Originally Posted by
lonnie55
Well, a 1.5k bet on a small tourney with 15k prize money could be considered suspicious, that's for sure. However it doesn't have to mean anything. A bookmaker has to evaluate the whole market, not just one single bet from one single person. That's why I was asking for a betting history. It looks like the market was way to small for match fixing. Only idiots would fix such a match because already a small amount of money is enough to set off the alarm.
There is one thing about those "investigations" I can't figure out: Why don't Bookmakers ask the player for the reason why he placed the bet? In almost every case those investigations are one-sided. Bookmakers do not want to know from the player what's the case. It's just like "wait a year or a half until we let you know our decision".
When Vitalbet made their investigations on me/the match/the bets I placed or whatever they found suspicious, at first they didn't ask me anything. I sent them a huge email with a statement to explain why I placed those bets. Then they called me and asked a few more questions. I had to wait quite a long time though, but in the end I got my money.
I just don't understand why they hardly involve the relevant player into their investigations.