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So, a sudden detour from the topic's theme ?

I guess all doubts solved now and it's perfectly OK for a book to slow-pay winners.

And I do rest my case if the topicstarter is entirely satisfied with this development.

I can try to repeat my main doubt even it would go rhetorical in all probability -

Why Asian books settle this in normal schedule while a perfectly regulated Irish book (I won't mention their hilarious limits for now) slow-pays ?

If you have any reason to doubt what I am saying then we can talk about it if you wish.

I honestly have no reason to doubt your honesty. E.g. the vast majority of people working for Enron were perfectly honest guys trying to do their job the best they could.

UK/Irish books have a business model that suits UK/Irish public fine. But it escapes my understanding why someone who is aware of other modi operandorum would still defend the UK/Irish model ?

There was a guy from an Irish bookmaker (not Paddy Power) few years ago on another forum - all his answers on why his book was cutting limits of winning players and then closing their accounts - were like "Oh, we are sorry but we have to protect our business and put the food on the tables of our staff". I neither had any doubts about the honesty of that answer, why wouldn't he be honest saying what he said after all ? In that case being honest meant total unwillingness to try another business model.
Said that, and judging by the general mood on this forum and few others, they would be doing just fine now, had they catered to UK/European market, but for some reason they had to have a strong urge to offer reduced-juice asian handicap.

Same type as will drink a shite pint in a crap boozer with dirty toilets, crap service and unfriendly staff yet not utter a word.

But Bookmakers..... They are just thieves all the time !

LOL, people you hang out with, or whom ?