There are sportsbooks that will chase away players that they believe are sharp, trying instead to build a clientele of total suckers with no chance to win. Typically these books just pay these winning players and close their accounts.
Here's one up: how about a policy that says any player the book even SUSPECTS of being a professional sports gambler can be no-paid. In other words, this book can stiff a player and be totally within their policy, so long as they can simply say that they suspect the player to be a professional.
In my opinion, this policy is unprofessional and setting themselves (the book) up to be dishonest and cheats. It gives them an "out" in their policy that is too easy to invoke. Here's the excerpt from sportsbetting.com's website:
"Professional sports gamblers (Wise Guys) are not allowed membership at SPORTSBETTING.COM. If a suspected professional sports gambler does open an account at SPORTSBETTING.COM, SPORTSBETTING.COM reserves the right to 1) cancel this account at any time without notice, and 2) refund any initial deposits made by the professional sports gambler into the SPORTSBETTING.COM account as SPORTSBETTING.COM's only liability towards any and all winnings the professional sports gambler may have achieved."
Here's one up: how about a policy that says any player the book even SUSPECTS of being a professional sports gambler can be no-paid. In other words, this book can stiff a player and be totally within their policy, so long as they can simply say that they suspect the player to be a professional.
In my opinion, this policy is unprofessional and setting themselves (the book) up to be dishonest and cheats. It gives them an "out" in their policy that is too easy to invoke. Here's the excerpt from sportsbetting.com's website:
"Professional sports gamblers (Wise Guys) are not allowed membership at SPORTSBETTING.COM. If a suspected professional sports gambler does open an account at SPORTSBETTING.COM, SPORTSBETTING.COM reserves the right to 1) cancel this account at any time without notice, and 2) refund any initial deposits made by the professional sports gambler into the SPORTSBETTING.COM account as SPORTSBETTING.COM's only liability towards any and all winnings the professional sports gambler may have achieved."
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