My problem is with betcoin sportsbook. Do they still handle sportsbook player complaints?

Isn't this for casino complaints only?

Hey Marlais,

I just found this http://www.sportsbookreview.com/sports-betting-news/bitcoin-betting-site-betcoin-ag-addresses-live-betting-complaint-73208/

Bascially they deduct the funds from your wallet as if you made the bet. Doesn't show up in sportsbook cleared or uncleared bets. I have to go out of my own way just to get a REFUND. They never honored my winning slips nor did they ever automatically refund me. I had to waste hours upon hours if not days to get a refund. If they ever did say anything it was that "we are working on it."

and I have over 20 bets (maybe over 30) that are exactly the same stretching from the past year. I just made screen shots of all my support tickets just in case betcoin tries to tamper with that as this wouldn't be the first time they tampered with my account/bets.

Also do i just post my complaints under the forums? I'll look for the betcoin forum if there is one. Going to upload all of my screen shots from support for the past 2 years. Will upload to imgur and do this all tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

Hey thanks for the reply. I've been w/ bitcoin for well over 2 years now. This isn't the first time that they've done shady stuff. There are multiple instances where they have graded my bets as losing bets and will only correct them AFTER I spend hours if not days contacting them and going out of my way with proof. Not to mention status points not accumulating correctly. Betcoin William changing that status of bets. Sportsbook bets not showing up in uncleared bets, yet the btc is deducted from wallet transactions and betcoin not doing anything about it until yet again I have to spend hours if not days going out of my way to do what they should have done in the first place and refund me for their bugged bets. List goes on and on.

Can anyone link me the story about jasonort?

Hey thanks for the reply and advice. I'm aware that most bitcoin sites aren't licensed but I'll try contacting curacao.

Hi guys,

I'd like to share my story of how betcoin fucked me. I'm going to keep this as short and simple as period and let all the screenshots do the talking. Basically made 4 sportsbook bets that were legitimately placed and after the event has finished, MANY hours after, betcoin changed my original bets from kills/match to rounds/match.

http://imgur.com/a/3HjMs
Shows bets placed in both wallet transactions as well as sportsbook history.

http://imgur.com/a/Fi8qi
shows how they changed my original bet i made from kills/round to rounds/match. Also shows many discussions I've had with chat "support" about where betcoin is located and who they are licensed by. Correct me if I'm wrong but last time I checked Antigua and Costa Rica were not the same.

http://imgur.com/a/FA7AT
Support ticket created and response. Mario, in charge of the sportsbook at betcoin, states that there was a mix up of market names. That's funny because whenever I make a bet and accidentally make a wrong bet, whether it be the team, over/under, etc, there is no "oh I made a mistake, I take it back, cancel and refund my mistake."

If there is anyone that actually knows if betcoin is licensed by WPN and how I would contact the licensing authorities or whoever I'm supposed to contact, I'd appreciate it as I would like to make a formal complaint. Thanks for your time. 

Hi guys,

Wanted to share and  inform people searching or interested in a great bitcoin sports book that I've found and enjoyed for the last few months. Come check it out just in time for the Superbowl.

Why choose Nitrogen Sports?

They have 0 confirmation deposits. Basically allowing you to bet on the sportsbook with 0 confirmations.
Fast withdrawals.
They have a chat box. Useful, fun, and entertaining in between bets and events.
They allow anonymity accounts. (You can include email if wanted but not required)
Amazing layout. Simple and clean. Easy to read and great on the eyes.
They have poker, black jack and dice.
They have great lines and live bets. No clunky live betting where bets are not accepted or struggle to get a bet in.
Also allow mobile access.

Best part in my opinion that won me over was the support. I've been on many sports books and by far NitrogenSports takes the cake. You can either request for an admin in the chat box itself or ask your questions in privacy through support tab. In both the chat box and support tab, I've had to wait no longer than a few minutes for a response. Competent and fast reliable support.

Nitrogen Sports is best out of the 3 I tried (2 others are cloudbet and directbet.)

They have 0 confirmation deposits. Basically allowing you to bet on the sportsbook with 0 confirmations.
Fast withdrawals.
They have a chat box. Useful, fun, and entertaining in between bets and events.
They allow anonymity accounts. (You can include email if wanted but not required)
Amazing layout. Simple and clean. Easy to read and great on the eyes.
They have poker, black jack and dice.
They have great lines and live bets. No clunky live betting where bets are not accepted or struggle to get a bet in.
Also allow mobile access.

Best part in my opinion that won me over was the support. I've been on many sports books and by far NitrogenSports takes the cake. You can either request for an admin in the chat box itself or ask your questions in privacy through support tab. In both the chat box and support tab, I've had to wait no longer than a few minutes for a response. Competent and fast reliable support.

Thanks Shorena,

Have actually sent multiple messages including asking if there was a specific pass phrase for it but he has ignored all messages. Hopefully he responds soon. Maybe it's due to the holiday season, hopefully. Either way I still believe it's bad business practice to describe an item then ship something useless to the buyer. Not to mention as I stated ignoring messages. One thing that I did notice was someone else complaining about not receiving bitcoin with their purchase that contributed to his less than perfect 100% rating. This occurred over 6 months ago though.

Anyhow thanks for the information. Clears up any doubts that I was going about the process wrong on my part. 

Yes, I did. Was trying to respond but 360 second wait inbetween posts. Also after I talk to ebay, which I still have to wait until the 29th, then I will post all evidence with pictures proving he only sent public key and the 58 characters. More to add to it that he initially sent 0 bitcoins and only added the bitcoins AFTER I received the package and AFTER I made a complaint which can be proven on the blockchain because it shows what time the bitcoin was added to the public address. Also to answer why I bought from the seller was because he had like 99% positive feedback. Which could be genuine or could be fabricated because after viewing these forums I've noticed people selling ebay/paypal accounts and I'm sure there are people manipulating their own feedback. Just a hunch/possibility.

Hi Shorena,

Thank you for your feedback. It is very informative. So it seems a 58 character private key does exist as a BIP 38 private key?

No, I did not receive a password. I tried to import on blockchain and also asked for the passphrase after I entered the private key.
The seller only sent me a public key (watch only) and private key. I unfortunately thought that was all I needed as I wasted many hours trying to figure it out with google searches and messing with bitcoin core. Huge lesson learned the hard way I guess you could say.

Yes, lesson definitely learned now.

Yes, I've already initiated a return on ebay. I have to wait a few business days for ebay to respond/initiate the return and then couple more days after the scammer receives the item. Just sucks because this was a Christmas present. Hopefully everything works out and the scammer doesn't get away with it.

I bought bitcoins that were sent as a private key

I bought it from ebay.

Pretty sure I got scammed but now even more so.

Can you tell me if there are even private keys with 58 characters though? It would help me in my report to ebay.

Hi I've been trying to import with a private key on bitcoin core using this guide: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Help:How_to_import_private_keys_in_Bitcoin_Core_0.7%2B

Also been googling for answers because I've been getting: Invalid private key encoding (code -5)

Using Bitcoin Core version v0.11.2 (64-bit)
The format that I've been using is:
 
importprivkey "6P***************************3r"

I've also tried:
importprivkey "bitcoinprivkey" ( "label" rescan )

During my google search, I've found this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=942256.0

Someone mentions that private keys are only 51 or 52 characters

My private key is 58 characters and now I'm afraid that my key might be the problem.

Been searching google for answers for a few hours and can't find an answer.

Any advice/help is much appreciated.

Hi crazyates or anyone willing to help. Ive been researching a bit myself on the forums but Im new to all the mining and hardware required. It's been giving me a headache and I was wondering if you would be able to recommend me specific parts for a $2.5k-$3k build. I guess from what I read the 280x is the best? Maybe the 280x toxic from sapphire? I know I will continue to build after the initial spend of $2.5k to $3k so if I'm looking to add more cards later what would be the best setup? I've heard people with 6 or 8 gpus in one set up. What specific brand and model for a MB that can handle multiple gpus? Also what brand/model is favorable and popular for mb,cpu, ram, psu?

Hi guys 

Looking to get into the mining game and need suggestions as to what parts are recommended. Fairly new to this whole scene and have been researching the forums on my own for a couple hours but just gave me a big headache. I'd really appreciate if you guys can recommend me some the parts I need.  I have a budget of 2k and wanting to build a rig with the most cost efficient parts and also price/performance for gpu.    Any tips for all the essentials such as motherboard, ram, gpu, OS, etc would be great (also what brand is best). PS. I also plan to add more gpus or w/e to my build in the future past the 2k budget price point. Thanks for any advice in advance!