How much cash do you need to keep in your accounts

if you are just starting, you probably need £100-£200 for your first few bets – start on the lowest sign up offers and build your way up the scale. also start with standard “free bet” offers first, then move on to the “risk free” and finally the rollover offers.
you’ll be surprised how quickly your bank roll will grow, but the most infuriating thing about starting out is how long it takes to recycle your money between bookie>bank>exchange. its well worth using paypal for the ones that accept it as this cuts the withdrawal times down from days to hours, and literally instant for some bookies.

In a perfect world all your bets will lose. BUT do not EVER assume that they will, always make sure you have enough to cover yourself in the worst case scenario.

HTH

The theory behind not withdrawing is that when you withdraw the bookie has to run its checks to authorise payment, which obviously means they will look at what you’ve been betting on. This alledgedly flags up your account as a bonus abuser and therefore makes it more likely that you will get bonus banned or “gubbed”.

However, this is pure speculation, as no-one knows what it is that gets you gubbed – most people will say “i mug bet a fortune”, others “i never mug bet” yet both get banned. So in truth the best thing to do is just try to think like a mug and accept the fact you will get banned at some point. If you need the cash, take it out, if you don’t leave it there for the next offer. What i usually do is withdraw most of the balance and leave, say, £25 in there ready for the next offer.

Another quick thing, sometimes a bookie will send you another offer if you have zero balance to get you betting again in the early days of your account. I can’t really remember who now, but i think william hill and bet365 maybe?

TL;DR – up to you…if you need it yes withdraw, if you don’t no don’t bother.

HTH