Until I hear that from an Admin myself, I'm reserving judgement. I've seen people in this thread swear up and down "Ryan" was the good guy and now they're condemning him to death. I've also seen figures that were way off when a poster stated he knew with certainty how much in deposits BI was taking in each week. I've been guilty before - one case in particular 2 years ago - of jumping on a sportsbook before I had actual facts. I get passionate about these issues whether they're about $5 or $5 million and whether SBR's involved or not, because this 'hobby' actually provided the bulk of my income for quite awhile a few years back. I was desperate for it instead of depleting my savings and by fluke it all worked out. And after the Aussie book going down it frightens me even moreso when any book closes because I know I'm always one degree away from losing a balance myself. Just by total chance I haven't. But I've also seen a lot of bs on these forums...even back when people were trying to extort BI for freeplays ie "I'll make a thread if you don't do this". And then they'd get their freeplay and sing BI's praises all over the forum. It was part of the reason I suggested one big thread. So the guys who actually had a clue would be able to moderate out the out there theories that just tend to turn off those not involved. So I don't trust much of anything to be honest unless I see facts and then I'll form an opinion. I do trust John however when he said on Xmas day "We will not have any financial involvement in any future deal assuming one materializes" and "If a deal does go down those that have an account at the acquiring book will get the same deal as everyone" ie just because you're already at xx book, you're not going to get looked/fukked over. I trust him. You may not but I do. And I may be proven wrong but I'm willing to stand by this belief. That's the best I can say and probably all I *should* say as someone looking in who didn't lose money there.