February 2006
Monthly Archive
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Posted by Administrator on 21 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: US Legislation
Remember those great Cold War hockey games at the Winter Olympics? Back when Russia was a four–letter word? (USSR.) Well, even though relations between East and West have officially thawed since then they´re still pretty frosty…at this year’s Winter Olympics.
Canada are favorites for the Olympic hockey gold this month – but they´ll have to get past Russia, the Czechs, and dark horses Sweden. Will it be victory for Europe? And which country will come top of the medal table? Show your loyalties…and place your bets on all our great props at Bowmans International.
Posted by Administrator on 21 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Promotions
At the beginning of the NFL season, customers of English Sports Betting (ESB), our #1 Bad Bet, were told that ESB was sold to Telebet.com, allegedly a new company. Players had to roll their existing ESB balances over 10x and wait until October to b paid. To date - no payouts that we have heard of. In fact, today a player was told that his ESB balance will NOT be honored by Telebet…that Telebet owes this player nothing! The manager at Telebet, Tom, said “If we paid all of the ESB customers, we would be out-of-business”.
Posted by Administrator on 20 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Promotions
We have received two complaints in the last week regarding thefootballsportsbook.com. This appears to be a scam shop operated by longtime scammer Bobby Williams.
Here is one way this scam is orchestrated.
John, appears as a handicapper who sells you picks. He eventually will gain you confidence and have you deposit at thefootballsportsbook.com. Once you make your deposit and they collect your funds. The number and email addresses for ‘John’ no longer work.
The email addresses for thefootballsportsbook.com do not work and there is no toll free number to call. The domain appears to have been taken down in the last 24 hours…..
Posted by Administrator on 18 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Promotions
We are happy to have Dave Johnson, CEO and founder of Wagerweb.com, as the latest contributor to the Offshore Reports section of the website.
Dave started in the gambling business over 10 years ago working for some of the largest gambling syndicates in Las Vegas and around the world. He opened Wagerweb.com over 5 ago in Costa Rica and today oversees all daily operations of the business. A professional from “both sides of the counter,” he delivers the information that gamblers and bookmakers want and need to know eery week here at OSGA.
Posted by Administrator on 11 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Promotions
Starting Feb 13, WagerWeb’s Neteller payout limit will be increased, from $1000 to $2000 per day. The fee will stay the same ($20 per transaction) and customers still receive 2 free Neteller payouts every 30 days. Check out WagerWeb today!
Posted by Administrator on 10 Feb 2006 | Tagged as: Promotions
In a trading statement released to the London Stock Exchange on February 10th, BetonSports said it expected pre-tax profits before exceptional items for the year to 5 February would be “broadly in line with market expectations”.
The statement added that the company was “pleased” with final-quarter key performance indicators on customer sign-ups and deposits that continued to be ahead of the comparative period in the prior year.
Activity from last weekend’s NFL SuperBowl reached record levels but with the favourite, the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning, “the margin achieved was, disappointingly, neutral”.
The statement came a day after research from Altium Capital moved BetonSports to a Hold from a Buy and recommended investors look to switch into fellow US-facing sportsbook Leisure & Gaming (L&G) - (VIP Sports).
Greg Feehely and Wayne Brown, analysts at Altium Capital, said L&G shares looked “far more compelling” at present levels.
They added: “Furthermore, we know L&G’s numbers for the year to December 2005 are ‘in the bag’ and we believe the current year estimates leave room for upgrades as the year progresses, given the encouraging performance (in particular) from the (recent) acquisitions of Nine.com and English Harbour.”