Just a general question from a sports betting noob, I've had my Coral account for years since I used to play on their poker skin but I've never placed a spots bet with them before and the account has been dormant for about 18 months. I tried yesterday to get £200 on a goals over/under in a lower league Portugese game. I hadn't deposited when I put it through and the betslip said it was sending the bet to a trader to review. They came back with an offer of £100 max with one minute to accept or decline. By the time I'd deposited it had been declined so I tried to put through 200 again and this time it was accepted.
So my question is how do these traders work? Was it just that the trader that my first bet went to was a bit of a nit and restricted it? I assumed that there would be some sort of formula for this stuff and whether they accept or decline the bet.
A big factor is whether they have had their lunch yet. Its also generally best not to try for a bet in the hour or so before horseracing starts because that is when they fill out their placepots and Lucky 15's run to the local Betfred shop and they don't like to be disturbed then. I tend to avoid when Coronation Street and Eastenders are on too.
Joking apart if you ever do find out what goes on in a Coral traders mind then many of us would pay to find out.