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    Hareeba!
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    Quote Originally Posted by thebayareabeast View Post
    Why did they close your account?
    I dunno, the arrogant bastard wouldn't even talk to me when I attempted to find out

    I recall others at the time saying they were conducting a cleanout of unprofitable accounts

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    yes they will. always have 2 or 3 outs. bookies at any level panic and freak out and cut you off. fact.

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    Quote Originally Posted by frankthetank View Post
    yes they will. always have 2 or 3 outs. bookies at any level panic and freak out and cut you off. fact.
    2 or 3 ?

    at that time I had about 40!

    due to limitations that's now down to less than 20

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    This is just very poor sportsmanship on behalf of any sportsbook that would do this. I've never been in this situation, but my concern is what would happen if someone did get really hot.... Could the sportsbook just disabled/delete their account and not pay the user out all their winnings? If they did, I'd sue their asses in court

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    What if we win over $10k in casino at these sports book within 10 minutes. I have been limited for the day for winning too much and got a message to come back tomorrow.

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    This forum gets run over by retards lately, it's fukkin' amazing lol.
    So you are saying you found your way to SBR, and never heared about a square book like Betjam or 5Dimes showing someone the door? I don't buy it, it must be the betpoints syndrome. Annoying shit...

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    I just hope the books for pros like Pinny, Bookmaker, Greek never limit you or cut you off.

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    Just worry about winning money, who cares about the rest. Get banned, so what? If you get limited or banned from a book for winning too much this is a good thing. In most cases, I'm guessing it's bad for the book because a good number of closed accounts probably would've gave it all back and then some if the only book just let them gamble there some more.

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    worries about the wanna bes

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    Oh god i can't believe im even responding to this mess. YES duh, they want to make money of of you hello thats why there in business just like every other shister, but the A books somehow have some way of making us happy but still coming out ahead "Why do you think that is". BUt i hope i answered this rediculous question.

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    OH and obviously it seems as to history that they do what they want when they want, just dont piss off your book of choice. Maybe thats why the U.S. government is stepping in to try and stop all of the garbage from some of these places.

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    Quote Originally Posted by coldhardfacts View Post
    As an Exchange, Matchbook has no stake in whether you win or lose, and would have no reason to close your account or lower your limits. In fact, it would be counterproductive for them to do so.
    BINGO!

    need more xchanges

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    Quote Originally Posted by scott235 View Post

    need more xchanges
    well, not really

    the key to the success of an exchange is abundant liquidity so if there are several of them the liquidity is spread too thinly

    leaving aside the disadvantage of having a privately owned monopoly the ideal would be for a Betfair available to the whole world

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    vegas books are easy to beat they get nervous when you win $200 dollars bets consistently, they make a killing on people betting parlays

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    evey book has a threshold and every sportsbook is capable of telling you to "go fly a kite". just depends on which book and what their tolerance level is...

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    no, thats an old wise tale

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    Quote Originally Posted by rumple View Post
    no, thats an old wise tale
    Old Wives Tale

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    Got to be abt 20 of these threads in archives. can we resolve to use the search function in the new year?

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    Good point Hareeba, but I'd like to think that they could steal market share from the traditional SB's for liquidity, but we'll find out if and when it happens

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    The question is laughable. Of course they do, they are not your ATMs. But whether you can win that much is another question.

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    haha love these posts....win big once and consider it major props if you get booted...then move on to the next A book plenty of them around...

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    i think they only care if you withdraw. they do not like players who withdraw. do not withdraw ever and you will be treated like a king at all sportsbooks. they will even throw you extra bonuses on your deposit if you ask beforehand as long as you never withdraw. this is the bane of all sportsbooks. they want you to deposit and then they will let you play and win but do not withdraw or else.

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    Quote Originally Posted by unusialsusp5 View Post
    i think they only care if you withdraw. they do not like players who withdraw. do not withdraw ever and you will be treated like a king at all sportsbooks. they will even throw you extra bonuses on your deposit if you ask beforehand as long as you never withdraw. this is the bane of all sportsbooks. they want you to deposit and then they will let you play and win but do not withdraw or else.

    very far from true
    I've been severely limited at several books whilst still in loss and not having withdrawn

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    Quote Originally Posted by thegreen View Post
    haha love these posts....win big once and consider it major props if you get booted...then move on to the next A book plenty of them around...
    firstly, there just aren't all that many genuine A books around

    secondly, if one just has one book at a time they are clearly not price shoppers so probably won't find themselves limited

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hareeba! View Post
    very far from true
    I've been severely limited at several books whilst still in loss and not having withdrawn
    some books don't check on how acoounts have been doing until they withdraw.

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