MANSION.com closes exchange betting and re-opens Sportsbook

**new2betting** · 10-22-07, 10:56 AM

And I was just recently saying that Mansion.com betting exchange had much less volume as compared to Betdaq.com.

**new2betting** · 10-22-07, 11:00 AM

By the way, is it a mirror-site of mansion88.com?

**bigboydan** · 10-22-07, 01:50 PM

Originally posted by new2betting

By the way, is it a mirror-site of mansion88.com?

They are backed by Mansion, but this book was basically made mainly for Chinese players.

**pjesnik24** · 10-22-07, 04:17 PM

I liked Mansion very much, but I guess betfair was too big for them. Today I was some 800.000 US$ was traded for one Swedish soccer game at betfair while the same game had few thousands traded at parbet (most of it mine). I cannot understand why people did not use Mansion more...

**tacomax** · 10-22-07, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by pjesnik24

I cannot understand why people did not use Mansion more...

There are a few reasons. Betfair are very high on the trustworthiness factor, they had first mover advantage in the market all those years ago and also they are so big that it's pretty hard to get a critical mass of clients into another rival exchange (kind of like the ebay effect). But still, I never understood why people did not use Mansion more.

**kiwi** · 10-22-07, 05:52 PM

Mansion offers the same events as Mansion88 now, apart from the fact that Mansion88 has slightly better odds.

**BigBollocks** · 10-22-07, 06:01 PM

I hate to see Mansion not succeed as well as previously hoped. They were really booming in the US, and had far exceeded Matchbook, Tradesports, etc., prior to the US legislation. Mansion's owned by an extremely prominent man who has always paid promptly, and I hope one day their exchange model thrives again.

**SPECULATOR 13** · 10-22-07, 06:27 PM

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Originally posted by BigBollocks

I hate to see Mansion not succeed as well as previously hoped. They were really booming in the US, and had far exceeded Matchbook, Tradesports, etc., prior to the US legislation. Mansion's owned by an extremely prominent man who has always paid promptly, and I hope one day their exchange model thrives again.

I'm with you BB,I have a account with them,i guest i will eitheir get a refund or switch to their book.This the first i heard of this

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I better run and go find out what's going on!

**koshka** · 10-22-07, 07:22 PM

Whatever event I choose the limit on everything is only $500. Is it the same for everybody?

**greg66** · 10-22-07, 08:20 PM

I loved the exchange. In its day it was much better than Matchbook.

**acw** · 10-22-07, 10:51 PM

Originally posted by tacomax

But still, I never understood why people did not use Mansion more.

A) Their website was the most user unfriendly that I have ever seen.
B) They had little live betting.
C) They could have pulled a stunt offering English horse racing.