Sports Interaction good and bad

[20Four7]

Requested my first payout from sportsinteraction. 6K yesterday morning. Hit moneybookers sometime this afternoon. They indicated it would be 24 to 48 hours. Great.

Try to bet a college bb total. New Max bet limit $44. Tried to bet hockey new limit $110. It seems I can now bet 10% of their max bet. All this is from running good since Feb 12. I did go something like 37 and 12 there. I had heard through the grapevine (other friends etc) that they review your account at around 20K. I haven't even won half of that but now I'm limited.

This makes the 2nd book this year to limit me after bowmans gave me the news for new years that I had a $10 limit.

[bigboydan]

I can't say I'm surprised your limits were cut to dramatically 24/7. Look on the bright side though, at least you received your money without any type of confiscation happening.

[20Four7]

I still have mid 4 figures there. Here is the e mail they sent me:

Unfortunately, we have come to the conclusion that, as a business decision, we must now decrease your bet limits to 10% due to questionable excessive winnings for a recreational sportsbook account. This is part of our random continued security and fraud protection regarding online gaming practices.

I guess now to get the rest of my money out.

[Munson15]

I still have mid 4 figures there. Here is the e mail they sent me:



I guess now to get the rest of my money out.

Got almost the same email word-for-word 2 years ago, and was forced to cash out eventually. I believe I was up 18k or so at the time, mostly from hitting middles and scalps. No worries about getting paid at least.

[Justin7]

At least they pay winners...

I can't fault a book for using reasonable risk management (aka limiting winners) as long as they pay everyone in full.

[Bill Dozer]

Congrats on your wins 20Four. Maybe try betting a few chalky max bet 8 teamers then asking them to review it again.

[20Four7]

This weekend at the new limits I go 2 and 8 saving myself some large coin. Instead of losing 440 on the totals (2 of them) I loss 44, instead of lising 550 on the sides I lose 110. Thanks SIA.

[Stumpage]

20Four7, a friend of mine who also plays at SIA got the same letter a couple of weekends ago. He's had no trouble collecting the remainder of his funds. Guess he hit the same win plateau that you did.

Incidentally, he always encouraged me to sign up at SIA, basically because of their great arbing lines on the dog, but I steadfastly refused. I did have an account at SIA some years ago, but short of my ABC Islands experience (Which I believe you know of), I have never had a more frustrating and anger-inducing time than some of my experiences at Sportsinteraction.

Anyway, kinda sucks that you're booted but there's always other books to infiltrate.....

[20Four7]

The lines aren't always shaded towards the dog. Yesterday there were a few college games that were -170 SIA +200 on pinny. I would say they are evenly shaded if your looking for arbs. On the other hand when you hit the +300 dog they feel it more than when you hit the -170 favourite.

[20Four7]

Just to let everyone know I withdrew my remaining balance save $500 and got it the same day. I couldn't believe they gave me my money quicker than 5 dimes which took almost 24hours.

My experience shows they don't like winners but will pay out. A rare experience these days.

[bigboydan]

I'm glad hear that you did get paid 24/7.

I gotta question for you though sir. At what point did you start experiencing time delays if any at all?

[20Four7]

I was never put on any kind of delay that I noticed Dan. The only other thing I ever noticed was the thread I started where they moved the line on me and that only occured once. The only reason I even withdrew is I didn't want over 10K in that kind of book (I forget what their rating is but I believe it's a D+). My guess is if I didn't withdraw I'll probably still be ok but my limits were probably going to get cut eventually anyways.