[joe blow]

"Word on the street is that VIP.com, one of the first online sportsbooks and casinos is looking to either partner up with or be purchased outright by a big dog in the industry...."

I just read this on Gambling911

[SBR_John]

I think everyone is a seller if they can get anything for it. But wasnt it just bought back for one dollar? This is certainly a buyers market.

[tacomax]

But wasnt it just bought back for one dollar?

Didn't they take over the player liabilities as well? i.e. they bought the businesses for $1 but the seller took the player balances as part of the deal. I thought that was the case with VIP, Sportingbet and WWTS. Is that right?

And yes, everyone is a seller at the right price - even Calvin Ayre.

[jjgold]

VIP is a dead book, a lemon now

[VIP]

"Word on the street is that VIP.com, one of the first online sportsbooks and casinos is looking to either partner up with or be purchased outright by a big dog in the industry...."

I just read this on Gambling911

if anyone buys or decides to partner up with VIP it is going to be the biggest mistake of their lives.
They bought a business called Nine for $42m dollars just over a year ago ( borrowed money ) , 17m dollars was paid to the 2 owners of that business who very disappeared. The gaming act as one of the best things that happened to Mr Ashetton, and the 2 brothers that owned that business as it covered up the sheer incompetence of their knowledge .The plc inLondon Leisure and Gaming pulled out .They made 3 disinastrous purchases in a period of 1 year . Incredibly Mr Ashetton got away with this and the holding company is in liquidation or close to.He gives the image of a nice upright person that you can trust in business but please this message needs to be got across the forums.200 people lost their jobs in Costa Rica as a result beHWcause they paid 42m for a company that was essentially breaking even.Be careful as Mr Ashetton is a very two faced person and cannot be trusted,and has used the island for very very cheap labour and has a history of abuse in relation to employees rights.

[TyroneGoHome]

You must be one of the 200 people that got fired.

[WWTSblows]

Apparently all the laid-off employees from every sportsbook knows about this forum.

[Seattle Slew]

This is not new information on the rumor scale. The report you saw on gambling911.com was from March 25.

[QUOTE=joe blow;244799I just read this on Gambling911[/QUOTE]

[Santo]

Well the post was from 29 March

[Seattle Slew]

Good point. My mistake.

Well the post was from 29 March

[jjgold]

VIP went from a top 10 book to a non factor book now

[michael777]

i have $1 limits at vip

[bigjp5091]

I've got 20K+ in there and haven't been able to get a penny in the last month. Between them and sportsbook.com, I have close to 30K in jeopardy!

Hooray Beer!

[Bill Dozer]

bigjp,
Did they tell you when you can expect a rescheduled payment?

[bigjp5091]

bigjp,
Did they tell you when you can expect a rescheduled payment?

They say check was sent on the 18th, and that wires were sent out on 5/30, 5/31, and 6/1 with one pending for early next week. Wires have been taking about 5 business days, so I would expect to start seeing those on tuesday or wednesday next week and I would think the check via regualr mail would be here by then as well, if they are being straight.

I've been dealing with sportsbook.com for so long I have become a little jaded with the whole process.

I plan on making all future deposits at The Greek, WSEX, and BetJamaica.