Internet Betting and Accounts..........

[Tomorrows Paper]

What's the name of that British Book that's been in biz about 25 years? They should be a safe way to go if switching, but I cannot remember the name.

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Ladbrokes?

[TMAC951]

I closed out my sportsbook last night i had more in it than Pinny.. The $ that i took out of sportsbook when all this shit passes i will deposit it in Pinny..

[dave T]

Google Search: Sportsbook + British Isles

BOWMANS!

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[JimmyBlaze]

What's the name of that British Book that's been in biz about 25 years? They should be a safe way to go if switching, but I cannot remember the name.

dt

Bet365 is a good UK book.

[dave T]

Thanx TP & Jimmy...I was thinking of Bowmans, but I'm sure there are other reputable, state-run Books in the UK as well.

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[Spearit]

The jihad against online gambling spilling out from Congress these last few months portends a showdown between the U.S. and the U.K. What’s interesting is that this time, the U.K. is unlikely to back down. Britain has embraced Internet gambling and gets a substantial amount of tax revenue from the $12 billion U.S. consumers spend gambling online each year, much of it with U.K.-incorporated gaming sites. You have to think U.K. officials would have an interest in maintaining those revenues, not to mention in protecting their citizens, and in the integrity of the tech sector of their markets, which took a spill after Carruthers’ arrest.

Might the U.S. try to enforce its gambling ban by extraditing gambling executives in other countries? Would those countries comply? What are the implications of either scenario?

If Congress succeeds in pushing through its farcical, ill-considered ban on online gambling, these are just a few of the issues that’ll inevitably pop up down the road. There would be possible free trade entanglements as the bill presents. But here’s another: One way U.S. consumers may get around the bill’s deputizing U.S. banks to enforce the gambling ban would be to simply open accounts in banks based overseas.

Will Congress then attempt to ban wire transfers between U.S. banks and overseas banks that allow transactions with gaming sites? I wouldn’t put it past them.

The heartening side of all of this is that it shows how technology, trade, and commerce can work together to circumvent heavy-handed government meddling. The distressing part is just how far some in the U.S. government will go to impose their values on American citizens.

[JBC13]

I emailed my sportsbook about what is going on with mvp and other books and here is what they said....

No Jeff,

Betonsports and MVP were part of the same company.

They have some specific legal problems that they are dealing with now.

There is a whole family of sportsbooks under the BoS umbrella but we are not affiliated with them in any way and are having no legal issues whatsoever.

And we will be here serving you for a long time.





Nate

[TMAC951]

I emailed my sportsbook about what is going on with mvp and other books and here is what they said....

No Jeff,

Betonsports and MVP were part of the same company.

They have some specific legal problems that they are dealing with now.

There is a whole family of sportsbooks under the BoS umbrella but we are not affiliated with them in any way and are having no legal issues whatsoever.

And we will be here serving you for a long time.





Nate

In another words even if we were having problems we wouldnt tell ya so we can take your money if something happens Nah on the real bro this shit is serious and I hope NO ONE gets their $ taking from them over some bullshit like this..

[BettorsChat]

I have gotten grief for saying this, but I would at the least withdraw all money immediately from Cosa Rica based operations.

As many as 50 books have closed in the last 24 hours and I doubt anyone will ever see their money.

Make your own decision about offshores, but at the very least the Costa Rican operations have to be considered very risky.

Its not anywhere near 50 books.

MVPSportsbook and MVPPoker are the same. As is Gecko casino etc. so the # is much less than 50 and there all books owned by BetonSports only.

[BettorsChat]

I'm not questioning that, but the list I was referring to (if you google "," it will be the first listing) is from an impartial third party, and is highly acknowledged as the worldwide leader in that topic.

BS they are not impartial 3rd party as they accept advertising money. For a long time they stated on their site that they didn't but they did then and do now. They even wanted to advertise on this site and I can't have people going from this site to another site then signing up with their books.

[BettorsChat]

The reason this happened to BetonSports is it is a publicly traded business it has to abide by our laws!

Wrong this is from when the original owner was a bookie in NY and Florida then moved offshore. They are making criminal charges based on what he did while in the USA.

Funny how we are at war then have problems with Iran and N. Korea, but they Government seems to have time to deal with offshore gambling. However, 44 states have lotteries, 28 states have Casinos, then theres horse racing, dog racing, bingo parlors etc. which are all ok, but they don't want offshore to be ok....can you say hypocrites.

[AlexTheGreat]

Thanks for all your input. I am cashing out about 90% of my accounts just to be safe. I am pretty damn scared that they will freeze it.

[Tomorrows Paper]

BS they are not impartial 3rd party as they accept advertising money. For a long time they stated on their site that they didn't but they did then and do now.

From what I understand, they compile their ratings and then only accept advertising from the top books, which would make them more impartial than the majority of other rating guides.

They even wanted to advertise on this site and I can't have people going from this site to another site then signing up with their books.

I'm not trying to promote their site or anything - I just have always looked to their recommended list first - and I completely understand your position on this.

[Udog]

Spearit: "The distressing part is just how far some in the U.S. government will go to impose their values on American citizens."

Amen, Spearit! I can't help but laugh when I think about how the U.S. Government used to pay me to kill people who tried to tell other people how to live!

[CheechB03]

It fucken pisses me off that with all the BS going on in the U.S. and the world our piece of shit elected officials have nothing better to do than this. What a fucking joke!