Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25410665'>posted</a> on 03/08/2016:
One massive downside: the US Treasury has announced it considers bitcoin currency. Giving US members a way to turn money into points and then bet those points would make SBR a casino/sportsbook in the US' eyes, which brings a whole mess of legal risk and a federal case might be more than SBR could afford to defend against. I suspect if the US ever pulls its head out of its ass and removes restrictions on gambling, SBR will implement money-to-points in a heartbeat.
One massive downside: the US Treasury has announced it considers bitcoin currency. Giving US members a way to turn money into points and then bet those points would make SBR a casino/sportsbook in the US' eyes, which brings a whole mess of legal risk and a federal case might be more than SBR could afford to defend against. I suspect if the US ever pulls its head out of its ass and removes restrictions on gambling, SBR will implement money-to-points in a heartbeat.