Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Best Bets? Talking Odds? This is the place.

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Fri Apr 18, 2014 10:29 am

Unitab
Thought my account was closed off
Got a message on the net that i was prohibited from betting

Ends up being SA account holders are not allowed to bet on Good Friday
This is a state legislation
Government needs to catch up with the times ?
I got my bet on with an interstate Corporate Bookmaker without a problem
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby stampy » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:12 pm

there is also some weird legislation preventing radiotab being on digital radio
Go The Tiges!!!
stampy
Coach
 
 
Posts: 8763
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:21 pm
Location: at church asking for divine intervention
Has liked: 65 times
Been liked: 331 times
Grassroots Team: Christies Beach

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby maxyoz » Tue Apr 22, 2014 3:46 pm

stampy wrote:there is also some weird legislation preventing radiotab being on digital radio


It could have something to do with the 7 second (sometimes more) delay, maybe.
Punk Rooster wrote:I can't believe that a topic that is quite clearly trolling has elicited a 3 page response....
User avatar
maxyoz
Under 18s
 
 
Posts: 611
Joined: Tue Nov 22, 2005 8:53 am
Has liked: 35 times
Been liked: 36 times
Grassroots Team: Kimba Districts

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:37 pm

maxyoz wrote:
stampy wrote:there is also some weird legislation preventing radiotab being on digital radio


It could have something to do with the 7 second (sometimes more) delay, maybe.


yeah I found that out a few years back

not sure its about the 7 second delay, but more to do with the fact we are very backwards here. other states broadcast in digital radio
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby gadj1976 » Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:14 pm

mal wrote:Unitab
Thought my account was closed off
Got a message on the net that i was prohibited from betting

Ends up being SA account holders are not allowed to bet on Good Friday
This is a state legislation
Government needs to catch up with the times ?
I got my bet on with an interstate Corporate Bookmaker without a problem


Mal, I still use Unitab for a quick form guide but if you don't log on for 30 days, you can't access it. So it means if you don't have an account, or haven't logged on for a while, you can't see the form guide. I said "do you realise that other websites encourage people to utilise the form guide, thereby attracting more people to their site?" The response I got back was that you have to be a member to see the form.

W-anchors.
User avatar
gadj1976
Coach
 
 
Posts: 9142
Joined: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:57 pm
Location: Sleeping on a park bench outside Princes Park
Has liked: 795 times
Been liked: 849 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Sat May 10, 2014 6:37 pm

Betfair has changed their site
For better or worse ?
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Sat May 10, 2014 8:19 pm

I don't like it
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Sat May 10, 2014 8:41 pm

I'm trying to adjust to the new layout, but my early thoughts are that the previous format was better
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby helicopterking » Wed May 28, 2014 12:58 pm

Sportsbet just rang me with a 200% free bet offer. Deposit $150 and receive a $300 free bet.
User avatar
helicopterking
Coach
 
Posts: 5694
Joined: Sun May 16, 2010 10:38 pm
Has liked: 298 times
Been liked: 666 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:27 am

TOPBETTA

Last weekend they gave several punters a great offer
Up to a $1,000 deposit
Bet up to $1,000 for one calender day , being last Saturday
If you WIN you keep the winnings
If you LOSE you get refunded in free bets
So in essence if you didnt get a collecct in $1,000 of bets you get $1,000 back in free bets

For those with Topbetta accounts, Sports betting is to resume with Topbetta in July
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Wed Jun 04, 2014 10:48 am

BET365
Feeling the pinch ?

The self confessed global giant of Bookmakers is restricting several Australian punters

This is on Wikipedia
* In Australia B365 has come under intense criticism for closing or severely restricting the accounts of winning clients
It was revealed that the Northern Territory Racing Commission asked a B365 representative to appear before a commission to "fully explain its risk management practices" after receiving a "considerable number of complaints"

I have read 2 interesting articles about B365
Hopefully my memory is accurate
That B365 in recent years was on the verge of being the first billion dollar bookmaker
Since then, have read that the Australian wing of the corporation at one stage was showing a 36 million loss in Australia

Are they feeling the pinch down under ?


Has Bet365 or any other Corporate Bookie banned or restricted you or others ?

I know of several corporate Bookmakers that have banned or restricted punters
Some have limited players to win amounts of as little as $20 per bet
Yet the on course Bookies must bet odds to $1,000+ to punters
Surely its time the gambling industry regulators have to make it a consistent playing field with all Bookmakers
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:04 am

SPORTSBET
BETEZY

Both corporations are literally throwing away money with so many recent NICE weekly promotions
Betezy is now run by the Tripps
Sportsbet was owned by the Tripps until selling out to Paddy Power a few years ago
Hmnnn....

For whatever reasons , both Corps , through competition of sorts, are giving punters some terrific promotional deals
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby Spargo » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:52 am

mal wrote:BET365
Feeling the pinch ?

The self confessed global giant of Bookmakers is restricting several Australian punters

This is on Wikipedia
* In Australia B365 has come under intense criticism for closing or severely restricting the accounts of winning clients
It was revealed that the Northern Territory Racing Commission asked a B365 representative to appear before a commission to "fully explain its risk management practices" after receiving a "considerable number of complaints"

I have read 2 interesting articles about B365
Hopefully my memory is accurate
That B365 in recent years was on the verge of being the first billion dollar bookmaker
Since then, have read that the Australian wing of the corporation at one stage was showing a 36 million loss in Australia

Are they feeling the pinch down under ?


Has Bet365 or any other Corporate Bookie banned or restricted you or others ?

I know of several corporate Bookmakers that have banned or restricted punters
Some have limited players to win amounts of as little as $20 per bet
Yet the on course Bookies must bet odds to $1,000+ to punters
Surely its time the gambling industry regulators have to make it a consistent playing field with all Bookmakers

I know a pro punter who was "delisted" by a certain corporate about 18 months ago after said punter had a purple patch collecting in the vicinity of $120k within a six week period with a very modest outlay.
2017 safooty NFL tipping champ

Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive...
Spargo
Coach
 
 
Posts: 15877
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:42 pm
Location: Getting out of Dodge
Has liked: 5456 times
Been liked: 5089 times
Grassroots Team: Sacred Heart OC

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:13 pm

Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:14 pm

from the above site


WORST BOOKIE 2013


We couldn’t end the year without awarding Fair Wagering Australia’s “Worst Bookmaker 2013”.

We determine the worst bookie to be the one that is the most unfair to punters – particularly those that happen to win more often than they lose.

It was a very strong field this year, headed by UK-owned Ladbrokes, Bet365 and Sportingbet, but honorable mentions also go to the homegrown Luxbet and Betezy.

But there can only one winner. Envelope please. Drumroll…..

And the winner is…. Bet365!!! To accept the award, please welcome American film and television actor Samuel L Jackson.

samuel_l_jackson

Thanks Samuel, short but sweet.

Bet365

An unethical bookie where winners are shown the door with astonishing haste.

Winning accounts are closed, successful clients are offered minuscule bets.

Bets are rejected, prices are cut.

Restrictions are placed, bonus winnings are removed.

Bet365 operate under an appallingly one-sided set of terms and conditions which even in the words of the compliant Northern Territory Racing Commission are “harsh” and “restrictive”.

The same regulator even hauled a representative before the commission to fully explain their practices.

Advertising

It has also become clear in recent times that Bet365 is to TV cricket coverage what Tom Waterhouse was to the NRL. You can’t watch a boundary scored without a Bet365 logo in your face or a Michael Clarke century without a follow up Samuel L Jackson TV spot.

Waterhouse at 8pm on the NRL is one thing, but copping it in the middle of the afternoon during the country’s most popular national family sport is another thing altogether. Targeting kids? Doubtful. Irresponsible? Absolutely.

How have Bet365 largely escaped the tirade directed at Tom Waterhouse after his irresponsible over saturating advertising? Cricket Australia and Channel Nine must assume some of the blame as well.

The Company

While it’s clear that operations in Australia haven’t all gone according to plan – the local arm is believed to have lost AUD$36 million in its first year (in-play restrictions hurt immensely) – the company certainly is a Goliath.

On figures from its last financial year of reporting (ending March ‘13), operating profit was up 54% to AUD$327 million on a staggering turnover of in excess of AUD$36 billion from over two million active clients.

Previously, the non-listed privately-held company has rarely shared its financial numbers. The family behind the multi-billion dollar enterprise – Peter Coates, his daughter Denise (CEO), and son John, are worth over AUD$1.7 billion – just 13 years after they launched the firm.

The family’s controlling interest in Premier League football club Stoke City actually drained the company of over AUD$50 million last year. But the most mind-blowing number is that the company is sitting on over AUD$780 million of cash reserves. Sheeeeeshhh! indeed.

Apparently, one doesn’t accumulate that sort of wealth by betting both winners and losers. It’s more a case of one winning family and millions of losers.

We say that having a bookmaker’s license in Australia shouldn’t just be a license to print money. It’s a form of gambling where winners have to be tolerated. Bookmakers must be forced to bet both losers and winners to win a reasonable amount.

Bookmaking needs to get back to being a duel between oddsmaker and punter, not a one-sided massacre.

So congratulations go to Bet365, Fair Wagering Australia’s Worst Bookmaker 2013.

Stay tuned to the FWA in 2014 as we continue our quest to bring back fairness to wagering in Australia.
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:20 pm

The Fair Wagering Australia site stories were a great read
Thanks for the link MT79

It just seems you need to read all Terms and Conditions when opening an account
Be prepared to be banned or limited if you are winning , whether it be by skill or luck

Bookmakers have a right to limit or ban punters
Seems like appropriate business acumen to me
But have to agree that they should be made to bet odds to about $1,000 winnings per bet
If the punter is deemed too good, then ban him from that particular product , or stop betting that product
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mal » Wed Jun 04, 2014 11:35 pm

Here is a list of Corporate Bookmakers/TABs


BETFAIR
BET365
BETEZY
BETJACK
BETSTAR
BOOKMAKER
CLASSIC BET
CENTREBET
IASBET
LADBROKES
LUXBET
NSW+ VIC TAB
OZBET
PALMERBET
PUNTING PAL
SPORTSBET
SPORTINGBET
SPORTSBETTING
TOPSPORT
THEODDSBROKER
TOPBETTA
TOM WATERHOUSE
UNITAB
UNIBET
VIPBET

Who are the best to bet with ?

MY TOP 3
1 BETFAIR [If you dont have a BF account , you cant be a seriously good punter]
2 UNITAB [And correct have gone from zero to hero in recent times]
3 BETEZY [Since Tripp took over, in my opinion , have become the best of the corporate bookies]

For how I punt, they are the best to bet with.
mal
Coach
 
Posts: 26364
Joined: Tue Apr 04, 2006 11:45 pm
Has liked: 1138 times
Been liked: 892 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby Spargo » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:42 am

Why is Betfair the best mal?
2017 safooty NFL tipping champ

Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive...
Spargo
Coach
 
 
Posts: 15877
Joined: Sun Feb 26, 2012 4:42 pm
Location: Getting out of Dodge
Has liked: 5456 times
Been liked: 5089 times
Grassroots Team: Sacred Heart OC

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby Trader » Thu Jun 05, 2014 10:01 am

Betfair are the best simply cause of the prices you can get.
Danny Southern telling Plugga he's fat, I'd like to see that!
User avatar
Trader
Assistant Coach
 
Posts: 4202
Joined: Mon May 24, 2010 1:19 pm
Has liked: 60 times
Been liked: 794 times

Re: Betting Sites, Good or Bad

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Thu Jun 05, 2014 11:03 am

Trader wrote:Betfair are the best simply cause of the prices you can get.


and you can play bookie
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
User avatar
mighty_tiger_79
Coach
 
Posts: 56642
Joined: Tue Jan 03, 2006 7:29 pm
Location: at the TAB
Has liked: 11805 times
Been liked: 3582 times

PreviousNext

Board index   General Talk  The Gambling Room

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest

Around the place

Competitions   SANFL Official Site | Country Footy SA | Southern Football League | VFL Footy
Club Forums   Snouts Louts | The Roost | Redlegs Forum |