How SkyBet CHEAT Winners Legally
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2024
- See how SkyBet cheats winners out of their money legally with this well-documented case. It's a shocking sequence of events that has become a consistent problem for people collecting their winnings...
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Social media channels such as X repeatedly see similar stories with SkyBet and some other brands.
This video is for informational purposes only, documenting and explaining an ongoing problem that is well-documented in the public domain. Thanks for watching.
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If you think that was crazy, see William Hill call the police on a £12,500 winner - ruclips.net/video/K2LE6TaWXKk/видео.html
That clause on withdrawing STILL ALLOWS deposits !!?
Ive had a balance at an online casino on hold for 4 years! Im glad i saw your email, because it reminded me of the money!
Ive asked for an update, using your quotes from the gambling commission!
"Where an operator delays a request to withdraw funds due to insufficient ID being verified, that operator may be in breach of a new licence condition and may find themselves subject to regulatory action as a result."
Will it work? Maybe, maybe not, but its worth a try!
I won on Slots they ask me 10 last transaction bank statment from third party one of them was mcdonalds for £14.99 so to get my wining I need to go and ask mcdonalds for bank statment, nine others transaction was from my other account witch I dont use it for gambling, since that day i never spend one peny on UK casino, now own I gamble on black market
Cann berry is anyway i can send you email about situation is happening at moment whit betting website ?
This is why crypto is the future
This is borderline criminal cartel behaviour, they should ban their adverts if they are going to keep behaving like this.
And people said tobacco companies where the lowest of the low.
Borderline is an understatement, blatant criminal and gangster style behaviour, with the government backing by no action
I'd like to request to see the MP's bank accounts, to check if any funds have been transferred from someone linked to Skybet, or any of the big bookies 🤔
Trainers and jockeys definitely do get paid from certain bookmakers ,I know that for a fact !! presenters, pundits and the list goes on and on if that can of worms ever got opened that would be the end of racing !!
Yeah I agree
MPs? As in Members of Parliament?
That would be a useful tool (equal consideration) to be used in a court case, u could request be bought to light.
its not illegal so what you are saying is irrelevant when it is not a crime@@Alfiepops
Just puts me off gambling even more so. It is almost impossible to win let alone deal with this crap. Stone cold robbing bastards.
Stick to a physical casino like in Vegas, you win and get a proper paper ticket to cash in.
@@jimwest7107 We don't all live in Vegas though.
MGM and BETUK (both the same company) seem to act fairly with customers in my experience. Also offering better odds and better special offers, than all other online bookmakers. I’ve switched to using them as my primary betting sites when I’m not using betting exchanges. As a side note MGM and BETUK actually often even have better odds than exchanges some how.
Play crypto casinos that's where most gamblers are playing
@@jimwest7107 The issue with that is that most people in the UK where this is happening are not betting in Casinos. Anyone betting on Sky casino games will never be banned/voided wagers because in the longterm you cannot win.
This is the problem with KYC and Money Laundering regulations in the gambling industry, they allow you to transact before they do any formal checks. It should be the other way around, you can't set up a bank account, pension/ISA or any other financial product in the same way. But gambling companies want you to lose your money, and not be put off by the red tape of going through this process, so they allow you to deposit first. Disgusting.
I simply always refuse to send what they ask citing what the gambling commission says about not asking for withdrawing purposes only. I threaten them and say I will go to police, media outlets and socials if they do not comply and eventually I get my withdrawal. I am a professional gambler.
How many times do you have to contact them and how long do you have to wait for them to payout,as Leovegas asked me for a bank card that I don't have,so I told them it they asked me for it again I'd take legal action against them,Leovegas are not good
This is a good tactic in general. Be persistent and know your rights.
I got done by The Athletic (Yank sports website). Signed up for a free trial (or a Dollar, I forget). Emailed them to cancel but apparently emailed from the wrong email account. So the membership renewed (it was absurd amount, around £60 or something). In the US, they have no consumer rights so you have no right to a refund without good cause. But American companies selling to the UK are subject to UK consumer law, which gives consumers the right to a refund (for 30 days or something). I harassed them with emails and cited this consumer law and eventually got a full refund.
Thanks for the tip.
I've always considered betting companies to be some of the biggest crooks on the planet.
Them and Solicitors!
Some would say Boris Johnson & Richie Sunak are crooks, just extra clever ones
Great video. The Gambling Commission are a complete joke. They are all talk and no action. Zero evidence they have done anything to prevent data and checks being used for incorrect purposes. It’s all an additional profit stream for bookies who have limitless power over consumers
Also, the IP address stuff is incredibly vague. Even when you go to IBAS they don’t give you any information on what they have
They slimmed the odds of winning on fobt by a large margin
I stopped playing FOBTS 2 years ago
Regulatory capture most likely.
That's why we have an independent judiciary. SUE.
I've sent this video to SkyBet PR. Will keep you update if they respond.
If they're anything like the department doing this they'll get back to you sometime in the next 16 weeks. If they want to talk to me I'm more than willing to, although in the interest of fairness they should expect similar response times.
We have looked in all departments,in all offices,but as yet we have been unable to find the video you have stated on here that you have sent.
As soon as we do receive it,we shall do a thorough investigation and implement a vast improvement for all our loyal suckers....sorry punters.
Yours sincerely
Sky Skybet.
Anything back yet? Unlikely I'd imagine. Crooks
As you can imagine, nothing
@NeboReve you thought a multi billion pound company cares about a RUclips video 😂😂wow I don't think your smart enough to even be gambling
Really appreciate evidential videos like this being brought to the mainstream punters' eyes.
Absolute joke how they 'cherry pick' to void ALL winning bets, whilst ignoring losers. Had this happen myself too.
These crooks are getting out of hand now, something needs to be done, but will never happen.
Zero chance it will happen
Can’t we fund a court case against them so it gets maximum publicity and force Sky Bet to answer in court their reasonings and show them up for what they are
Why is the Gambling Commission protecting scammy operators? You would think the legit operators that don't pull this crap would be pressuring their commission to stop this as it hurst THEIR business too.
Another demonstration of why I don't bet.
Victim mentality. These cases dont happen with everyone and are very rare.
The gambling Commision ensuring gambling is fair and open-is it April 1st today. The gambling commision's job is to help Bookmakers as much as possible irrespective of the harm it causes punters.
If somebody told this story down at the local pub while you and you're friends were around you would say it was complete BS. And not believe a word they were saying.
It's so unbelievable that it's happening and still going on
Of course MPs are complicit. You just have to check their register of gifts. They’re all getting free trips to football, horse racing, hospitality. This isn’t out of the kindness of the gambling industries hearts. It’s lobbying. Every party is at it.
Imagine sending your bank statements to a private company that isn't FCA regulated.
Yes and just so they can at the end of it all, steal money from you that you won.
Its a private company. If you dont like it, dont use it.
The DWP can demand banks give them access to claimants accounts. The game is up lads face it,, war is coming.
Then don’t do it and don’t bet 🤷♂️
They have a cheek to ask
01:24 - "You won't be able to withdraw money - but will be able to deposit £1,500"
Crooked bastards.
The data was used for the prevention of harm-to the bookmakers profits.
What a bunch of cheeky bastards, but I'm not shocked, they hate winners and will do anything to get rid of them, so much for the law.
If money is already in the banking system, why do they need to check for money laundering. This is done at the point of deposit at the banks. Ridiculous.
Is it though. I have had large sums of money deposited to my account and the bank has never contacted me to check the source. However you could go out on a massive shopping spree and not have to show the source of your funds. Why gambling, well it looks to me like the bookies lobbied *for* and not against these rediculous checks because they know it can be exploited in order to not pay out winnings.
@@David-bi6lf
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Ayup fella, i’m a software engineer who enjoys a bet and i have experienced exactly what you have shown today…
I also believe there are other unfair and potentially illegal practices being employed by the bookies… i have started a process of scraping/collecting a stack of data to get verifiable results.
I was hoping to actually engage in lawfare with them if i can prove it strongly enough with their own numbers.
The most concerning thing about this video is IBAS sided with Sky, which shows the corruption right through the system. No way IBAS should be siding with Sky Bet on this one. Even if the account was funded by a friend as long as a payment with the account holders name on is used there is no way for Sky Bet or IBAS to prove unequivocally that the payment from a friend was used for the purposes of betting. Anyway the reason friends would be funding other friends accounts is because Sky and other sportsbooks restrict or boot off any winning players. Its kind of a reaction to their own actions basically. So all these companies get to advertise as they like to get the customers in then what they are doing to siffling through the pile and deciding which ones are profitable and what ones are not and will basically boot off or restrict anyone too sharp. Its called having your cake and eating it. They are also manipulating AML legislation to keep peoples data.
Certainly seems that way. Its mad that the GC and IBAS seem absolutely fine with this, mickey mouse terms and condidtions are a real problem - anyone can make them up, nobody reads them either, would take a week.
@CaanBerryProTrader you should cover a recent one where a punter was on for 9k after a corner bet in an Oldham Athletic game landed on his acca. Sky voided the selection reducing his winnings by about 4k something. The funny thing is sky bet had already marked the selection as a winner for punters on for £3 winnings. Sky bet cited there was no footage of the game. The punter then obtained footage directly from Oldham. So Sky then locked his account. They did everything they could not to pay this 9k out. Also they committed fraud themselves by selecting which punters would get paid on the selection lol. Happened about 3 months ago. All over twitter. Check it out. Disgusting how these companies behave and what they get away with.
@@CaanBerryProTrader It is illegal to have unfair T&Cs. Sky need to be taken to court and get proper media coverage of it too.
Westminster Hall Debate at 4.30pm today on e-petition regarding the e-petition on financial checks for gamblers
is there a live feed to this?
What happened?
The Gambling Commission is not fit for purpose. Not only are they doing nothing to help punters in cases like this but the checks that they allow betting companies to do to prevent problem gamblers are being used to cheat punters from winning. It needs a total overhaul.
It doesn't even make any sense. We're going to protect you from financial harm by confiscating your money... wtf
You could say the same about regulatory bodies. They nearly always side with the bank or solicitor/doctor
Very detailed analysis of what they are doing Caan. Would like to see the Gambling Commission fully investigate this to see how many people are effected and how much money has been confiscated. Betting companies should be no where near private bank statements of individuals.
Cannot think of a bunch of individuals who are less responsible than them with highly sensitive personal data. You could imagine them selling it on and using it for all sorts, breaking GDPR.
@@lukebignell7846 surely what's needed here is for the betting companies to instead have to request an assessment done by the bank that has the account of the person. The bank already has all of the data, so there would not then be any greater chance of a data breach. Yes, of course, the bank would charge the betting company for doing this check. But then it already costs the betting company to investigate itself.
Gambling commission is there to control the gamblers not the one's that fill their pockets.
I dont thing UKGC care much how much we lose or not get paid, all they care to get big money for them selfs
Affected*
Is the whole gambling industry is a mafia business model with excellent profits?
nah the problem is the soft bookmaker model. Sharp bookies are still good
Its apparent at this point thst if they can demand your personal documents be uploaded online where it can be easily hacked you shouldnt be gambling online.
Cracking video, Caan. Brilliantly put together.
The upcoming stringent checks are surely an opportunity for bookies to further restrict withdrawals, but as this is known to UKGC hopefully any KYC can only be done during sign up.
It actually incentives people not to withdraw for fear of extra checks.
@@CaanBerryProTrader I mostly do EWNL and rarely withdraw. Unibet SR me and I withdrew £4216 only to be hit with KYC. Standard, eh.
Gam stop the best thing ever invented for gambling.
Great video Caan! I think the best practice would be just to deposit for each individual bet and if it wins withdraw straight away keeping the funds in your account, not theirs.
‘The world isn’t dying. It’s being killed. And the people that are killing it have names and addresses’.
Do not send any bank statements.
Ridiculous... And disgusting gambling commission
This only in the.. Learn from the States
Started a case with casino over them not doing any checks after several grand of deposits and only a big win started it off.
Don't bet with these corrupt corporations.
Name a fair alternative though. 🤷
a lot of the smaller companies as they cant afford to pay off the MPs@@milozach1
Close your Skybet account if you have one. Good video 👌
After this weekend it's also clear that Opta are also very shady. A tipping service tipped Weigl FGS in the M'Gladbach game. He was FGS, as the first goal was clearly an own goal (striker headed it but it was going wide, it was put in by the defender). However, Opta didn't acknowledge the first goal as a own goal, though it clearly was, so the Weigl goal was recorded as AGS rather than FGS.
They're all in it together this lot. (apart from Bet365 who recognised the mistake and paid out)
This sort of thing happens a lot with opta and shots on target.
Lets face it - winning "fair and square" is not normally a problem. 90% of customers will never have an issue. A constant referral to "legitimate" winnings isn't necessary true.
There are some stunningly bad decisions (the Coral Rangers Bet springs to mind) and I am all in favour of an Aus style minimum win for restricted accounts but lets not pretend that opening multiple accounts in different names, using other peoples accounts where your account is restricted or using (and this is key) "a recreational bookmaker to run a business (ie exchange laying) isn't a form of fraud
The most sense I have heard/read on this thread so far. 🙏 you are my hero
I’ve used other peoples accounts too bet with , especially during lockdown , it’s not easy too do now though .
Whoever your referring too in this particular case was pretty dumb about it . If your doing transactions for a third party , do all the deals with cash , don’t leave a paper trail . Lesson learnt
This is why you don't give them bank statements because they bend it how they see fit. What's to say they couldn't do it with wages? Third party could mean anyone they deem so,, they could claim the company paying your wages "could" be third party. And 99% of people can't take these scumbags to court can they,, public have allowed all this by just sitting back and doing feck all whilst they ironfist the fook out of that very public.
Exactly, no smoke without fire. The gaming companies are just following the law.
This is why I never bet online
This is happening in betting shops as well mate.
Of all the hickey mouse companies around sky bet must be the worst thieves obviously as well. Any chance of getting this excellent expose on itv racing then those clowns on it practically all of whom are employed in some capacity by betting firms would have questions to answer.That won't happen as it would upset the cosy arrangement they have with the punter ultimately having no body to fight his corner.
So does play ojo banned me for winning all the time and banned me for no reason
Is there any chance you can do something about sky poker as online poker is even more corrupt with the random number generator house bots at the tables who take down the biggest of the prizes for the house I’m a really good player who wins consistently in live poker but online I would win consistently as a new player after that it was really difficult to make any profit so I stopped playing online
The developers have created the algorithm all money to go in circulation generating rake. From every pot they take 5 percent, from every tournament entry 10 percent....on top of everything they put bots, because there are no enough players
I got cheated out of winning 1200 on betfair jackpot pinball game got 50p instead it landed in jackpot pot when I did spin on game then went to winning screen showed 50p and they wanted a screenshot though I tried flashed of screen to quick and to make it worst I know the jackpot was not won on that day
no sympathy for playing on online games from me.
@@SpannerfaceYou are such a humanitarian,Nobel peace prize for you !
This just happened on Ladbrokes too. It landed in 100 (relating to £100) and they put £1 in the balance. Utter shizters.
Question, what happens if you just call gaming immediately like they do in America when card counters get f’d over their money?
What would happen if you send them a bank statement/verification before you place a bet ? When balance is at zero ? would that still allow them to ask to verify when funds are available for a withdrawal?
They don't ask at that point usually, funny eh?
The house always wins I suppose
They're just criminals loving people who lose and not paying out when people win. As for the regulator they are a waste of time. Not even applying their own rules. The gambling industry in this country is getting away with murder.
Brilliant video Caan !
...wish it never had to be made TBH.
@CaanBerryProTrader Caan thanks for the reply 👍 The people in power in league with the bookmakers and people within the industry- ex jockeys,presenters and tipsters all with their noses in the trough = a closed shop and a dying game for the average punter.
Wonder if your ever cover where the money from GC fines go. I have solid info none reaches the customers
Do all these restrictions exist for slots and casino customers where the real problem gamblers are ?
Of course not mate they solved that problem by restricting you to a maximum bet on the fixed odds machines. Now nobody ever gambles on those.......
The restrictions are 100% there for all and any games offered by the online gaming companies.
The max bet restriction also 100% benefits the gambler and the integrity of the business.
Hopefully everyone stops giving their money to these crooks. Yes, it's a waste of money when one loses, but they don't like people getting their money for wins. This is not new. It happens to bricks and motar betting shops too, calling the police to get out of paying up.
This is why I stick to my £1 footy accumulators Instore with paddy power I even get my pound back as a free bet if one team let's me down 😂
If anyone does this to me, I’m taking them to small claims court
É lamentável estas ocorrências .Te admiro por colocar as tuas experiências em demonstração apesar de aqui no Brasil ser um pouco difícil de achar EV+ nas partidas. Mas continue pois teus vídeos chegara as "4 cantos " do mundo e revelará de que forma a indústria consegue tentar enganar os teus apostadores
Sue. It's unfortunately the only way sometimes. It might be time-consuming and expensive, but you could also end up with a nice pay cheque at the end. And it's surely a slam dunk case.
Great video and well explained my right honourable parliamentarian friend, shared to my twitter
This was going on years ago with other bookies. They should ask for ID when you open the A/c but they know that a lot of folk will not bother and terminate their application. I have only one a/c now with smarkets and these guys have been great. Betting companies are the bigger set of bandits I have come across. Government should slap some heavy fines on these lot
this needs to go viral and things neet to be put into place to stop this, its a shame it will never happen tho
This is odd I have never had an issue in my life to do with withdrawing etc... seems odd to me that you have even seen this issue
I wont £70 and it said I have withdrawn it but it never entered my bank
Alot of stuff I agree with on here, proof of age should be sought at sign up stage. Alot of betting companies have a challenge on entry requirement when it comes to getting ID from young looking customers, same standard should apply with "entry" so to speak for online. But however I dont think your customer your describing is an average joe bloggs punter, you average punter does not deposit £500 from the get go, and it does seem like from what your saying they where placing bets on behalf of third party. Put again if the £500 is a red flag, checks should be done before bets placed.
Bookies have racing trainers,ex jockeys etc begging us to sign a petition to prevent affordability chacks coming in and yet this is how they treat their customers?! Its laughable!!!
I don’t gamble but you breaking this down is amazing help to others in the future.
I’m learning too 😂❤
I've stopped gambling for over 2 years it's not worth the hassle . I'm not sharing any of my details .
It would be great to see if you could find an angle of some sort to beat Sky using their own tips. That would be interesting.
Just a quick one fella....iv just had a row with sky bet they voided 2 bets in my accumulator when both won.....I done all 8 games in Israel 2nd division 3corners both half's all come in all finished at 7clock....I waited til 9clock this morning they voided 2 games and said the 3rd party who sents stats across never did for them 2games but did the other 6games.....I got screen shots that the bet won they have paided me out as a 6fold and are not budging anything I can do or have I been done over....if can let me no cheers
Great video mate but what do you do? If people were smarter would stop playing with companies like that and they would go out of business... But how can you educate them? By the way, which companies are decent? I believe Betfair and Pinnacle. Do you suggest any other ones? Basically I want to bet what I want any way I want to. Thank you
Seems to be lots of deduction when horse wins 65p in the pound regularly yet only one horse isn't running
Skybet need to pay 😢
Sky bet need to follow the law and withhold winnings from punters where there is evidence of illegal activity
@@paulpayne8177Muppet.
In some cases Skybet even ask "have you ever met an a.i? I'm Eva, your new artifical girlfriend", was the weirdest placed and timed ad I've ever had
We all need to set up a group where we close all our betting sites until the terms and conditions are fair and these dirty things they do are stopped. If enough people get together and close their accounts then things will change. Does anyone think this is a good idea and can be implicated??
It's behaviour like this that causes an individual to download pdf editing software and always edit out people's info on bank statement so there are no peer to peer transactions. It also makes individuals state they are paperless for ethical and religious reasons and cannot therefore by law be forced to send in posted copies. Using separate sims and devices when connecting to bookies also...
They won’t accept the paperless excuse unfortunately
@@exchangemarkets1575 They very much do if you claim it’s due to ethical and religious reasons. Look into discrimination laws. If you take out a cheap £40 county court claim and site these reasons they pay up.
Obviously there trying to make you run out of time ,pure misery we've heard many times that's why ,people just don't do it you mostly lose ,but even if you win with these firms you still lose .
Me and a friend in work bet with sky bet from nevember till end of jan on the freeze, we won between us just under 20k in 2 months..we now have no freeze option lol..crooks they are end of!!!!
Ive been done twice in recent weeks - sky dont update OPTA properly & leave things unticked
tey tick them AFTER the game is over
Surely they're not allowed to ask for a completely random person's bank statements who have nothing to do with the sky bet account? I mean is gdpr not a thing ? Either way it's disgusting behaviour This is why I stick to my £1 footy accumulators Instore with paddy power I even get my pound back as a free bet if one team let's me down 😂
When did not being allowed stop them from doing anything? They're not allowed to use the checks for 'commercial purposes' either, this is the point. Who's going to stop them? Appears all the people that should be are complicit.
@CaanBerryProTrader that's disgusting because any other business that breaches gdpr like this would be fined a percentage of their annual turnover but these crooks get away with murder makes me sick.
The gambling industry has a lot of money which equals power
Hi Caan this happened with my mum setting an account up for a bet on Cheltenham she won one of the three free bets withdraw and they suspended the account she’s sent documents 3-4 times and they keep saying the same thing can you help it’s not much but she’s stressing about it
Closed my account years ago put a complaint but as usual nothing happened
All the books in australia do this exact same tatic I have not been paid about 5 times now for amounts over 1000$
So do you withdrawal before you get to $1000 to get around this problem or its all pretty much the same .
I only found out last year that online bookies can band you / stake restrict you, it's actually insane. How can they have the cheek to put adverts out promoting themselves when they ban you if you win for a period of time. Might as well stick to betting shops if you're a sharp.
Why? Just bet on the exchanges if you are that good.
If you are match betting then go into town and use the myriad of bookies there.
I literally know nothing about horses, but did a sign up offer from a bookie. Money back if your horse lost etc.
But my horse won. First and only bet on the account.
The bookie said that my "betting patterns" weren't "consistent", confiscated my winnings and closed my account. This left me exposed on the exchange and I lost money.
LOL
It's nothing new. Land bookies would restrict regular winning customers decades ago
Betting shops also ban you, or prevent you taking odds, so you can't get an edge.
No one talking about the influencers or the rigged accounts they play were they always win to entice ppl to play .. 🤢
Who are the corporate executives at skybet? They have names and addresses. "Voice your displeasure" with them in person.
ALL RIGGED FOLKS ?
NEVER BET/GAMBLE !
They did this to me and it wasn’t even that big of a winnings
UKGC are disgusting what they have done to UK players, they should be overhauled there so out of date its unreal
Hello how are you ? I'm interested in pre-live learning on horses, but my language is Portuguese, is there any way to translate your course? because I don't know anything about English..
Did anyone really think they wouldn't abuse all this power 😅,, bank statements is not something they need nor should you give it to them,, but once you comply with their first demand that gives them the green light to utterly take the pi33.
I simply always refuse to send what they ask citing what the gambling commission says about not asking for withdrawing purposes only. I threaten them and say I will go to police, media outlets and socials if they do not comply and eventually I get my withdrawal. I am a professional gambler.
Real simple solution. Don’t take their shit, find out where the office is and pay them a visit, let them have it upon arriving! If companies feared a mob turning up, they’d not try mugging people off.
Ha ha ha...I literally choked on my spaghetti at your comment!
"Let them have it"!
F.hilarious❤
Protest outside Westminster. The companies are just following the law.
@yne8177 No they aren't. They are cleary not following the law, as shown in the video.
It sounds better to not engage, do not send bank statements and just start small claims court action no?
another day, another scam from the bookies, been following your content for years and you even helped me out big time with william hill, it still amazes me there allowed to get away with it, just sad really
Thanks. This is fascinating...ive never been much of a gambler ,and less so , a very succesful one! A tiny bet now and then .....now prior to BOTH lockdowns, i randomly won £1000 (twice) on a type of bet i never did ,and if the 1st was an accident on my part -the 2nd most definitely wasnt!! I genuinely didnt recognise either bet !! Consequently, i got myself into serious trouble during a solo difficult lockdown.....i cant help but wonder if these 2isolated (never repeated)wins were little more than a feed to develop a habit .....i wonder if this happened to anyone else ?
We need the wealthy gamblers who can afford to sue them for huge damages to f*ing sue them! #corruptuk
Excellent analysis and just one of the many reasons I don’t gamble.
I bet they don't cheat you out of your loss.
I think a nicely worded FOI request to the gambling commission and IBAS (if possible) might be the first port of call to get any political or media leverage on this topic as the big gambling companies are too influential behing the scenes.
I'd call the police with details before i did anything, won't do anything but you'll have a case number to start with
I have a skybet account. Over the past 6,5 years, I'm 6 grand down. I recently had to change my debit card and tried to cancel the one that no longer is active. They said no because they said I was money laundering? FFS. I'm down, I worked it out that money equals a cup of Costa each day. Seems to me like it's them that's laundering my money. I never use that for racing betting now, they are shit.
If you're down more than £1,000 per year with one bookmaker account, over 6.5 years, I'd say just stop betting. You're just wasting money. Find out how to get an edge, then stick to that. You can still enjoy betting, you don't have to lose to do it.
Is a shambles that they can be supported in asking for this and do it so long after the account has been opened.
Does make you wonder how much of their business is pet accounts though - and presumably this case fell into that pot? Would we have gotten to such a shitty spot were it not for the proliferation of matched betting sites?
Wow brilliant video
Well explained, says to me to stay away from that company and others like it.