Cascade reached a high of A-. Standard and Poors had Enron rated AA right before they went out of business. Rating offshore books is a difficult proposition.

Great thread. Many of those listed are certainly legitimate. Some, in fact most, are unfortunately excellent examples of poor planning and execution by SBR managers and senior staff. Others like MySBR were concept shortcomings. A few like the new SBROdds needs more time.

A few were mentioned such as poker along with the WSOP and Ryder Cup. This was year one for both. SBR was denied a press pass into the WSOP on some technical snafu. Next year will be much better. I loved the Ryder Cup. It was a lot of fun and it will be expanded to possibly 25 man teams next year.

Some items like sportsbook cash for the US guys is just out of our control. We have a top name lawyer who concluded it could violate US law. We are trying to hire different law group to start at A and work through the entire concept and give us the best options.