Guys –
We’d planned on making an official forum announcement about the Matchbook project, but it looks like the cat's already out of the bag. So here goes:
Matchbook is the newest (and arguably best-looking) member of a holding company that already has stakes in WSEX, World Poker Exchange, the new World Backgammon Exchange, and other gaming-related projects. So your funds are just as safe at Matchbook as they are with WSEX or WorldPX.
Steve and I worked closely with the Matchbook team (which including some of our legendary interactive players), and we’ve got a ton of respect for what they’ve achieved. We're not involved with them on a day-to-day basis, as they have their own operations and customer service teams, and we’re also not doing anything with their markets, just to answer two common questions we’re getting.
As a sportsbook, we obviously don't see eye-to-eye with them on some things ("10 Reasons to Leave Your Bookie"? ouch!), but we recognize that exchange betting is the future in a lot of ways, and we're glad to be in with these guys on the ground floor.
In the meantime, it’s business at usual for us at WSEX, and we encourage everyone at the RX – especially those of you who are up a big number with us – to check out Matchbook real closely
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Haden
World Sports Exchange