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3741  Economy / Gambling / Re: AnoniBet Sportsbook Live Betting on: February 27, 2014, 01:56:21 PM
Annonibet
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Here are how a bookmaker customer service or any other corporate company customer service operates, step by step for you to understand:

1. You should email support@anonibet.com and wait for their answer. It does not take more than 24 hours normally
2. Once you have received the answer, and you are not satisfied with it your email them back for clarifications etc.

Sorry to stick my nose in this thread but all players should adhere to this advice. Some new books will give in to blackmail tactics but the stronger well established books will never give in to this. Anonibet has given customers .1 BTC for technical problems. This was done voluntarily and not due to duress.
3742  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 08:27:13 PM
Oh I see.  FanLucci has the ability to select which games you want to play with, and you can pick as little as 1 game.  Even based on spread or money line.  Is that what you mean?
It looks like a site where you pick a fantasy team using any player from any team. Use the NFL for example. You pick 1 QB, 2 RB, 2 WR, etc. Then you get points based on yardage and scores for each player.
3743  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 07:03:39 PM
Another site is FanLucci.com. They have awesome support via email.
Looks interesting but since it's a fantasy sports site, I'm not going to grade it. We just grade sports books.
3744  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 06:58:57 PM
Does anyone have any information or personal experience with BitcoinLiveBets.com?

EDIT - Looked at their forum here.

They are a joke.

I asked about this book 4 days ago.

Is the above what you mean by Betcoinlive?
Thanks. I meant bitcoinlivebets.
3745  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 05:13:14 PM
Bitcoinlivebets upgraded from "F" to "D" as there are no reports of outstanding withdrawals.

Please add to the Book Survey http://peepsplace.com/ratings/?page_id=115 so that other adjustments may be made based upon feedback.
3746  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 12:25:29 PM
Yes. I was in contact with them by email two days ago. support@coinbet.cc

2 days ago...
Yes. You can contact them by email. They respond fast.
3747  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 12:05:03 PM
Yes. I was in contact with them by email two days ago. support@coinbet.cc
3748  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 11:34:40 AM
Any one heard from Coinbet ?
Coinbet is going strong. They voluntarily closed their thread.
3749  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 24, 2014, 11:18:45 AM
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Another bitcoin book has taken the money and ran. StakeBTC.com is now off line, owing thousands of dollars to its clients.

StakeBTC first made itself known just last month with an initial post on Bitcointalk.org. They promised instant deposits and withdrawals, top-notch customer service and live chat with its represenatives.

They also gave a 25% bonus on a bettor's initial deposit, requiring a three times rollover before withdrawal. That was just the beginning, however. They soon offered juice free wagering; each winning bet received an additional 10% bonus. Another bonus offer rewarded a bettor .5 BTC for winning three straight bets, with the minimum wager being .1 BTC.

More "free money" began to be handed out. StakeBTC's next bonus offer was a gift to gamblers, a clear red flag: 100% bonus requiring just 3x rollover. That brought in a nice chunk of money. So they next offered the same 100% bonus with just a 2x rollover. Still in effect was the juice free wagering with winning bets receiving a 10% bonus. The ponzi scheme, paying off early investors with new money, was well under way.

The first sign of trouble occurred on Thursday. A long-time forum poster, known to many as Doc Dekay http://www.peepsplace.com/showpost.p...62&postcount=6, reported on Bitcointalk.org that a Wednesday payout request still hadn't been processed. He then stated StakeBTC was taking a shot at him:

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"-Last night at 12:53 am Eastern I made a withdrawal request for 15 btc
-This morning my request had yet to be fulfilled.
-Since live chat was down i asked at 932 am est what the status was in this thread.
- at 1014 am est a reply on here said my account was entirely pending.
- these bets were made at 1012 and 1015 est.
- the three bets were on cbb moneylines. I have never once bet cbb MLs and have never bet this much. All my bets range from 500 credits to 2500 credits. i give this book a lot of action and have never once bet more than that (500 credits = 1btc).
StakeBTC stated that Doc had made 40 BTC worth of bets that morning, and that the withdrawal request had come in after those bets were made, not the previous night. This was shown to be a lie when Doc Decay produced an email from him to StakeBTC requesting the payout from the previous night, made right after the withdraw request was filed online.

And that was the last we heard from StakeBTC. The site is now offline. Emails are bouncing. Reports of other thefts are starting to trickle in as well.

"Most bitcoin sportsbooks have no history," says Adam Hart, known as Raiders at PeepsPlace.com. "The anonomyity that makes bitcoins popular also allows bitcoin sportsbooks to be anonymous as well."

Hart is in the process of rating these new books specializing in bitcoins. "The benchmarks are different from regular post-up sportsbooks," says Hart. "Payout speed is the key determination. With post-up books, it might be a week before a bettor has his check in hand. A good bitcoin sportsbook will pay out in hours.""

They will also be unknown to all. "We know who runs Bookmaker. We know who runs 5 Dimes. But we don't know who runs BitBook."

That's not entirely a bad thing, as anyone familiar with The Greek and Legends sportsbooks know. It does, however, increase a bettor's risk. "There's going to be a lot more StakeBTC's crawling out of the muck," says Hart. "That's the nature of the business. The key is to shine a little light on these guys before anyone gets burned."
3750  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 23, 2014, 04:03:58 AM
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StakeBTC opened to forum members on January 18, 2014, although they have been open to a private group for a longer time. StakeBTC has a maximum bet of 30 BTC and many seem to play with StakeBTC for this reason. Others advertise higher limits but rarely is it available. There are a lot of good things about StakeBTC that I don't even want to mention at this time because of one point. When a sports book offers a 100% bonus with a 2x rollover, that's a huge red flag. The only thing keeping StakeBTC from being a "F", because of that bonus, is that they haven't had one complaint as far as payouts. StakeBTC opens at "D".

StakeBTC downgraded to "F"
3751  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 22, 2014, 05:52:31 AM
thx for the info, Very helpful
Thanks. It's only as good as the input from the whole community.
3752  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 22, 2014, 04:50:53 AM
This is what is asked. You just click the answers. It takes a few seconds. We'll wait a week and then update ratings.

User Survey
Player input is vital to an accurate rating system. Please fill out this survey as completely as possible, and give us additional information if needed at the end of the survey. Thanks!

*What sportsbook is being reviewed?

 Anonibet    Betcoinlive    Betcoinsports    Bitbm    BitBook    Bitbet    Bitcoinsport  Bitsaloon    BTCSportsbet    BTCSportsmatch    Casinobitcoin    Cloudbet    Coinbet  Darkbet    DirectBet    Jetwin    NitrogenSports    SBObitcoin    Stakebet    Other

How fast was your payout?
Under one hour    1-3 Hours    4-12 hours    12-24 Hours    More than one day

Does this sportsbook require a valid email address?
 Yes    No    Unsure

Does this sportsbook require a name or other personal information (not counting an email address)?
 Yes    No    Unsure

How Long have you played at this sportsbook?
 Under one week    Between one and four weeks    Between four weeks and six months  More than six months

Does this sportsbook require a post-up deposit?
 Yes    No    Unsure

How would you grade this sportsbook's payout speed?
 A    B    C    D    F    Unsure

How would you grade this sportsbook's lines?
 A    B    C    D    F    Unsure

How would you grade this sportsbook's customer service?
 A    B    C    D    F    Unsure

Then there is an area if you wish to post about your personal experiences with the book.
3753  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 21, 2014, 11:05:50 PM
Today i made a withdraw of $409 from Coinbet.cc and the payout took only 5-10 minute .

Tx id

https://blockchain.info/tx/d45872fd729064a8d10d25bdcdbcc33e575ebcb162312f507a50e6503ea7c80e
Thanks

More input would be appreciated. It would also help if some took the survey. Thanks
http://peepsplace.com/ratings/?page_id=115
3754  Economy / Gambling / Re: Webetcoins.com - Official Sportsbook Thread - NBA NFL NCAA NHL MLB & Olympics on: February 21, 2014, 11:40:56 AM
I'd like to take a look at the site's offerings before I register.

How can I do that - i.e., see the live lines?
You can't see the lines without registering. No wagers or lines have been up for the last two days.
3755  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 21, 2014, 05:36:36 AM
If you have a couple of seconds please check the boxes in the survey. This will be really beneficial to accurate ratings. Thanks

http://peepsplace.com/ratings/?page_id=115
3756  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 21, 2014, 03:55:31 AM
RTFT!


It's obvious you looked at the first page or a few pages and skipped most of it.

You skipped over the 2nd half of the thread where the majority of the posts were  discussing SBObitcoin.com beginning with post #83.


This is accurate.  I assumed the 1st post would be "current ratings"

I will read this entire thread starting now.  really curious more than anything.  Seems like a brand new model.

 "we use same conversion for deposit and withdraw to bitcoin" seems to be a fundamental flaw.  

My assumption of how it works is that you "sell" your bitcoins to them when you deposit and then "buy" bitcoins from them when you withdraw.  You basically place bets through them, not with them.  I could be mistaken though.

At first I read this as "SBO locks in a price and does both your deposit and withdraw at that price"

but then now I think it's something like "for every 1 bitcoin we give you 5k SBO units and upon cashout you give us 5k SBO units we give you 1 bitcoin"  

can't quite figure it out still.  The site looks very professional and it's possible whoever is operating it may have a novel idea here and I just don't quite understand it yet.



As for the rating system, IMO it seems the community love the very simple bitcoin-in-bitcoin-out | no dox | fast withdraw | long history of paying winners | never any fiat conversion books like bitbook / cloudbet / nitrogen.  There is something to be said (maybe B rating?) for btcsportbook / btcsportsmatch / anonibet and formerly bitcoinsports.eu (although to be fair I have not read that thread either and do not know what the issue is with bitcoinsports, I simply see ppl are pissed off)

the ones that aren't quite as pure, maybe taking longer to pay, offering less games, or requiring more personal info but still do function as a legitimate sportsbook I think should deserve a "B" level rating.  IMO reserve F for scams.

glglglgl to all the degens in this thread.

Every sharp in Vegas bet Seattle.
The ratings are updated so the first post has up to date ratings. Sharp action originally came in on Denver. Vegas books moved the line to 3 and all the sharp action came on Seattle. One book even put up 3.5 but it got knocked down immediately. I'd have to look back to make sure this is all accurate but that's from memory. I think LVH opened at Sea -1.5. By the time I made it there, it was Den -1.
3757  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 21, 2014, 03:43:31 AM

The smart way to do it would be to just book all of the bets yourself and then have one pinny account where you can lay off the overlay just before the games start.  

Say what?  I'm not a bookie.  Just a player trying to use Pinnacle.

Let's say you have 100 users who want to bet on miami-okc.  60 of them want to bet a total of 10k on miami.  40 of them want to bet a total of 9k on okc.  Instead of making 100 individual bets (where pinny is making the juice), it's smarter to 'book' that 9k of action yourself (keeping the juice) and just bet the excess 1k on okc at pinny to make everything square.  Of course that carries risks (line moves, max limits, ect).  

That being said I have no idea how sbo does it.  It's entirely possible they just create accounts for every user.  
I'm not sure I fully understand the question so I may be answering the wrong question. SBOBitcoin is not a book. All they do is set you up with an account at PinnacleSports, 'SBOBET or IBCBET. You can get an account at 2 of the books or all three if you would like. Then you are betting directly with the book. SBOBitcoin will give you an account number for the book that you are playing at.

Many sports books lay off money when they are getting too much action on one side. They may be able to profit by getting a better number. One problem occurs is if Book A has a line of +4.5. They are getting all action at +4.5. The other books have the line at 4 and 3.5. Book A isn't going to be able to lay off that action at +4.5. They can by buying points but then they take a loss. The normal price to buy a 1/2 point is 10 cents. In the NFL they normally charge 20 cents to move on/off 3 and between 10 and 20 cents to move off/on 7.

The same can be done with the ML in any sport. You may be able to lay off the action and make money but you can also lose depending on the line you are using and the best available lines at other books.
3758  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 21, 2014, 03:21:39 AM
Can anyone here describe how SBObitcoin actually works?   It seems like they actually deposit your funds to a Pinnacle account which you then login to.  So the risk in this case would be SBObitcoin taking money from the account and not paying you out, correct?  New to this agent thing, and just trying to figure out the mechanics and risk involved.

You are 100% correct.


What I still do not get is whether they open a Pinny account with whatever personal info. you provide them (name, email, phone) or they open it with some ghost name?  I've asked them this question several times, but they seem unable to answer it directly.  Might be a language issue...I have no idea.
You can open your SBOBitcoin account with a ghost name. SBOCoinbet with then give you an account number. It's easy to do with live chat.
3759  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 20, 2014, 10:34:36 PM
  "we use same conversion for deposit and withdraw to bitcoin" seems to be a fundamental flaw. 

My assumption of how it works is that you "sell" your bitcoins to them when you deposit and then "buy" bitcoins from them when you withdraw.  You basically place bets through them, not with them.  I could be mistaken though.
correct
3760  Economy / Gambling / Re: Ratings for all the bitcoin sports books on: February 20, 2014, 09:58:51 PM
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BitBook   A
Nitrogensports   A
Cloudbet   A


agreed with those being my top 3 at this time.  I don't bet on sports very much (compared to my poker play) but I like to keep tabs on the industry. 

can't quite figure out why the op rated SBObitcoin top dog.   after a quick look around, a bunch of things scare me.  "we use same conversion for deposit and withdraw to bitcoin" seems to be a fundamental flaw.  that coupled with the fact they use pinnacle sports somehow makes me quite likely to never deposit even something small to try it out.  Sounds like many layers of shenanigans.  would love to hear the OP's take on the site.  I saw they have pokers too.

Pinnacle is the best site for me since the hold is so low at -105. I also rated it high since the limits at Pinnacle are the highest. I just deposited bitcoins with SBOCoinbet and they put the money in my account although it was in Hong Kong dollars. It is a little confusing since 1 BTC = 6000 in my account. I also like the 24/7 on line chat.

If you and others feel that SBOBitcoin should be downgraded, then the grade with be changed. Your thoughts are valid
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