TIME-OUTS imposed by sportsbooks......thoughts?

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Do not like them as a whole, for obvious reasons.

Understand the added safety it does provide for players.

My wish is that some would not time-out so quickly.

In fact, a happy medium would be great imo..........say after 50 minuites or so.

I would prefer that over 15 miniute time-outs and also having none at all.

 

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Timeouts stink, but most books just can't stay ahead of the moves with the info highway these days. Slow movers are professional players dreams. As long as they pay of course.

 

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I stay away from books that time out

insecure books do this

 

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jjgold said:

I stay away from books that time out

insecure books do this

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:think2:

Skybook has the quickest time-outs in the biz.

You would consider them insecure?

 

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Tmeouts stink, I've said this before, let the players have the option of how often to time-out. Let the player choose anywhere bewteen 5 minutes and 2 hours.

 

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Fishhead said:

:think2:

Skybook has the quickest time-outs in the biz.

You would consider them insecure?

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YES, I would consider Skybook insecure. Not just the timeouts, but the 20 second wager delays, in which they sit there deciding whether to change the line after you have confimed to bet it. And all this for a measely $500 limit.

 

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Fishhead said:

Understand the added safety it does provide for players.

My wish is that some would not time-out so quickly.

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If its really for players safety then their software tech needs to add an option. and have the user decide if he wants the software to timeout every x minutes, if the softwar eis not smart enough then your clients may think people who run the sportbook are dumb also. Or never timeout like Oly, wsex, carib, intertops, canbet, mansion. The user should decide whats best for him not the book, I mean if a user places all his wagers form home then there is no reason to log him off!

 

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D2BET!! THATS EXACTLY HOW SKYBOOK IS.. YOU CLICK ACCEPT.. ITS SAYS LINES HAVE CHANGED.. GUESS WHAT THEY JUST HAPPEN TO NOT CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR EVERY TIME.. THAT GOT OLD I LEFT THERE AZZES ALONE.. TURNING TO GARBAGE

 

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Also.. What Do You Guys Mean By (timeouts)?

 

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You have to log back in.

 

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timeouts= amount of time book lets you stay logged in without relogging in again

 

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Du.. Ok Thanks

 

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timeouts suck.....wagerweb is like 10 minutes and i like to leave my betting screen open.

 

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the greek does not time out, ever

 

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true norgeous

wagerstreet also

 

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#1InTheIndustry said:

D2BET!! THATS EXACTLY HOW SKYBOOK IS.. YOU CLICK ACCEPT.. ITS SAYS LINES HAVE CHANGED.. GUESS WHAT THEY JUST HAPPEN TO NOT CHANGE IN YOUR FAVOR EVERY TIME.. THAT GOT OLD I LEFT THERE AZZES ALONE.. TURNING TO GARBAGE

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Strange, I make 2-3 limits sized wagers there a day and I cant recall the last time that happened to me.

I must be betting into bad lines.

 

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bad techs too with books that have time outs

too many idiots offshore that have no clue about computers

called cheap labor

 

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Don't timeouts in some cases help the player? The line could change your way right?

 

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line can still change without timing out on you.

 

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JohnnyDeMarco said:

Don't timeouts in some cases help the player? The line could change your way right?

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the only time I can remember being "helped" by getting timed out is when I've gotten locked out of a last minute bet that would have been a loser.