[moonbeam]

Today I deposited 4.000 Euro at Bodog and I also want to receive their 10% new customer bonus.

The bonus was credited automatically, but only 120 Euro instead of 400 Euro.

I write to their CS and they told me, it was stated in their Bonus FAQ´s that MB deposits only receiving 120 Euro.

I read their General Bonus Rules as well as their sportsbetting bonus rules very well before I deposit, but there is nothing written about this max. 120 Euro rule.

http://www.bodog.co.uk/bodog-help/uk...r-bonuses.html

OK, I´m able to find the rule within their "Poker Bonus" rules, but I don´t want to play poker

OK, maybe my fault (but I don´t think so)


So far so bad, lets start to place a few bets on todays UEFA EURO LEAGUE soccer.

The first bet was 500 Euro CSKA Sofia against Fulham - bet was accepted.

The second bet I tried to place was 300 Euro SK Rapid Wien against Hamburger SV. I was limited to max. stake of 114 Euro now.

The third bet I tried to place was SK Sturm Graz against Dinamo Bucuresti
Now my limit was 51.60 Euro

Not even books like bet 3.65 are that harsh and ridiculous.

[head_strong]

[moonbeam]

I tried to place a NFL bet (moneyline)
My max bet is 20 Euro. This is stupid

The only thing I want is to leave this shit book alone.
But there is no way to rollover my 4.000 Euro deposit with a 20 Euro limit.

I guess they somewhere have a rule to charge you a horrible fee if you don´t rollover your deposit amount.

[Thremp]

Stop chasing steam.

[noyb]

steam or not, the betting limits on bodog.co.uk are ridiculous

[Thremp]

steam or not, the betting limits on bodog.co.uk are ridiculous

100%

[Stumpage]

lol Wow, that`s impressive, and by impressive I mean in a pathetic sorta way. Sorry about the situation you`re now in moonbeam, but at least you`ve steered me away from ever depositing into yet another mickey mouse book if that`s any consolation (Which of course it is not, nowhere near in fact I`m sure).

[moonbeam]

Stop chasing steam.

It wasn´t a steam play (if steam means playing bad lines).
There are some US books with higher odds for those events.
So I guess it can´t be a steam
I want to fullfill my rollover with acceptable odds

[JoshW]

I am surprised at how European action is being looked at very closely by book and is less and less wanted.

One thing the US facing books have going for them, is so much square action that they are willing to tolerate some sharp action.

Aren't their enough European squares betting soccer? Or are their so many sharps and angle shooters than it just isn't worth it to book, especially if you focus on US sports?

[moonbeam]

lol Wow, that`s impressive, and by impressive I mean in a pathetic sorta way. Sorry about the situation you`re now in moonbeam, but at least you`ve steered me away from ever depositing into yet another mickey mouse book if that`s any consolation (Which of course it is not, nowhere near in fact I`m sure).

What´s pathetic about this issue?
And what mickey mouse thread or post do you mean?

[Stumpage]

What´s pathetic about this issue?
And what mickey mouse thread or post do you mean?

Relax moonbeam.....I mean bodog's approach is pathetic and after reading about your situation, I wouldn't even remotely consider opening an account there.

[moonbeam]

Relax moonbeam.....I mean bodog's approach is pathetic and after reading about your situation, I wouldn't even remotely consider opening an account there.

Oh, sorry stumpage, it was a missunderstanding because of my lousy english

[Thremp]

Meh. If you were looking at Europa Cup this morning, its fairly obvious you were playing steam moves or just coincidentally happened to get on the same plays. This is obviously going to make your lifespan far shorter.

Justin,

Bodog has split their bookmaking IIRC. You got .com and .co.uk

[moonbeam]

Meh. If you were looking at Europa Cup this morning, its fairly obvious you were playing steam moves or just coincidentally happened to get on the same plays. This is obviously going to make your lifespan far shorter.

Justin,

Bodog has split their bookmaking IIRC. You got .com and .co.uk

Mee to. I look at Europe Cup this evening. But it´s good to hear you know everything.

[Thremp]

Mee to. I look at Europe Cup this evening. But it´s good to hear you know everything.

Well in this issue I would, as I watched the line movement personally.

[moonbeam]

Well in this issue I would, as I watched the line movement personally.

You know this without knowing the odds I placed the bets?
CSK Sofia was +135 for example. This was nearly the lowest odd for this game and it lose in the end.
But next time it´s better to use SBR Lines and choose the lowest odds to place my 20 Euro bet at bodog or what do you want to say?

Of course the +135 was not that bad, but other US books have +142 at the same time. But ok, nuff with this

[aggieshawn]

I was just going to deposit with MB - thanks for the heads up.

[moniker]

I posted a couple of months ago.

Limits are strange, they aren't a book to compete with pinny any more (if they ever were), more like a european book with crap limits

It's not all doom and gloom though, they can have good, or at least competitive odds, and the CS is friendly enough.

[Santo]

I am surprised at how European action is being looked at very closely by book and is less and less wanted.

One thing the US facing books have going for them, is so much square action that they are willing to tolerate some sharp action.

Aren't their enough European squares betting soccer? Or are their so many sharps and angle shooters than it just isn't worth it to book, especially if you focus on US sports?

Bodog UK can't really claim to focus on US sports; they don't even offer College football or baseball, and their NFL offering is paltry compared to the US facing site.

[noyb]

bodog for some reason has decided they hate euro-players and made a seperate website just to emphasize that. the limits on their .com-website, which now simply isn't accesible from europe any more, weren't the best, but they were ok. i'm guessing the limits for those who can still play there are still that.
for some mysterious reason they have decided to follow a completely different and new business model for the euro-players, setting up a new site and direct all euro traffic there, limiting extremely agressively, throw a number of sports out of their offering altogether (which are still available at the .com-site) and force this far inferior website down every euro-bettors throat, as we have no choice to play there or, what bodog apparently wants, leave. it makes very little sense to me, especially why they have the lines in-house on a wide number of sports and leagues they have available on the .com-site, but refuse to offer them on the .co.uk-site at all.

a big problem for a lot of us-facing sites must be any non-us bettor that opens an account must have been specifically looking for them and is much more likely not to be a mug punter. if you're an average joe from london you don't signup with bodog, or cris or greek, because you want to place a few quid on an EPL-match, you signup up with ladbrokes and the likes. so every guy they do get from these regions, must be less profitable per person than the average us bettor. but still, just throw everyone out, to advertise this new website as a big improvement and then make it as useless as possible, is a pretty lame thing to do.

[moonbeam]

great post

[mihaita666]

noyb, do u know other bookies that do this ?
ontopic : this would be hillarious if 4000 EUR weren't involved

[mtneer1212]

I deposited $100 in Bodog on Sunday night, and doubled up on the Sunday night game. Then I played both dogs in a nice parlay Monday night (also had a small ML dog parlay that was paying something ridiculous -- so close on both), then hit a baseball game on Tuesday, running my account up to $700. I requested a $600 withdrawal on Tuesday night, and received my tracking number for a $600 check today, to be delivered tomorrow.

This is the Bodog that I used to know. Inflated lines on dogs, excellent betting interface, and great customer service. I only wish their lines came out sooner, and they had less restrictions on their betting, but as an underdog out, I love it, especially now that I am getting paid free once a month in less than 3 days.

[Toit]

mtneer1212, you seem to miss moonbeam's (and noyb's) point.

[mtneer1212]

mtneer1212, you seem to miss moonbeam's (and noyb's) point.

Not at all, just offering an opposing viewpoint and experience.

[Toit]

Not at all, just offering an opposing viewpoint and experience.

You don't seem to play at the .co.uk site and the deposit was smaller.
Moonbeam's problem is that he made a 4000€ deposit and is within a day limited to ridiculous amounts.

In my opinion that's a different story to yours, congratulations on your winnings though.

[mariomonte]

Not at all, just offering an opposing viewpoint and experience.

which is completely unrelated to moonbeam's bodog.co.uk experience.

Bodog.com was - and probably is - a decent sportsbook worth having an account at. I've been a content customer for some time and bets.
Bodog.co.uk though is a completely different and vastly inferior product which nobody but complete idiots would ever make serious business with.

The real problem is that the complete European bodog.com customer base is denied access to bodog.com, so your "opposing viewpoint and experience" is completely irrelevant.
For some time it was possible to just ignore their directions towards bodog.co.uk. Since some weeks Europeans can only bet at their inferior junk site, so my bodog account is history and my money withdrawn.
And I can only suggest any European to do the same.

[moonbeam]

which is completely unrelated to moonbeam's bodog.co.uk experience.

Bodog.com was - and probably is - a decent sportsbook worth having an account at. I've been a content customer for some time and bets.
Bodog.co.uk though is a completely different and vastly inferior product which nobody but complete idiots would ever make serious business with.

The real problem is that the complete European bodog.com customer base is denied access to bodog.com, so your "opposing viewpoint and experience" is completely irrelevant.
For some time it was possible to just ignore their directions towards bodog.co.uk. Since some weeks Europeans can only bet at their inferior junk site, so my bodog account is history and my money withdrawn.
And I can only suggest any European to do the same.

Their european site is really a junk.

[Toit]

Still crap limits for you, moonbeam?

[betpartners]

The reason is simple

The .co.uk site is operated by europeans that are used to cutting out sharp players, its ingrained for most european books, though not all.

Any US facing book that opens in Europe will always employ local staff and the pool from which they employ line managers and account managers etc are all trained in European methods.

If you can open up at a .co.uk site and you want to bet on football (soccer to the uneducated) then use an exchange, wbx, betdaq, betfair

If you must use a european sportsbook and want to bet fairly large bet with VCBet.

[moonbeam]

Still crap limits for you, moonbeam?

Yes Toit, still crap. Horrible book.

Betpartners, VC bet is not an option. VC ist one of the worst european books. They limits everyone after a few bets down to 50 Cent. After this they close your account.