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    Avatar photoGingertipster
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    Why is Bet 365 betting over broke in the 2:05 Newbury?

    You can back every horse in the race with them and still make a profit. :?

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    Didn’t last long. :lol:

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    #479317
    eddie case
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    Can’t bet any horse with them, closed my account after 3 losing £50 bets in high profile handicaps.

    Mickey Mouse firm, not bookmakers.

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    They are sometimes slow at adjusting prices and reacting to exchange moves, rendering themselves open to arb trading. They manage this, as Eddie points out, by restricting/closing accounts at the merest whiff of a punter having the slightest clue.

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    I’ve heard people say Bet 365 close and limit accounts, but personally I have had around 12 accounts and they are the only one not to ever limit any bet. Seem to have slipped through their net.

    They were at one point offering best price on all runners, with a 98% book.

    If it was over-broke for any length of time doesn’t matter about limiting customers, there’s no profit in the race for them FULL STOP, whoever their customers are.

    You could be right David; may be they’re just slow in changing prices. Unless…

    …Did they advertise an offer on Mount Athos’s race? Guarranteed best price at a certain time of day? Needing to offer over-broke because the best price percentage of all the other bookies put together was so tight.

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    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    bet365 price promise

    Every week there are a host of superb races broadcast live on Channel 4 and, as always, our fantastic offers will ensure that you get the best value.

    We will constantly update our prices for all races shown live on Channel 4 to ensure that we offer the best price on every horse running.

    This offer applies to all bets placed from 10am when a race is being shown live on Channel 4. Best price or joint best price will be matched from the following list of Bookmakers: Ladbrokes, William Hill, Paddy Power, Coral, Totesport and Boylesports. Best Odds Guaranteed still applies. Excludes ante-post prices.

    So place your Horse Racing bets safe in the knowledge that the bet365 price is the best price

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    No complaints about Bet365 from me.

    No restrictions on stakes, user friendly online and over the phone, and they match best odds of their competitors at the weekend/big races.

    Compare that to the jokers at Corals, Betfred and PP who won’t take much more than a fiver stake without running for cover.

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    That explains things Nathan, thanks.

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    My experience with B365 was to be restricted to about 5p a bet fairly quickly. I complained and they did relent and let me bet up to about £20 under surveillance. However, my first bet after the let off was West End Rocker e/w in the Welsh National (a Gingertip if I recall correctly) . He won and I was back down to 5p again after that.

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    Avatar photoNathan Hughes
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    What you need to do to stop being restricted is show them that you are a mug. Every 6 months or so play £10 via the slots.
    job done they think you are a idiot and any winnings will be viewed as luck.

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    If you do see a bookie going overbroke for a non-promotional reason, remember they might be able to use the palpable error rule to welch on any bet you make. This has happened to me once in the past and so I am wary of free lunches now.

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