...................................................yyz said:
Maybe they needed a penny to flip with.
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Maybe they needed a penny to flip with.
This could be the beginning of the end of offshore wagering.
Just my opinion.
In a few years all of this will be gone, and locals will be back in business.
I hope I am wrong.
Just my opinion.
In a few years all of this will be gone, and locals will be back in business.
I hope I am wrong.
BuffaloBill said:
from talking to a law professor at school (cyberlaw expert) yesterday, she feels the same way.
:sadwave:
yyz said:
When they get to us little guys and you still on the books,Thier making sure you go down with them :scared
Well, I don't know about that, Mutz.
I guess I could just ask them! LOL!
I've zeroed out my account before, so that should not be an issue.
I guess I could just ask them! LOL!
I've zeroed out my account before, so that should not be an issue.
i really think you guys are over reacting. what happened with betonsports has nothing to do with the anti gambling bill.
this is a post by an owner of another site...
"MCI has refused to turn off phone lines supplying BoS with telecom services, as have their line carriers.
Customer Service is actively answering the phones, and payouts are being processed.
The site could be back up and operational later today."
"MCI has refused to turn off phone lines supplying BoS with telecom services, as have their line carriers.
Customer Service is actively answering the phones, and payouts are being processed.
The site could be back up and operational later today."
acehistr8 said:
When they advertise on tv, the site will stay Bodog.net or pokerstars.net which are free sites to play poker. Bodog.com & pokerstars.com is where you play for money. Their way of getting around the law and advertise saying here is where you can play for free.
Agree with AR - but what are our elected reps thinking? Close down the internet bet shops and we are right back to operating with locals. People get stiffed from locals, too, and most of them do a fair job of screwing the player on lines. Many of the biggest operations are mob connected - so yeah, let's get that going again and shut down the internet. Somebody must have figured that out. But it looks like they are indicted for illegal activity in US, not sports book per se.
After looking all of this over, I now agree with AR182 and Ferdville.
There was a huge article in my local paper about this and it seems as if these guys from BOS have simply took this thing too far.
If you try and piss in the face of the government, they will piss back at you twice as hard.
If these guys would have just kept quiet in Costa Rica, then they would have been fine.
These guys were going to pro and college football games and setting up advertising trailers in the parking lots.
People could walk right into the trailer and place bets.
In addition, these guys are billboards, radio stations, etc.
They simply took it too far.
I think this is kind of like the Jay Cohen incident a few years back.
If you get too brazen about what you are doing then you are going to pay for it.
It seems as if the government had a hard on for BOS, and not necessarily all offshore books.
It will be interesting to see how things turn out, but I definitely am not as worried as I was when the news first broke.
There was a huge article in my local paper about this and it seems as if these guys from BOS have simply took this thing too far.
If you try and piss in the face of the government, they will piss back at you twice as hard.
If these guys would have just kept quiet in Costa Rica, then they would have been fine.
These guys were going to pro and college football games and setting up advertising trailers in the parking lots.
People could walk right into the trailer and place bets.
In addition, these guys are billboards, radio stations, etc.
They simply took it too far.
I think this is kind of like the Jay Cohen incident a few years back.
If you get too brazen about what you are doing then you are going to pay for it.
It seems as if the government had a hard on for BOS, and not necessarily all offshore books.
It will be interesting to see how things turn out, but I definitely am not as worried as I was when the news first broke.
I just thought of something that I hope never happens.
If the government is not successful in shutting down the books themselves, then maybe they will now start to go after the little guys like us.
They can't go after everyone, but if they start to just randomly nail people, then everyone else might get scared.
As I said, I hope this never happens, but it could possibly work.
If everyone has the fear factor in their minds, this could be enough to stop people.
The only thing is, what would the punishment be?
I don't know.......just a thought.
If the government is not successful in shutting down the books themselves, then maybe they will now start to go after the little guys like us.
They can't go after everyone, but if they start to just randomly nail people, then everyone else might get scared.
As I said, I hope this never happens, but it could possibly work.
If everyone has the fear factor in their minds, this could be enough to stop people.
The only thing is, what would the punishment be?
I don't know.......just a thought.
Well this isn't a good sign ....
Getting "HTTP 404 Not Found" and "Forbidden" messages when I go to the sites now.
Going to go make another phone call but I have a bit of a sickly feeling in my stomach now.
Getting "HTTP 404 Not Found" and "Forbidden" messages when I go to the sites now.
Going to go make another phone call but I have a bit of a sickly feeling in my stomach now.
Just called...
Operator was unaware the sites had disappeared. As of right now the suspended operation message is still up at BetOnSports, but the other sites are gone completely. They're still saying they are waiting for the hearings to be over and then they'll have more information.
Operator was unaware the sites had disappeared. As of right now the suspended operation message is still up at BetOnSports, but the other sites are gone completely. They're still saying they are waiting for the hearings to be over and then they'll have more information.
Jack do you have an 800 # for Bet on sports? or has anyone else with an account with them have one? the one I had now is out of service... 
thanks in advance guys!
When I last talked to them and asked for a payout they said I had to wait because all of there computers were down and because of the situation they could not access my account...
thanks in advance guys!
When I last talked to them and asked for a payout they said I had to wait because all of there computers were down and because of the situation they could not access my account...
Ditto as before with AR/Ferd and rest on issue --20 books and not a prob-yet.
PD1==Any reason your not taking issue with the 115 Dems that voted for it?
PD1==Any reason your not taking issue with the 115 Dems that voted for it?
