Jazette (sportsbook.com, playersonly.com, superbook.com, etc) IS STEALING AGAIN

[mathdotcom]

I see that most of the cases mentioned above have to do with correlated parlays. I've always steered clear of anything that could be construed as potentially taking advantage of a book (i.e. betting into obviously erroneous lines, multiple accounts, correlated parlays, etc.). I've been paid repeatedly by SB without any problems -- and it's always been within a week.

mathdot -- If you already have a MySB account, it would be a violation to open an SB account.

Where does it say this on the site? I have signed up at multiple jazette books and have always asked them first, and there was never any problem, they insisted they were all independent but just share software/clerks.

[DogLover]

Math -- Actually I'm not *100%* sure that you can't have accounts at both sites... rather, I had always just assumed it.

I was always under the impression that SB and MySB are just different skins -- but both under the same lines management. I guess I just assumed that it would be a violation to have accounts at both sites. I've never actually checked with them, though, to completely confirm this.

If you do contact them, I'd be curious to hear their response. Or maybe someone else can confirm?

[mathdotcom]

like i said, I have accounts at many of them [they all share software/clerks/lines] and they've always said it was ok and never given me a problem

[HedgeHog]

FYI: Jazette has stolen funds in the past from players that use more than one of their many brand of books. They did so even after agents assured them that the Books would be treated separately.

3/10/2008 05:36 PM

Sports.com (SBR rating D-) & Linesmaker (SBR rating C-) close player's accounts; confiscate $1,765
The sportsbook.com -hosted sportsbooks are known to give multiple promotions and bonuses over long periods of time only to confiscate funds if the user is deemed to be unprofitable claiming he/she "took advantage" of an offer or did something "not in the spirit" of the promotion. This player was told he took part in "free bet abuse" which is the label given when a player uses two $10 free bets on opposing teams or has simply collected multiple free bet credits at different sportsbook.com-hosted brands over an extended period of time. Sales agents tell players during the sign up process that each book is a separate entity, is not affiliated with other brands, and that bonuses and accounts with different sportsbook.com-hosted brands are allowed. The sportsbook.com group's risk management department audits winning accounts looking for reasons to confiscate the amount of money the player has won through its time with the book. The scam affected many players in 2007 when the operation debited accounts thousands in winnings on correlated parlays. sportsbook.com kept player losses from those same wagers.

Linesmaker ownership is expected to reverse the decision of its turnkey provider as it has in the past. SBR has asked both sportsbook brands' decision makers to review the claim.
1/11/2008 08:39 PM

sportsbook.com Group steals $5,677 from player
The player held accounts at sportsbook.com (SBR rating D-), Sportsbooks.com (SBR rating D-), Sportfanatik (SBR rating D-),and PlayersOnly (SBR rating D-). He was debited for the amounts won over the life of the account totaling $5,677. sportsbook.com cites "bonus abuse" as the reason for stealing these funds. The sportsbook.com operation often labels players who have won money and utilized promotions in more than one of the many sister sportsbooks as bonus abusers. sportsbook.com and sister Jazette books do not have rules against using multiple brands and using their promotions. It is often encouraged through cross marketing and the sales departments which market each website as an independent sportsbook.


Player: I did everything above board and was having a good season of NFL picks and now they've stolen from me. I guess I should have known better since you had it listed as D- but they'd fixed their payout issues over the last few months and I had never had other problems with them over 5+ years of active use. However, I have no email to send you since they didn't even bother to email me.

[mathdotcom]

Are all books listed under Jazette part of the 'sportsbook.com' family? That is a lot of books..

There haven't been any complaints in a couple of years and I know many guys playing at several of their shops simultaneously, so I figure it's still worth the risk.

[lumpy19]

I broke their rules(unknowingly) and they still paid me. I was double dipping props when sportsbook and sportsbetting were under the same umbrella. It wasn't on purpose but they cut my limits and still paid me. That was almost 2 years ago, still play there today and still get paid even after I broke their rules.

[mathdotcom]

Received mid 4 figure payout today (under 24 hrs) from a Jazzette book