Originally Posted by
luctens
There's no point in taking into account whether a bookmaker restricts accounts or not when coming up with a rating, as it is so widespread with only a very small handful of bookmakers that don't limit you that if you took account restrictions into account, then hardly any bookmaker would have any sort of high rating, and therefore if Bet365 had a far lower rating then the uneducated and ill-informed about gambling would think their funds aren't safe with Bet365, which obviously isn't the case, so it would be misrepresentative of what a rating should be representing. The fact is that every single bookmaker in the land apart from an extremely select few are on a crusade to try and identify every single long term winner or anybody with half a brain cell that are on their books as quickly as humanly possible and to shut them down as quickly as humanly possible, so to say Bet365 shouldn't be highly rated because they restrict customers is pointless, as pretty much all of their competitors do exactly the same, so there is no way to differentiate between Bet365 and pretty much all of their competitors on that issue.
The most important thing is that for whatever length of time that Bet365 allow you to bet with them, that your money is safe, and we can categorically confirm that is the case, so for that reason it is totally correct that they are highly rated. As even if a bookmaker came out and said we aren't going to limit any customers, if your funds aren't safe with them, then it's completely pointless, as great odds and no restrictions are only good if you are sure you will get your payout. So funds security is and always will be the number 1 issue when choosing whether to bet with a bookmaker, so given restrictions are so widespread and pretty much all bookmakers are the same in that regard and that because of that there is no way to separate the vast majority of bookmakers on this issue, the way to separate them is on how safe your funds are with a particular bookmaker.
On the subject of Bet365 though, with their recent announcement of £448m profits in the last fiscal year, if anybody should be made to take a decent bet from all customers given the money they have and the profits they are making, it's Bet365. In terms of all bookmakers, I think their restriction policies are costing all the bookmakers' millions as it is with the amount of recreational punters that are getting caught up in the crossfire of this restriction barrage so no bookmaker whatsoever should be turning away customers so I think stopping restriction policies will benefit all bookmakers, however Bet365 should really be the one that is made to take the lead on this matter given the position they are in.
I was speaking to a few mates the other day and they heard about these profits from Bet365, and when I told them that Bet365 won't take a £1000 bet or £500 bet or even a £5 bet off me, they couldn't believe it, and they all said that's a scam that bookmakers can't be allowed to make money solely off the backs of the mugs whilst not allowing anybody to win off them in the long term, and they said that they especially can't be allowed to make as much as £448m in one year solely off the backs of mugs whilst not letting anybody whatsoever win off them in the long term, and my mates were totally correct in their take on the issue. The general public, mug bettors, smart bettors and everybody else see these account restrictions and closures policies for exactly what they are, which is a complete and utter scam, it's a pity the people in power either don't see that or most likely are choosing to ignore the issue.