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Originally Posted by GaryWatson
Eagle, forget about the bonuses when you are betting on sportsbooks. The soccer odds vary from site to site. If you are selecting particular teams every week, you will do better switching from site to site, determined by the odds.
From a bonus point of view, most sites have the condition of betting a double or something and the free money is not counted in the payment. No playthrough required.
Point is, by ignoring the bonus and just going with sites that have the best odds on the day will earn you more that the bonus you would get from one site.
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Gary, yes, I do get that.
Bet365 does have some playthrough requirement though and this is "cashable". (Something like 3 times the deposit plus the bonus I think; it's a drag to check out the Terms when you are signing up so I'm not doing it now when I still don't really have a reason to believe I'll be signing up
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Also, Bet365 is high up there with their margin so they do offer good prices. So since I'm betting 100 euros or 200 euros a piece anyway, and it is of little difference to me wether I'll deposit 1000 or 3000 euros right away, then it should do no harm to pick up the bonus along the way.
Yet, the stories of bet limits are scary.
I do agree with the description how it's very similar a store manager telling you you can only buy two kilos of bread and no more at a particular price. While others can take dozens of loafs. What's the difference to him?
In my opinion, a better solution is to handle it per-bet, and not per-user. This leaves a STRONG impression they'll simply - screw you over should you get ahead and win. Even the description makes it sound as such. "A good punter may get ahead so we'll limit him to 2 eur per bet". Wow, where do I register for that.
It's better, and more sensible, to limit the bets for all users there for a certain bet (in case the margin wouldn't yield a profit or get close enough to it), then, or move the lines of a certain bet lower/higher.
To the bookie, it doesn't matter who places the wager, only the amounts and the pick (and wether it nets them the profit) matter anyway.
Eagle