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Sportsbook.com reported to be under "new ownership"

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Default Sportsbook.com reported to be under "new ownership"

The world on the street in Costa Rica is that Sportsbook.com has been sold.

There's been no word of to whom or what will happen next.
After laying off half of their staff and having stopped taking US play in April, we are very concerned.

If you have a sportsbook.com, playersonly.com or superbook.com account, we recommend playing it safe and pulling your funds out now.Their CS line is 1-800-632-6088.

You can always reload for football if things seem okay. (Demand a reload bonus!)

IndustryAlert was started recently by a handful of players who got screwed over by BetEd, Action Poker/UB, FullTilt and PokerStars. When any of our players from around the world get word of impending doom, we alert this network.

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Take out all funds??
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Sounds like a real credible source.

No one got screwed over by Pokerstars. How the hell would anyone with a clue put them in the same group with BetED, FTP, and UB?

FWIW, I'd put zero stock in that "report" unless it's corroborated by a reliable source.
Last edited by John Dough; 07-05-11 at 09:47 PM.
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Quote Originally Posted by JohnnyD4916 View Post
The world on the street in Costa Rica is that Sportsbook.com has been sold.

There's been no word of to whom or what will happen next.
After laying off half of their staff and having stopped taking US play in April, we are very concerned.

If you have a sportsbook.com, playersonly.com or superbook.com account, we recommend playing it safe and pulling your funds out now.Their CS line is 1-800-632-6088.

You can always reload for football if things seem okay. (Demand a reload bonus!)

IndustryAlert was started recently by a handful of players who got screwed over by BetEd, Action Poker/UB, FullTilt and PokerStars. When any of our players from around the world get word of impending doom, we alert this network.

Industry Alert
Calle 11
San Jose
Costa Rica

Take out all funds??
what about linesmaker.com, betusa.com & the rest on their group list?
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I spoke to my guys there at sports.com Yes it is true that ownership is in the process of changing hands but it is not a done deal as of yet. Sports.com may get sold to the new owners as well. They say these guys are cash rich so there is no liquidity issues. This could be a good thing depending who the new owners are of course
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Quote Originally Posted by IndustryAlert View Post
Not a scam. Just some p*ssed off, beer-fueled guys in CR, UK and elsewhere with their ear to the ground. SBR is good for lots of rumours and stuff, but we wanted to make a more specific hotline kind of thing with facebook and twitter and all that social shite. Hence industryalert dot org. Just finding our feet (and stubbing our toes, ouch on AB/UB, duh, that's the beer talking).

We don't compete with SBR; we take no advertising, it's not a public forum. It's a free service, you're welcome to join, or not.

Thanks. JP.
At least you've realized you should probably sober up before composing your next e-mail. It's hard enough to take any random new source seriously, but when you say Pokerstars screwed people over like BetEd and call Absolute Poker "Action Poker" it makes it that much harder.
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