Changes coming to the SBR Points program, August 1st.

[gamemastere]

In the meantime I will ask Sam to make more gift cards available like pre paid Mastercards and such. As most know we stopped allowing points transfers in the Service Plays forum because of lawsuits from scum...errr, touts,(my apologies) whom claim players are in essence buying the picks from SBR.

The points program is a very simple concept but it also can be twisted to make it look like something it is not.

From the thread "SBR Store discontinuing sportsbook rewards" you mentioned back in may about making pre paid cards available to purchase in the SBR store. Has this been considered further for US SBRPro's.

http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/1097385-sbr-store-discontinuing-sportsbook-rewards.html

[zam77]

thanks for the points i guess the more you turn someone in the less points you get. this is my strategy: 1. i login and post 2. i transfer my points to aca 3. click movers and shakers 4. on that page you can see who does peer to peer transfers 5. eliminate all the guys that do loans, and transfers less than 10 points or so 6. if not a service play guy, its more likely something suspicious 7. investigate for 20 seconds steps 1 and 2 i do anyway, so 3-7 takes me less than a minute and i usually catch someone

I just yesterday clicked (noticed for the first time) movers and shakers. Had no idea you could see all point transfers as such. Has this been around very long?

[nobs]

I will roll over the trivia points in the sports book. Cant win in the casino.

[d2bets]

Trivia rolled in in casino??? That's nuts. I can understand poker tourney being rolled over in poker. I can understand sportbetting contests being rolled over in the sportsbook. But what does trivia have to do with casino? I don't see the nexus. I've never once set foot in the casino (I think) and I don't see why I should have to. Please reconsider.

[ThaddeusB]

Interesting changes...

Can someone please slink this thread to the points forum and sticky it to make sure as many people as possible see it?

The ability to buy points pretty much guarantees sportsbook cash/freeplays won't return for US people. I always felt that SBR didn't allow this because they didn't want to look like a sportsbook work around.

[Joe Dogs]

Trivia rolled in in casino??? That's nuts. I can understand poker tourney being rolled over in poker. I can understand sportbetting contests being rolled over in the sportsbook. But what does trivia have to do with casino? I don't see the nexus. I've never once set foot in the casino (I think) and I don't see why I should have to. Please reconsider.

I agree,rolling over Trivia points in the casino doesn,t make much sense.

I,myself have never ventured in to the casino,I guess that's about to change.

[dlew2k]

change!!! I like it.

[aceking]

Trivia rolled in in casino??? That's nuts. I can understand poker tourney being rolled over in poker. I can understand sportbetting contests being rolled over in the sportsbook. But what does trivia have to do with casino? I don't see the nexus. I've never once set foot in the casino (I think) and I don't see why I should have to. Please reconsider.

just bet 1 point on black in roulette 1000 times , until you clear the rollover .

[Shortstop]

IN SUMMARY:

The ONLY points we receive that DO NOT require a rollover are the points that we receive for logging in each day?

Correct?

[jmilacek]

Where are you guys getting the idea that trivia points must be rolled over?

[Richkas]

http://store.sbrforum.com/points/log/nrmlcurvsurfr

Click on "Player Transfer" under Debit Type

Given away over 4,900 points to dank_fire... and i thought dank was a good poster

it literally takes 30 seconds to catch these people

I don't see why these people just don't bet both sides of a game....makes it much more difficult to catch...dumb thieves

[Boxing Champ]

When will this Non-US bullshit end?? I thought we were the Greatest country in the world...
Now I feel like I live in Somalia.....

[Vreston]

A question to the mods:
I am a US Citizen but live in Europe. Can I use my SBR points to purchase something and have it sent to me?

Thanks.

[Glitch]

edit....

[hhsilver]

Where are you guys getting the idea that trivia points must be rolled over?

sbr-john said this in one thread - and rolled over in the casino.

But, Lou said, in another thread without any reference to what john said earlier, that trivia points would be regular points.

[BarkingToad]

5x rollover for poker is a whole lot of work.

[horja1]

All poker contests will be given poker points as prizes. Prize levels will significantly increase as a result. Poker points must be rolled 5x in the open play ring games before they are transferred to the regular points wallet.

That will be a little hard to do at the beginning due to low open play activity ... I mean if you win 2000 points, rollover will be 10000 ... not easy atm

[newjerseydevils]

welll. i knew this had to happen sometime. oh well.

[Cougar Bait]

Can someone explain how the charitable donation will work?

What will the options be for donating methods, etc...

[saintjames]

again sbr is dry humping us american players as we are still out in the cold looking in and they dont even wanna comp us for the lack of sportsbookcash&freeplays with cashchecks&cashcards in the sbr store...God help us all

[BIGDAY]

Sportbook free plays rocked!! Pisses me off!

[cloudagh]

I hope the trivia does not need to be rolled over. I rarely if ever use the casino. Occasional sportsbook plays. I guess I will eventually figure it out.

[zert]

I do not like it if US players can not get sportsbooks options and others can in the store. It was always something to shoot for. But I will get over it and just maybe down the road things will change.

But one thing that would bother me more would be like the BTP contest if some got sportsbook money and US players got points. I dont remember how much of a rollover the sportsbooks wanted on the winnings but I dont think it was 5 times. One other thing also would be points to dollars ratio, a dollar is worth what 14 or 15 points, that should be considered too in the payouts. Maybe this was already done I am just not sure about it.

[nosniboR11]

just keep fighting USA sbr pro's

[pavyracer]

I do not like it if US players can not get sportsbooks options and others can in the store. It was always something to shoot for. But I will get over it and just maybe down the road things will change.

But one thing that would bother me more would be like the BTP contest if some got sportsbook money and US players got points. I dont remember how much of a rollover the sportsbooks wanted on the winnings but I dont think it was 5 times. One other thing also would be points to dollars ratio, a dollar is worth what 14 or 15 points, that should be considered too in the payouts. Maybe this was already done I am just not sure about it.

Can a mod answer this please? Shari?

Will the non-US Pros be paid sportbook cash for winnings in BTP and US Pros be paid points even though both are required to deposit $200 cash at the book?

[BigDaddy]

if US pros do not get cash for BTP winnings

SBR should just send us gift cards instead

say i win $87 week 1 of BTP

send me a $87 walmart gift card

i see no problem with that

otherwise why would US players enter the BTP?

[ferndog]

The donation could be used as a tax deduction.

[housecloud]

all i know is that the american league is a lock in the all star game

[mikejamm]

all i know is that the american league is a lock in the all star game

Another fuk'in "lock" idiot! So how did that work out for you?

[Cookie Monster]

sbr-john said this in one thread - and rolled over in the casino.

But, Lou said, in another thread without any reference to what john said earlier, that trivia points would be regular points.

Right, looks like SBR has not decided yet if trivia points will have to be rolled over. Of course every poster is against the roll over, but understand that SBR is a business and can make any decision. If they go for the roll over, I guess a fair decision would be allowing the points to be rolled over at sportsbook and/or casino.

BTW, good idea not giving points for the first daily post. I see many threads polluted by a bozo just posting anything to get the points. On the other hand, it will be much harder to catch dumb points abusers just posting "let start the winning streak" every day.

[NrmlCurvSurfr]

http://store.sbrforum.com/points/log/nrmlcurvsurfr

Click on "Player Transfer" under Debit Type

Given away over 4,900 points to dank_fire... and i thought dank was a good poster

it literally takes 30 seconds to catch these people

Good detective work rudy, But Dank and I, are indeed, two different people. Should be obvious by our posts, not to mention we are both pro...keep up the good work

[yisman]

Most of the changes are pretty much acceptable, but the casino rollovers even now take too much time. For example SBR contest win 5000 casino points. First place pays 2 250 points with x6 rollover equals 13 500 points in casino bets, let alone the fact that you will lose most of them but it will take eternity to rollover.

It will only take an eternity if you bet small. I could rollover 13,500 in the casino in a few hours, I'm sure.

[CanuckG]

Everyone up in arms over free points....

[sportsfanatic]

Eliminate points given for first post. We will increase the amount of points given for a login visit to compensate. Non pros will still get 6 points a day and Pro's will get 12. The only net effect is a visitor is not required or offered incentive to post. (the forums are plenty busy)

this is by far the best of the changes. should really help with forum clutter.

[do5000]

the charitable donation is a great idea. might as well have $200 go to a good cause.

i dont agree with rolling over the trivia points in the casino. they arent related. would make more sense to rollover in the sportsbook (although i dont think thats really fair either).
In the end free is free and i cant argue with that.