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    BustinNutz
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    Anyone here have any experience good or bad with Bet Owi?

    Not looking for the guys that only play at 5dimes and Heritage. Would like to hear from people who played there and got a payout. I know the risks with small books. I was thinking of trying them out small for a few weeks.

    Thanks

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    Curious, what is the allure to a book like this over one of the more traditional outs. What makes someone go I wonder Whoo I should play with? Maybe Bet Owl is a good decision.

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    No idea

    Bonuses.

    These are backyard operations looking to make a quick buck

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    Quote Originally Posted by downsouth View Post
    Curious, what is the allure to a book like this over one of the more traditional outs. What makes someone go I wonder Whoo I should play with? Maybe Bet Owl is a good decision.
    Bonus. Lot of stale lines throughout baseball season. Look at their deposit and withdrawl options.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mikeyanks23 View Post
    Bonus. Lot of stale lines throughout baseball season. Look at their deposit and withdrawl options.
    Those options are what is intriguing me...

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    Why do people insist on playing somewhere like they are ordering a hamburger?

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    Have heard good things about them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by downsouth View Post
    Curious, what is the allure to a book like this over one of the more traditional outs. What makes someone go I wonder Whoo I should play with? Maybe Bet Owl is a good decision.
    bonuses im sure

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    they are good so far..... they are one of my outs because of their unique deposit and payout methods that other books don't offer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkhat View Post
    they are good so far..... they are one of my outs because of their unique deposit and payout methods that other books don't offer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkhat View Post
    they are good so far..... they are one of my outs because of their unique deposit and payout methods that other books don't offer.
    that will be shut down real quick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wagerjunkie View Post
    that will be shut down real quick.
    that's why you get in and out quick.......take advantage of stale lines and move on.

    I bet they last football season at least.

    the US can shut down anybook at anytime,whenever it wants.......including bookmaker etc

    EDIT: one B rated SBR book offers this method for years....and still does
    Last edited by darkhat; 09-04-13 at 11:15 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by darkhat View Post
    the US can shut down anybook at anytime,whenever it wants.......including bookmaker etc
    how would the us shut down a site like bookmaker? i don't see it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by goombah View Post
    how would the us shut down a site like bookmaker? i don't see it.
    Ha. Dude the U.S. Government can pretty much do whatever they want. ANY book can get seized at ANY time.

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    Darker gets it

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    Quote Originally Posted by goombah View Post
    how would the us shut down a site like bookmaker? i don't see it.
    Are you kidding??

    We are about to bomb a foreign country with the entire world telling us not to

    Even if Congress votes against it Obama will do it anyway.....and the US will face no real consequence

    You think the US government can get away with that but can't shut down a gambling operation?

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    If the government wanted to they could wipe out the entire offshore operations
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    You think people would learn from BI

    I guess not

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    I think its worth a hundred or two for a quick hit. Any place offering options outside of the always uncomfortable p2p transaction process will get my ear. That being said after week 8 of NFL you need to resume playing at one of the big boys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    You think people would learn from BI
    I guess not
    BI paid me in full same day everytime.

    Have nothing bad to say about Jon

    Always treated me well

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    You think people would learn from BI

    I guess not
    when it comes to big bonuses, alot of people just cant say no....

    no matter about payouts or being stiffed

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    Quote Originally Posted by BustinNutz View Post
    I think its worth a hundred or two for a quick hit. Any place offering options outside of the always uncomfortable p2p transaction process will get my ear. That being said after week 8 of NFL you need to resume playing at one of the big boys.
    cant agree more

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    I haven't had any issues with them so far...one of my favorite MLB books.

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    I had a very poor experience the other day. I wanted to make a deposit but the big 2 were unavailable to me (one the limit was reached and the other the name was blacklisted). BetOWI has a list of various other methods but the only one that was available to me was from a method that is not quite clear on the website using a common e-commerce provider. BetOWI never quite explained to me how this processor worked but I still submitted my CC information. I was told my account would be funded within a few hours. 18 hours later 1 random charge for a totally wrong amount was listed and the descriptor charged did not match the actual processor. BetOWI later said I was not authorized to use this method. The solution: Dispute the charge.

    I explained the situation several times to support and I was told consistently "We don't see anything in queue" even after I submitted 2 emails from the processor as well as a copy of my bank statement showing the charge (should have been 300.00 and instead 121.26). After my frustration boiled over I gave up and decided to cut my loss and go back to one of the big books.

    I had to cancel my bank card because I did not recognize the charge, the amount along with the descriptor did not match the name of the vendor and BetOWI was rather clueless as to what was going on.

    After the entire hassle. The solution was not only to cancel the card but they offered me a reload bonus... that was already advertised on the site as compensation. Trying to hit someone up for a deposit shortly after a botched deposit is probably not the best time to do this.

    The bonus is great. The options for payouts are larger than most books. The offerings are quite nice. CS is nice but not knowledgeable about a method they recommend. I can definitely see a situation happening where maybe a problem arises and you have to talk to several individuals before anything is solved.

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