DirectBet – LIVE Sportsbook & Racebook. Now Accepting Ether !

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DirectBet is not presenting facts. Casinobitcoin will be the third rated book here at bitcointalk. That was posted and reasons will be given after the World Cup. Casinobitcoin does not have a banner up at peepsplace and they don't pay anyone at peepsplace.

Anonibet and Nitrogen are the top 2 books and they are on the top of everyone's ratings guide.

Ok thanks for the info, however it still doesn't change the conflict of interest between you as a rating service and those bookies which pay you. As I already stated your top 2 rated bookies don't have as much sports covered and require registration. If I want to be restricted I will join the standard cash bookies.

No one pays for what is posted at Bitcointalk. DirectBet is even wrong about peepsplace.com. He isn't privy to the conversations pertaining to other books and is just guessing on the business relationship.

If you look at the ratings at other sites, Anonibet and Nitrogen are always near the top. The ratings here are a general guide. Each player should play at books that tailor their own needs.

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DB- Why are you making up sht about Peeps? Those are affiliate links.

These are not affiliate links.

Several months ago Peeps contacted the top Bitcoin sports betting sites and invited them to advertise on his website, http://www.peepsplace.com

The advertisement deal specifically included promoting the books in forums :



We rejected the offer, but Peeps kept nudging several times :



We still refused to take the offer, but apparently others did take it.

Peeps admitted these are not affiliate links :

Books- Don't think DirectBet was offered a discount. It was BTC + 1%  

Shortly afterwards, Peeps tailored the ratings and criteria on his thread so that the Bitcoin sportbooks that purchased his advertisement deal will also be on top of his ratings list.

Peeps had a lot of good things to say about us, he praised us on e-mails and forums, he was also betting on our website regularly and he even signed up as an affiliate, but after we rejected to purchase his advertisement deal, Peeps suddenly started discrediting us and posting false information, and a few hours after we questioned our rating, it was reduced to C.

I invite you to read more on this matter and see for yourself :

At the beginning, when his ratings thread started, there was a list of criteria that was used to determine the rating of each sportsbook. We were given a rating of B and Anonibet were the top rated sportsbook with a rating of A.

I went over the list of criteria, one by one, and proved that in each and every category we are as good or better than Anonibet. And so I asked Peeps why we are rated lower ?

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.msg6137493#msg6137493

Just a few hours later the ratings criteria have suddenly changed !!! so that Anonibet can be the only Bitcoin Sportsbook with a rating of A and they were also granted the max possible rating of A, on top of all other books. Our rating on the other hand was reduced to C.

Since his goal was to hurt our business and reputation in favor of the books that pay him to do so, we had no choice but to reveal his scam :

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.msg6452025#msg6452025

It is a shrewd business move...straight out of the Sopranos. Peeps solicits business from a sportsbook. That person/book refuses to give in and pay up. If other books knew they could say 'no' and get away with reputation in tact, no more income for Peeps. Peeps can't allow that, it's just bad business. So, go on a posting spree to discredit that business/book. 16 posts by Peeps in the last 2 pages.
Let this be a warning. Nobody turns Peeps down and walks away with their kneecaps.

[21pilot]

this is the kind of offer you probably can´t refuse.

peeps corleone 

[Rating Place]

Books have to pay "street tax" or else. You have to shake down these books.

On a serious note you can look at other ratings guides here at BCT or elsewhere, DirectBet is not listed very high. They were thought to be a good book at one time. It seems that the influx of new books and consistent improvements of other books have taken a toll on DirectBet.

[Rating Place]

DirectBet is very misleading when he posts my emails. Plugs are at other cash forums in promotional sections, not bitcointalk.

Examples of plugs:
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=991668&highlight=anonibet

http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=991694&highlight=nitrogen

Casinobitcoin is the #3 book and they don't advertise at peepsplace.

[saif92]

Now suddenly why these problems around Directbet first one guy was crying about his bet and now this Peeps Place is also asking for some verification is any thing wrong or just some business jealousy working here   

[Rating Place]

Now suddenly why these problems around Directbet first one guy was crying about his bet and now this Peeps Place is also asking for some verification is any thing wrong or just some business jealousy working here  

Just a hobby for me as I like to post at gambling forums with other gamblers.  I'm just counter-punching DirectBet's poll. I like his poll and would even vote conflict of interest especially since he is wrong on how he posted the question.

1. Ratings went up.
2. The top books at the time were asked to advertise at Peepsplace for promotion on cash forums.
3. Posters wanted the ratings to be more stringent so caps were place upon time in business. Most book ratings were lowered.
4. Some of the "D" and now "F" books asked to advertise and we said, "no".

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Cloudbet has a banner at Peepsplace.com. I bashed them here at bitcointalk because their World Cup contest is impossible to win.

Books or players - Feel free to post about any World Cup contests. I'm going to try to go through them all later. Cloudbet is putting up 100 BTC but it's nearly impossible to win

"A" rated books
Anonibet A (2011)

"B"rated books
NitrogenSports B+ (2012)
Casinobitcoin B- (2013)

"C" rated books
Cloudbet C+ (2013)
SBObitcoin C+ (2013) *
Betcoinsports C (2013)
DirectBet C (2013)
Jetwin C- (2013)
BetOWI C- (2014) *

"D" rated books
Coindraft D+ (2014)
Roadbet D+ (2012)
BetVIP D+ (2014)
Webetcoins D+ (2014)
Gobetgo D+ (2014)
Bitbm D
Bitcoinlivebets D- (2013)

"F" rated books
BetCas F
Bitcoinsport F
Coinbet F
Sportbet.im F
StakeBTC

NR
Darkbet
Betmoose
Fairlay
Cointeller
Bitbook
xbet.io
Pocketrocketscasino.eu/sports
Predictious
tdsports


* longer accepting cash deposits



Maximum grade based upon time in business:

A - 2 years
B - 1 year
C - 3 months
D - 1 month
F - reserved for books that are slow paying or stiffing players

[Rating Place]

Please post here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.0 if you have any book information that you would like to add to help in determining ratings.

If you have any disagreements with the ratings, please post that too. The thread contains information on all books. Posters and books are invited to post. Thanks

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Please post here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.0 if you have any book information that you would like to add to help in determining ratings.

If you have any disagreements with the ratings, please post that too. The thread contains information on all books. Posters and books are invited to post. Thanks

Did you do a rating on the betting at https://mcxnow.com/ ?

[Rating Place]

Please post here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.0 if you have any book information that you would like to add to help in determining ratings.

If you have any disagreements with the ratings, please post that too. The thread contains information on all books. Posters and books are invited to post. Thanks

Did you do a rating on the betting at https://mcxnow.com/ ?

That's an interesting site but we only rate the sportsbooks.

[ts11111]

Do not play here!

Proof that bets can come in, be received while your minimum odds are still available, yet not get confirmed!!!!


http://imgur.com/OgrpRYG


You owe me .59 from my Saturday Fischer bet. Same thing happened. Your "automated system" that you like to reference DOES NOT WORK CORRECTLY!

[ts11111]

DO NOT PLAY HERE. PLAYERS HAVE NO RECOURSE WHEN DIRECTBET'S SYSTEM DOESN'T CONFIRM BETS AS IT SHOULD.

THIS SITE WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS SOON. LOOK AT ALL OF THE NEGATIVE PUBLICITY BEGINNING TO SPREAD HERE AND ON OTHER BITCOIN FORUMS.

DIRECTBET HOLDS ALL OF THE CARDS AND CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT. THERE IS NO TRANSPARENCY.


DO NOT PLAY HERE.

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I think what separates DirectBet from the others is their amazing customer support. I mean, if a person doesn't know what they are doing and they don't understand the type of bet, they can always ask DirectBet support how to best place the type of bet that the person wants.
Sometimes a person is not smart enough to ask to understand the type of bet they are placing and may end up losing out on .59 (just as an example), but most people understand what they are doing.

[ts11111]

I think what separates DirectBet from the others is their amazing customer support. I mean, if a person doesn't know what they are doing and they don't understand the type of bet, they can always ask DirectBet support how to best place the type of bet that the person wants.
Sometimes a person is not smart enough to ask to understand the type of bet they are placing and may end up losing out on .59 (just as an example), but most people understand what they are doing.

Please try again. You are missing it.

I selected a negotiate bet. DB received the bet, and it stayed in the negotiate state while my minimum set odds were still available. According to DB, these should be confirmed instantly. How can my bet sit in the negotiate state for 2 minutes while I refresh the odds in a different tab and they are still available at my minimum odds?

[Rating Place]

I think what separates DirectBet from the others is their amazing customer support. I mean, if a person doesn't know what they are doing and they don't understand the type of bet, they can always ask DirectBet support how to best place the type of bet that the person wants.
Sometimes a person is not smart enough to ask to understand the type of bet they are placing and may end up losing out on .59 (just as an example), but most people understand what they are doing.

Here are my feelings on the type of bets offered by DirectBet. Correct me if I'm misunderstanding it.

Flexible odds: Not a good choice since the player makes a bet guessing on the odds that he will get.

Negotiable odds: Not a good choice since your bet is on hold until you get the odds that you want. The negative feature is that the score/time/position changes and you still have your bet open. The bet can be filled before you have time to cancel.

Firm odds: This is the best way to go if bets are confirmed immediately as they are with other books. Albeit not always DirectBet's fault, your bet may not be confirmed for an hour and the player's bet cannot be canceled during this time.

[ts11111]

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. DIRECTBET WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE MY LEGITIMATE DISPUTE.

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DirectBet is a great if you just want a sportsbook.
They are not a full casino.

[ts11111]

DirectBet is a great if you just want a sportsbook.
They are not a full casino.

No they aren't great. I'm glad you haven't had any problems, but a lot of us have.


AVOID AT ALL COSTS. DIRECTBET WILL NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE MY LEGITIMATE DISPUTE.

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DirectBet is a great if you just want a sportsbook.
They are not a full casino.

why do you consider them a great out?