I sent this email to TheGreek - waiting for their response

**andywend** · 05-08-13, 02:57 AM

Don'tknowhow, if you can't control yourself from gambling when you don't want to, then you should NOT be gambling in the first place. Weren't you the one who said you were going to bet 900 pounds on the Heat on the moneyline in Game 1 saying you couldn't lose and then called someone a clown later in the thread? It looks like you wised up and didn't make such a foolish bet which would have been a bankroll buster.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-08-13, 03:10 AM

Originally posted by andywend

Don'tknowhow, if you can't control yourself from gambling when you don't want to, then you should NOT be gambling in the first place. Weren't you the one who said you were going to bet 900 pounds on the Heat on the moneyline in Game 1 saying you couldn't lose and then called someone a clown later in the thread? It looks like you wised up and didn't make such a foolish bet which would have been a bankroll buster.

Andy,

I disagree with you at 2 points:

1) The previous bets were made and done, the fact I won some money doesn't mean I have to spend it.
2) Many bookmakers allow you to COOL OFF ... you should be aware of it. I am only asking TheGreek for this feature.

I agree I was the clown calling someone else a clown and I did apologise but between that and what I'm saying here there is a huge gap, a wide distinction.

You should be aware of it, do you?

**Art Vandeleigh** · 05-08-13, 03:23 AM

Have someone you trust go into your account and reset your password until you can withdraw.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-08-13, 03:38 AM

Originally posted by Art Vandeleigh

Have someone you trust go into your account and reset your password until you can withdraw.

Hmm... good idea, but I haven't told my gf about it so I have no one else to do it for me except for my brother ... maybe I should do it if they don't respond soon.

Thanks for the tip Art !

**sideloaded** · 05-08-13, 03:41 AM

You know if you show someone your balance and explain the whole 7 day policy, I bet you could get a loan and gamble some more and have that money doubled. No sense in letting that money waste away until you can withdraw. Plenty of opportunities between now and then to make more money, maybe even double it.

Only suckers would pass on this +EV opportunity. Dont let that money goto waste, get it in action if you want to be a winning gambler.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-08-13, 03:57 AM

Originally posted by sideloaded

You know if you show someone your balance and explain the whole 7 day policy, I bet you could get a loan and gamble some more and have that money doubled. No sense in letting that money waste away until you can withdraw. Plenty of opportunities between now and then to make more money, maybe even double it.

Only suckers would pass on this +EV opportunity. Dont let that money goto waste, get it in action if you want to be a winning gambler.

A winning gambler should know when to take a break sometimes.
Besides,
I am tired of waking up at 5am in the morning ... so you say do it again ... if MIAMI goes OVER and last night 2 games go OVER so simply blast £3,000 on the UNDER between SAS and GSW ?

I can think like that forever... but I don't want it to contorl me man .... if it does then I'm screwed, regardless of how much I can make!

**Art Vandeleigh** · 05-08-13, 04:00 AM

Forgot one thing, they may send you an e-mail informing you your password was changed, (maybe even with the new password?). Maybe try changing it once yourself and see what happens before asking someone else to do it.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-08-13, 04:20 AM

I got an email from them, so no need to use the password thing, see below their response - good job from their end!

Thank you for your email.

In regards to your query , we can suspend your account for the period until you are able to withdraw the funds.

Please advised us if you wish for this to be done.

Thank you for choosing The Greek.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-08-13, 05:07 AM

I have suspended my TheGreek account.
You can lock this topic.

TheGreek had done a good job!

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 01:06 AM

I've stopped gambling for 1 week - yipiiee

Yesterday I deposited £1,000.
Bet on Kirilenko to win the tennis match against Mladonska or whatever her name was and balance was £1,350.
Then had £500 under 143.5 (live betting, 4th quarter) in the fuking German basketball Alba berlin match, and lost it.
Then chased from £850 balance betting on Wawrinka in tennis and the rest is shown in this screenshot:

And now I've already self-excluded myself for 7 days:

And I'm not betting on anything for 1 week.
I've also suspended my TheGreek account for 7 days as well.

I cannot use pinnacle, SkyBet, Bet-At-Home, williamhill, MarathonBet because I've self excluded myself from these sites for at least a few more months.

It's hard to stay in control but I'm working hard towards it.

**NavsPicks** · 05-09-13, 01:13 AM

Attention whore no one gives a penetrate...

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**hawley** · 05-09-13, 01:41 AM

Can we ban this mother fukker?

Either that or someone tell me where he lives and I will stop him.

**thewhiteguy** · 05-09-13, 01:50 AM

Originally posted by hawley

Can we ban this mother fukker?

Either that or someone tell me where he lives and I will stop him.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by hawley

Can we ban this mother fukker?

Either that or someone tell me where he lives and I will stop him.

Come and get me.

**andywend** · 05-09-13, 02:23 AM

Dontknowhowto, I have the feeling you're probably in your late teens/early 20's. I've been gambling for over 30 years and was lucky enough to go on "TILT" only once and that was when I was 18 betting with a bookie. I wound up losing about $10K which was far more than what I had. I paid it off over time but learned a valuable lesson that things can always get worse. Being "in control" when gambling is an absolute must and if you feel the need to call sportsbooks and have your accounts suspended because you feel you can't control yourself, gambling might not be for you. Do you have this same problem in other aspects of your life or just with gambling? You have to believe in and trust yourself to be a winner in the crazy game called life. Glad Greek was able to accommodate you. I loved betting at the Greek but I lost that out when they left the U.S. market.

**sideloaded** · 05-09-13, 02:38 AM

Originally posted by dontknowhowtobet

Yesterday I deposited £1,000.
Bet on Kirilenko to win the tennis match against Mladonska or whatever her name was and balance was £1,350.
Then had £500 under 143.5 (live betting, 4th quarter) in the fuking German basketball Alba berlin match, and lost it.
Then chased from £850 balance betting on Wawrinka in tennis and the rest is shown in this screenshot:

And now I've already self-excluded myself for 7 days:

And I'm not betting on anything for 1 week.
I've also suspended my TheGreek account for 7 days as well.

I cannot use pinnacle, SkyBet, Bet-At-Home, williamhill, MarathonBet because I've self excluded myself from these sites for at least a few more months.

It's hard to stay in control but I'm working hard towards it.

Why are you doing this to yourself? Now that your accounts are shutdown you are missing huge +EV plays. I'm looking at the board right now and see about 6 mis priced props/ml's just begging to be bet.

Every time you shut yourself off you are throwing money down the drain.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 03:07 AM

Originally posted by andywend

Dontknowhowto, I have the feeling you're probably in your late teens/early 20's. I've been gambling for over 30 years and was lucky enough to go on "TILT" only once and that was when I was 18 betting with a bookie. I wound up losing about $10K which was far more than what I had. I paid it off over time but learned a valuable lesson that things can always get worse. Being "in control" when gambling is an absolute must and if you feel the need to call sportsbooks and have your accounts suspended because you feel you can't control yourself, gambling might not be for you. Do you have this same problem in other aspects of your life or just with gambling? You have to believe in and trust yourself to be a winner in the crazy game called life. Glad Greek was able to accommodate you. I loved betting at the Greek but I lost that out when they left the U.S. market.

Andy,

You are right about everything you said including my age ...
I believe "self exclusion" is the best option for now ...

I was thinking I should write a diary or something and just do what I plan to do ...
It's impossible to succeed if you are not in control and that is why I self excluded myself.

What do you think about the diary idea?
I found out when I write what I do (e.g. in this forum) I am much more aware of my actions than when I do things without posting them here, but for some reason other members find it annoying that I write here all this stuff.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 03:08 AM

Originally posted by sideloaded

Why are you doing this to yourself? Now that your accounts are shutdown you are missing huge +EV plays. I'm looking at the board right now and see about 6 mis priced props/ml's just begging to be bet.

Every time you shut yourself off you are throwing money down the drain.

Thanks but no thanks.
I'm happy making £2,500 this week, I don't need to risk it. Better relax first.

**andywend** · 05-09-13, 03:49 AM

Originally posted by dontknowhowtobet

Andy,

You are right about everything you said including my age ...
I believe "self exclusion" is the best option for now ...

I was thinking I should write a diary or something and just do what I plan to do ...
It's impossible to succeed if you are not in control and that is why I self excluded myself.

What do you think about the diary idea?
I found out when I write what I do (e.g. in this forum) I am much more aware of my actions than when I do things without posting them here, but for some reason other members find it annoying that I write here all this stuff.

Don't worry about other members being annoyed with your posts. If they don't like them, then they don't have to read them. Regarding your "self exclusion", do you only do so after you have won a set amount? If you only "self-exclude" when you're winning and not when you're losing, then you're guaranteed to go broke. I've always believed that when you're winning, you need to step things up and when you're losing, that's the time to go into "self-exclude" mode. I have no idea how you handicap games or if you're throwing darts but if you see what you believe is a +EV play, then you need to take advantage of it which you can't do if you suspend your accounts. While it appears sportsbooks are willing to accommodate your requests to "self-exclude", you really don't want to live your life where you're giving up control all the time. You have to believe in yourself and face the world on your own as opposed to having your sportsbooks fill the role as a parental figure. Feeling the need to "self-exclude" yourself is setting a dangerous precedent and might spread to other areas of your life. We all have to grow up sometime and now is the time for you. Best of luck with your bets.

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 04:57 AM

Originally posted by andywend

Don't worry about other members being annoyed with your posts. If they don't like them, then they don't have to read them. Regarding your "self exclusion", do you only do so after you have won a set amount? If you only "self-exclude" when you're winning and not when you're losing, then you're guaranteed to go broke. I've always believed that when you're winning, you need to step things up and when you're losing, that's the time to go into "self-exclude" mode. I have no idea how you handicap games or if you're throwing darts but if you see what you believe is a +EV play, then you need to take advantage of it which you can't do if you suspend your accounts. While it appears sportsbooks are willing to accommodate your requests to "self-exclude", you really don't want to live your life where you're giving up control all the time. You have to believe in yourself and face the world on your own as opposed to having your sportsbooks fill the role as a parental figure. Feeling the need to "self-exclude" yourself is setting a dangerous precedent and might spread to other areas of your life. We all have to grow up sometime and now is the time for you. Best of luck with your bets.

Hi Andy,

Thanks a lot for your feedback.
I have self excluded myself both after losses and after winnings.
But if you ask me, yes, I did lose one time a substantial amount of £££ because I was self-excluded and couldn't bet on a bet I really wanted to ... so I ended up betting £700 max instead of £4000 that I wanted and got only £650 back ....

It was quite annoying and happened a month ago.

You are right that I should be in control but it's like a feeling, like if I have balance available in the bookie I just gotta play with it, be it live betting, a stupid bet, anything ...

You saw my other threads?
I won £1700 after betting £1900 on the Knicks and that was a very calculated bet ....
What did I do after winning? Betting £500 on OKC money line in live betting for really bad odds and eventually losing it...

Why? I don't know... I just "lost control".
Do you have any tips or ideas how I can have control back?
I'm telling you if I wasn't self-excluded now I would have definitely placed bets now with TheGreek or RedBet, it's a huge problem, I know ... if I could just gain control I would be so happy because I believe in myself and I believe with most bets I win and don't lose.

But if I am out of control I can literally go broke, just like you said ...

If you have any tips of ideas I'd be glad to hear.
If not and permanently avoiding gambling is the answer then I would do it ... but it just doesn't feel right to be honest... I don't feel I should avoid it at all.

**shaunovery** · 05-09-13, 04:59 AM

just don't bet

**sourtwist** · 05-09-13, 07:08 AM

Shaun, you're a douche.

**matilda1989** · 05-09-13, 10:19 AM

Originally posted by sideloaded

Why are you doing this to yourself? Now that your accounts are shutdown you are missing huge +EV plays. I'm looking at the board right now and see about 6 mis priced props/ml's just begging to be bet.

Every time you shut yourself off you are throwing money down the drain.

It looks like you are a big winner -.- " show us your about long term winnings!

**looneytunes** · 05-09-13, 10:35 AM

Complaint because Book doesnt offer babysitting service?

**touchback** · 05-09-13, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by sideloaded

You know if you show someone your balance and explain the whole 7 day policy, I bet you could get a loan and gamble some more and have that money doubled. No sense in letting that money waste away until you can withdraw. Plenty of opportunities between now and then to make more money, maybe even double it.

Only suckers would pass on this +EV opportunity. Dont let that money goto waste, get it in action if you want to be a winning gambler.

**touchback** · 05-09-13, 11:53 AM

My 2 cents... be careful which service you communicate that you may have a gambling service. A few of the more ethical ones with just close your account and some of the less ethical ones will use it against you to suspend your account if you are up on them and then delay any payout.

**sharpcircle** · 05-09-13, 12:08 PM

dontknowhow,

why do you think you're a winner? What makes your bets sharp or educated?

**touchback** · 05-09-13, 12:33 PM

Originally posted by touchback

My 2 cents... be careful which service you communicate that you may have a gambling service. A few of the more ethical ones with just close your account and some of the less ethical ones will use it against you to suspend your account if you are up on them and then delay any payout.

Should say... My 2 cents... be careful which service you communicate that you may have a gambling PROBLEM. A few of the more ethical ones with just close your account and some of the less ethical ones will use it against you to suspend your account if you are up on them and then delay any payout.

**muldoon** · 05-09-13, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by matilda1989

It looks like you are a big winner -.- " show us your about long term winnings!

He wanted to bet 5k on Romney....

**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 04:52 PM

Originally posted by matilda1989

It looks like you are a big winner -.- " show us your about long term winnings!

Is this a long term for you?

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**dontknowhowtobet** · 05-09-13, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by looneytunes

Complaint because Book doesnt offer babysitting service?

Only Americans can ask this type of stupid questions ...
Have you ever been to the UK or ever dealt with a UK bookmaker?