Cutting the limits (cutting the maximum bet)

Dmitry Khlestkin

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Account cuts, or limit reducing, is carried out by fundamental bookmakers against surebet players and other punters speculating in bets. The betting amount, winnings or losses, do not affect a bookmaker’s decision to reduce the limits for one or another account. Bookmakers’ decision to cut the limits depends on a punter’s betting style, not on the amount of winnings. If you do not place surebets, bet on corridors or make value betting (placing bets on the events underestimated by a bookmaker, with unreasonably low odds), the chances of being penalized are insignificant.

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If a limit is imposed against an account, a bookmaker who had allowed a punter to place a certain sum on different events, cuts the maximum bet the punter could place. There are several stages of cutting the limits. Typically, at the beginning a bookmaker reduces the maximum bet twice. If the bookmaker’s staff suspicions about the speculative betting are confirmed, the limits are cut a hundred, or even a thousand times. Thus, if the player had been allowed to place £5,000 on an each event, after the final cutting he would not be able to place more than £5 on the same events.

Are there bookmakers that don’t cut the limits?

Yes, there are bookmakers who let the professional players in. These are so-called low-margin bookmakers and betting exchanges. Unlike fundamental companies, these bookmakers earn by a betting funds turnover. At the same time, the low-margin bookmakers introduce the margin in their odds, while betting exchanges take a commission from players’ winnings.

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