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Old 05-09-2008, 06:36 PM
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Several of the larger sportsbooks now are into MMA and UFC betting in a big way. Just like football, with less events, people gather together to watch the fights and place bets on who they think is the favorite. The more odds makers out there pick this up the more it will fuel betting from mainstream watchers.

The other day on my Blackberry I was checking out ESPN and saw several 'books' mentioned at the bottom with links to their latest lines. Weird?

Also, several affiliates I know personally that do very well in poker have branched out to promote MMA. Bodog was huge on this with their own fight league and has really gone the extra mile to push MMA betting on their books as well. I know BetUS was putting loads of SEO work into ranking for 'mma betting' and other like terms.

It's a growing niche that makes up for the downtime between the Superbowl and March Madness.
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Old 05-10-2008, 01:58 AM
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BetUS = Scum, thieves and liars. They'll pay affiliates good money because they need the affiliates to keep bringing them new victims. If you don't care about being an accomplice to fraud and harming others. Then this is the ideal book to promote.

Bodog is one the best all around programs for both affiliates promoting, and players betting MMA.

Other decent ones are Bookmaker, Sportbet, 5Dimes, Intertops, Pinnacle (No US).
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Old 05-10-2008, 02:06 PM
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BetUS = Scum, thieves and liars. They'll pay affiliates good money because they need the affiliates to keep bringing them new victims. If you don't care about being an accomplice to fraud and harming others. Then this is the ideal book to promote.
I'm not all that familiar with SB's but why is Betus so bad and what do they do to scam players?
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Old 05-10-2008, 03:02 PM
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A Google search of BetUs steals or BetUS scam or BetUs Sucks and similar terms should have hundreds of results.
Or anytime you go to SBR their is usually a current thread:


If you search their forum as well as others you'll find many many more.

I've been involved in sports betting for a long time. Half my friends in the mid 90's moved offshore to work for sportsbooks. I was a couple years to young to really capitalize on this. So, its not just random forum posters I hear the stories from. I know a lot of people personally that have had horrible experiences with them, including one of my Agent friends who was on a Gag order with them for a long time. I've known this kid since he we we're 7 years old and while he's involved in a shady industry he is as stand up of a guy you'll find in it. I know how sick he was for over a year while BetUS had him playing the role of a puppet.

Also many former employees have left BetUS and spoken out after realizing the shit their company does.

Details are a bit sketchy even though the incident occurred a few months ago, but many sites reported the BetUS owner being gunned down but missed and his Body Guards where shot while others report him having been beaten and left for dead. I'm not sure if this was over a sportsbook issue or not but I am sure there are a lot of people who have enough hate for BetUs to do something like this.

Two somewhat minor things in the grand scheme of their scam.

#1 Long history of slow pays.
#2 The find was to freeroll off minor rule violations - Things like players having a second account (players win they don't pay - players lose they don't refund) its and issue where they are sitting and waiting to see how a person does and if they'll loose the money because as long as they keep losing they won't close the account.

The Big Issue:
Players fortunate enough to hit a big score at BetUS rarely get paid. They are well known to work out partial payments over time so long as the person keeps their mouth shut, or simply just not pay and avoid the winner long term.

All the honest review sites have BetUS black listed, red listed, rated low, graded low w/e you want to call it on their site.
Meanwhile there are hundreds of sites who rank BetUS #1 because they pay the affiliate the most (Easy to pay affiliates a lot when you stiff the big winners, and find ways to cater only to losing players).

Anyways BetUS is one of the Internet's most successful scams and because there will always be dishonest affiliates willing to shill for the highest bidder the scam continues to claim new victims daily.

Losing bettors, who most people are, never lucky enough to score a big win usually LOVE and will defend BetUs as well. Saying things like I've never had a problem with them. But obviously when you never win $ and are getting comped left and right and treated like gold because you're a total fish you'll obviously rarely cash out and not know any different.

Also keep in mind when searching these sports forums, they are filled with shills. There are hundreds of employees fielding calls and sorts in some of these offices and I know at many companies staff is encouraged to populate popular sports forums between calls.

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Old 05-12-2008, 01:15 AM
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Yikes, they sound about as sketchy as it gets. Unfortunately they are listed on the site I acquired so some sort of major disclaimer will have to go up.

Thanks again for the heads up and the info.
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