the official betting thread.

[J.R.R. hartley]

Cheeky fuckers.

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

Cheeky fuckers.

Nollaig still got odds of 1.874 after commission, probably a fair bit better than what any bookie was offering.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

It is, yeah.

Matchbook.com - Sports Betting Exchange, Lowest Commissions, Best Odds Online

www.matchbook.com

"6.4 Matchbook customers located in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Isles and Ireland shall be charged a two percent (2%) commission rate on net profits (excluding enhanced special markets), all other customers shall be charged a four percent (4%) commission rate on net profits (excluding enhanced special markets). All Matchbook customers will be charged a five percent (5%) commission rate on net profits for Enhanced special markets."

Those specials will always offer up big prices as the Matched Bettor loolahs will look to lay prices that are still above the EV line.

It seems a reasonable trade-off to pay 5% comms on that.

Thanks for that. Not upset about it, but think I could have backed the same elsewhere with 2% commission.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Nollaig still got odds of 1.874 after commission, probably a fair bit better than what any bookie was offering.

It was a special offered by 365 yesterday, which kept pushing the price up. Saw it highlighted yesterday on twitter at @1.87 and forgot about it as I was busy, but there it was on MB @ 1.92 when I got home.

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775270597117055096

Shove it up yer bollocks if anything like that came in here.

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1775270597117055096

Shove it up yer bollocks if anything like that came in here.

Yerrah, you're grand if you aren't pumping big funds into your betting account(s).

 

[Nollaig O Muracu]

Yerrah, you're grand if you aren't pumping big funds into your betting account(s).

Not sure about that Cloudy, a lot of small and medium sized punters have also said fuck it when asked for intrusive information in the UK, according to some of the accounts I follow.

x.com

twitter.com

is worth a follow if you're not already.

Limey Phil, what say you?

 

[Cloudy O'Ranieri]

While I do feel that the Chickens are coming home to roost for the gambling industry's bad behaviour in the past, the "big bad bookie" narrative is also fairly tiresome.

If you're a small to medium operator who is gambling independently from others then you, more than likely, won't draw the attention of anybody.

If you're moving thousands in and out of your betting accounts or your Mam, Nan, Auntie and Cousins also have accounts with the same firms, then you ought to expect to be asked for extra docs.

If you're not constantly exchanging large funds with randomers, or being an all round degenerate in how you manage your finances, in your banking, then you won't have much to worry about in terms of showing them your docs.

 

[Philby]

Not sure about that Cloudy, a lot of small and medium sized punters have also said fuck it when asked for intrusive information in the UK, according to some of the accounts I follow.

x.com

twitter.com

is worth a follow if you're not already.

Limey Phil, what say you?

I haven't been caught up in any of this lark thankfully, probably because of the way I bet.

I spread my betting across a wide range of bookies, bet relatively small stakes & rarely trigger any large withdrawals.

 

[Philby]

While I do feel that the Chickens are coming home to roost for the gambling industry's bad behaviour in the past, the "big bad bookie" narrative is also fairly tiresome.

If you're a small to medium operator who is gambling independently from others then you, more than likely, won't draw the attention of anybody.

As long as you aren't too good at betting...

If you're moving thousands in and out of your betting accounts or your Mam, Nan, Auntie and Cousins also have accounts with the same firms, then you ought to expect to be asked for extra docs.

Agree.

If you're not constantly exchanging large funds with randomers, or being an all round degenerate in how you manage your finances, in your banking, then you won't have much to worry about in terms of showing them your docs.

Not sure I agree with this.

Anyone who has ever interacted with customer services at a big bookie should rightly be nervous about whether these companies have the competence to treat your private data with the care it legally requires.

Now you have bookies asking for you to share your details via the BetBudget platform, which is worrying. The platform's stated aim is to enable you to manage all your betting related finances in one place - but it looks entirely possible that they are making their money by charging bookies to give them access to your banking details (with your consent) to support affordability checks. Smells a bit iffy.

It's also hard to have full confidence that your data will only be used for the stated purpose.

If it came down to it I probably would supply the docs, but wouldn't be overly happy about doing so. Especially if they kept asking for documents on a piecemeal basis. Feels like this is oten a tool they use to drive away punters that they don't want to deal with.