Over at the Rx forum Rick is really defending them. He refuses to drop them as a sponsor. I don't really understand this. I guess money comes first
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10-17-07 11:37 AM #1
RX defends Sportsbook.com
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10-17-07 12:00 PM #2
Money speaks louder than truth. Shame on them!
Originally Posted by eyeball
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10-17-07 12:08 PM #3
To anybody who has ever spent any time on that board, dating back to the days of the good Dr. Kenneth Weitzner, this is the least surprising development of them all.
By the way, has anybody seen Russie-poo at Majorwager? (Not so) oddly, he seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth when one of his sponsors is accused (and guilty) of theft.
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10-17-07 01:29 PM #4
The fact that SBR doesn't show any bias towards books makes this place that much better.
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10-17-07 01:46 PM #5
It's pretty bad when you see other highly respected posters that work in the industry post over there that even say that Sportsbook.com is wrong about that one.
I don't mind forum owners taking advertising money from books at all, but damn grow a set and stick up for your members that got screwed when the obvious is starring you in the face.SBR Founder Join Date: 8/10/2005
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10-17-07 01:47 PM #6
Actually theRx has said it was wrong. This is such a blatant theft job I doubt anyone other than the 1 poster here will defend them.
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10-17-07 02:38 PM #7
Guys most forums/gambling sites are in this for the money, they ned any book they can take to pay salaries and the bills. It doe snot matter to them if the book is good or not.
SBR does not need the money so they do not have to take bad books like other sites do.SBR Founder Join Date: 7/20/2005
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10-17-07 02:39 PM #8
I hope a big ass can of Milwaukee's best falls from the sky and crushes the RX.
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10-17-07 02:50 PM #9 Rick's comment
While my feeling is that the sportsbooks should have just closed the accounts and sent back the balances, I can understand why they made their decision. You could have made the argument that the correlated rule was too vague, but the customers all know that they were betting correlated parlays, and I know of at least 4 that continued to play at the books after the money was confiscated. I also had 2 of the customers tell me that they would have rather given up the money and keep this quiet rather than get it out in the public and wise up other books.
My opinion is that both parties share some fault here. Books have a habit of getting lazy and basically just expecting all customers to follow their rules. Players that choose to take advantage of loopholes at books are playing the risk-reward game.
Thanks
Rick
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