When you open a bookmaker account they will assign a Stake Factor (SF) to your account. A SF is essentially a measure of what they will permit you to bet on a market as a %. When opened, an account will normally be set to a default of 1. It does depend on how you open it though!
The Stake Factoring can range from 0.01 (1%) to 5+ (500%+). At one end of the spectrum you have accounts heavily restricted (0.01) and effectively closed, all the way to VIP accounts (5+), where customers are allowed literally anything they want on.
The Stake Factoring on your account will then go up or down depending upon the behaviours/actions you undertake/show on your account. If you use a site such as Oddschecker to compare prices, for that heinous crime, your Stake Factor may decrease to say 0.5. You are seen as savvy!
This means that you are only allowed 50% stake on what you would be allowed in other circumstances. There are a whole range of factors that affect your Stake Factor including things such as method of deposit, sites visited, beating SP, types of bets, timing of bets, P/L etc.
When accounts are heavily restricted it will be because the Stake Factor has been adjusted down and is sub 0.1. It essentially renders the account unusable. Technically, it may not be closed but in reality for placing bets it has been. At a Stake Factor of 0.01 someone would be allowed 1%.
The amount of data that a bookmaker holds on you and your betting behaviours is pretty extraordinary. This is why so many people don’t trust bookmakers to do the right thing when it comes to affordability and responsible gambling.
They have had the tools at their disposal to do whatever they wanted to, with regard to it and have chosen not to do it. They have relentlessly pursued profit at all costs. That’s fine but any future decisions should see bookmakers input treated with the contempt it deserves.
You have to understand these Stake Factors and what triggers them if you want to preserve accounts. You have to understand that every single action on your account is providing the bookmaker with data that they will use to your detriment.
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