[Revere14]

Hello,

I've been a fan of this web site for several years. I believe that the rating guide is pretty accurate in most cases. I have a few suggestions I'd like to share.

I would like to see ratings and reviews on brick and mortar sportsbook operations, such as those in Las Vegas. While the convenience of online sportsbooks is clearly superior, they can still be evaluated.

Also, in my opinion, books which are no longer operational should no longer be rated. This includes all possible causes -- voluntary closures, mergers, "stiff jobs," etc. The purpose of a rating is to provide an evaluation of a sportsbook's financial stability, general industry reputation, and customer service quality. It can help people decide what sportsbooks to do business with, and what sportsbooks to avoid.

While information on defunct sportsbooks can indeed be very interesting for historical research or general curiosity, a rating for a book which is, in fact, no longer a book, is meaningless. There is nothing to rate. Nobody can send funds and place wagers even if they wanted, so any rating is arbitrary. What rating would you give to a defunct business in any other field?

Perhaps you can create a seperate section for defunct sportsbooks and indicate what transpired, what eventually became of the founders and operators, the clients, client funds, who bought them out, or any other relevant information. This way the sportsbook ratings list can be restricted to just sportbook ratings.

While I understand the marketing benefit of being able to announce that you have "ratings on over 700 sportsbooks" or whatever high number it may be, as a player I value quality over quantity.

Here are some examples:

BetCurnet (D-) has been closed for some time now.

BetBluegrass (D+) web site has been down for several weeks. If you have information about the site you may want to inform people, or indicate that they are no longer in business if that is the case. Bettripledraw still has a functional site but I dont know if they are related to Bluegrass (or the former Bluegrass).

As your list indicates, 777Rock, 2WagerSports, UWagersports, XtremeWager, SimpleNetBet, Apex, Silver Sands, BetAttack, BetOnStars, BetCasinoSports, BringMeLuck, TheBigBook... etc... are no longer operating.

Most of the BetOnSports Plc books are no longer operating. While this is a unique and evolving situation, since there is ongoing debate over the fate of player and shareholder funds, other outstanding debt, legal ramifications, etc., there is no doubt that they are no longer functional sportsbooks. They are former sportsbooks which are now closed for business. While news is certainly relevant to the offshore community, and should certainly be reported, ratings no longer apply.

Thank you for listening,

Revere14

[SBR_John]

Thanks Revere for taking the time to make your suggestions known. I really like the idea about reviewing all the brick and mortar sportsbooks. That's been on the list a while.

OK on BCN and we will find out what happened to Bluegrass.

As you mentioned we certainly are open to ways to manage defunct sportsbooks. In the past we would remove them only to find out that they re-opened under the same name. These days that almost always change their name.

Again, thanks! We will be breaking down your suggestions.

[bigboydan]

Long time no see Revere14. How you been doing bud.

btw, welcome to the sbrforum

[pags11]

good stuff revere...