Anyone remember Scotty Johnson from betjamaiica

**themike78** · 03-02-16, 01:54 PM

I certainly remember him. He was the best sportsbook manager ever. I could call him on his personal number when I had an issue. I remember one time he got me a pay out on a Sunday afternoon one time because I really needed the money that day. He even a couple of times gave me some credit a few times on my account if I did not have any money to deposit. If he is at another book now I would love to know as well and would definitely play there.

**BigDaddy** · 03-02-16, 01:55 PM

yep one of the best and one of the best books ever.

Shayla was also great

**ki dice** · 03-02-16, 02:18 PM

The mike your right he was awesome.I would go in a heartbeat, at whatever book he at.Not even about the pers he added but just the way he handled deposits and wagering problems.he just understood the customers point of view

**ki dice** · 03-02-16, 02:19 PM

I meant perks in my previous reply

**themike78** · 03-02-16, 03:47 PM

Yeah I think I cried the day I found out Betjamaica was gone. They transferred me to Heritage but they are not the same. I remember that card Betjamaica had for a while, it was the best call for a payout and it was on the card in like 15 minutes. The good old days.

**cloverfield** · 03-02-16, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by BigDaddy

yep one of the best and one of the best books ever.

Shayla was also great

I don't think I've ever seen a negative thing said about him ever. That's almost impossible in the industry.

**Woyha** · 03-02-16, 08:27 PM

He was great wonder where he is these days ?

**blackbox** · 03-02-16, 08:31 PM

Originally posted by BigDaddy

yep one of the best and one of the best books ever.

Shayla was also great

Scotty-Shayla and let us not forget Herman. gl all

**LordVodka** · 03-02-16, 09:24 PM

Did Betjamaica close up shop or just left the US market?

**cloverfield** · 03-02-16, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by LordVodka

Did Betjamaica close up shop or just left the US market?

I talked to Scotty about 3 days before they sent the email announcing they were closing.

In the last 3-4 weeks he was really frustrated with the U.S. market and how difficult it was to set up processors. It would take them weeks to get something setup and then someone would report them and it would get shut down. I'm sure it wasn't only related to that but he was really going nuts about it. This was way before the time of Bitcoin, etc.

Was saddened when I saw the email but wasn't overly surprised. He didn't say a word or mention a thing about closing up when I talked to him.

**blackbox** · 03-02-16, 09:53 PM

Originally posted by LordVodka

Did Betjamaica close up shop or just left the US market?

Believe they were somehow connected with The Greek. gl all - and the US was too much of a hassle. Shoot lost alot of pts - however the gave many many things in return.

**ki dice** · 03-02-16, 11:57 PM

I know wonder why nothing was mentioned like what was he going to do next,I'm sure it didn't just happen over night.they had the best and quickest payouts in history of offshore bar nun

**goduke** · 03-03-16, 01:48 AM

yeah they were awesome. Scotty was great.

**djefferis** · 03-03-16, 05:32 PM

Good person to deal with - many others I can recall dealing with who many here would recognize by a first name only...few left or their own accord and on good terms.

Jon, Lenny, Max from Parlaymakers to name a few that were honestly good to me (but in the end screwed a lot of people)..cant remember her name, but wasn't there a female manager over Legendz/ThePig for a while...always professional to deal with as well. Hell, I can remember when WSEX started - they weren't officially taking bets, but promoting a sports exchange where you traded players like stocks - i.e. you bought shares of Canseco at 20 a piece - at the end of the season the player named league MVP was awarded $100 per share. This was back when sports cards were a big business and I had a small shop and worked with some bigger shops and did the shows. They wanted me to push their product.

Someone honest should write a book about the glory years of offshore - I read the Steve Budin POS years ago - did nothing but reaffirm my feelings on what a self promoting tout he is. A lot of "good guys" espc in forum land - and probably 10x more infamous ones. Just the nature of the business - an honest gambler is almost an oxymoron.

**big joe 1212** · 03-03-16, 06:46 PM

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**TheMoneyShot** · 03-03-16, 06:49 PM

Spoke with him twice over the phone. Wish there were more people like him. But very few and far between.

Wish him all the best.

**LordVodka** · 03-03-16, 07:30 PM

He probably had enough money to live like a king for the rest of his life.

Didn't Tony from 5dimes claim one time that he also could retire and never have to work again. By that logic Scotty can also do the same thing since Betjamaica was way more popular than 5dimes.

**themike78** · 03-03-16, 08:17 PM

I don't get why these books nowadays have such horrible customer service. To me that is probably the most important thing in a book. There have been times when I changed my mind depositing with some of these books simply because they had a horrible attitude on the phone. Betjamaica was always the best. A shame they left the market.

**ki dice** · 03-04-16, 12:36 PM

I agree the mike customer service it seems is getting worse in worse,not quite sure why you would think they A rated books would have pheonominal customer service but it's just not the case.how many times do you get a clerk like your bothering them it seems like these women clerk need a good hard penetrating.