I too lost my Betfair account a few months ago. Hassled for numerous documents which I sent. Was re-opened and closed again with a week. Then an email saying it was closed for good, no explanation why and just baffling to be honest

The UK Gambling Commission looked at 15 million active betting accounts to find out what percentage were restricted and the results may surprise you...

Credit where it’s due. A genuinely insightful piece from Gambling Commission on account restrictions. They take plenty of flak (often rightly), but this is a step forward. The key now is action. Transparency is welcome, but what really matters is proper scrutiny and real discussion —

I agree - understanding the sports/markets breakdown would be welcome. Not just for racing, yet it would be in the racing industries interest to ask this question as racing punters will undoubtedly form a disproportionate number of those impacted. Clearly will be very very few

For those wondering about this GC data sample. I am told that casino-only betting accounts were excluded from this study. Naturally, there will be a mix of accounts that do both (circa 25%) of casino and sports but thought it was important to reflect this. We will publish a

Hey, Grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them.

Ruined my Saturday

Excellent analysis of the GC blog by Peter Ling

Smart Betting Club It would be good to see if the Gambling Commission will start to investigating the issue that if bookmakers restrict those bettors that show skill, they can offer bigger prices to those who do not (ie lose). This to me has potential to distort the market.

As reviewed in SBC 153. Great service for Football Antepost (Futures) bettors!

To further the debate on restrictions - we think it's high time some thought was given to the markets (and the timing within) that bookmakers could start to accept bets from 'restricted' customers. We see it via the on course bookmaking market for racing, especially in bigger