From what I read around here it seems like alot of people have DRAMATICALLY lowered their offshore involvement in the past year.
I have tried to stay positive and play in as many books right now as I did a year ago (8-10 at a time). I will admit I think back on how much easier this use to be moving money and it makes me mad but we move on and deal with the hand we are dealt.
Here are 2 questions I would like to discuss:
1) Did you expect us a year later to be where we are at right now with offshore betting, are we further along or not? I am not sure how to answer this either way. There were alot of people talking about how everything was going to blow up and the offshore world would be dead in the United States. Then there are people who were saying a Neteller type company would be here in no time which we know never happend. I guess if I had to answer it I think I hoped we would be a little further along than we are but if you have to move money around it isnt that difficult as most make it sound but it does take time and with todays world of "at your fingertips" technology it kind of sucks having to put this sort of effort into this. As far as the safety issue I think there will always be poetential for disaster in this business but I would have to say that we have avoided it (knock on wood) and I think most would have to agree we are doing alot better than everyone thought on this regard.
2) How do you see the future of the offshore world? I think it can only get better but it seems like everyone has fallen into a wait and see approach and I dont see anything changing for a while (that might not be a bad thing). I assume when we hear about big changes it will take a while to get back to even where we use to be but I would have to think the offshore world will be stronger than ever when this happens. I am sure most believe that a new President would be the best thing for these changes to occur but even than arent we at least a year away from anything really happening? Will a "Neteller" type company emerge in the next year?
I have tried to stay positive and play in as many books right now as I did a year ago (8-10 at a time). I will admit I think back on how much easier this use to be moving money and it makes me mad but we move on and deal with the hand we are dealt.
Here are 2 questions I would like to discuss:
1) Did you expect us a year later to be where we are at right now with offshore betting, are we further along or not? I am not sure how to answer this either way. There were alot of people talking about how everything was going to blow up and the offshore world would be dead in the United States. Then there are people who were saying a Neteller type company would be here in no time which we know never happend. I guess if I had to answer it I think I hoped we would be a little further along than we are but if you have to move money around it isnt that difficult as most make it sound but it does take time and with todays world of "at your fingertips" technology it kind of sucks having to put this sort of effort into this. As far as the safety issue I think there will always be poetential for disaster in this business but I would have to say that we have avoided it (knock on wood) and I think most would have to agree we are doing alot better than everyone thought on this regard.
2) How do you see the future of the offshore world? I think it can only get better but it seems like everyone has fallen into a wait and see approach and I dont see anything changing for a while (that might not be a bad thing). I assume when we hear about big changes it will take a while to get back to even where we use to be but I would have to think the offshore world will be stronger than ever when this happens. I am sure most believe that a new President would be the best thing for these changes to occur but even than arent we at least a year away from anything really happening? Will a "Neteller" type company emerge in the next year?
