Does everyone remember the good ole days of offshore?

CHOPTALK · Oct 29, 2013

I remember when I would request a payout at pinny and by the time I would login to neteller the money would already be in my account.

I think my personal record for a payout from pinny was 2 mins and 47secs.

Then I would take my neteller debit card and drive down to the local ATM and withdraw $500.

literally you could request a payout from pinny and have green cash in your hand in less then 10 minutes.

Yes penny was the best but there were others almost as good and fast.

I loved mansion.
They were on there way to penny status before they shutdown.

It was just freaking awesome back then.

It made you enjoy the hobby.
Now you can't even enjoy even winning.

There is nothing worse then your own bank asking you a million questions like you are a crimanal just to cash a 2500 check you have been waiting 3 weeks to receive.

This hobby is almost impossible to partake in at this time under these conditions.

EVincent · Oct 29, 2013

Just a sign of things to come down the road Chop IMO. Only going to get worse.

I am in the process of closing my PNC Bank account because the manager asked me what I was going to use $2,000 for and wouldnt accept my check because it was from Canada!!!!

REDEYE · Oct 29, 2013

CHOPTALK said:
I remember when I would request a payout at pinny and by the time I would login to neteller the money would already be in my account.

I think my personal record for a payout from pinny was 2 mins and 47secs.

Then I would take my neteller debit card and drive down to the local ATM and withdraw $500.

literally you could request a payout from pinny and have green cash in your hand in less then 10 minutes.

Yes penny was the best but there were others almost as good and fast.

I loved mansion.
They were on there way to penny status before they shutdown.

It was just freaking awesome back then.

It made you enjoy the hobby.
Now you can't even enjoy even winning.

There is nothing worse then your own bank asking you a million questions like you are a crimanal just to cash a 2500 check you have been waiting 3 weeks to receive.

This hobby is almost impossible to partake in at this time under these conditions.

What else was nice is when you got the transfer from Pinny to Neteller or anywhere else for that matter, you could turn around and transfer it to another book minutes later.. I was making several transactions a week... hopefully someday we can get back to that

blueedwardsII · Oct 29, 2013

i found this site in march of 2002. posted up via p*ypal at hollywood, las palmas and heritage. played $50/game during the tourney and did my first withdrawl. what a rush

HacheMan · Oct 29, 2013

I think we've reached a point probably 1-2 years ago in which it really isn't going to get any worse.

Unfortunately, it probably won't ever get any better until if and when we start getting some kind of approval from government.

It doesn't have to be a full blown, instant legalizing of online gambling.
A slow process such as states fighting for and winning for online gaming, poker being ok'ed, and so on, is heading down the right path and will actually open up the floodgates to make it easier to move money around again, and the books will capitalize and find ways to take advantage.

Regardless, one day it will all be legal in the states.

The only question is how many of us will still be around when it happens....

loomis41973 · Oct 29, 2013

It's been a minute.

Love my Vegas guy but it takes a bit more effort and a bit of a commision now.

HarryCaray · Oct 29, 2013

Those were the days! It really is amazing how much different things are today. Strange that it seems the government can't get shit done but they successfully made gambling damn near impossible.

blueedwardsII · Oct 29, 2013

HarryCaray said:
Those were the days! It really is amazing how much different things are today. Strange that it seems the government can't get shit done but they successfully made gambling damn near impossible.

yep. another example of "you're too stupid...let me help you. i'm going to save you from yourself". nazis

skoda · Oct 29, 2013

all forms of gambling should be legal in all states sooner than later, i'm hoping

Government is losing each day.......

trytrytry · Oct 29, 2013

also sportsbook to sportsbook transfers were easy

I recall Carib sports had a drop down menu where you pick the sportsbook you want to transfer too.,.put in account info and amount and 30 minutes later it was done..did not even have to call!

joebatters · Oct 29, 2013

Neteller was the bomb. Seems like things really changed when they stopped in the US.

gynecologist · Oct 29, 2013

Carib was one of my first books. Loved their weird software..

Porcupine · Oct 29, 2013

joebatters said:
Neteller was the bomb. Seems like things really changed when they stopped in the US.

Neteller was great for transferring between books and poker sites and collecting deposit bonuses

terps1313 · Oct 29, 2013

I will never get over the fact that people can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on the lottery, yet its illegal to bet 5 dollars on a sporting event

AndOne · Oct 29, 2013

terps1313 said:
I will never get over the fact that people can spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on the lottery, yet its illegal to bet 5 dollars on a sporting event

That's easy to explain. With lotteries the greedy ass government is getting their cut so it's ok. The biggest bunch of extortionists in the history of the US is not the mafia or some shady gang, it's the government. They've been running ponzi schemes on the public since before Bernie Madoff was a twinkle in his daddy's eye.

Hotpizza · Oct 29, 2013

ESB - English Sports Betting. All by phone back then, they were the first for me.

Anyone remember Samantha from Dunes and Eddie from _____ ( on tip of tongue) We won't even talk about Millenium, Royal, and a few other "big time" places.

motowner · Oct 29, 2013

skoda said:
all forms of gambling should be legal in all states sooner than later, i'm hoping

Government is losing each day.......

just the opposite.

they're more bloated than ever with more and more people depending on them for the bare essentials.

the size of the Federal and State govt's will only increase further from here until a true third party Libertarian is elected (i.e. not in our lifetimes).

and that's 'winning' for them..

motowner · Oct 29, 2013

AndOne said:
That's easy to explain. With lotteries the greedy ass government is getting their cut so it's ok. The biggest bunch of extortionists in the history of the US is not the mafia or some shady gang, it's the government. They've been running ponzi schemes on the public since before Bernie Madoff was a twinkle in his daddy's eye.

yep.

REDEYE · Oct 29, 2013

gynecologist said:
Carib was one of my first books. Loved their weird software..

I think Carib, Big Book, and Grand Central were my first three shops

5teamparlay · Oct 29, 2013

I had $$ at 20 + books at a time.

Gambled at 250+ books in my time.

Never a bad day between contests, bonuses, and modding...

prob 50 forums in the forum hey day.

Have a bad day -- cash out and buy in with a bonus elsewhere-- bankroll number is still the same---

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