Do Online Sportsbooks Offer Comps to Big Bettors?

hogua · #1 07-11-2005, 08:10 PM

I know the books in Vegas will wine and dine big players, and I'm wondering if any of the reputable online books do something similar.

If anyone knows, I am interested to know what books "comp", what types of comps they offer, and what amount of action is required to be offered comps?

tech · #2 07-11-2005, 08:17 PM

Big losers get all sorts of deposit bonuses and sometimes even free gifts (grills, TVs, etc.). Big winners get their accounts closed or their limits severely reduced.

hogua · #3 07-11-2005, 09:26 PM

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Big losers get all sorts of deposit bonuses and sometimes even free gifts (grills, TVs, etc.). Big winners get their accounts closed or their limits severely reduced.

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That's what I thought... so, how do I get my grill and TV? LOL

scott8 · #4 07-11-2005, 10:33 PM

Players Only - an offshoot of sportsbook - sends one of my college buddies to Costa Rica every year.
He does fit into one of Tech's forementioned categories, however.

plus_man · #5 07-12-2005, 12:08 AM

What qualifies as a "big winner". How much could a person win before they would close your account? And which online sportsbooks that you know of do this?

Maulik · #6 07-12-2005, 10:00 AM

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What qualifies as a "big winner". How much could a person win before they would close your account? And which online sportsbooks that you know of do this?

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I'm rather certain SportingbetUsa would never do such a thing as they beleive in the open market & are trading on the LSE (London Stock Exchange).

tech · #7 07-12-2005, 12:52 PM

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Depends on the book. If you are betting less than 500 per game, probably nothing to worry about.

Even some of the big books do it. I was killing one of the biggies last year on college basketball props and they cut my limits to $20. Funny thing is, when they first did it, they didn't change it to where I could only bet once per game. The next day I made about 50 bets on the same prop before they caught on. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

scott8 · #8 07-12-2005, 01:06 PM

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What qualifies as a "big winner". How much could a person win before they would close your account? And which online sportsbooks that you know of do this?

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Depends on the book. If you are betting less than 500 per game, probably nothing to worry about.

Even some of the big books do it. I was killing one of the biggies last year on college basketball props and they cut my limits to $20. Funny thing is, when they first did it, they didn't change it to where I could only bet once per game. The next day I made about 50 bets on the same prop before they caught on. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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What book tech?

Seems like this should be revealed.

Losing all · #9 07-13-2005, 12:39 AM

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What qualifies as a "big winner". How much could a person win before they would close your account? And which online sportsbooks that you know of do this?

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Depends on the book. If you are betting less than 500 per game, probably nothing to worry about.

Even some of the big books do it. I was killing one of the biggies last year on college basketball props and they cut my limits to $20. Funny thing is, when they first did it, they didn't change it to where I could only bet once per game. The next day I made about 50 bets on the same prop before they caught on. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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What book tech?

Seems like this should be revealed.

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No reason to "out" this rouge book. If you read the bigger sports betting forums you'll find that sharps are constantly getting booted and having their limits cut. common practice

tech · #10 07-13-2005, 02:44 AM

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Virtually all books do it to some extent. (Pinnacle might not, but they do such volume that very few individual bettors are going to hurt them.) I don't want to mention the specific book in this case b/c I want to keep my account there. I will say that it was one of the books that SBR has rated as A+.