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Chrome driver for Selenium stuck in grey screen on bet365 site

I’ve got grey screen when was trying to open bet365 site using Chrome driver and Selenium.

var driver = new ChromeDriver();
driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://www.bet365.it/");

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Solution

  • I executed your usecase with a couple of tweaks and faced the same consequences. Here are the execution details:

    • Code Block [Python]:

      from selenium import webdriver

options = webdriver.ChromeOptions() 
options.add_argument("start-maximized")
options.add_experimental_option("excludeSwitches", ["enable-automation"])
options.add_experimental_option('useAutomationExtension', False)
driver = webdriver.Chrome(options=options, executable_path=r'C:\WebDrivers\chromedriver.exe')
driver.get('https://www.bet365.it/')

    • Browser Snapshot:

    bet365

    Deep Dive

    When I checked the Terms and conditions it is clearly mentioned that:

    1. Other

    6.1 bet365 actively monitors traffic to and from its Site. Bet365 reserves the right to block access to the Site, at its discretion, should it encounter any evidence of automated or robotized game activity.

    Conclusion

    It seems Selenium driven ChromeDriver initiated based browsing context is getting detected and the navigation is blocked.