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Title: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: AjithBtc on May 22, 2017, 12:18:19 PM DirectBet is now closed.
May 21, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: erpbridge on May 22, 2017, 12:22:22 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country.
edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: marlboroza on May 22, 2017, 12:54:52 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: AjithBtc on May 22, 2017, 12:56:25 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. That might be the reason. The site closure is for specific Countries around the world. Here it's not at all possible to access even the direct dice. This might cause other gambling website to become more popular as the number one betting site has stopped service.edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: erpbridge on May 22, 2017, 01:06:46 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Wandika on May 22, 2017, 01:10:58 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: absy on May 22, 2017, 01:13:04 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: ralle14 on May 22, 2017, 01:15:36 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Imo the reason they close is because of the network getting busy and the double spending issue that they keep getting. Will miss their live lines though it's the only thing that makes me bet on their site. IMHO, The high fee for a transaction is the main reason why decided to close their website. Today's transaction is very expensive and directbet are really affected by it because they send tons of transaction without any charges to the receiver and they're no account features make this issue bigger to them. I think the fees aren't a problem for directbet because their lines are so juiced compared to other bookies.Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Wandika on May 22, 2017, 01:17:12 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. But the majority of their customer are using bitcoin and the timing of their closed are almost in sync with the rise on the price of transaction fee. Anyway I'm not certain with that. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: babsalt1975 on May 22, 2017, 01:20:54 PM DirectBet is now closed. May 21th, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet I thought this was a hoax until i accessed the site a while ago which is displaying this same message. I read some red flags yesterday when someone on this forum complained that his payout was not given. He won on a bet but his payout was pending. When he inquired, he was informed that he did a double spend and therefore could not withdraw the payout. The same day, I placed a bet for two matches with odds totaling 52. When I transferred 0.01 btc, the bet was rejected and the bitcoins send to my btc address. From this, I now know that they might have been facing problems. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: erpbridge on May 22, 2017, 01:22:49 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. If that was the case, they could have just started charging for the bets. That should fix almost all the things. A lot of other merchant bitcoin sites which used to offer free withdrawals started charging too. Even other gambling websites started charging. I don't think that can be the main reason if the whole venture was profitable for them. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Wandika on May 22, 2017, 01:25:13 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. If that was the case, they could have just started charging for the bets. That should fix almost all the things. A lot of other merchant bitcoin sites which used to offer free withdrawals started charging too. Even other gambling websites started charging. I don't think that can be the main reason if the whole venture was profitable for them. Let's just what will be their action regarding this, I'm hoping that their decision of closing their site is just for temporary because they still allowed their site to run for a few days. And their announcement is unexpected. I still don't find another betting site that can replace them. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: marlboroza on May 22, 2017, 01:34:36 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. It could be that they had a high roller wipe them out, or their max bet out. It is strange. Could also be some legal trouble which could have come up suddenly, and they have to close to protect themselves. They could just deduct fee from users balance on withdrawal, right? Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: EdenHazard on May 22, 2017, 01:38:41 PM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. But it was surprisingly sudden closing, i mean 2 days ago their community manager said they are the most trusted and number 1 bitcoin sportsbook, next day there was usual free bet announcement and after only 8 hours they decided to close doors? Very strange. edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Imo the reason they close is because of the network getting busy and the double spending issue that they keep getting. Will miss their live lines though it's the only thing that makes me bet on their site. IMHO, The high fee for a transaction is the main reason why decided to close their website. Today's transaction is very expensive and directbet are really affected by it because they send tons of transaction without any charges to the receiver and they're no account features make this issue bigger to them. I think the fees aren't a problem for directbet because their lines are so juiced compared to other bookies.i don't know what exactly , and they choose to reveal publicly about the clear and real reason why , just let's respect them have been in bitcoin community for years. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: milewilda on May 22, 2017, 01:47:17 PM Speculation on the reason why they suddenly close its doors keeps coming but as they said they are pursuing other things in life.We wont know what would be the exact reason on such closure.If we are talking about bitcoin fees i dont think it can affect too much since they are considered as profitable and top betting site.If theres one did able to manage big winning then its possible but i cant see any news about it :) or just maybe they are saving their profits knowing on the current price of bitcoin.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: LFC_Bitcoin on May 22, 2017, 02:32:54 PM Crazy, sad time in the bitcoin sports gambling scene. DirectBet.eu have always been my favourite site, thanks to everybody involved at DirectBet for everything over the years, you provided us all with a great service.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: taxmanmt5 on May 22, 2017, 06:27:25 PM DirectBet is now closed. May 21th, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet This is indeed a black day and bad news for all the gamblers. Directbet was one of the trusted and mine favorite site to bet on. There sports betting features were marvelous and i will really miss them. I just wonder there could be any legal obligation which made them close it , as in term of profits there was no problem and they were making good profits. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: bajing on May 22, 2017, 06:36:03 PM DirectBet is now closed. I dont think he tell the truth due to play in directbet.eu we dont need to register seems this just a troll but i dont know what he looking find. perhaps he only want to breaking directbet.eu popularity.May 21th, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: SaShiRaJaVu on May 22, 2017, 06:54:31 PM This is a huge set back for sports fans as this is the only site that accepts alt coins for sports betting and i really could not believe that they are closing the doors all of a sudden,what about the future bets we already waged ,will they be returning the coins,what is the real reason for the closure,really sad to see a sports book closing their doors,i think the main reason would be the increase in price for all the alt coins.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Siren on May 22, 2017, 07:13:50 PM What a surprised!!! Directbet.eu is one of the trusted sites as far as sports bet is concern. I don't think it has to do with the high transaction fee's. They have been in the business for quite some time now so I think they know about the issue with the fees. I don't know what to speculate, we just have to wait if they are going online again with other alts as options for betting.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: marlboroza on May 22, 2017, 07:50:30 PM ~snip~ I dont think he tell the truth due to play in directbet.eu we dont need to register seems this just a troll but i dont know what he looking find. perhaps he only want to breaking directbet.eu popularity.They really are closing. ::) Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: chaser15 on May 22, 2017, 07:54:44 PM Can we just discussed this matter right directly to their main thread than making another thread? For sure, more threads will be made regarding this. The discussion at their ANN thread is active about the closuse and no need to have a separate discussion for this.
For now we don't know the real reason but as Michelle stated, The reason for the closure is to spare time for the DirectBet team to pursue other interests even though DirectBet was a great success and very profitable. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: swogerino on May 22, 2017, 08:17:29 PM For me they closed for two reasons. One is that they took a big hit or several big hits lately as all soccer games are coming like predicted in these last days or Two they are closing because they have won enough bitcoins to not bother anymore with the site and start enjoying their different lifestyle. It is a sad event for the bitcoin gambling community knowing how easy was to bet at the site without the need to have an account.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: wuvdoll on May 23, 2017, 05:55:22 AM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. They have stopped, thankfully you watched it. It was one of the sport-books where I at least knew that I won't get scammed, maybe the odds are a bit low and the settlement is a bit delayed but the team was quite impeccable and never doubted that. I think the dogecoin's bump was one reason and the latest BTC price jump due to the wannacry virus was the main reasons.edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: KennyR on May 23, 2017, 08:04:14 AM Are you sure ? I can still access the site just fine without that message. It might be that they closed only for your particular country. They have stopped, thankfully you watched it. It was one of the sport-books where I at least knew that I won't get scammed, maybe the odds are a bit low and the settlement is a bit delayed but the team was quite impeccable and never doubted that. I think the dogecoin's bump was one reason and the latest BTC price jump due to the wannacry virus was the main reasons.edit; just saw this on their thread. Big loss for the sportsbetting community :O They do have the reason on their thread that they are pursuing other things in life. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: naidray on May 23, 2017, 08:35:24 AM Crazy, sad time in the bitcoin sports gambling scene. DirectBet.eu have always been my favourite site, thanks to everybody involved at DirectBet for everything over the years, you provided us all with a great service. Yes and the reason is not the high price of bitcoins because if such was the reason, they could well have withdrawn the bitcoins and pay users through buying bitcoins all the time, the most annoying thing is that they haven't even gave a slight chance of some new site or service coming. Just closed it, the good thing is they haven't scammed anyone even when their exit was near. A lot of sites end on a scamming note since they feel that's the best. I had some funds in the casino wallet, withdrawn them without any issues. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Bitinity on May 23, 2017, 09:13:15 AM DirectBet is now closed. I dont think he tell the truth due to play in directbet.eu we dont need to register seems this just a troll but i dont know what he looking find. perhaps he only want to breaking directbet.eu popularity.May 21th, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet Read their main thread, it is true they are going to close down. Indeed, most players play on directbet with no accounts but there are some players who have playing wallet on casino.directbet. Dont you understand the meaning of the sentence that you are focusing on? Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: bering on May 23, 2017, 12:07:14 PM unfortunately the most trusted sportbooks will closed and during use this site they always be solving the users issue and i always satisfied with their service but it all their right even they not telling the truth what their main reason but we should be respect for their decission
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: beerlover on May 23, 2017, 12:26:42 PM One reason I believe is that they thought the price of bitcoins was way too much than anyone expected and if the price by chance drops to $600 odd mark again they already loose 1/3 rd of their capital and hence they played safe and withdraw all. As they mentioned in the pursue of some interests which I cannot think of anything else.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: babsalt1975 on May 23, 2017, 12:34:00 PM One reason I believe is that they thought the price of bitcoins was way too much than anyone expected and if the price by chance drops to $600 odd mark again they already loose 1/3 rd of their capital and hence they played safe and withdraw all. As they mentioned in the pursue of some interests which I cannot think of anything else. I think you might be right. I presume they have collected enough bitcoins in their wallet and with the high bitcoin price, they have played it safe to stop and withdraw everything before the price goes down. Nice strategy though. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: piloder on May 23, 2017, 12:46:50 PM We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. What could be their other interests for which they have to completely shut down their site. ::)I think they have gone through either huge loss or they got some legal complication lately. I am looking for alternative to them but couldn't find anyone. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: crwth on May 23, 2017, 12:57:36 PM It is really a surprise that they are going to close done while seeing them as the first and top betting site (based on the votes) Everything good sometimes has to end in some way. People could now have a chance to try other websites and test them out if they would be lucky or something.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: dunfida on May 23, 2017, 01:02:35 PM One reason I believe is that they thought the price of bitcoins was way too much than anyone expected and if the price by chance drops to $600 odd mark again they already loose 1/3 rd of their capital and hence they played safe and withdraw all. As they mentioned in the pursue of some interests which I cannot think of anything else. I think you might be right. I presume they have collected enough bitcoins in their wallet and with the high bitcoin price, they have played it safe to stop and withdraw everything before the price goes down. Nice strategy though. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: roadbits on May 23, 2017, 01:53:18 PM We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. What could be their other interests for which they have to completely shut down their site. ::)I think they have gone through either huge loss or they got some legal complication lately. I am looking for alternative to them but couldn't find anyone. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Jasad on May 23, 2017, 02:03:30 PM We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. What could be their other interests for which they have to completely shut down their site. ::)I think they have gone through either huge loss or they got some legal complication lately. I am looking for alternative to them but couldn't find anyone. no wonder a lot of people put sympathy on them so deep , they are the most unique sportsbetting site , i frequently place bet there for years and feel so sad really about this. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Catmony on May 23, 2017, 03:03:46 PM It is really surprising and I don't think they will ever reveal the reason behind this decision they have made. May be it is something big that they can't/don't want to share with public. I can't find any reason for one of the biggest bitcoin sportsbook closing in this way.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: rytyr on May 23, 2017, 03:18:25 PM DirectBet is now closed. May 21th, 2017 Thanks for betting at DirectBet. We regret to inform you that we decided to close DirectBet in order to pursue other interests. DirectBet was a great success and it was our pleasure serving you. Effective immediately, we will not be accepting new bets. We left the All-In Poker bet open for you to claim your VIP rewards. All confirmed bets stand. They will be settled automatically at the completion of the event, as usual. In addition, this website will remain online in the near future to allow you to check the status of your bets. If you have coins in your Playing Wallet, please withdraw them now. We are available via e-mail at support@directbet.eu if you have any questions or need assistance. Thanks again for choosing to bet with us. Good Luck ! DirectBet This is indeed a black day and bad news for all the gamblers. Directbet was one of the trusted and mine favorite site to bet on. There sports betting features were marvelous and i will really miss them. I just wonder there could be any legal obligation which made them close it , as in term of profits there was no problem and they were making good profits. Is there anyother site that offers this service and without having to register an account on their site to place bets? No I don't think so. They were in a niche market if not the only one to offer this sort of service in the sports betting world. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: kimkibu on May 23, 2017, 03:22:36 PM edit. wrong topic
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: milewilda on May 23, 2017, 03:24:20 PM It is really surprising and I don't think they will ever reveal the reason behind this decision they have made. May be it is something big that they can't/don't want to share with public. I can't find any reason for one of the biggest bitcoin sportsbook closing in this way. I didnt expect to for one of the most or even top sports book in the market have closed unexpectedly whatever the reason do they have then we should respect it and for sure there are lots of sports enthusiast would really be sad on this sudden closure of the site but its still okay there are lots of sportsbook in the market to choose of.Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: emberbekas on May 23, 2017, 05:21:14 PM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: johnwest on May 23, 2017, 05:44:59 PM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage. Its taking weeks to confirm a particular transaction and it is affecting the gambling industry and many other industries. The sites should start accepting other coins too, may be ETH or LTC. Otherwise, it may be a dead end for many websites. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: AjithBtc on May 24, 2017, 07:42:48 AM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage. Its taking weeks to confirm a particular transaction and it is affecting the gambling industry and many other industries. The sites should start accepting other coins too, may be ETH or LTC. Otherwise, it may be a dead end for many websites. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: ralle14 on May 24, 2017, 11:26:00 AM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage. Its taking weeks to confirm a particular transaction and it is affecting the gambling industry and many other industries. The sites should start accepting other coins too, may be ETH or LTC. Otherwise, it may be a dead end for many websites. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: chris200x9 on May 24, 2017, 12:23:39 PM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage. Its taking weeks to confirm a particular transaction and it is affecting the gambling industry and many other industries. The sites should start accepting other coins too, may be ETH or LTC. Otherwise, it may be a dead end for many websites. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: romero121 on May 24, 2017, 04:15:56 PM Directbet is a unique gambling site. We can place our bets without the need to make an account at the site. The reason why this site being closed maybe due to the fact that recently, bitcoin transaction can take days to get a confirmation. Hence the numbers of unsettled bets will grow from time to time and for sure that will be hard to manage. Its taking weeks to confirm a particular transaction and it is affecting the gambling industry and many other industries. The sites should start accepting other coins too, may be ETH or LTC. Otherwise, it may be a dead end for many websites. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Diced90 on May 24, 2017, 04:36:26 PM Directbet closing got me by surprise i thought this was a hoax not until i tried placing a live bet and saw the news..
Was expecting to at least get an email notification to make this as an official announcement about this...whatever the case Directbet was a great success and its unfortunate we will nolonger see the sports competition we got used to see not forgetting their no fee wallets. Time to look for another reputable bitcoin sportsbook. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: jtipt on May 24, 2017, 04:41:23 PM I am very upset to see such a great and unique site closing. As far as I know this was the only betting site where you don't had to deposit anything and directly bet(hence the name). Ot was my go to website for betting, because of the obvious reason I didn't like depositing anywhere and then spend rather this direct betting on a match is much easier. Sad to see such a great website go.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Angel777 on May 24, 2017, 09:33:31 PM One of the reason for closure is bankruptcy.If you we're in a business you only close if your bussiness is not working or it is not moving or you dont have profit entering to your account.How could I continue if im not gaining.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Siren on May 24, 2017, 10:32:09 PM One of the reason for closure is bankruptcy.If you we're in a business you only close if your bussiness is not working or it is not moving or you dont have profit entering to your account.How could I continue if im not gaining. Its quite surprise to see them go bankrupt though. I think they are one of the most famous sites and they have a lot of customers. So I think going bankrupt is out of the question. I speculate the rising price of bitcoin drove them to close their betting site. But yeah, so sad to end this way. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: oegarod on May 25, 2017, 02:05:29 PM One of the reason for closure is bankruptcy.If you we're in a business you only close if your bussiness is not working or it is not moving or you dont have profit entering to your account.How could I continue if im not gaining. Its quite surprise to see them go bankrupt though. I think they are one of the most famous sites and they have a lot of customers. So I think going bankrupt is out of the question. I speculate the rising price of bitcoin drove them to close their betting site. But yeah, so sad to end this way. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: 2double0 on May 25, 2017, 02:22:58 PM This is seriously one of the worst news I came to know today. I had been off since many days and when I came back over Bitcointalk, I had been just reading few posts and making few comments but didn't visit them since last 3 days as I was out of coins and when I visited the gambling section today, I got a shock seeing this thread. It was a pleasure for us too, Directbet Guys. We will always keep you in our hearts.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: iram3130 on May 25, 2017, 02:35:38 PM This is seriously one of the worst news I came to know today. I had been off since many days and when I came back over Bitcointalk, I had been just reading few posts and making few comments but didn't visit them since last 3 days as I was out of coins and when I visited the gambling section today, I got a shock seeing this thread. It was a pleasure for us too, Directbet Guys. We will always keep you in our hearts. It is really sad to see the top betting site to be closed like this no one was expecting this so early. May be, this is what it means to say "Retire at the top of your career". There is no other place to bet like we used to now and there is no other site to vote as a top betting site. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: 2double0 on May 25, 2017, 02:50:35 PM This is seriously one of the worst news I came to know today. I had been off since many days and when I came back over Bitcointalk, I had been just reading few posts and making few comments but didn't visit them since last 3 days as I was out of coins and when I visited the gambling section today, I got a shock seeing this thread. It was a pleasure for us too, Directbet Guys. We will always keep you in our hearts. It is really sad to see the top betting site to be closed like this no one was expecting this so early. May be, this is what it means to say "Retire at the top of your career". There is no other place to bet like we used to now and there is no other site to vote as a top betting site. They were not just the best website to put your bets, but they have been allowing us to do it with full anonymity and complete privileges are with us whether to give them an email to track all of our bets or not whereas none others in the market are allowing us to put bets on sports games without making an account, and that's the best part of Directbet.eu. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: BlockEye on May 25, 2017, 08:46:36 PM This is seriously one of the worst news I came to know today. I had been off since many days and when I came back over Bitcointalk, I had been just reading few posts and making few comments but didn't visit them since last 3 days as I was out of coins and when I visited the gambling section today, I got a shock seeing this thread. It was a pleasure for us too, Directbet Guys. We will always keep you in our hearts. It is really sad to see the top betting site to be closed like this no one was expecting this so early. May be, this is what it means to say "Retire at the top of your career". There is no other place to bet like we used to now and there is no other site to vote as a top betting site. They were not just the best website to put your bets, but they have been allowing us to do it with full anonymity and complete privileges are with us whether to give them an email to track all of our bets or not whereas none others in the market are allowing us to put bets on sports games without making an account, and that's the best part of Directbet.eu. Having no account features on betting is the main reason why directbet are popular, But due to slow bitcoin network. They are forced to input huge amount fee in able to transfer fast. Directbet still didn't announce specific reason why they decided to close. But I guess now that it something personal to them. Someday it will gonna exposed. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: equator on May 25, 2017, 09:23:15 PM Directbet site owners are the genuine guys who really cared for their reputation that is why i think that they closed the site down due to the loss they are occurring due to high Transaction fees to get confirmed the transaction and as they are having feature of no account and as soon as the game is finished they just clear the bets and send to the winners so for this lot of transaction have to be done and due to this they were facing loss as that fees is borne by the site and they are going in loss. So without scamming the users they just stopped the service and moved on their life to another way. but still they are keeping the site active in hope that one day this problem will be solved so that they can start back this project. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: LuanX3 on May 26, 2017, 03:05:05 AM Directbet site owners are the genuine guys who really cared for their reputation that is why i think that they closed the site down due to the loss they are occurring due to high Transaction fees to get confirmed the transaction and as they are having feature of no account and as soon as the game is finished they just clear the bets and send to the winners so for this lot of transaction have to be done and due to this they were facing loss as that fees is borne by the site and they are going in loss. So without scamming the users they just stopped the service and moved on their life to another way. but still they are keeping the site active in hope that one day this problem will be solved so that they can start back this project. Yeah I guess, or maybe they have cashed out what they can because of the bitcoin prices and they just want to exit it all and just live in the Bahamas. We'll never know unless they would make an official announcement somewhere. If there is, I hope to read it and know their reason. From their website there was no such explanation. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: JL421 on May 26, 2017, 03:06:36 AM It's mostly because of huge loses. Now everyone says and thinks that gambling is a really profitable business for the owner and indeed it profitable but sports betting doesn't depend much on luck when compared with other sites and nowadays we see so many people predicting and most of those end up winning. At least they didn't scam anyone and made a public announcement before closure
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Oilacris on May 26, 2017, 03:31:30 AM This is seriously one of the worst news I came to know today. I had been off since many days and when I came back over Bitcointalk, I had been just reading few posts and making few comments but didn't visit them since last 3 days as I was out of coins and when I visited the gambling section today, I got a shock seeing this thread. It was a pleasure for us too, Directbet Guys. We will always keep you in our hearts. It is really sad to see the top betting site to be closed like this no one was expecting this so early. May be, this is what it means to say "Retire at the top of your career". There is no other place to bet like we used to now and there is no other site to vote as a top betting site. They were not just the best website to put your bets, but they have been allowing us to do it with full anonymity and complete privileges are with us whether to give them an email to track all of our bets or not whereas none others in the market are allowing us to put bets on sports games without making an account, and that's the best part of Directbet.eu. Having no account features on betting is the main reason why directbet are popular, But due to slow bitcoin network. They are forced to input huge amount fee in able to transfer fast. Directbet still didn't announce specific reason why they decided to close. But I guess now that it something personal to them. Someday it will gonna exposed. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: erpbridge on May 26, 2017, 08:41:43 AM It's mostly because of huge loses. Now everyone says and thinks that gambling is a really profitable business for the owner and indeed it profitable but sports betting doesn't depend much on luck when compared with other sites and nowadays we see so many people predicting and most of those end up winning. At least they didn't scam anyone and made a public announcement before closure Like I said before its likely not the fees because other sites have started charging players the fees, so that is not the reason. I have a feeling they are rooting for a healthy retirement. I won't be surprised if they made over 2000-3000 btc over this entire ordeal. After all they have been here a long time. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: szpalata on May 26, 2017, 07:54:09 PM Directbet has left us all and we are going to miss them greatly. I wish they can reorganize and come back at least by allowing us to open an online wallet with the coins we've allocated to gamble so that we will withdraw like the fiat sportsbooks. We appreciate their service and hope they'll come back again one day.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: ArdiPrabowo on May 27, 2017, 02:05:54 AM I hope next time directbet.eu can open service again
if fix closed never open again, i hope another gambling site can replace postion directbet regular competition tipster contest, giveaway from prediction score match reward free bet, casiono game and more Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: strategics on May 27, 2017, 02:32:31 AM They were one of the few crypto sites that offered bets on Test cricket. Hope Cloudbet opens up that market.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: ufaiz50 on May 27, 2017, 03:29:50 AM It's mostly because of huge loses. Now everyone says and thinks that gambling is a really profitable business for the owner and indeed it profitable but sports betting doesn't depend much on luck when compared with other sites and nowadays we see so many people predicting and most of those end up winning. At least they didn't scam anyone and made a public announcement before closure Like I said before its likely not the fees because other sites have started charging players the fees, so that is not the reason. I have a feeling they are rooting for a healthy retirement. I won't be surprised if they made over 2000-3000 btc over this entire ordeal. After all they have been here a long time. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: taxmanmt5 on May 27, 2017, 01:08:32 PM It's mostly because of huge loses. Now everyone says and thinks that gambling is a really profitable business for the owner and indeed it profitable but sports betting doesn't depend much on luck when compared with other sites and nowadays we see so many people predicting and most of those end up winning. At least they didn't scam anyone and made a public announcement before closure Like I said before its likely not the fees because other sites have started charging players the fees, so that is not the reason. I have a feeling they are rooting for a healthy retirement. I won't be surprised if they made over 2000-3000 btc over this entire ordeal. After all they have been here a long time. Directbet was one of my favorite site and it was so easy to use. There was no registration required to bet and i mostly bet on cricket matches. No other site offers so lots of betting option in cricket as direct bet offered and i really missing this site. I never face any type of probelm with the site and i heard thier support was also very supportive. Really a big loss in the gambling world. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: piececake24 on May 27, 2017, 01:19:53 PM Why all of a sudden this site is surely one of a Successful in sportsbetting industry. This is huge really but business is business anyway thank you directbet for all this years for the great service i salute you for going this far just to end things smoothly
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: pixie85 on May 27, 2017, 07:54:50 PM They are saying the reason of closure was the growing price of Bitcoin, growing transaction fees, or both.
I actually don't understand why a site that holds a large amount of coins would be worried by them suddenly gaining value, and fees should be regulated in the near future. I agree it's a shame as it was a great site, but you always have Nitrogen ;) Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: chaser15 on May 27, 2017, 08:04:39 PM They are saying the reason of closure was the growing price of Bitcoin, growing transaction fees, or both. I actually don't understand why a site that holds a large amount of coins would be worried by them suddenly gaining value, and fees should be regulated in the near future. I agree it's a shame as it was a great site, but you always have Nitrogen ;) Fees are really high to an average. There are lots of daily payment settlements in Directbet everyday that if you will sum up all the transactions fees, it is relatively high. Some regulations will solve the problem about their automatic payouts but too late to think of that since they are already close. These are also happening in some of the institutions in bitcoin world. As an example, look at those famous web exchanges that offers free transactions fees to their users back then, now also applying some fees because they can't handled the current fees while at the same time, the massive volumes that is increasing everyday. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: darkangel11 on May 27, 2017, 08:53:32 PM They are saying the reason of closure was the growing price of Bitcoin, growing transaction fees, or both. I actually don't understand why a site that holds a large amount of coins would be worried by them suddenly gaining value, and fees should be regulated in the near future. I agree it's a shame as it was a great site, but you always have Nitrogen ;) Fees are really high to an average. There are lots of daily payment settlements in Directbet everyday that if you will sum up all the transactions fees, it is relatively high. Some regulations will solve the problem about their automatic payouts but too late to think of that since they are already close. These are also happening in some of the institutions in bitcoin world. As an example, look at those famous web exchanges that offers free transactions fees to their users back then, now also applying some fees because they can't handled the current fees while at the same time, the massive volumes that is increasing everyday. A casino doesn't have to pay high fees for instant transfers, but can keep them moderate. Fees are paid by the user, not by the casino. Users can wait until their balance is high enough before withdrawing, to save money on fees. Fees don't discourage me from sending transactions, I usually send with average fees and I,m ok with waiting 24h for my transactions to confirm. No rush, it will go through sooner or later lol. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Hydrogen on May 27, 2017, 09:08:50 PM Maybe they decided to cash out their bitcoins & crypto when prices rose higher than $2k btc?
That could explain the massive sell off and price decrease. Especially if many others decided to do something similar at the same time. ??? They seemed to run a legit business, hope they did well for themselves. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Clement Kaliyar on May 27, 2017, 10:06:03 PM Maybe they decided to cash out their bitcoins & crypto when prices rose higher than $2k btc? It is quite possible that they wanted to take advantage of the current price and want to make a good profit out of the price of bitcoin rather than the profit earned through running the site,not only bitcoin but all of the alt coin had a good rally and the profit they will be havin selling off the coins will be much larger ,just my assumption. :)That could explain the massive sell off and price decrease. Especially if many others decided to do something similar at the same time. ??? They seemed to run a legit business, hope they did well for themselves. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Adelajda on May 27, 2017, 10:17:17 PM They are saying the reason of closure was the growing price of Bitcoin, growing transaction fees, or both. They never said anywhere that they are closing the site because of price of bitcoin is growing or the transaction fees are bothering them,it is just a rumor spreading by people like you. :P ,what they said is that the admin wants to pursue other dreams and he wants to focus his attention to other ventures and if someone feels like he wants to do something else,so be it,despite that it is hard to see the site close too soon.I actually don't understand why a site that holds a large amount of coins would be worried by them suddenly gaining value, and fees should be regulated in the near future. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: vella85 on May 28, 2017, 12:07:43 AM I'm still trying to find another sports book like Directbet that takes bets on horse racing and also Super Rugby as I'm now back to betting with Bet365. I really hope that they return in the future as this sports book was the best cryptocurrency sports book to use in my opinion.
Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: Vaskiy on June 03, 2017, 08:33:49 AM I'm still trying to find another sports book like Directbet that takes bets on horse racing and also Super Rugby as I'm now back to betting with Bet365. I really hope that they return in the future as this sports book was the best cryptocurrency sports book to use in my opinion. From their quote they are clear on their stand and focus on different services. If they have the plan of coming back to the service they might have not stopped it. They might have started the different services in a parallel manner because this was running in a perfect manner. I believe the closure might have happened because of pressure from government.Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: patt0 on June 03, 2017, 08:53:59 AM well they said in one pot that directbet.eu was not for sale, so that means they will probably come back.
I know they had some problems in some games, because it happened while I was participating in their tipster championship, so maybe they decided to stop for a while, fix things, create some new features that could interfere with their actual service, and then just come back even better than they already were. Don't know if dealing with BTC price is hard for sportsbookers as well, but since the others are still in business I don't think the price had anything to do with it. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: hahay on June 03, 2017, 10:37:43 AM well they said in one pot that directbet.eu was not for sale, so that means they will probably come back. If seen from their main threads, they do not lock or change the title of the thread to be closed or anything. They're just locking the game's thread prediction score, I think also directbet closes its site not because of the rising bitcoin price and that's not a reason that is acceptable to a great site like directbet. Maybe they just need a long enough time to vacation and refresh themselves and I'm sure they'll come back with a big surprise.I know they had some problems in some games, because it happened while I was participating in their tipster championship, so maybe they decided to stop for a while, fix things, create some new features that could interfere with their actual service, and then just come back even better than they already were. Don't know if dealing with BTC price is hard for sportsbookers as well, but since the others are still in business I don't think the price had anything to do with it. Title: Re: Directbet.eu - what seems to be the reason for the site closure? Post by: surycsurycsuryc on November 05, 2017, 11:43:30 PM Does anyone know how to reach the folks at directbet?
I had a long dated wager on the Houston Astros to win the World Series (Major League Baseball). I heard they were honoring all outstanding bets, but I don't know how to get in touch with them to get this bet settled. The website is gone, the email addresses bounce, and they have not been active on the forum since August. |