Just looking at the front page table - Bitcoin Rush must be up for over 2 years now?

You keep saying it but when I look at UK based bookies all I see is Direct Bet being competitive.  

Okay here is 3 random bets for the first weekend of the premier league:

Leicester @ 2.14 v Hull

Man City @ 1.19 v Sunderland

Arsenal @ 2.2 v Liverpool

Feel free to point me to a bookmakers that is more competitive, takes Ether and pays out instantly with no (real) scam complaints.  

its looks like Peeps Place paid by one of the top lists book , if i have to make a speculation like what Peeps Place did  
lol you Peeps Place

Not sure if Hungerstyle is innocent, but I am sure that Directbet is guilty of handling this situation very poorly.  Feel free to repost this wherever if anyone likes.

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Last fall for about a month maybe 1 out of every 20 transactions from my electrum wallet  were showing up as double spends and it was completely unintentional (eventually realized i needed to update software)  There were no big problems because they were all involving individuals or sites that require 1 confirmation.  

In the end, one would confirm and the other was eventually deleted from the block chain.

If I had deposited on DirectBet, could I have ended up getting freerolled like Hungerstyle?

There are two still in my Betcoin transaction history with invalid transaction ids:


My point is, obviously I don't think any site can justify not paying out a winning bet after the fact because of a double unconfirmed transaction and a suspicion.  


If they have enough evidence to justify seizing 36 bitcoin from a player, they should be prepared to defend their decision to the player and the public (if player chooses to make it public)  Can't just say "fuck this guy, I think he's trying to scam us" and expect to maintain a reputation.  

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Does your comment reflect how BetBTC would handle a similar situation?

You can't accidentally double spend can you?

Outside of outright fraud and lying by the bookmaker, you're not going to innocently find yourself caught up in some double spend argument.

I was paid out another 500 Eth this morning - https://www.directbet.eu/BetStatus.cshtml?BetID=0x7e368a14f7c7ff74e91a26e3ad3cb85d073c17a3 - it managed to land back in my account without any freezing of the money, double spend allegations, or any other silliness. Just like all my other 5 figure payouts did.

I'd love to see proof of the scam attempts on DirectBet but you need to accept that showing proof sometimes just makes no sense from their side.

The first part is fact; the second is nothing more than speculation.

I run a web business (nothing to do with gambling).   I wouldn't let comparison sites scrape my site either, as I don't think there is any real benefit to being on a site like that, having you chewing up my bandwidth and sending me the worst quality of customers.

You lose credibility when you post nonsense like this.

A couple of random games from today:

Direct Bet:
spurs - 4.2 - $100 pays out $420
atletico - 1.8  pays out $180

Paddy Power:
spurs - 16/5 - pays out $420
atletico - 5/6 - pays out $183



Direct Bet:
Bremen - 2.22 - $100 pays out $222
Bets - 2.8 - $100 pays out $280

Paddy Power:
Bremen - 13/10 - $100 pays out $230
Betis - 13/8 - $262




Direct Bet are looking competitive for me here, no?

Directbet don't want to be added at this time. My guess is because users will clearly and easy see the difference. Otherwise we could add them relatively fast.

Sure it was from me but it was in their hands - if they wanted to they could have kept the full lot. They didn't, which makes me think anyone crying about a small wager being stolen from them... they're not telling us the full story.


You're a random 3rd party, Direct Bet are a major BTC bookmaker. They don't owe you an explanation at all.  

I can see first hand they process 5 figure payments near instantly.  I can see some single random guy saying they've not paid him 100 Ether.  

There is a complete lack of (legit) scam complaints surrounding DirectBet, and my own experiences show them to be honest. So why wouldn't I continue to bet there?

I'm happy to listen if anyone points me to some credible evidence I shouldn't play there. Right now I can't see that (outside of a couple of likely double spenders)

Whats the DirectBet response to this scam accusation?

We've yet to see someone posting complaints that doesn't have legitimate looking double spend claims against them.

$10,000+ payment from them today, in my pocket a few minutes after the final whistle blew - https://www.directbet.eu/BetStatus.cshtml?BetID=0x6dfc69d0f54c490ee1d55277a1896f31f3d5922d

Once the bet status is either 'Confirmed' or 'Rejected', it can not be changed the other way around

Alright, yeah a good think to see in a comparison I suppose. Anonibet used to be huge a few years back, haven't been to the place recently.
As for Cloudbet, while it could rise, its true they have been having a lot of problems lately. I have had withdrawal issues too, where it never got processed until I contacted support. They have a good sportsbook, just that the support and the deposit-withdrawal system is lacking.

Can't believe to see anonibet going so low. On the other hand I expect to see sportsbet and cloudbet going up in rankings; Is the table or excel sheet listed in your last post used to determine the ratings of those sporstbooks ?  If so, I don't think having a casino should affect or improve any casinos rating in general as a casino is a completely different venture than sportsbetting, and I don't see it affecting a sportbooks ranking.