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    Easy-Rider 66
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    The Elephant in the Room

    With the move to USA Based books I hope that does not mean the end of SBR contests, and the points system. Especially not now as many states are still not up to speed on legal online sports wagering. Will there be a college Bowl pool this year? Who knows? Anyhow SBR is a great site to have entertainment at a low cost. As the landscape changes hopefully SBR can keep the offerings intact.

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    No need for a “watchdog” with LEGAL USA books

    Is it time to pull funds from off shore? Maybe after football season?

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    Bet points will be renamed as Bookmaker owns the trademark.

    I mentioned this in another thread but you most definitely will be 1099'd for prize moneys. Bitcoin is now an asset and financially regulated instrument (or will be shortly) so that will either need to be reported or done away with. Likely PayPal/zelle will be utilized.

    The good news is that the prize money should grow exponentially. Bad news is that there will be a lot of new faces and scammers picking away at the pools.

    Just my guess

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Bet points will be renamed as Bookmaker owns the trademark.

    I mentioned this in another thread but you most definitely will be 1099'd for prize moneys. Bitcoin is now an asset and financially regulated instrument (or will be shortly) so that will either need to be reported or done away with. Likely PayPal/zelle will be utilized.

    The good news is that the prize money should grow exponentially. Bad news is that there will be a lot of new faces and scammers picking away at the pools.

    Just my guess
    OK Jake thx for the take makes sense.

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    I have a feeling Betpoints will stay but the option to get bitcoin will be gone .

    Back to pizza gift cards .

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    Now the offshore outlets can fukk us without any viable representation from SBR.

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    They’ll be some thing that you guys like Rome was not built in a day

    This new group is monitoring everything we’re writing right now

    Keep your thoughts flowing here

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    They’ll be some thing that you guys like Rome was not built in a day

    This new group is monitoring everything we’re writing right now

    Keep your thoughts flowing here
    JJ, make a video pal! Tell us your thoughts on all this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    They’ll be some thing that you guys like Rome was not built in a day

    This new group is monitoring everything we’re writing right now

    Keep your thoughts flowing here

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post

    I mentioned this in another thread but you most definitely will be 1099'd for prize moneys. Bitcoin is now an asset and financially regulated instrument (or will be shortly) so that will either need to be reported or done away with. Likely PayPal/zelle will be utilized.

    Just my guess
    This, I got a email from PayPal this week needing my tax payer I’d #, I’ve sent a decent amount of btc from coinbase to PayPal to my bank, and apparently PayPal is going to report the transactions to the irs, not a big deal if I owe some tax on it so be it

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeatTheJerk View Post
    Now the offshore outlets can fukk us without any viable representation from SBR.
    I'm not so sure of this.

    SBRs complaints will likely be forwarded on, I don't think they are leaving the offshore community hanging.


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    My guess is with sbr going legal the pro thing, points thing and btc will all be going away. I’m of the opinion that will be a good thing down the road, legal USA books may want some advertising here but not competition from people who just play with points and don’t deposit at the legal books

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    I did not renew pro in September despite peer pressure. I'm a forward thinking individual.
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    Quote Originally Posted by capitalist pig View Post
    My guess is with sbr going legal the pro thing, points thing and btc will all be going away. I’m of the opinion that will be a good thing down the road, legal USA books may want some advertising here but not competition from people who just play with points and don’t deposit at the legal books
    yeah valid assertions. but what about players that can not legally play at USA Based books? a lot of states are dragging their feet in making it legal. including mine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Easy-Rider 66 View Post
    yeah valid assertions. but what about players that can not legally play at USA Based books? a lot of states are dragging their feet in making it legal. including mine.
    It’s a case of having your cake and eating it to. No way can sbr still support offshore and legal onshore books at the same time, there would be no incentive for legal books to advertise or support anything here. It seems to me sbr made a decision to support legal books and by doing so it will be done offshore, imo it’s a good business decision going forward

    I’m with ya on the states dragging their feet, I’m in Florida and although legal has passed it keeps getting postponed for now, so I’ll stick with heritage for now, but I’m also gun shy at this point and will just keep a limited amount of $ there anymore

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    maybe the rewards will be even better.

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    Allegedly BM discontinued its affiliate program. That's a huge hit to margins here.

    Who will buy or has already entered into an agreement to buy SBR? The other big question we need answered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    The good news is that the prize money should grow exponentially. Bad news is that there will be a lot of new faces and scammers picking away at the pools.
    There is no way prize money stays the same. This site is not going to generate any cash pushing US books. They may decide to take a loss for years to keep the advertising platform.

    That baseball contest was really weird. That was probably SBR's going away present.

    If you get anything going forward, consider yourself lucky.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    There is no way prize money stays the same. This site is not going to generate any cash pushing US books. They may decide to take a loss for years to keep the advertising platform.

    That baseball contest was really weird. That was probably SBR's going away present.

    If you get anything going forward, consider yourself lucky.
    if you are correct Roger that is bad news for us small timers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Easy-Rider 66 View Post
    if you are correct Roger that is bad news for us small timers.
    The best you can hope for is for things to stay the same. Hope for the best and expect the worst.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    The best you can hope for is for things to stay the same. Hope for the best and expect the worst.

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    Everything will be fine

    Take a deep breath and go get laid

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    Quote Originally Posted by BeatTheJerk View Post
    Now the offshore outlets can fukk us without any viable representation from SBR.
    This is what worries me. Cashing out first thing Monday morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Everything will be fine

    Take a deep breath and go get laid
    I don’t GO get laid. I pay for them to do an outcall to me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KiDBaZkiT View Post
    I don’t GO get laid. I pay for them to do an outcall to me.
    Pretty much. End of Thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Everything will be fine

    Take a deep breath and go get laid
    Not for your pal and "trustee" broke landers. his days here? have to numbered
    where would he post at Jj? he is banned at the rx, banned at the shrink's "rx 2.0", banned everywhere

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger T. Bannon View Post
    There is no way prize money stays the same. This site is not going to generate any cash pushing US books. They may decide to take a loss for years to keep the advertising platform.

    That baseball contest was really weird. That was probably SBR's going away present.

    If you get anything going forward, consider yourself lucky.
    Right because FD and DK and other American facing books never spend marketing money on free contests targeting degenerate gamblers.

    SBR has what these guys want. Thousands of captive gamblers complete with all of the addresses and phone numbers of known gamblers. That information is worth a lot of money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lakerboy View Post
    I did not renew pro in September despite peer pressure. I'm a forward thinking individual.
    Stupid us! We are suckers for donating $100 to charity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Right because FD and DK and other American facing books never spend marketing money on free contests targeting degenerate gamblers.

    SBR has what these guys want. Thousands of captive gamblers complete with all of the addresses and phone numbers of known gamblers. That information is worth a lot of money.
    No, it isn't. Do you see them advertising on any other gambling sites? They know how to advertise where there are gamblers that can deposit.

    This is place is valuable to offshore which is why the are taking it away.

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    hey i was just getting ready to do the 100, so some of the fake pros here would leave me the penetrate alone, was it lucky for me or not, we will let them talk about how good they are

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    Quote Originally Posted by carolinakid View Post
    hey i was just getting ready to do the 100, so some of the fake pros here would leave me the penetrate alone, was it lucky for me or not, we will let them talk about how good they are
    No reason to go pro at this point. You’d be better off donating it to your local charity of choice.

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    So Gold no college Bowl pool this year I would assume?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjsuax13 View Post
    No reason to go pro at this point. You’d be better off donating it to your local charity of choice.
    Only thing it still offers, well until they change the software, is pro only threads

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr. leisure View Post
    I have a feeling Betpoints will stay but the option to get bitcoin will be gone .

    Back to pizza gift cards .

    or DK/FD gift cards...

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    Legal sports betting in the US. At this point in history.

    The Great Reset? "You will own nothing and you will be happy."

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