[bubba]

SBR reports on sportsbook news. A report was circulating that SBG was no longer taking US players, rather than post something up without verifying it first-hand, SBR conducted a test to verify the news. The same test was done when other sportsbooks underwent a similar policy change, you just didn't hear about it because they didn't break their own policy.

If a sportsbook is going to lie about whether it takes a player or not, it becomes relevant and news that SBR readers and sportsbook players as a whole should be aware of. That's why the report went up.

you act like they broke a policy that harmed a client of theirs. nobody has been harmed by this at all. i dont use the book, never have. but this would not influence me at all in that decision (it does make me question sbr's judgment though!)

there is an A book that breaks there own policy and will send withdrawals for over the stated limit. is this a red flag that they break their own policy? should i be worried about this too?

heck, every book probably breaks there own policy several times a week or more. it only matters if someone is harmed by this, otherwise its no news.

[wrongturn]

All I can say is SBR is dumber every day.

[BigDaddy]

i can't believe this thread exists.

[durito]

Nice name change crazyl.

[michael_li]

I dont see any drama over this, sbr is just giving information to the ppl who come here, if this is truth there is nothing wrong in saying it.

[slash]

So when Cris has m0neyb00kers listed as a withdrawal option in the cashier section, but tells you by live chat that they won't do it, it's also front page news from now on?

[goblue12]

Agree with the consensus.

This does more harm than good for the industry.

[wrongturn]

I dont see any drama over this, sbr is just giving information to the ppl who come here, if this is truth there is nothing wrong in saying it.

Yeah, thank to SBR, now I know how to sign up if I need to.

[Pippertime]

not sure what to make of all this

[samdapatriotsfan]

I see no major (or minor) faux pas here.
Could this be motivated in part to curry favor with certain regulatory eyes? Possibly.

I dont see any drama over this, sbr is just giving information to the ppl who come here, if this is truth there is nothing wrong in saying it.

I'm with legit and mic, what is the big deal? No harm no foul

Not sure what the benefit is of posting this.

It's basically saying "Hey, Feds ... don't be fooled by SBG Global pretending to stop taking U.S. customers. They're actually still taking U.S. customers, so carry on trying to shut them down and confiscate player funds like you did with BetEd."

Something tells me that if this was something that Bookmaker or Olympic was doing, we wouldn't be seeing a thread about it.

Stupid.

You think the feds are gonna learn something from this site that they don't already know

[Bill Dozer]

Not sure what the benefit is of posting this.

It's basically saying "Hey, Feds ... don't be fooled by SBG Global pretending to stop taking U.S. customers. They're actually still taking U.S. customers, so carry on trying to shut them down and confiscate player funds like you did with BetEd."

Something tells me that if this was something that Bookmaker or Olympic was doing, we wouldn't be seeing a thread about it.

Stupid.

The authorities don't care about these PR announcements. No books think different. Sportsbook.com can stop taking new players for 2 years and it won't matter. It's about the return on the investigation which you can see from the BetED processor which brought new state police cars. They will take whatever pockets of reserves from big gaming sites including what's there from any small gaming sites using the same one. Books consider their preferred .com domains an eventual thing of the past too. For the crappy books, a lot of this non-US announcement stuff is about shedding media contracts, business partners, and promoters because they aren't getting good new business this time of year anyway and odds are there won't be an NFL season. It's news for the sites losing their deal and they are the loudest ones. No existing BetUS player really has any clue that no one else can join and anyone looking for a new book won't know they are down a choice. If there is a football season, almost all of them will have their doors open for anyone who knows how to find them.

With SBG, they are always under the microscope because they steal. Like Justin said, if they aren't taking US players, does that mean less concern about stiffing a big US winner?

[bubba]

odds are there won't be an NFL season.

what???? do you really believe that there wont be an nfl season? i would take any wagers for any amount that there will be a 16 game NFL season this year. i would say its at least a 10-1 dog that there wont be a full season and much much higher that no games are played

[Bill Dozer]

It doesnt look good. The favorite is an abbreviated season.

[bubba]

It doesnt look good. The favorite is an abbreviated season.

does any book have odds on this? i would love to bet on there being 16 games.

[Patrick McIrish]

[Chambers99]

I think the information is helpful and would like more of this type of info. However, would we be getting this info if they were an advertiser? Don't know about that one.