Betting account restrictions: winners unwelcome?

Are claims that bookmakers are increasingly restricting casual punters’ bets on horseracing and closing accounts fact or fiction? Julian Rogers investigates It’s a Thursday morning in November and lifelong horseracing fan and punter Brian Sykes is logged onto a leading bookmaker’s site on his laptop. After poring over the form for a 10-runner novices hurdle at Market Rasen, the 59-year-old Yorkshireman plumps for an obvious choice, 5/2 f...