Rob:
The very first books were not located either in the Islands or in Central America. Gambling has been legal and accessible in places like England long before the explosion of the books we see today. For the record, Pinnacle is just a puppy in years compared to some of the oldtimers.
The very first books were not located either in the Islands or in Central America. Gambling has been legal and accessible in places like England long before the explosion of the books we see today. For the record, Pinnacle is just a puppy in years compared to some of the oldtimers.
CRIS, and whatever its predecessor was called, Caribi???
Grande
Rich's Superbook, now gone
ESB, I won't even go into
Sports International, stiffed customers and gone
Dial-a-bet, stiffed and gone
Easybets or EZ bets, could never tell them apart
Top Turf, gone
SOS
Olympic
WWTS
Carib Sports
Paradise, busted for operating out of US after they left Antigua in the middle of the night without paying their bills
Post Time, bought by WWTS
There are others
NASA/BetonSports didn't open until the 1997 football season despite what they claim
Pinnacle opened up in 1999
Grande
Rich's Superbook, now gone
ESB, I won't even go into
Sports International, stiffed customers and gone
Dial-a-bet, stiffed and gone
Easybets or EZ bets, could never tell them apart
Top Turf, gone
SOS
Olympic
WWTS
Carib Sports
Paradise, busted for operating out of US after they left Antigua in the middle of the night without paying their bills
Post Time, bought by WWTS
There are others
NASA/BetonSports didn't open until the 1997 football season despite what they claim
Pinnacle opened up in 1999
Sports International left Antigua in 1996 when Antigua started requiring operations to become licensed and pass due diligence.
They moved to Grenada and went belly up within 18 months.
They were really more of a stock scam than a sportsbook. They were listed on the NASDAQ, had their headquarters in Pennsylvania, and would issue stock as an incentive to almost any employee instead of cash.
Interesting piece of history. Tony Coelho was on their Board of Directors. Before taht he was the House Minority Whip for the Democratic party. He later went on to become Al Gore's national campaign chairman during the 2000 election.
They moved to Grenada and went belly up within 18 months.
They were really more of a stock scam than a sportsbook. They were listed on the NASDAQ, had their headquarters in Pennsylvania, and would issue stock as an incentive to almost any employee instead of cash.
Interesting piece of history. Tony Coelho was on their Board of Directors. Before taht he was the House Minority Whip for the Democratic party. He later went on to become Al Gore's national campaign chairman during the 2000 election.
thats it jay. thats the first place i played at. they took money by moneygram sent to antigua and had a 50 dollar minimum phone bet. its no wonder they took a little over 4 weeks to pay me 650 bucks after what you just told me.
and those are definatly some interesting tidbits about nasdaq and gore
thanks a lot
and those are definatly some interesting tidbits about nasdaq and gore
thanks a lot
Doesn't sound familiar to me.
The two big names were Lou Mayo and Michael Simone.
I think it came out that Mayo was involved in some earlier pump and dumps, I am pretty sure Simone's background was with some crooked S and L that went under.
Simone was eventually charged in Missouri for the Sports International business, I'm pretty sure he plead out to a misdemeanor.
The two big names were Lou Mayo and Michael Simone.
I think it came out that Mayo was involved in some earlier pump and dumps, I am pretty sure Simone's background was with some crooked S and L that went under.
Simone was eventually charged in Missouri for the Sports International business, I'm pretty sure he plead out to a misdemeanor.
