Thrill of gambling the only way you find out which books are safe is by everybody contributing there thoughts on who they think are safe.These five books I've mention are just books I've done business with,I'm sure there are many more out there that people would like to know about.
IMHO the safest out there is WSEX
The book very responsibly, no outrageous bonus, dont have the earliest numbers( which attracts mostly sharps), dont have low juice.
All of which cuts into profits. BTW the have a large customer base.
In addition they make excellent money from their poker room and blackjack.
The book very responsibly, no outrageous bonus, dont have the earliest numbers( which attracts mostly sharps), dont have low juice.
All of which cuts into profits. BTW the have a large customer base.
In addition they make excellent money from their poker room and blackjack.
betandwin
Public traded company with a market capitalization of 245 Mio Euro right now.
carib
Oldschool book, in business since ever, no payout problem ever, im european so the us feds go away my a$$.
sportingbet
Public traded company, market cap £160 Mio, Operating profit 2003 £ 5mio
now could you come up with those figures for 5dimes or olympic ?
greetz
forgi
Public traded company with a market capitalization of 245 Mio Euro right now.
carib
Oldschool book, in business since ever, no payout problem ever, im european so the us feds go away my a$$.
sportingbet
Public traded company, market cap £160 Mio, Operating profit 2003 £ 5mio
now could you come up with those figures for 5dimes or olympic ?
greetz
forgi
betandwin
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Maybe the Worst book of the planet if you dare to win more than 1$.
Win 500$ and you are out.
Win on a "suspicious" match and you are out with stake cancelled and a rediculous e-mail that they will call the police.
carib
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honestly not that bad,but their software problems are a joke,I dont think that they ve been imroved lately,if they have,my bad.
sportingbet
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horror,you have good chances of not getting paid there.
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Maybe the Worst book of the planet if you dare to win more than 1$.
Win 500$ and you are out.
Win on a "suspicious" match and you are out with stake cancelled and a rediculous e-mail that they will call the police.
carib
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honestly not that bad,but their software problems are a joke,I dont think that they ve been imroved lately,if they have,my bad.
sportingbet
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horror,you have good chances of not getting paid there.
Anybook operated and regulated in Australia are the safest IMO.
To equate being a plc with safety is wrong. The main advantage for the gambler of dealing with plc.'s is that you should be able to get a handle on how well or otherwise the book is doing.
For the people suggesting Canbet they may want to take a look at their trading figures. They are losing huge quantities of money at the moment. Still safer than the majority of unregulated Carribean books though IMO.
The negative comments about Bet&Win are spot on. I would hesitate to call them a bookmaker.
Of the offshore books the 5 listed look pretty damn good to me. Again though being private companies it is difficultto know what the true situation is but on the face of it they seem to be doing well.
To equate being a plc with safety is wrong. The main advantage for the gambler of dealing with plc.'s is that you should be able to get a handle on how well or otherwise the book is doing.
For the people suggesting Canbet they may want to take a look at their trading figures. They are losing huge quantities of money at the moment. Still safer than the majority of unregulated Carribean books though IMO.
The negative comments about Bet&Win are spot on. I would hesitate to call them a bookmaker.
Of the offshore books the 5 listed look pretty damn good to me. Again though being private companies it is difficultto know what the true situation is but on the face of it they seem to be doing well.
The UK books are very safe
1 - Betfair
2 - Ladbrokes
3 - William Hill
4 - Coral Eurobet
These are the top 4 by far operating out of the UK and almost as safe as a bank.
Stan James, Bet365, Skybet, Bluesq are all decent enough and i'd trust these all ahead of any books in costa rica, panama, mohawk territory etc
1 - Betfair
2 - Ladbrokes
3 - William Hill
4 - Coral Eurobet
These are the top 4 by far operating out of the UK and almost as safe as a bank.
Stan James, Bet365, Skybet, Bluesq are all decent enough and i'd trust these all ahead of any books in costa rica, panama, mohawk territory etc
I find the deliberate misinformation disgusting.
Or are we to believe that a yank like me can find and know from memory the accurate information but locals can't?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Britain's Sportingbet Plc (LSE: SBT.L - news) posted a big rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday as punters' luck run out after the end of a winning streak that hit the online gambling company hard late in its first half.
Sportingbet's pre-tax profit rose 61 percent to nine million pounds ($16.5 million) in the three months to end-December, on turnover up 20 percent to 360 million pounds.
Last October, it reported a pre-tax loss of 5.7 million pounds in the six months to end-September, after suffering from "an unusually high number of unfavourable sporting results in the NFL (American football) and European soccer."
During the pre-Christmas period the number of sporting bets rose 30 percent year-on-year to 10 million as the customer count rose eight percent to 1.1 million.
Sportingbet said its overseas operations in Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia were profitable and growing in line with expectations.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
They are neither worth 160million pounds nor did they earn a 5million pound profit last year. The truth is the company is worth approximately 70% of what it was 18months ago, doing a great job for their shareholders, not.
Or are we to believe that a yank like me can find and know from memory the accurate information but locals can't?
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Britain's Sportingbet Plc (LSE: SBT.L - news) posted a big rise in third-quarter profit on Thursday as punters' luck run out after the end of a winning streak that hit the online gambling company hard late in its first half.
Sportingbet's pre-tax profit rose 61 percent to nine million pounds ($16.5 million) in the three months to end-December, on turnover up 20 percent to 360 million pounds.
Last October, it reported a pre-tax loss of 5.7 million pounds in the six months to end-September, after suffering from "an unusually high number of unfavourable sporting results in the NFL (American football) and European soccer."
During the pre-Christmas period the number of sporting bets rose 30 percent year-on-year to 10 million as the customer count rose eight percent to 1.1 million.
Sportingbet said its overseas operations in Europe, the United States, Australia and Asia were profitable and growing in line with expectations.
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
They are neither worth 160million pounds nor did they earn a 5million pound profit last year. The truth is the company is worth approximately 70% of what it was 18months ago, doing a great job for their shareholders, not.
