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Old 09-23-09, 12:59 PM   #1
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I just tried going to Matchbook to make some bets for this afternoon and I'm getting a 404 page. Anyone else able to get onto Matchbook right now?
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Old 09-23-09, 01:00 PM   #2
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YES..

man, does matchy suck, or what? this has become a regular thing now..
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Old 09-23-09, 01:28 PM   #3
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I still can't get in this sucks. So much for betting on the soccer matches today.
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Old 09-23-09, 01:34 PM   #4
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This really is getting to be an embarrassment. This is why while I have yet to believe that Matchbook is financially unstable, I don't believe their profit margin is nearly as high as many people believe it is. I think they're just scraping by, especially with WSEX in a state of slow implosion, and I'm watching them very closely at this point.
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Matchbook is great. But they do need to let us know what the problem is, if only to prevent wild assumptions...
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Old 09-23-09, 01:38 PM   #6
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Does anyone have a way to contact them to get an idea of when the site will be back up?
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Old 09-23-09, 01:54 PM   #7
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Company name: Matchbook, Ltd.
Parent Company: World Sports Exchange Ltd.
Website: http://www.matchbook.com
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Country: Antigua
Telephone US & Canada: 1-877-586-9477
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Old 09-23-09, 01:57 PM   #8
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the worse is when this shit happens 4 min before game time and you have 6 games waiting to be matched and now you have no idea if you should put these bets elsewhere, and then get stuck with double bets, or no bets at all..

this is a horrible thing with matchy. they leave us hanging.. i hate matchy for this.
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Old 09-23-09, 02:00 PM   #9
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the worse is when this shit happens 4 min before game time and you have 6 games waiting to be matched and now you have no idea if you should put these bets elsewhere, and then get stuck with double bets, or no bets at all..

this is a horrible thing with matchy. they leave us hanging.. i hate matchy for this.
One cannot afford to have offers up this late........
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Old 09-23-09, 02:14 PM   #10
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now it seems betjm is down. anybody using them right now ?. 2:15 eastern.

edit: never mind -- in now

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now it seems betjm is down. Anybody using them right now ?. 2:15 eastern.


fine here
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Old 09-23-09, 02:27 PM   #12
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I'm stuck with one side open with the over 9.5 on the NYY/LAA game to the tune of $850. Wish me luck...

I thought I was safe making the offer almost four hours before game time but I guess I was wrong. I can't cover at another book in case the other side gets taken at MB....
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Old 09-23-09, 02:31 PM   #13
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I'm stuck with one side open with the over 9.5 on the NYY/LAA game to the tune of $850. Wish me luck...

I thought I was safe making the offer almost four hours before game time but I guess I was wrong. I can't cover at another book in case the other side gets taken at MB....

This is terrible, it really is.

I would think they cancel your wager is my guess.
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Old 09-23-09, 02:37 PM   #14
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This is terrible, it really is.

I would think they cancel your wager is my guess.
i wish it was only that easy but here's the problem.. how is he supposed to know it has been cancelled.. maybe someone matched it 1 sec before site went down.. and then he goes puts 850 elsehwere, only to find out he now has 1700$ on the game.

i hate matchy..
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Old 09-23-09, 03:00 PM   #15
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God damnit it's still going on??
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Old 09-23-09, 03:11 PM   #16
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wow, can you believe this shit site is still down? unreal


i swear to god, i usually place 92% of my bets 1 hr or less before game time... for some freakin reason, i put in my bet there today many hrs ago (335 pm game).. and this site is still not working
matchy has become a joke..
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Old 09-23-09, 03:11 PM   #17
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Yeah this is absurd. When I called I was told hopefully in a few hours it will be up.
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Old 09-23-09, 03:13 PM   #18
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We are experiencing internet connectivity issues. We hope to have the problem resolved shortly.
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Old 09-23-09, 03:17 PM   #19
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We are experiencing internet connectivity issues. We hope to have the problem resolved shortly.

They still use CompuServe.......
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They still use CompuServe.......
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Old 09-23-09, 03:37 PM   #21
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This sucks. I hope this gets fixed soon.

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This is pretty sad, Matchbook is like a bank and you would never tolerate a bank just closing its doors unexpectedly in the middle of the day.

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Old 09-23-09, 03:48 PM   #23
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mirror site?
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Old 09-23-09, 03:52 PM   #24
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This really is getting to be an embarrassment. This is why while I have yet to believe that Matchbook is financially unstable, I don't believe their profit margin is nearly as high as many people believe it is.
Remove the 'un'.
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Old 09-23-09, 04:10 PM   #26
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not working well here. still very slow.. page taking forever to open up.
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Old 09-23-09, 04:28 PM   #27
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Is this a joke? The front page is barely loading. I think I'm going to have to open another account at a different book. I guess 5 Dimes would be my best choice?
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Old 09-23-09, 04:43 PM   #28
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i called them and gave them grief! told them this is unacceptable to be down this long when dealing with this much $! its also very scarey that the lady said they have no record or backup of account activity! i laid a large bet down this morning and now i have no clue if its matched or not 3 hours before gametime! insane!
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I accepted a bet just b4 it went down. I was able to see it in my reports when the only thing still working for me was the report page. Even though I saw it, I still can't be sure it will stay a bet for me because in the past I remember they not only cancel offers when they go down, but in a case i remember they even cancelled accepted bets that were made after a certain time.

terrible,,,,
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The sad part is that SBR is not on top of this. In the old days they would have contacted MB and come back with a report.

Now? Nothing.

Never thought I'd say this, but I've sort of reached the point where I no longer consider SBR a sportsbook authority. They've changed to something else.

Of course, their help with disputes is still invaluable, but as far as being on top of the industry, and letting us know what is going on? Doesn't seem to be a priority anymore.

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Old 09-23-09, 05:04 PM   #33
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The sad part is that SBR is not on top of this. In the old days they would have contacted MB and come back with a report.

Now? Nothing.
Yea, but BBD calling a book and reporting back something that he probably misunderstood really didn't help much.

It is what it is. DDOS or whatever. Pinny was going down daily for half a year.
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****, I was clearing a bonus with matched bets and I had a similar problem. I made an offer for NYY +110 at $45.45 to match LAA -110 on a bonus book, and I too, don't know if my bet was matched or not.

I tried at various times from 7AM to 1:30PM and here it is 4:15PM and it's still down!

Has it ever been shown that MB has been the subject of a DDOS attack?
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****, I was clearing a bonus with matched bets and I had a similar problem. I made an offer for NYY +110 at $45.45 to match LAA -110 on a bonus book, and I too, don't know if my bet was matched or not.

I tried at various times from 7AM to 1:30PM and here it is 4:15PM and it's still down!

Has it ever been shown that MB has been the subject of a DDOS attack?
Yay, my offer got matched after all.

I was thinking, I've heard that Matchbook will sometimes cancel your bets when they go down? Is this always true?

If so, what if some dude put $2000 on a game, and then he saw that he screwed up, could he launch a DDOS to try to cancel that bet?

If so, wouldn't it be better for MB to just let all the bets stay in place?
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