6/29/2007 07:03 PM
SBR Sportsbook Office Tours: View photos of Justbet (SBR rating B+) hereThe office supports Justbet, BetGuardian (SBR rating B+) and Badlands (SBR rating B-), previously known as the
tradewinds Group. Justbet, located in Heredia, Costa Rica, employs a staff of over 150.
9/13/2006 01:39 PM
Regency (SBR rating B-) and
tradewinds (SBR rating B-) websites closed; players moved under new brand,
JustBet.com.
JustBet (SBR rating B-) is the new flagship book from the
tradewinds group, focusing on the post-up market. Credit players will continue to use "
tradewinds" at trdwd.com.
BadLands (SBR rating B-) users are also expected to be moved to JustBet in the near future.
6/24/2006 11:36 PM
Email Response Test Results: Sports bettor "
Bucky McCarthy" tested the email support of 12 sportsbooks.
WSEX (SBR rating A+) came in first at 13 minutes.
USSportsbook (SBR rating D+),
tradewinds (SBR rating B-) and
Nine (SBR rating B) followed close behind with near perfect replies. View full results here:
June Email Response Test.
6/20/2006 07:02 PM
tradewinds Group (SBR rating B-) to be rebranded as "JustBet." Regency Sportsbook (SBR rating B-) will be the first sportsbook in the family to move its players under JustBet.com August 1st, 2006.
tradewinds General Manager tells SBR that the company plans to push the new brand, which won’t use the inconvenient extension ".co.cr."
tradewinds hopes to experience the same recognition and growth that Grand Central Sports achieved when it transformed to
Nine.com, prior to being acquired by
Leisure & Gaming plc.
tradewinds has been upgraded to B- after seven months without a player
complaint. SBR is scheduled to meet with ownership and management in July.
6/4/2006 09:24 AM
tradewinds Group raised from C+ to B-
12/11/2005 11:09 PM
SBR Bill Dozer reports: Players report slow-pays from the
tradewinds Family(SBR rating C+) of sportsbooks. Offshore insiders suggest that the challenge of moving money to merchant accounts after a stretch of unprecedented success by the betting public, and subsequent payout requests at one time, may be responsible for a delay. SBR to inquire with management about reports of nearly two week delays.
3/7/2005 01:26 PM
tradewinds/BetGuardian downgraded from B- to C+
2/24/2005 05:06 PM
SBR Bill Dozer reports: tradewinds Group unable to process payouts via Neteller due to lack of funding in their merchant account. Management states that payouts should resume on Monday once a pending bank wire to Neteller is completed.
tradewinds is currently offering withdrawals via alternate methods free of charge. The
tradewinds Group consists of Badlands (SBR rating C+), BetGuardian Guarantee (SBR rating B-), Regency (SBR rating C+) and
tradewinds (SBR rating B-).
11/5/2004 06:31 PM
Badlands and Regency upgraded from C to C+,
tradewinds and BetGuardian upgraded from C+ to B-