DirectBet- No books pay to operate or post on Bitcointalk. It's not even discussed.
That's an interesting twist.
For days we are having this discussion. At no point did you deny that certain Bitcoin Sportbooks are paying you to advertise them on forums. Neither of the books denied that either.
You kept avoiding the question and downplaying the responsibility to your boss.
Now you suddenly deny it and claim that it wasn't even discussed, so we have no other choice but to reveal what happened :
Several weeks ago Peeps contacted the top Bitcoin sports betting sites and invited them to advertise on his website,
http://www.peepsplace.comThe advertisement deal specifically included promoting the books in forums :
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We rejected the offer, but Peeps kept nudging several times :
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We still refused to take the offer, but apparently others did take it.
Shortly afterwards, Peeps tailored the ratings and criteria on this 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 this 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#msg6137493Just 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.
During the following days, there have been several reports here on Anonibet retroactively canceling bets, delaying withdrawals, limiting bet sizes and bet selections and various other negative feedback. Players were saying they will never bet there again, that they do not deserve to be the top rated, but their rating remains a firm A, on top of all other sportbooks, and Peeps ignored all comments.
As a result, we claim that this ratings guide has turned into a disguised advertising vehicle for Anonibet.
That's when we questioned the rating for the second time :
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=448302.msg6452025#msg6452025It's time to put a stop to this practice, where hustlers are asking Bitcoin Sportsbooks for payments in order to get a good review and rating, or else they get discredited in forums along with a reduced rating.
Peeps is in a conflict of interests as he is getting paid by some Bitcoin Sportbooks to advertise them on his website and promote them in forums and therefore he does not have the authority or creditability to rate Bitcoin Sportbooks.