Serious Post: Can you get the boot for playing steam?

[InTheHole]

Technically not even doing it. Where I'm at they get the info before any of the line services...so I am rarely able to clip a good number. I am not sure how they do this.

Needless to say, they're 15-4 (regardless of the number you got) over the last three days.

I have some of my own plays mixed in there...am I doing anything wrong? No wise ass remarks.

 

[Fu Manchu]

what book?

 

[InTheHole]

The line service is Sports Options...it's Legends and I think you answered my question with your question. god dammit

 

[Deuce]

With sportsoptions steam plays, I went back to March and W/L was quite a bit in favor of W. I think it was like 70 more wins than losses. Problem is, you can't sit there 24/7 to bet the steam. Also, yes, books can easily see you're betting only steam and limit/boot you.

 

[InTheHole]

With sportsoptions steam plays, I went back to March and W/L was quite a bit in favor of W. I think it was like 70 more wins than losses. Problem is, you can't sit there 24/7 to bet the steam. Also, yes, books can easily see you're betting only steam and limit/boot you.

Yes they are winning...though betting bad numbers is obviously a losing proposition.

So to be clear, making a play (even when it's off 1/2 pt steam) is frowned upon?

 

[Fu Manchu]

they dont like players to make money (clearly). so if they even think that youre gaining an edge on you they have the prerogative to take action and prevent that from happening in the future.

 

[rito]

list of sportsbooks that wont kick you out/severely limit you for playing steam:

pinnacle
some asian soccer books im sure
exchanges
betonline at the moment, but dont count on that lasting

the end

 

[rito]

you dont want to play after the line moves, you have to get it somewhere where it hasnt moved yet

 

[Potato]

You have <30 seconds to get your bet in off-shore when SO announces a steam play before the line moves.

 

[rito]

ive never even payed attention to those "steam play alerts. half the time its just a bunch of books moving an mlb total from u9.5 -130 to u 9-110

 

[Oksana]

I've had my limits screwed with twice now because of this bullshit and I was neither intentionally chasing steam nor did I even win most of the bets at one book (bet365).
Paranoid foks.

 

[rito]

i just signed up at bet365 again. they send me this:

We have attempted to contact you on the telephone number registered to your account but unfortunately we have been unable to reach you. It appears that your phone rang out. Please could you confirm a time that is convenient to call you and the contact telephone number that we should use?


Alternatively you can verify your account details online by logging into your account, going to Members, selecting My Account and choosing Know Your Customer (KYC).


Here, you can submit your passport by entering the passport reference code, date of expiry and the country of issue. The passport reference code appears in the format of numbers and letters and can be located along the bottom of your passport. You must enter the full list of numbers and letters and also the correct number of chevrons (<<<); unless you have a UK issued passport, in which case you do not enter the chevrons. The passport reference code will look similar to: M123456<<1GBR99999999M1234567B123123<<<<<<<99.

sounds like fun

 

[InTheHole]

i just signed up at bet365 again. they send me this:



sounds like fun

wow

 

[InTheHole]

You have <30 seconds to get your bet in off-shore when SO announces a steam play before the line moves.

Thank you...I have had about 5-10% success even with the "place bet" page open...time to hunt a slow moving book

 

[Oksana]

i just signed up at bet365 again. they send me this:



sounds like fun

yeah I never did the phone thing - they always tried to call when I had it on silent because it was nap time around here

if you enter your passport details, they'll send you a letter to your house with a code so you can verify that way

 

[rito]

should i send my USA passport? , betfair took it

 

[SoV]

Know Your Customer (KYC)

We do that in our banks.

And yes, most off-shore books will limit you for betting steam. I got limited at SIA.

Bet365 isn't too kind to me either.

 

[rito]

im 90% sure i had a usa based bet365 account 7 years ago when they still took americans, this was probably a bad idea