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ordinarysunday · 14-05-2008, 08:44

I'm not really sure what the point of posting this was, I was just a bit amazed to be honest.

As far as I know a high percentage of the population own visa electron cards, or solo cards. The dangers of these cards for bookmakers is that they are the only cards (I believe) that are issued to under 18's, so you have to carry out ID checks etc when you want to use one - which is fair enough really. Once you do it once you just save the relevant documents and then just attach them whenever you open a new account etc.

Boylesports I thought were one of the sort of ''up and coming'' on line bookmakers around at the moment, it seems really strange why they would cut off so much potential income by not accepting these cards, I really can't think there could be a logical reason - is anyone aware of a major problem with these cards?

Just to verify, here was my live chat with Boylesports..

operator: Hello, Welcome to Boylesports live help. How may I assist you?
me: morning, I am trying to register a card, and the card number is not being recognised, I wouldnt know why to be honest.
operator: Is it a visa solo or electron card?
me: visa electron
operator: Unfortunately these do not work on our system so we can not accept them
me: wow, that's a strange one, ok mate nevermind, thanks for your help anyway.

14-05-2008, 08:44	#1 (permalink)
ordinarysunday Junior Punter Join Date: 04 Jul 2007 Location: new Posts: 56	Boylesports Don't Accept Visa Electron Cards I'm not really sure what the point of posting this was, I was just a bit amazed to be honest. As far as I know a high percentage of the population own visa electron cards, or solo cards. The dangers of these cards for bookmakers is that they are the only cards (I believe) that are issued to under 18's, so you have to carry out ID checks etc when you want to use one - which is fair enough really. Once you do it once you just save the relevant documents and then just attach them whenever you open a new account etc. Boylesports I thought were one of the sort of ''up and coming'' on line bookmakers around at the moment, it seems really strange why they would cut off so much potential income by not accepting these cards, I really can't think there could be a logical reason - is anyone aware of a major problem with these cards? Just to verify, here was my live chat with Boylesports.. operator: Hello, Welcome to Boylesports live help. How may I assist you? me: morning, I am trying to register a card, and the card number is not being recognised, I wouldnt know why to be honest. operator: Is it a visa solo or electron card? me: visa electron operator: Unfortunately these do not work on our system so we can not accept them me: wow, that's a strange one, ok mate nevermind, thanks for your help anyway.