Are bookies limiting accounts faster than ever?

[footballfan]

Has anyone else noticed that sportsbooks have become much quicker to limit players lately?

I recently opened an account with a sportsbook that only operates on the Swedish market. I placed three bets on handball, all under $50, and all three won. Right after that my account was limited to a max stake of about $3.

Three small winning bets and I’m already limited. I’ve been betting for many years and I don’t remember it ever happening this fast. It feels like the risk profiling now kicks in almost straight away, especially for new customers who bet on niche markets.

Is this becoming the norm? Has anyone had something similar happen recently, in Sweden or elsewhere?

 

[L&L-Jan]

footballfan placing handball bets?
I reckon the traders all got way faster in detecting what type of player you are and therefore reduce risk/exposure.

 

[YouTubeSlots]

da fuk is handball? lol

 

[SYPlayer95]

Betting on obscure markets, thats a great way to get restricted fast.

 

[L&L-Jan]

da fuk is handball? lol

Very popular sport in scandinavian countries, eastern europe too i believe. at least Romania.
above is a dutch player, she is very popular due to her character.

 

[Reelsoffun]

Yeah its my understanding that most people at least try and stay under the radar as long as they can. But as SYPlayer says betting straight in on that market and winning all your bets isnt a great way to do that!

 

[Nate]

 

[johnnymcc1966]

Its a sport thats mentioned frequently at every Premier League football ground when any player (even the goalkeeper in some cases!) touches the ball with a body part above the waist. And due to the 'quality' of the refereeing it's often awarded if your team's name ends in United or delivers large bags of cash to the official's hotel room.

 

[geordiecolin]

I only bet at Paddy Power for my sports and my bets are so small that they probably consider them insignificant. In PP most of my spending goes on Bonanza. I can not deposit in either Ladbroooks or Coral as they are forcing me to go thought financial checks and I refuse. However I have been exclusively doing my sports betting in Coral for maybe a month due to being lucky with my betting plus winning a few times on their daily freebbies.
Colinsunderland who was a very good and much missed poster in here used to curse nearly all of the bookies for how quickly they where at restricting your betting limits as soon as you had a decent win, be it horses, football or whatever.

 

[footballfan]

Yeah its my understanding that most people at least try and stay under the radar as long as they can. But as SYPlayer says betting straight in on that market and winning all your bets isnt a great way to do that!

I'll try to lose some bets from now on ;-) I played some Black Jack, Video poker and made some PL bets that was break even on the same account but that didn't help. But I guess you guys are right Handball is an "obscure market" for the betting companies even if its a big sport in Sweden.