Hi Guys,
I just stumbled over this thread! apologies for the delay! Im new to looking after some of the customer comments here on the forum but have been with Sportsbet.io from the start.
So ANY questions you want to ask me,
ill answer them 100% honestly.. regardless if you agree with the answers or not.
We have some great things happening in 2019 and we want you all on the journey with us.
This week we launched Horse Racing! come to our site and check it out..
I wish I could tell you what my boss is doing next week in a Western European Country, but its
Soccer season and some
BIG competitions are playing in Western Europe! As soon as I can, Ill tell ya.
( Remeber this COMMENT!)
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We have the most responsive 24/7 live chat sportbook chat agents on the planet, come and test them out! any probs at all, message/post them here and Ill look after it.
thanks lads,
Steve
sportsbet.io
Hi Steve,
Thanks for posting in this thread and for the PM today. Here are some of the reasons for the "D-" rating.
1. Margins - The margins (odds) at Sportsbet are very high. It's almost impossible for a player to overcome that type of hold with vanilla lines.
2. Self-exclusion - When a player asks for self-exclusion, Sportsbet steers the player towards taking a temporary ban.
3. Areezy - Under no circumstances should a book be able to cancel a futures play. Areezy has given me permission to look into his account. If there is something that is missing, please PM.
4. KYC/AML - There are rare cases where KYC may be required. Sportsbet is heavy handed on KYC and confiscated 21.5 BTC form a player of which 15 BTC was from his deposit.
5. Double spend claims - Sportsbet should wait for 1 confirmation if they are going to confiscate funds for an "accused" double spend attempt.
6. Communication - A PM was sent to all books asking if they banned players from the UK or US. Every book replied within a day except Sportsbet.
Morning All,
First of all, I can't believe I missed the Superbowl! Looked like a cracking game.
Second, I usually use this thread here to pump out my promos. ( yes, i pretty much will be doing the main sports promotions this year )
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1458034.4160Thirdly, we payed out a 75,000 euro multi bet the other week that was cashed out after 10 winning legs and the 11th leg actually was lost!
Another 110,000 euros was paid to a customer who had a good weekend betting on Basketball Qtr totals.
My boss is very happy to pay out big and fast! When I first started in the industry I was scared of the big wins! but as my boss always says, if the customer wins, give them their money!
Anyhow! onto the above Questions of the day, and then Ill pay out our Superbowl promotion!
1. Margins - yeah a popular Q for most books I guess. I know some leagues we are near market leaders, and on some we struggle a bit. Our trading team and Sportsbook Director are trying to find the best balance. For value Id recommend taking our daily price boost on EACH SPORT! yes.. that = >20 potential price boosts daily.
2. Self Exclusion- Not really my or trading/ops guys area, we have a particular person fully responsible for every case. She is extremely experienced as she is from one of the worlds biggest bookmakers. When She speaks, we listen.
3. Abreezy - As mentioned in a personal message, its pretty clear you are not getting all the correct information here. I won't be going into the dirty detail, but rest assured, the result was in the best interest of the customer on the information abreezy provided us.
As for this: ''Under no circumstances should a book be able to cancel a futures play''
Unfortunately, pretty much we can. We haven't done it in the past as it is unethical, but this was a situation that needed to be urgently done. I couldn't careless if Liverpool win or not. its half a bitcoin payout and we do that on an hourly basis. This is not the financial amount that is the issue. As mentioned, we were left with no option but to proceed down this path after a long period of discussion with the customer in question.
4. KYC procedure: Out of my jurisdiction, but i can tell you that my boss pays out any winnings. Im not sure of this case in question, but if money was confiscated, once again Id say that player in question
has not filled all of us in with the
full and correct information here.
5. Probably. Ill mention it to our support payouts team.
6. Apologies on missing that email. We had a few guys looking after the forums in the past and Im not sure what happened.
Have a good Monday all and speak again soon!
regards,
Steve,
Sportsbet.io
Steve,
I respect you for coming back to address each point. On 1-4, I strongly disagree. I don't want to rip into each answer but feel that your rating is justified. It looks like you brought people from Will Hill, although Will Hill would never do what you are doing. One thing I'd like to correct is point 1 on your odds:
Using the top 3 books, Nitrogen, Betcoin and Bitcoinrush along with Sportsbet, to rank margins (odds):
A) EPL - Sportsbet last. The hold is more than double of the other 3.
B) Other Major European Major Soccer - Sportsbet last.
C) UEFA Champions League - Sportsbet last.
D) UEFA Nationals League - Sportsbet 3rd of the 4.
E) Baseball - Sportsbet last.
F) NFL - Sportsbet last.
G) ATP Tennis - Sportsbet last.
H) WTA Tennis - Sportsbet last.
I) MMA - Sportsbet 3rd.
J) UFC - Sportsbet 3rd.
K) NBA - Sportsbet 3rd.
L) NHL - Sportsbet 3rd.
Odds courtesy of Darkstar.