Multi account set up

Fine folks of t’interweb. I’d greatly appreciate some advice.

After getting into MBing in February I managed to clear about £6k. With all I’ve learned on here I’d now say I’m at a reasonable standard where with unrestricted accounts I’m confident I could reach £2k a month profit. However, in the process of learning and making mistakes I have slowly had all my accounts gubbed and restricted. I’ve taken some out in the wifes name but they’ve been quickly gubbed too, despite a different IP address, presumably because of the same home address.

So, I’ve got a list of trusted friends and family who have no interest in betting, so don’t mind eventually getting gubbed, and have agreed to let me set up accounts in their name and they get a % cut. I don’t see this strictly breaks the rules although I’m sure the bookies would say different! What I won’t do is blatantly commit fraud by creating accounts in fake names. What are peoples thoughts on this?

So here is my plan:
1) Give my friend some cash to put into their accounts with their own bank cards.
2) Get a VPN and bet on their behalf
3) Get them to submit their own ID to the bookies for eventual withdrawals.
4) Manage withdrawals as the need occurs (hence, I’ll only use trusted friends).

What are the flaws with this please? I know sod all about tech. I understand I need to get a VPN, but do I also need a new device for each account (ie a cheap laptop etc) so they can’t link accounts via computer ID?

I’d be grateful for your thoughts…. Ta.

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bbobb 24 April 18, 2018 at 10:15 am

You can have multiple Paypal accounts if you want, they allow personal and business accounts.

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ruitumbino 2 April 18, 2018 at 10:45 am

And every transaction is free between accounts, business to personal? Shame smarkets doesn’t have paypal

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bbobb 24 April 18, 2018 at 11:15 am

Most transactions are free as long as you dont use CC to finance them.

Business pay Fee to accept payments but this doesn’t include “Sending Money to Family or Friends”

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bookiebasher 2 April 18, 2018 at 12:01 pm

@bbob, I tend to both agree and disagree with your opinion on the legality. Whereas it’s definitely legal for the Mrs to make amazon orders using your details, I think an important fact to consider here is that you are not barred or restricted from using amazon’s services. In the case of a bookie, it can count as deception because the bookie has barred you from their business, but you are using another identity to carry on. I think it all comes down to how the agreement with the third party is arranged:
Scenario 1:
You ask for their financial details and identity documents and set up accounts in their name yourself, and give the third party a cut: This is probably fraud, because during the registration and verification process you are straight forward disguising yourself under a false identity. Any money gained from that account becomes illegal, and when you transfer those money between yours and third party accounts it constitutes money laundering

Scenario 2:
The third party sets up their own accounts and completes the verification themselves. You then offer them to provide a betting service for them in exchange for a commission, to which the third party agrees. They therefore give you access to their betting accounts, which are funded by the third party themselves. You could of course transfer funds from your account to the third party’s to help them fund it. After a agreed period of time, the third party pays you the agreed commission on any winnings.
This imo opinion is legal but taxable. You haven’t tried to pass yourself off as the third party, and at no point you will have access to their financial accounts. You are simply providing a service for them

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ruitumbino 2 April 18, 2018 at 12:10 pm

I think until the time comes, that we can deposit with PayPal on smarkets, I’ll have to run skrill/paypal, since I’m VIP silver on skrill, no fee on sending money between accounts

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Cliff 24 April 19, 2018 at 4:20 pm

Lots and lots of grey areas morally and legally in multi accounting but here’s my top tip:

Upgrade the PayPal account to business! I did this a few years ago while setting up a few websites and needed to use the sand box mode which requires the business upgrade, don’t need to submit docs etc for the business (as there simply isn’t one you are testing paypals software) – This means that withdrawals from PayPal to bank are… instant.

Saves sooooo much time

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bbobb 24 April 19, 2018 at 4:48 pm

@bookiebasher, the bookies haven’t banned my from anything, all they have done is restricted a couple of accounts and told me those accounts are no longer eligible for promotions.. They are not the law and no amount of T&Cs can make them so. There is nothing to stop me walking into a Ladbrokes or WH shop and placing a bet and I would still be eligible for promotions if I placed inshop.

IMO it’s the online bookies that are breaking a few laws but that’s another question.

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betman 41 April 19, 2018 at 7:01 pm

But you are still deceiving them about who you are, and to gain a financial advantage…. otherwise you’d just bet under your ‘unbanned’ account.

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bookiebasher 2 April 19, 2018 at 8:00 pm

It’s not deception if they are placing bets themselves. Even if you place the bets yourself, it’s not deception as long as the third party has signed up and verified the account themselves, because at no point have you claimed to be the third party. The third party has given you their bookie account login details for you to place bets on behalf of them for their own financial gain, not yours. Whatever portion of profits the third party give you is a gentleman’s agreement, not a legal requirement

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betman 41 April 19, 2018 at 8:07 pm

so by acting as someone else your not claiming to be them? That’s exactly what the aussie case was about. I’m not saying that’s going to happen here, but I don’t think the above arguments are going to be taken seriously if that aussie guys defence were to use them!

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bookiebasher 2 April 19, 2018 at 8:30 pm

The aussie case is different in the following ways:

-Two police officers acted as a recruiting agent for a big time punter
-The police officers got their mates to give them their bank details and identification documents
-They created accounts using their mate’s names themselves, which imo is deception
-Even bigger deception when they submitted their mates verification documents themselves
-Made deposits on the proxy accounts themselves, and possibly even made bank accounts using the proxies’ names for this purpose

Ofcourse, this is simply my opinion on it, and I could be wrong

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betman 41 April 19, 2018 at 9:45 pm

that’s what many people do here, well I think without the police officer bit! And it would be the placing of the bet that’s gaining the financial advantage.

I personally don’t see it any different to numerous other immoral things people do day to day, other than this is flipping back on immoral companies. Try doing a few family days out at national trust places and you’ll get stuck behind someone who left their cards at home, then forgets their address as they moved house recently so have to make a phone call to check It! You don’t see those people getting pulled in

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bookiebasher 2 April 19, 2018 at 10:53 pm

Definitely agree on the point about flipping back on immoral companies! And yeah, it’s very unlikely you will ever get into trouble for it, unless you get too greedy. And definitely no cops as third party. It’s definitely a grey area. But I think there are no definite laws against proxy betting itself. If there was, I am pretty sure bookmakers would have prosecuted a few to set an example. At the end of the day, if a mate approaches me and asks be to place bets on their behalf and I agree, I don’t see what I am doing wrong. Or you can see it another way, if a friend gives me a few quids and sends me to Tesco to get something for him/her, is that illegal?

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betman 41 April 20, 2018 at 7:48 am

yes if you are buying something from Tesco that the other person is banned from such as alcohol… But it’s different laws and not financial advantage.

being criminal law it would be the police then cps prosecuting not bookie. Unless you are recruiting police offers for the exercise, betting huge huge sums, or have generally annoyed the police to the point of them pinning anything on you i suspect it’s a non starter regardless of the point of law. And also in most cases the evidence wouldn’t be 100% clear, would be pointing at bank transfers for winnings then making some assumptions.
But the points of ‘financial advantage’ did alter my view of it from if it were out and out obtaining money by deception.

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ruitumbino 2 April 20, 2018 at 12:37 pm

hey guys, just one more question if you can help

In case some people are afraid to verify their bank details with a paypal account, can you use your own, or a random debit card? would that alert the bookies?

Thank you

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