I read the TOW decision and it sounded fairly reasonable. If Olympic is such a large book why didnt they just settle the dispute instead of opening up a pandoras' box of problems...How much was the amount in question??? Would it be a good idea to create a "slush" fund among the 10-20 large offshore books to avert problems like this. This is the worst thing for this industry when any sizable book actions a wager and reneges for ANY reason. It creates mistrust and questions the integrity of the company itself. How about each book chip in say $300 per month into a slush fund.After a year there would be 72k in acct....This could be used by the "Panel" in instances such as this to avoid bad PR..The player I am sure is in the midst of contacting all US newspapers,sports papers, radio sations with a press release to the effect that OFF Shore BOOKS ARE STEALING THE USA CUSTOMERS MONEY. Now the Dept of Justice,desperate for any minor excuse raises the level on Western Union....US banks sending wires to Costa Rica,south America..also Paypal,,VISA ,MC AX..just goes on and on. The books donot realize what is transpiring in the markletplace and they will "kill" the golden goose..Olympic...BAD MOVE.
JoeyD said:
I don't think this was a "scamming" issue here. This seemed to be a no-win case for both parties involved, and dickiesmiles simply offered some valid points.
This whole "Get a life man" mentality, simply because this issue deals Olympic, is puzzling. I personally have no worries with money I have in my Oly account. However, I can say the same about the money I have in WSEX, CRIS, Grande, ect....and, I can also find many disadvantages with Oly (no dercreased juice, NO DIME BASEBALL LINES).....Seems as though all too often Olympic stands out in terms of receiving a free pass from the vast majority of players.
