Do people get kicked out for winning handicapped games?

[NickDouglas]

When I see people talk about getting kicked out of sportsbooks or having their limits reduced, invariably they are Don Best players, middlers or scalpers. I was just wondering if anyone either got kicked out themselves or knew someone first hand that got kicked out of a sportsbook simply for handicapping games, betting them and winning too much.

The reson I am posting this is because I would guess that it doesn't happen very often. I would guess that a book would want to keep your business as long as you weren't beating them to numbers, middling with them or scalping with them. Maybe I am totally wrong.

 

[Muddy]

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[This message was edited by -=Scorpion=- on February 13, 2004 at 06:12 PM.]

 

[wilheim]

Nick - In my experience bettors that play their own stuff don't get thrown out, or even have limits reduced at least at the majors. Natrually sometime plays may match, but as a rule a sharp linesman knows when a player is betting his own handicapped plays.


wil.

 

[JudgeWapner]

Not at a good book.

 

[Dom]

Plenty of books will boot you for just betting your own stuff if you win.. Vipsports, Easybets, Gameday does just to name a few I know of myself..

Doubt it ever happend to anyone at the major books like Pinny, Greek and Grande though.

 

[WINNINGHAND]

90% of places i have to believe no. If you win too much, i think most places will cut your limits. If they are smart they will try to get on your sides.

 

[NickDouglas]

I was gonna ask Scorp if he ever played line moves but I guess it's too late.

Normally I am sympathetic to books that boot players because business is business. Somehow it just seems wrong to me to get booted for doing something as square as handicapping your own games.

 

[DarrylParsons]

Dom,

The people you know who got booted from those books -- did they do a lot of line shopping? The reason I ask is that I got booted from 2 of those 3 because of that. They thought I was playing steam but they are so slow at moving the line that any line shopper would be a steam player to them.

Nick,

Interesting question. I don't know the answer but I've never heard of anyone who got booted for winning who didn't line shop (say with at least 4 or 5 good outs).

Handicapping own games = square

 

[NickDouglas]

You're the only person to get that joke so far. Flew right over Peep's head

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[Railbird]

I know for a fact there is 2 or 3 bookmakers that follow my plays and then add a zero to the wager.

 

[lurkerforages]

I think your spell checker has gone wrong its not "follow" its "fade"

I keed, I keed