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Same experience with 365.Boyles took me on for 8 months but when I started to get the better of them they restricted me to pennies.I reckon this will push me closer to giving up betting.
B365 is the only firm that has never restricted me bar withdrawing special offers like the free bet if you back a 4/1 winner in a TV race but they might have withdrawn that completely anyway. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's just me but they longer price-match on TV races either.
I've taken more off them than off any other bookie and they've never batted an eyelid, unlike several others.
I've still never understood Boylesports restricting me to pennies pretty much from day one. I don't recall ever taking money off them.
Rather than give up completely, if you still enjoy betting this could be a good time to look at alternative options. The 100 or 50 Index with spread firms could be a good option for you, or the matchbets that I prefer. I've never had a problem backing or laying with spread firms, though the number of firms have diminished significantly since I was using the Massey ratings. Back then I slowly built up the bank and reached a point where I was regularly staking £600 per matchbet, and never had any problems. We only have Sporting Index and Spreadex now as far as I can see, and they are under same ownership, so there probably won't be quite as much liquidity now.I reckon this will push me closer to giving up betting.
B365 is the only firm that has never restricted me bar withdrawing special offers like the free bet if you back a 4/1 winner in a TV race but they might have withdrawn that completely anyway. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's just me but they longer price-match on TV races either.
I've taken more off them than off any other bookie and they've never batted an eyelid, unlike several others.
I've still never understood Boylesports restricting me to pennies pretty much from day one. I don't recall ever taking money off them.
Same for me.I reckon this will push me closer to giving up betting.
B365 is the only firm that has never restricted me bar withdrawing special offers like the free bet if you back a 4/1 winner in a TV race but they might have withdrawn that completely anyway. I'm not sure. I'm not sure if it's just me but they longer price-match on TV races either.
Maybe it depends on who you bank with. I withdrew money from William Hill twice recently and it came through within a couple of hours.Nursed my 365 account for years,then had a quebrake onry which caused them to investigate,then put the kibosh on that.
Done with Wm Hill too,as 4 days to complete a wthdrawal that others do in 4 hours is just plain unreasonable.
Rather than give up completely, if you still enjoy betting this could be a good time to look at alternative options. The 100 or 50 Index with spread firms could be a good option for you, or the matchbets that I prefer. I've never had a problem backing or laying with spread firms, though the number of firms have diminished significantly since I was using the Massey ratings. Back then I slowly built up the bank and reached a point where I was regularly staking £600 per matchbet, and never had any problems. We only have Sporting Index and Spreadex now as far as I can see, and they are under same ownership, so there probably won't be quite as much liquidity now.
I did spread betting on horses over 20 years ago -it just isn't the same.I also lost 3K betting on the FTSE 100-that was a hard lesson.Thanks, NC. I did experiment with spreads some years ago but worked out that they weren't offering the same value as the fixed odds markets once they started going six and more places in the big races and offering BOGs etc.
I might have another look.