Betfred Gubbed and 2nd Place offers
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So, I got gubbed by Fred. Reason being that I went for 21/1 or so horse with a free bet, and won. So annoyingly I won almost 600 quid (obviously it was layed so I only ‘won’ 25 or so).
That being said, I’ve had the account ages, and it was that win that triggered my account for review – which supports the obvious assumption that the most likely way people get gubbed is just by winning too much money from the bookies perspective. As soon as you make a big win like that, you will undoubtedly get reviewed by a trader. It makes sense that they’d do that anyway..
Given I’m now gubbed, I figured its worth mentioning, for those not aware, that you can back as many horses as you like for their second place offers. You’ll get the free bet if any of those horses come second. Furthermore, if you were to place multiple separate bets on that horse, you’d get multiple free bets. I did this a few times over my time with them, although I hadn’t actually realised when it happened, I’d just placed the second bet for an arb. I know people will often shout about how backing multiple horses will look suspicious, but this is entirely conjecture. Its only suspicious if a trader actually reviews your account. Doing that doesn’t get your account flagged, nor seemingly with Fred does actually getting free bets.. Its the winning they don’t like! I was gubbed within an hour or so of winning big.. They don’t hang around.
The matched betting community is filled with people making guesses and assumptions, but in all honesty, my experience with all the bookmakers I’m with and have been with, is that they just want people losing bets. The rest is all luck. You don’t want to win your bets at the bookies ever, but it will happen, no matter the odds obviously. There’s no way around that part!
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