If I was the owner and I wanted to close it down then I would prefer to auction it first, as you said that the site may worth hundreds btcs which is great amount to start a new project if they want it.
That is the difference between you and the owners of directbet
. They just do not want to change hands and that is a concrete decision and the important thing is,they might not need that much money selling off the site as they already have enough money in their pocket to start any business.
i hope there are more baseball games on directbet, such as japan NPB, or korea KBO....., since it's famous sports on their country.
Have you being to the site ,i am sure you have not,the site has closed their doors for over a month now and you are asking them to add new games