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    seaborneq
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    Terrible trend going on this football season with the books, anyone know why?

    Caribsports, no carib classic challenge, pick 10 weekly, or last man standing
    WagerWeb, no beat the bookie contest
    Betdsi, no football handicapping contest like they had last year for their clients
    5dimes, late posting of ncaa office pool on friday

    I am sure there are other books too, those are just the four I have dealt with this year.

    Books are no longer interested in handicapping contest for their clients, what gives?

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    Feels different for sure. At least we still have Beat The Prick on SBR!

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    Heritage still has the same contest as last year. At least the rules are the same, I am not sure about the prize allocations at year end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reload View Post
    Feels different for sure. At least we still have Beat The Prick on SBR!
    Scary. Makes me think the books are all going under at the same time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LT Profits View Post
    Heritage still has the same contest as last year. At least the rules are the same, I am not sure about the prize allocations at year end.
    Heritage is the only one still hanging on with at least one contest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by seaborneq View Post
    Scary. Makes me think the books are all going under at the same time.
    My theory is that the books are doing so well in getting deposits, they have no need to offer incentives.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thes0vereign View Post
    My theory is that the books are doing so well in getting deposits, they have no need to offer incentives.
    That is a thought, but that would be even scarier that those sticky bonuses and 10X rollovers are working better than the incentives books give their clients to make money competing against each other. Not many beat the books, but as BTP shows you can beat a lot of people who swear they beat the books.

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    Its a different breed of gamblers now a days, its less Americans more of everyone else, and they dont care about NFL football, so why should the books cater to the few when the many are their bread and butter, JMO.

    later

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    but thegreek has their contest back

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    Quote Originally Posted by k13 View Post
    but thegreek has their contest back
    TheGreek has left the building..................for us US players

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    Pay Offs Plus, and I assume the whole Youwager/First Fidelity Family has their NFL Pick 3 Contest again.
    Carib don't even have their Parlay and Teaser cards. Sad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheGuesser View Post
    Pay Offs Plus, and I assume the whole Youwager/First Fidelity Family has their NFL Pick 3 Contest again.
    Carib don't even have their Parlay and Teaser cards. Sad.
    I didn't know that carib didn't have parlay and teaser cards anymore. Carib is on the clock. Beware

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