little time you have before severely limited...

[JayZ]

Same applies at Betpack, the site Stan James operates for a group of Irish high st. bookies.

[allin1]

sbr rating B but my guess is that they are at B- at best for this new policy

[chachi]

dunno about that ... no fees to deposit or withdraw and zero risk to funds, putting them miles ahead of the usual bullshit CR books which everyone raves about

[allin1]

dunno about that ... no fees to deposit or withdraw and zero risk to funds, putting them miles ahead of the usual bullshit CR books which everyone raves about

they should have contacted every customer noticing them about the change in policy. imagine if you are a long time customer and deposit 1000 via moneybookers as usual, but realize that now you can use it only in the casino... would you feel you are dealing with a B rated shop? I agree that for every other point they are solid, but what they just did with the moneybookers policy without informing clients is the kind of thing D rated books would do just to steal some more cash faster from the already losing clients.

[chachi]

no, reread the T&Cs quoted closely - it is NEW accounts only that this applies to

[allin1]

no, reread the T&Cs quoted closely - it is NEW accounts only that this applies to

ok. sorry. my bad.