You can blame "bonus hustlers, syndicate players, and sharps", but the fact is Bet Islands went down because of bad management. The book kepts growing for a while which made up for the mistakes, as new deposits were able to cover payouts. At some point the bubble popped. Hopefully SBR becomes better at spotting these books that are able to make payouts because of rapid growth, but once the fast growth stops will be in trouble. No book can grow rapidly indefinitely.
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SBR will have an EZstreet banner and give them a decent rating by the end of the year bc they really stepped up and "saved u"...the good news is theyll have the same "industry respected solid financial backing" BetIslands had so thats goodLast edited by bettilimbroke999; 12-26-12, 01:49 PM.Comment -
Isn't it interesting that John and Bill still associate with Jon. And before you start denying this, keep in mind that SBR has been posting what Jon IS confirming and what he IS denying, as tho it matters what Jon has to say about anything. Jon, John, Bill, Justin7 --- all good drinking buddies.Comment -
Not sure you can throw J7 in that group regardless of your personal feelings against him. Although I've disagreed with J7 on certain decisions, I've also agreed with him on many but he never toed the company line or came across as a yes man.Comment -
A 15 time rollover is like itComment -
Sounds like your gettin bailed out of the Titanic and into the oceanComment -
OK, I might have overstepped with Justin7 --- he only knew him for several years, they may not have been drinking buddies like the rest of them. But it is nice that I gave you this opportunity to deflect from the main point that SBR and Jon were and still are good buddies.Last edited by BranchDavidian; 12-26-12, 05:49 PM.Comment -
If your wise enough to admit your mistakes on a forum, then I may have misjudged you from the start. Let's agree to disagree here, no point in continuing our e-battle throughout 8 threads
Also, I really have no idea how guilty SBR in this, just everyone was piling it on without proof, so figured the best way to get info out would be to argue the other side. Mikeyanks email definitely makes SBR look flat out stupid, if not guilty.Comment -
I don't know how you have any knowledge of Justin's financial situation ( other than, of course, as a SBR ghost ), or what it has to do with anything, but he had a pretty nice balance at BI.Comment -
SBR only cares about the ad dollars people, wake the f up.Comment -
Hard to believe how the sleaze factor has gone off the radar in CR. These low lives have no idea what a bad name they're giving offshore gambling. Offshore industry should be self-policing, because this image is now affecting them all, good or bad.Comment -
Good point.
Not shocking. The surprise is in the willingness to destroy the credibility of an industry. There may be two or three trustworthy books left in CR, but there is no way this doesn't affect them in the long run. They turned the whole of CR into quicksand. CR is now a PR nightmare. The watchdog and the scam book having beers together. That's a lasting image.Last edited by Dark Horse; 12-27-12, 12:05 PM.Comment -
any bail out that only targets certain players is very, very shady
personally, if they only send it to some players and exclude others, i'm gonna tell them to go penetrate themselves and just swallow my lossesComment -
I doubt that SBR would allow it, but I could see the benefit of a death list for CR guys with their heads on the chopping block. They think this is a game where they can do as they please, and they will continue to do so until they're shown differently.
The 'bail out' in place right now takes it to a whole new level. "We'll take some more of your money, slap on a rollover, and then we'll scam you again."
SBR, where is the real bail out that you were referring to earlier?Comment -
A- to A+ Elite, top 1% of all Sportsbooks, Guaranteed safety & quality.
That is taken from the SBR ratings guide about playing with an A- to A+ book. My question is what does " guaranteed safety" mean. Whom and what is guaranteed?? That is a very strong word to use " guaranteed "A books have gone down in the past and id like to know what guarantee means and what exactly is guaranteed.המוסד
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It means nothing because there is no regulation. It's based entirely on trust. And the trustworthiness of SBR itself is in question. But even without bringing in SBR, what could it truly mean? 5Dimes is a great book. Top of the line. So what happens to a player's 200K at the book if Tony kicks the bucket?Comment -
Lots in this thread say the bailout of a major book bailing out a couple million is impossible - including our dear friend 5D Tony...
Lets be real though - although the motives and actions were different in the poker industry (pokerstars bailing out FTP - essentially gaining a monopoly) - 5D bailing out 1/50th of the pricetag of what pokerstars did is just a 5 year quarter million dollar marketing campaign to which they would gain incredible good faith and "trust" as mentioned in an industry that has VERY little, and less yet in recent days.
even a Euro book full of "rec" players like 365 which has similar, but likely very different clientele could step up here.
In the laws of Large numbers I'm sorry but it's time for a large book to step the fk up and make the industry as a whole shine through this shit. No one says this has to be a precedent, but a couple hundy a year in "faith" charged to the marketing dept is no big fking deal.
This is a lot of bullshit the players that had their Christmas ruined needn't have gone through.Comment -
Dark Horse there was once an offshore industry. 2004/2005 you could play with relative safety at 15- 20 or more books. You know that you were around. UIGEA comes along and the choke hold is applied. Dire results didn't happen at once and weren't meant to happen at once.
When the giants of the "industry" left not much of an industry remained. Now maybe 3 good books, a few more that you might count on for a payout today, but unsure of tomorrow. Man there are more watchdog/forum sites than decent books left. Plenty of hustlers, scammers and other bottom feeders left to fight over what doesn't go to the top books. This includes the forum sites. Just a dwindling customer base that can be trusted for them. The forum sites will do what they can to survive and that does not bode well for the average poster/gambler.
Sadly what we have left is not an industry. It is, with a few exceptions. a den of thieves. SBR and other such sites are left with this shell of a crumbing industry. Just look at the banners flying at the other sites. It will be the same here.Comment
, and apparently isn't that wealthy..
