Bet islands update anybody ???

[Dark Horse]

Are people actually still waiting for updates on BI lol?

Attention deficit? Meeting in second week of January. After that ball is in SBR's court. So two options left. Plenty reason to keep up to date.

[JasonDC]

Lol okay bro....so how's your fight against BI going? Unless you are taking a trip to Costa Rica, i guaranteee you won't see a cent back.

And why are you gettin all personal bro? I got screwed just like you...Trust me I'd love to see my funds come back to me, but i'm trying to stay realistic. The money is gone.

There is no fight, everyone knows betislands is gone and not a penny will be recovered from them. It's been said a thousand times but i will say it again, we have been told there is 'supposedly' a meeting with some sportsbook managers in the 2nd week of January where a potential bailout will be discussed..SBR also requested recent deposit information so there had to be a reason they wanted it..you ask why im getting personal? you come in a thread and basically mock people who are still asking about the betislands theft so what do you expect? you come in a thread full of people who obviously have not given up hope to announce that you are moving along..whats the point of that? im sorry but you are the very definition of what i consider a bitch.

[Speedy88]

There is no fight, everyone knows betislands is gone and not a penny will be recovered from them. It's been said a thousand times but i will say it again, we have been told there is 'supposedly' a meeting with some sportsbook managers in the 2nd week of January where a potential bailout will be discussed..SBR also requested recent deposit information so there had to be a reason they wanted it..you ask why im getting personal? you come in a thread and basically mock people who are still asking about the betislands theft so what do you expect? you come in a thread full of people who obviously have not given up hope to announce that you are moving along..whats the point of that? im sorry but you are the very definition of what i consider a bitch.

I didn't see that. I apologize for jumping to the end of this thread and posting. Never saw anything about a meeting in the 2nd week of January. Thanks for the info. Good to know because I was just about to deposit money in another book. I'll hold out hope in case of a good bail out.

And you can think of me however you want bud...I don't care

[JasonDC]

I didn't see that. I apologize for jumping to the end of this thread and posting. Never saw anything about a meeting in the 2nd week of January. Thanks for the info. Good to know because I was just about to deposit money in another book. I'll hold out hope in case of a good bail out.

And you can think of me however you want bud...I don't care

I assumed you knew about the meeting..I want to apologize to you in advance for the ass whipping my 'skins are going to put on the seahawks

[Speedy88]

I assumed you knew about the meeting..I want to apologize to you in advance for the ass whipping my 'skins are going to put on the seahawks

No worries man...we're all on the same team. We just want a resolution to the problem. Yeah, I had no idea about a possible solution in the 2nd week of January.

And good luck this Sunday, but I hope my Hawks smash your Skins.

[JasonDC]

No worries man...we're all on the same team. We just want a resolution to the problem. Yeah, I had no idea about a possible solution in the 2nd week of January.

And good luck this Sunday, but I hope my Hawks smash your Skins.

Yea, we are all on the same team..it looks like our team is trailing late in the 4th quarter..and we are relying on Bill Dozer and SBR John to win it for us..problem is i dont think they really want to be on our team...in the seattle-skins game, should be a good one but i really do believe Seattle has the better overall team, redskins need to have a very strong day running the ball and maybe with some home field adavantage they can get it done..it will be a fun game to watch.

[eastern2]

Yea, we are all on the same team..it looks like our team is trailing late in the 4th quarter..and we are relying on Bill Dozer and SBR John to win it for us..problem is i dont think they really want to be on our team...in the seattle-skins game, should be a good one but i really do believe Seattle has the better overall team, redskins need to have a very strong day running the ball and maybe with some home field adavantage they can get it done..it will be a fun game to watch.

Dozer is mark Sanchez lmao

[JasonDC]

Dozer is mark Sanchez lmao

Thats what worries me lol.

[Speedy88]

Yea, we are all on the same team..it looks like our team is trailing late in the 4th quarter..and we are relying on Bill Dozer and SBR John to win it for us..problem is i dont think they really want to be on our team...in the seattle-skins game, should be a good one but i really do believe Seattle has the better overall team, redskins need to have a very strong day running the ball and maybe with some home field adavantage they can get it done..it will be a fun game to watch.

There is no question that Seattle is the better overall team, but you guys do have the home field advantage, and Haslett will dial up all kind of blitzes on RW. If Seattle's O-line can protect, and RW can read the blitzes, Seattle should win. But those are both big "IFs." Should be a good one, easily the most intriguing matchup this weekend.

[shari91]

Really Shari? Is this what SBR thinks? How much of a view count does it take before SBR thinks people are "paying attention"?

This is what Shari thinks. My point was that there are all of these disjointed posts and threads where it's just the same people refreshing hoping for good news as is to be expected. But for those outside of this, it's hard to keep up/keep track when everything is just spread out. My suggestion was to put everything in one thread. So that the people sadly affected know where to go to post, randoms will see a large view count and click out of curiousity and they can get the story in one spot. Having ppl copy and paste across multiple threads or whatever never helps a situation. Some posters have changed their theories and apparent inside info within 8 mins of posting in one thread to another. That's not beneficial to anyone. Standing together in one spot will show that the issue hasn't gone away. It has nothing to do with SBR... whether a BI thread gets 30 views or 30k means nothing. They're not the ones who took your cash or can force a book to bail you out. I was just trying to suggest a way for you guys to mobilise instead of being all spread out.

[big joe 1212]

This is what Shari thinks. My point was that there are all of these disjointed posts and threads where it's just the same people refreshing hoping for good news as is to be expected. But for those outside of this, it's hard to keep up/keep track when everything is just spread out. My suggestion was to put everything in one thread. So that the people sadly affected know where to go to post, randoms will see a large view count and click out of curiousity and they can get the story in one spot. Having ppl copy and paste across multiple threads or whatever never helps a situation. Some posters have changed their theories and apparent inside info within 8 mins of posting in one thread to another. That's not beneficial to anyone. Standing together in one spot will show that the issue hasn't gone away. It has nothing to do with SBR... whether a BI thread gets 30 views or 30k means nothing. They're not the ones who took your cash or can force a book to bail you out. I was just trying to suggest a way for you guys to mobilise instead of being all spread out.

spot on

make it happen!

[Hankwins]

How does being a thief work in CR? If sports betting was legal in the US and a man running a bbook ripped off over 100 people out of 10K plus balances I'm sure they would fearr for their life.

[Mr. Jones]

Well the threads need to stop. Too many as it is, and new ones each day.

The threads need to stop, eh? Really? They need to stop? So stop them big guy. Let's see if you can do that? Wipe them clean the next time you wipe your ass.

[sickler]

How does being a thief work in CR? If sports betting was legal in the US and a man running a bbook ripped off over 100 people out of 10K plus balances I'm sure they would fearr for their life.

People over there say Lenny of Cascade walks the streets without fear, a free man not worried about justice.

[NEW_WORLD]

hello
1st sad to hear this kind of news. i'm not fan of offshore bookies, prefer uk based bookies. only use pinnacle and the greek from offshore and i think i'm right about this.
only thing worries me.
i like sbr very much to be honest and always check here bookie's rating guide. i always think that sbr is very reputable site in bookie industry and always trust them.
now what i see?
one day i can wake up and see that pinny is gone? and sbr doesn't do anything?
sorry for my english but it's not honest i think. here i found out bookie like the greek and as sbr says it's A+ i trust them...
too bad to believe this kind of story. i think sbr must do something or this plase will lose reputation and members too.
best regards

[Peregrine Stoop]

This is what Shari thinks. My point was that there are all of these disjointed posts and threads where it's just the same people refreshing hoping for good news as is to be expected. But for those outside of this, it's hard to keep up/keep track when everything is just spread out. My suggestion was to put everything in one thread. So that the people sadly affected know where to go to post, randoms will see a large view count and click out of curiousity and they can get the story in one spot. Having ppl copy and paste across multiple threads or whatever never helps a situation. Some posters have changed their theories and apparent inside info within 8 mins of posting in one thread to another. That's not beneficial to anyone. Standing together in one spot will show that the issue hasn't gone away. It has nothing to do with SBR... whether a BI thread gets 30 views or 30k means nothing. They're not the ones who took your cash or can force a book to bail you out. I was just trying to suggest a way for you guys to mobilise instead of being all spread out.

there is a legitimate point that SBR did take a significant portion of the cash and is the direct reason so many others lost. SBR's hands are not clean in this. I wish that wasn't the case, but it's the way it appears. SBR helped drive many of their high volume players to a book where SBR would receive significantly greater than zero dollars. SBR bumped this book over and over in adverts and ratings. No one would have felt good with a 5figure+ balance there elsewise. SBR knew the players involved. It would be a large leap to say "They're not the ones who took your cash." SBR sitting on a pile of money from driving players to their deadbeat associates. While I disagree with the tactic, filling SBR's forum with posts that further ding the reputation is a legitimate response.

[ABEHONEST]

The fools who want to simply let this die out are thoughtless jerks. This is like murder in sports gambling. A death penalty may be coming.
BI's trick horse that SBR allowed into the gates.

[Mr. Jones]

Why not try a different strategy? Like fly over to Costa Rica and start taking out ads over there. Maybe some tv time? Or a radio show?

Don't you believe that if there is anything for Sbr to update they will? These daily new info/update threads are doing nothing to help anyone that got fukkkkkd by bi.

The daily threads are helping a lot. Afterall they brought you out of the sewer didn't they? If nothing else they are exposing SBR as a complicit partner in the most ingenious scam yet to be pulled off in Costa Rica. Any new viewers who happen to stumble upon this sub forum perhaps to find their first book instead find all of this. Anyone can easily see your sign up date, your number of posts, and your agenda. You appearance on these pages is only to try and put out the fire in the SBR kitchen where these schemes are cooked up. That SBR needs the likes of you to try and make this debacle go away is both pathetic and laughable as is SBR, which may be you or is at least paying you.

Your sole reason for being here is to make the BI posts go away. My sole reason, these days, is to keep the BI posts and threads continue. They need to sprout up everyday and clog up this sub forum like a third world public toilet that you crawled up out of.

[chino08]

If i was SBR i would....

have a thread title it - Bet islands official update (and put that sbr report logo next to it)
sticky the thread

Inside the thread tell the bet island story in brief as we all know what happen, and then in detail explain why and how you messed up, and apologize.

Then have a update log on what is happening with the situation.
Its a lot of speculation floating around and people are curious, give the current pulse of the situation so people can adjust accordingly.

This will kill a lot of speculation talk about is SBR doing anything, and can i trust SBR in the future

Or just apologize and tell people currently there is no positive resolution to this issues. You cant just remain mute on a situation that you played a hand in.

Never played at Bet Islands, but that is my two cents

[reddog61]

Unbelievably sad....

Hey Folks, I have never posted here but have watched and lurked around for years..... I think it is unbelievably sad that good people who work really hard and want to spend their extra hard earned dollars doing what they love and that is betting sports.... only to have their deposits and winnings stolen by some fly by night operation in a 3rd world country. Its disgusting actually!!! I also think that a website that has built their brand on being in the know, couldn't have possibily not known what was going on with betislands and its totally complicit in this scam. Someone got away with a nice chunk of change on the backs of hard working honest folk. Because this SBR brand was built on what was thought as "Intergrity, Honestly and knowing what is going on in the offshore industry" might have been true years ago, but know its all about the money, people get greedy and thats the bottom line. Unfortunately for the members here it is you who have built the brand and it is you who can kill the brand. The more you post here drawing in new members everyday who want to be a part of this community the larger the brand and the more money these sportsbooks pay for advertising. That is basically it, whether its good publicity or bad the facts are the money goes where the players go. If you really want to make a harsh statement find another forum. They are of course all the same really but there are some good sites that really don't advertise low budget books as typically these books will rip off the sites. Most smaller forums will only advertise the books that actually pay and care about the players and affiliates. Make no mistake guys SBR is in it for the money just like everyone else.... So hit them where it hurts, in their traffic!

Nuff said....

[goombah]

The daily threads are helping a lot. Afterall they brought you out of the sewer didn't they? If nothing else they are exposing SBR as a complicit partner in the most ingenious scam yet to be pulled off in Costa Rica. Any new viewers who happen to stumble upon this sub forum perhaps to find their first book instead find all of this. Anyone can easily see your sign up date, your number of posts, and your agenda. You appearance on these pages is only to try and put out the fire in the SBR kitchen where these schemes are cooked up. That SBR needs the likes of you to try and make this debacle go away is both pathetic and laughable as is SBR, which may be you or is at least paying you.

Your sole reason for being here is to make the BI posts go away. My sole reason, these days, is to keep the BI posts and threads continue. They need to sprout up everyday and clog up this sub forum like a third world public toilet that you crawled up out of.

[lecubs28]

This is what Shari thinks. My point was that there are all of these disjointed posts and threads where it's just the same people refreshing hoping for good news as is to be expected. But for those outside of this, it's hard to keep up/keep track when everything is just spread out. My suggestion was to put everything in one thread. So that the people sadly affected know where to go to post, randoms will see a large view count and click out of curiousity and they can get the story in one spot. Having ppl copy and paste across multiple threads or whatever never helps a situation. Some posters have changed their theories and apparent inside info within 8 mins of posting in one thread to another. That's not beneficial to anyone. Standing together in one spot will show that the issue hasn't gone away. It has nothing to do with SBR... whether a BI thread gets 30 views or 30k means nothing. They're not the ones who took your cash or can force a book to bail you out. I was just trying to suggest a way for you guys to mobilise instead of being all spread out.

i suspect your tone would be different if it was your money at stake.

[caveira]

After all this time, i just give it up to receive my money =/

[Dark Horse]

Hey Folks, I have never posted here but have watched and lurked around for years..... I think it is unbelievably sad that good people who work really hard and want to spend their extra hard earned dollars doing what they love and that is betting sports.... only to have their deposits and winnings stolen by some fly by night operation in a 3rd world country. Its disgusting actually!!! I also think that a website that has built their brand on being in the know, couldn't have possibily not known what was going on with betislands and its totally complicit in this scam. Someone got away with a nice chunk of change on the backs of hard working honest folk. Because this SBR brand was built on what was thought as "Intergrity, Honestly and knowing what is going on in the offshore industry" might have been true years ago, but know its all about the money, people get greedy and thats the bottom line. Unfortunately for the members here it is you who have built the brand and it is you who can kill the brand. The more you post here drawing in new members everyday who want to be a part of this community the larger the brand and the more money these sportsbooks pay for advertising. That is basically it, whether its good publicity or bad the facts are the money goes where the players go. If you really want to make a harsh statement find another forum. They are of course all the same really but there are some good sites that really don't advertise low budget books as typically these books will rip off the sites. Most smaller forums will only advertise the books that actually pay and care about the players and affiliates. Make no mistake guys SBR is in it for the money just like everyone else.... So hit them where it hurts, in their traffic!

Nuff said....

It's pretty disgusting, isn't it? What a sad place SBR has become. Just incredible. You'd think at least one of them would stand up and try to pull it back in the other direction, but they all just fell over, and the only one left with integrity, Justin, is censored on this forum.

Anyway. This is their big (and last) opportunity to show they have any spine left, but at this coked up point it's probably way too much to ask. Unless and until they show differently, it must be assumed that SBR John and Jon Kreta are made of the same material.

[ABEHONEST]

People over there say Lenny of Cascade walks the streets without fear, a free man not worried about justice.

Hearing that just made me sick.

[relaaxx]

waiting - for what, i don't know. hoping - again for what, i don't know.

[wrongturn]

Merging all BI threads into one is fine, nobody are against this idea at all. But to expect posters not to start new BI thread is not realistic, because 1) Many non-BI players want to start threads to brag "I told you so". 2) With so many BI players cheated, many are new posters who do not know they have to stick to one thread. 3) The most likely case: with SBR no longer a watchdog site as claimed to be, many posters will want to use BI to remind new posters be careful with ratings.

Edit: Just saw Mr Jones is against merging. He has his reasons, but I think most are fine with it.

[orlandoisme]

Yes....despite the fact that SBR has more than enough money to pay all of the Betislands players that they suckered in they could care less about your sorry ass.....Good nite sir

lol

[rcene]

The daily threads are helping a lot. Afterall they brought you out of the sewer didn't they? If nothing else they are exposing SBR as a complicit partner in the most ingenious scam yet to be pulled off in Costa Rica. Any new viewers who happen to stumble upon this sub forum perhaps to find their first book instead find all of this. Anyone can easily see your sign up date, your number of posts, and your agenda. You appearance on these pages is only to try and put out the fire in the SBR kitchen where these schemes are cooked up. That SBR needs the likes of you to try and make this debacle go away is both pathetic and laughable as is SBR, which may be you or is at least paying you.

Your sole reason for being here is to make the BI posts go away. My sole reason, these days, is to keep the BI posts and threads continue. They need to sprout up everyday and clog up this sub forum like a third world public toilet that you crawled up out of.

You want another medal? Something to accompany your Sbr founder one?

How is anyone going to get paid by your repeated slander of Sbr?

If you had any balls, you would travel to Costa Rica and take action. Your posts should all be contained in one thread. Title should be "same tired shit."

[wrongturn]

You want another medal? Something to accompany your Sbr founder one?

How is anyone going to get paid by your repeated slander of Sbr?

If you had any balls, you would travel to Costa Rica and take action. Your posts should all be contained in one thread. Title should be "same tired shit."

You would have a tiny bit of edibility in your argument if you are a poster for at least two months. But everybody knows you have none whatsoever.

[DimSum]

[Peregrine Stoop]

You want another medal? Something to accompany your Sbr founder one?

How is anyone going to get paid by your repeated slander of Sbr?

If you had any balls, you would travel to Costa Rica and take action. Your posts should all be contained in one thread. Title should be "same tired shit."

it's only slander if it's incorrect

balls? wtf? that is the refuge of a scammer

[Dark Horse]

hilarious that a brandnew poster is calling for one thread, along with raiders of course. Idiots.

[shari91]

i suspect your tone would be different if it was your money at stake.

I suspect if it were my money at stake - and it would've been if BI had let me deposit there when I tried - I would be demanding one large thread instead of merely suggesting it. I watched what happened with Cory's EZStreet thread, what happened with Dan's 5Dimes thread, and all the ones before them. People bumping and discussing in one place made it easier for not only those involved to follow but to attract new eyes. You venture into the S&I forum and see a 10pg thread with 20k views, of course you'll look as opposed to one with a few hundred views about a book you may never have played at. It also made it easier for people not to miss posts by staff (not mods like me... I'm talking the guys who have an up-to-date clue about the situation). Anyway, it was just a suggestion. I've always thought there was power in numbers and the best way to show that is to band together but you're right... it's not my cash lost so my opinion rightfully doesn't count for much.

[KGambler]

As someone who has lost a ton of money on this scam, I want to say that I would not like to see the threads combined.

Maybe the mods who dig up new info can create a thread and only post there. Has SBR done any "watchdog" type investigating on this issue? Have they bothered to send anyone over to the business address of their former affiliate partner in order to check out what is going on there now? If the office is located in EZStreet's building, shouldn't we be hearing more about this? (assuming this information does not incriminate SBR, which is the word on the street)

I second Shari's idea that SBR mods who are looking into this should all post in a single fact finding thread.

I have been away for a while... has SBR actually done anything yet? Anything at all???