Originally Posted by
waldroprob
Guys, take your flame war to PM before another bitcoin thread gets nuked.
The bottom line is this: Bitcoin is the biggest gift to US-focused bettors since Neteller. The people who took the risk early are being rewarded, as the value of bitcoin has grown steadily.
The bitcoin book landscape looks like this (age is a sign of trust because so many btc books/ gambling sites have turned out to be scams)
2 Years+ BTCSportsbet: The grand-daddy of the them all. Yes, Limited betting options, but no trust issue. Instant withdrawals. Positive review by OSGA and others. -107 on NFL sides and -109 on NBA Spreads.Fast email support.
18 months Anonibet: Linked to a D- rated book. Sometimes bet grading or withdrawals take days. Support sucks. But they have built up enough trust to keep a decent player base.
18 months BTCSportsMatch.com - a type of Exchange, true no-vig lines, 1% fee only on won amounts. Owned by BTCSportsBet, so super solid. Getting action is hit or miss, but you get the best odds on the planet if you are patient.
< 1 Month blockbet, bit365. Small limits but you don't create an account, you send a btc transfer for each bet. This idea that this has less risk than creating an account somewhere is a joke. They can still run off with whatever money has been send. Plus, it adds to bitcoin blockchain spam, which is not a good thing. So, if you don;t mind the small limits you can give it a try, but I personally will not trust anything in the btc world until they have built up some trust over several months.
Like i said, the important thing is just USING bitcoin. And I expect a decent sized US facing book to integrate bitcoin in the next 6 months, so we'll see.