Do sportsbooks really limit winning bettors?

[Sanitough]

Do you believe that sportsbooks really limit bettors just for winning consistently?

To me it doesn’t fully make sense. Sportsbooks don’t need to beat a bettor’s bankroll, they balance action by moving lines and make money from the juice. If heavy money comes in on one side, odds adjust, problem solved.

So why limit someone at all? Is this actually common, or are some bettors lying to make themselves look good? Saying they got limited because they “win too much” sounds better than admitting losses, bonus abuse, or other issues they don’t want to talk about.

Just because someone claims they were limited doesn’t automatically mean they were a real long-term winner.

[_act_]

I have seen many people that are betting through betting agents but no one among them are saying that they want to bet but the betting agents said the betting site is limiting them. So I will think that it is just a lie.

This has not happened to me before but most of us can not have accurate information because we are losing.

[Bitcoin Smith]

In general, they don't because the more money they wager the possibility of making money by casino will increase and saying I am win all the time is a big fat lie that we see from the influencers who wants to projects themselves as a sport bettor guru and all these stunts are just to sell you paid predictions.

In some cases, casinos might restrict users but it's all about wagering limits now, making them to lose deliberately.

[Hazink]

I don't often believe that, but that still doesn't mean the chances of some people being limited are not there. There are cases where some will have to use that as an excuse against the casino which he has gone against their policy, but some could actually be limited based on their streak wins I have read of cases like that which some I believe others I still doubt them.

[freedomgo]

If it’s already hard to believe that there are gamblers who consistently win in sports betting, then it’s even harder for me to believe those stories about bettors getting limited. For me, it could just be a lie.

When people say they’re limited, others automatically assume that bettor is good, then they start sending PMs asking for secrets.
That’s usually where the trap starts, because next thing you know they’re asking you to subscribe or pay a premium. That’s honestly how I see it.

[bitbollo]

For what I know, at least One Company actually do this in my country.
This Is also related to their internal checks, internal policies against frauds.
Its not Easy to detect a player that make these kind of bets that lead to an esclusion but It could happens easily
Just Imagine all small Series that you can gamble... There are thousands and thousands of outcomes Daily...

[Oshosondy]

In some cases, casinos might restrict users but it's all about wagering limits now, making them to lose deliberately.

This is about sport books and not casinos, many users on this forum do not still know the differences between bookies and casinos.

Also casinos might restrict users but it's all about wagering limits now, making them to lose deliberately? Because the wagering reduced, the bettor will start losing?

If it’s already hard to believe that there are gamblers who consistently win in sports betting, then it’s even harder for me to believe those stories about bettors getting limited. For me, it could just be a lie.

Some people use it to try to scam which makes it a lie.

[Finestream]

Just because someone claims they were limited doesn’t automatically mean they were a real long-term winner.

If someone is openly claiming that, it’s already a red flag for me.

Long term winners don’t usually go around saying they’re profitable or that they got limited. They just quietly find their own ways to keep playing.

There are plenty of options anyway. If one account gets limited and their name is already known to bookies, they can still continue by finding other ways, even hiring people they trust to sign up and place bets for them. The action doesn’t really stop, the money just keeps moving quietly.

[stompix]

In general, they don't because the more money they wager the possibility of making money by casino will increase and saying I am win all the time is a big fat lie that we see from the influencers who wants to projects themselves as a sport bettor guru and all these stunts are just to sell you paid predictions.

In some cases, casinos might restrict users but it's all about wagering limits now, making them to lose deliberately.

Title: Sportsbooks!
You: Casinos, Casinos, Casinos!

So why limit someone at all?

Arbitrage or fixed games!
Arbitrage is easy to detect, but without x100 bets it's impossible to make money out of  2-5 point odds difference.
Fixed games, imposible to prove but the moment you have guys from Brazil betting thousands tennis match between nr 563 from Nigeria and nr 675 from Canada in a tournament in Thailand, there is something off, isn't it?  
Also, horse racing and greyhounds, someone is always going against the favorite or horses/dogs from certain stables only is again a red flag!

Can you prove they are cheating and fixing it? No! So you reduce their bet limits, keeping the account active and history active so the bookmakers know even if he switches websites.

[justinlamode]

I have not experienced this type of thing, maybe because I have not won consistently or win massively. However,  I have read about people with such challenge, who were banned for being too profitable in gambling, even though the casinos will not explicitly state that it was as a result of them being profitable that they got banned, they can simply make reference to their TOS violation as the reason.

[bitterguy28]

Just because someone claims they were limited doesn’t automatically mean they were a real long-term winner.

people lie all the time to save face and it’s human nature to try to make sense of something and put a logical reason to an event because they don’t want to accept that sometimes it’s just simply out of our control

[Fortify]

Yes, they may claim not to but if you keep on winning they will limit down your account - it's inevitable. There will be all kinds of exceptions and thresholds will be higher for VIP gamblers, but eventually if they are only ever paying out to you - they are going to move you in by restricting your bets. They won't necessarily outright ban you, but if you're used to dropping thousands and suddenly the max bet you can place is $100 it's a clear sign they stopped wanting your business. They profit from losers remember, so you are actively working against their business model.

[stadus]

It’s common knowledge that bookies prefer losing players over winning ones, so limits are definitely possible. That said, I haven’t experienced it myself so I can’t really confirm it.

Looking at it logically, the sports betting industry is very profitable overall, which means bookies are winning in the long run. Those who actually get limited are probably very few. Even if someone gets limited by one sportsbook, they can usually just move to another and keep betting.

So for me, limits aren’t really the big issue. The bigger question is whether the people claiming they got limited are actually telling the full truth.

[Sammye3]

Can anyone consistently win in betting without losses? That's a bit unbelievable but if there is, it would be possible they would only place bets on few occasions with huge wager that would result in big winnings. Because if one place bets on many occasions there would be more losses than wins with consistent trying to chase losses.

The main aim of the sports book is to make profits, so any one that records winnings that would disbalance their system would be limited from certain markets, may experience limited wager, and the rest. I have not really seen anyone I know that have such experiences but I've seen several persons online with such complaints and I think to some extent it's a bit unfair to this bettors.

[Wakate]

Do you believe that sportsbooks really limit bettors just for winning consistently?

To me it doesn’t fully make sense. Sportsbooks don’t need to beat a bettor’s bankroll, they balance action by moving lines and make money from the juice. If heavy money comes in on one side, odds adjust, problem solved. were a real long-term winner.

What I know is about some sportbook is that if they want to limit how much you can win from them is through voiding most of the games you have bet on that have played successfully. This is the pattern they use to reduce how much you can win from them.
You can also be lucky for sportbook to void games that ended in a lose for you but for others might be a win.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

Do you believe that sportsbooks really limit bettors just for winning consistently?

To me it doesn’t fully make sense. Sportsbooks don’t need to beat a bettor’s bankroll, they balance action by moving lines and make money from the juice. If heavy money comes in on one side, odds adjust, problem solved.

So why limit someone at all? Is this actually common, or are some bettors lying to make themselves look good? Saying they got limited because they “win too much” sounds better than admitting losses, bonus abuse, or other issues they don’t want to talk about.

Just because someone claims they were limited doesn’t automatically mean they were a real long-term winner.

What sports bookies might do is that to limit the amount that you can bet, meaning, there is cap so that you can't bet huge to win big money. It's not that the bettors has win too much, it's that sport bookies will have to limit, even high stakes bettors has this cap.

Maybe those winnings thing that were limited because they are winning big. Lol, they might have this kind of mindset so that they will the illusion that they have the control. However, it's false and sports bookies still has and will be the controlling factor that's why they are in the business of making money out of all of us.

[ZeroVinsonN]

Nobody win all the time, anyone saying that the win alot or all the time is just desperately trying to hide away from the fact that they are losing at an uncontrollable rate, if your luck plays out well for you then you might actually win a few time and win really big money too but the chances are unbelievably low, plus the more people win the more the betting company gets more clients, everyone wants to have a share of the company that bettors are always winning from after all so limiting their customers won't be a very smart financial minister move for people who want to make money.

[Finestream]

Nobody win all the time, anyone saying that the win alot or all the time is just desperately trying to hide away from the fact that they are losing at an uncontrollable rate,

If that’s the case, then why are there still reports of gamblers getting limited because they’re winning. If your opinion is correct and it’s really all just luck, then those people claiming they got limited for winning are definitely lying, is that what you’re trying to say?

[rdluffy]

To be honest, I have never seen a case with evidence that a sportsbooks has actually limited a bettor for winning too many bets
In casinos, it is not uncommon to hear and see cases where the company claims that the bettor is using some kind of cheat, counting cards, etc., but in sportsbooks, I have never seen this

If anyone knows of any proven cases, please share them with us

[Cointxz]

Do you believe that sportsbooks really limit bettors just for winning consistently?

To me it doesn’t fully make sense. Sportsbooks don’t need to beat a bettor’s bankroll, they balance action by moving lines and make money from the juice. If heavy money comes in on one side, odds adjust, problem solved.

Bookie use their own bankroll for the initial odds. Unpopular matches with less bettor usually make a player vs the bookie in case the player place a huge bet before the line moves while no other player bet on that match.

Only popular matches move the line accordingly while most bettors that experiencing limits are choosing value bets mostly on matches  with higher value on unpopular matches.

I remember seeing user being limited by keep betting on lower league and have high winning percentage.