Sportsbook.com is a scam

While it does take time for sportsbook.com to process checks I have always received them free of charge via FedEx once a month. The time it takes is hit or miss. Sometimes its within a week, sometimes it does take up to 6 weeks but you can thank George Bush for that. With the passing of the new laws it is hard for sportsbooks to find banks that will process their checks. They are constantly working to find new banks that will accomodate them. I don't think sportsbook.com intentionally holds payment, it just takes time to find banks to cut their checks. This will happen as an online gambling site becomes bigger and bigger as the watchdogs watch them more closely.

Sportsbook is a scam, they stole 14K from me, claiming there was a glitch with thier blackjack tables

well do you get your cash out? i been waiting 21/2 months for 3,000, they said 8 weeks.... this sucks man am i gonna get money

well do you get your cash out? i been waiting 21/2 months for 3,000, they said 8 weeks.... this sucks man am i gonna get money

I did - it took about 13 weeks but they sent a check and it cleared. the book is way to big to re nig on payment. I do wish they would add some other payment options tho as 2 1/2 months is way to long.

you are blaming George Bush! haha, you worthless idiot... Anyway I was also scammed by sportsbook.com, with a click of a mouse you can deposit money but to get a withraw from them you have to send picture ID, water billl that shows residence and after that you still might not get your money. To deposit money nothing needs to be done... HUGE SCAM, Stay away!!!

Fuck sports book. I won 600 dollars on their by playing poker and making bets, and when i tried to cash out they wouldn let me. So then I played my friend heads up and eventually lost all my money to him. We messed around thinking either way one of us would eventually get the money. The next day both our accounts were disabled, they claimed I was chip dumping, and I never saw a penny. What a fucking joke.

"Chip Dumping" - what's the definition of this anyway? Surely if I want to give away all my chips to someone I can?

Trash sportsbook. I have been trying for 3 weeks to "qualify for a right to withdraw funds. To no avail. It is obvious that they will try to wear you down and that you will finally give up. Not me. I have promised themthat i and my friends will do scam bloggs until my withdrawal right is established. I will not place a bet during this period. BIlly Tucker

this site is a joke bot infested tease they allow you to win and dont pay you out because they want you to loose it al back and co-incidently it allways happens I tried a 500$ withdrawl cause i wanted to get off the site 2 days later they denied it wanting me to send them photo id credit card and bill with billing address, everything they need to steal my identity they even claim that they may withdrawl your winnings back to your credit card, but they do not they make no sence and theyre run by identity stealing pakies and the charge for withdrawling is just bloody rediculas

Didn't get screwed for money, but my when I tried to login the day after they claimed my details were wrong and disabled my account after only the second attempt (even banks give you 3-5 tries).

To restore it I have to provide copies of bank statements, passport/driving license, and the front and back of credit cards and then they'll tell me what's going on with the account.

I haven't even used the account yet, so I'll be damned if I'm doing all of that. That's more than a bank will ask for and it's more than enough steal my identity. And with all these stories I'm hearing now about people being screwed?

Fuck Sportsbook. Good riddance.

pokertime mico gamming is a scam it dose not pay off U.S.A. players the check is lost in the mail .then wants your personle bank info ya wright POKERTIME MICO GAMMING IS A SCAM

always poker cheat, every thing possible but winning, 10 times you loose with 2kings inyour hand, always 2cards possible flush, never make it, 2jacks loose to 2 sevens all in then, house put table 234 +5+6, and straight fixed at the end of a tournament. Note you have to bet wen you have 2 kings !! you'r tired of many hands of 27-28-38-47-29-.. then given good hand 2 kings to take your money.. its a fraud, i think the other player betting against you is the poker system itself..

The note written after playing in the sportbook.come/poker room

Sportsbook.com is a scam. Like everyone said, they make every little excuse to pay out. And the longer that take, the more of your winnings you spend because you're frustrated and can't do nothing with the money. I won 2000 from sports bets and tried cashing out but they made excuses about needing to submit documents, I did 4 times but to no avail. My fourth time was today, so I should hear a response tomorrow if approved. From that 2000, i lost 1000 to their scammed online casino. I played black jack and literally there was a period where they won 50 times and I won less than 5. And when I decided to raised my bets seeing that I lost so many in a row, they would still beat me. I also noticed the screen glitches alot like someone is watching waiting to change the cards on the fly. Total rip off. It's just frustrating because their method of withdrawls are shameless. I hope I get approved tomorrow and withdraw my 1000, but I wouldn't be surprised if they made another excuse.

Their online games are rigged. I just wish there was a way to prove it and lock them up. I know we cant get our money back, but them going to jail would suffice.

Everyone stay away from sportsbook.com, unless you like playing for monopoly money.

F-Ck you sportsbook.com

Never play poker here...Rigged!!!!

Worst poker site ever! Have 3 of kind? Better fold quick! This site need investigated quick!!!

When you ask players why they made such a call? No reply?ever...

Someone at sportsbook is raking it in!! I hope evey employee gets cancer...then beats it...then gets it again...

played for a couple days and turned 200 into 1500. Try to withdraw and they gave me the whole 2 forms of ID crap. so i sent them the info and after 3 days of waiting and trying, i decided to play and then took the worst string of cards ive ever seen and ive been playing for 8 years. A player by the name of MadVillainy was responsible for alot of it. On a flop of 236....he bet 125 and i raised all of it which was around 750 and covered his 500 and he called immediately.......IMMEDIATELY with AQ.......Turn card is an Ace. I happen to notice that he was 3 tabling with about a grand on each table........And the funny part is .....his play was consistently horrible, calling for gutshots and overcards and hitting them. No doubt in my mind that something isnt right and that an investigation needs to be done..... just dont know how to do it.

Again...This Poker site is fixed and good luck cashing out! Easier to fly to Vegas and play for real!

Ps..also lots of Russian players talking to each other in Russian? What are they saying??? who knows>>?

I didnt mention in that hand i was in with MadVillainy where he called off 500 with AQ high on a 6-3-2 , I had KK. just to clear that part of it up

Sportsbook has a 20% referral bonus wherein if someone refers you, then you and the person who referred you get a 20% bonus. I got referred, deposited $1000 and got a $200 bonus. I got lucky playing blackjack and won some money -- then Sportsbook.com disabled my account for bonus abuse!!!! I had outstanding sports bets and they said they were keeping the money even if I won the bet!!!

Sportsbook.com has great customer service....if you lose...but if you happen to win, watch out! They will rip you off!

This site is a scam and a ripoff. I didn't get my $75 bonus....only got bad tech service. We all need to blog this site to shut it down.
I already called my credit card company about them. BBB is next.

I kow what you guys are saying in teh last 24 hours I lost tournys to guys who were 2% on teh flop and they hit it everytime

i was playing a tourney and a player kept getting angry when she would lose. she started saying that she worked for sportsbook and that she'd show everyone. well i swear she got bullets at least twice within 5 hands. it was ridiculous. she went on a rampage with crazy cards. She may have been bluffing but her freaking cards made it seem otherwise. Plus I agree...I have asked players how they can make stupid calls or bets and they never reply. Is it no balls or just sportsbook at its best?

I'm laughing my head off at you guys because when someone screws me, guess what? I screw them back 20x over. I won a huge tournament on Sportsbook.com , over 17K . I decided to cash out 5K immediately. Guess what? Same story as others, took forever to get it withdrawn then processed then some other bullshit. And I did get the checks, and they bounced after waiting 2 months for the check. So I decided to withdraw more....to no avail. I spent hours on the phone, I'd call them up all the time and tell them I want to shut down my account and then I told them the ONE THING they did not want to hear. I told them, Dont you worry people, Anthony is going to get his money back . Don't you worry, I'll be calling my credit card company. And guess what? In about a month, I ended up getting all my money. But guess what else I did, I called up my credit card company, had them go back 12 months to every single deposit I ever made with those guys and exaplained how it was fraudulent charges. The credit card company refunded me every penny I ever deposited, and not only did Sportsbook.com not get one penny from me, I got it from them. Fuck Sportsbook.com and fuck ever site that fucks with you. If they mess around, claim it as a fraudulent charge and you will get your money back from your credit card company.

They have had over $1000 of mine for the past few weeks they wont unlock me i keep been verified. Can someone help the following questions:

1. Can you sue them or bring legal action to this?
2. Do you eventually get paid?
3. Can they empty your bank account out with the information they have?

Hey All.....if you are interested in getting your money back from Sportsbook or any other poker site, email me at monkeygreentea@aol.com

And I thought it was just me. Need a new Wet Saw so I Put a 100 in and made some easy NFL picks and had it up to 500 in a couple of days. Wanted to cash out and couldn't. Said they needed ID, Utility Bill, all this stuff which I game them. Said they couldn't read it and needed me to re-send it. Tried at least 4 times without any luck. Finally just game up and made all kinds of dumb bets and lost it all in a day. This site sucks....

I made some good bets and got my account up to $800. I withdrew $200 and they disabled my account saying I had a "credit" that I owed for $150 from 2007. After argument, I said take it out of my balance. The said that they needed "new" money. They screwed me out of it all!! DO NOT USE SPORTSBOOK.COM!!!!!!! You have been warned!

I am having problems with sportsbook.com they are pulling the same shit as above. shaddy shit-driver license and utility bill to pull money out etc. my gut is telling me this is a scam. Fuck them i am going to my credit card and reverse the charges. I won't send them a fucking thing-stick with your local bookie-this is shaddy.

Wow!?! a lot of hate here.

It is quite simple. They require ID to ensure you are who you say you are. They require a utility bill to ensure that your current address is what you say it is. They require a photocopy of the credit card you deposited with to ensure that you are not using a stolen card.

You give them the three things above and you usually have your withdraw within 14 days max. I often get withdraws deposited directly into my bank account in less than a week.

Hope this helped.

They are a total scam. Don't waste your money here. They work to suck you dry as much as they can. You will never win any money, and if you do and manage to hold on to it, it will be hell in getting anything. Go to a real casino if you want to gamble.

Thank you people for the info. I was thinking of opening an account with sportsbook.com but in researching them I found this website. Sportbook.com is not getting any of my money, they are definitely ripoffs
judging from all these complaints from different people. Fuck you sportsbook.com !!!

I turned $100 into $500 on sportsbook.com betting on NBA playoff games and sent them all the documents. They said all was approved and I requested a withdrawal by wire transfer.

We'll see if I get it. I will report back in a 7-10 days and let you all know. But I am kinda worried now after reading the comments here.

**sigh**

I signed up a few days ago and went to deposit cash today. While looking for coupon codes, I stumbled across this site. Thanks to you all -- I'm closing my account there ASAP.

well I got my $500 sent via bankwire from Sportsbook.com. Took about 7 days for them to process, then it was deposited in about a day.

No problems here, but I switched to bookmaker.com and I am due a bundle so we will see how this goes.

Good Luck to the rest of you.

Thanks guys for the heads up. I was one click away from making a deposit and I'm sure glad I found this post.

Gee...I guess most if not all sportsbooks are scams. Screw it...I won't gamble...lol

sportsbook poker is NOTHING BUT A GOD DAMN SCAM PERIOD. i hope the president passes so many laws that they cant even have a damn site fucking place sucks worse than full tilt and thats real bad. so if u dont beleive me try it yourself but dont put anything on there that your not willing to lose because u will thats a fucking guarantee.

god damn theives all they are good luck if u play ur gonna need it and then a sign fron god to get ur money

if you decide to use sportsbook.com you have just decided to freeze up your funds for quite some time. Keep in mind that these guys are trained to take your money.

i guess the truth hurts guys now since i posted they have frozen my account and warned me that they were trained to take my money. well thats what theives do they have ways to take ur money whether u play good or not cheating bastards. well i got two things to say to whomever read this and froze my account fuck you and ur god damn momma u fucking theives have a nice day homo

This site is among the worst . I was sucked in after reading reviews about all the fish .
Yes there are plenty of fish however you will constantly get sucked out on this site.
The software is not the best and the random number generator is a joke. They also wont tell you when you deposit money viz credit card you will be charged a foreign exchange fee. As bad as Full Tilt and Poker Stars are I will take them over Sportsbook every day .
I did not deposit much , I am done to my last $ 50 which I will just bet away and chalk this one up to a real bad decision .

What do you expect when you play on a site licensed in Antigua and clicking on their license banner it appears their license has expired. Always check the license before playing on any site, stick to UK, Isle of Man, Alderney or Gibraltar.

Been a member since 2002, and never had a problem until they started requiring all the extra documents. Once they got the documents it took about 3 weeks for that check. Ever since then it has been back to about 1 week for the check with no problems. I don't play poker, so I don't know about that site. I only use this sportbook and feel 100% comfortable.
The company is publicly traded (London exchange I think), perhaps there is some recourse for those that feel cheated there.

I'd have to agree with the rhetoric that Sportsbook.com is a scam. I was out of funds, and threatened the live chat people that I was going to leave to a different site unless they gave me a bonus or something, so the agent finally said that I could have a $33 coupon for a tourney. The first thing i said when I bought into this tourney was "Ok, I know I am just wasting my time here, because I'm playing with a tournament coupon issued to me by sportsbook, i know they are just going to make me lose". This i typed in capital letters so that everyone on the table could see. I proceeded to have the MOST amazing luck, and ended up getting 3rd place, winning $600.

I was pretty happy with this, and decided to keep playing, which was the biggest mistake I could have ever made. I played 100max Omaha, and 6, no exagerration 6 times I had my money allin on the flop or turn with the nuts, and my opponent down to a 3 outer, and EVERY SINGLE TIME they hit. That $600 disapeered in a matter of 1 hour. I am a very good poker player, and typically do very well, but these situations that I was put in, EVERYBODY ON THE PLANET would have pushed allin as well....for example, I had KKQJ and the board came K22. I bet and was raised on the flop, and i three bet, and the other player pushed allin with A2, turn card was A, river was A. Another example, i had 8910J, the flop came 678, I bet and was raised, I reraised and again the other guy pushed allin with 8910Q, turn was a blank, and river was a J.

I'm NOT a conspiracy theorist, and completely understand that there is variance in a game like Omaha...but never in my life have I suffered such ridculous beats time after time after time. SPORTSBOOK.COM IS A SCAM, NEVER EVER PLAY THERE OR ON ANY OF THE MERGE NETWORK SITES.

I wish I did my research prior!! I just signed up yesterdY to sportsbook.com. I login today to find my account is disabled. I asked them via live chat why and they did the document request bs. I said fine I don't want to do this just refund my money and close my account. Their reply was I NEED to send documents first. NO CHANCE!! to require these document for someone using their site and withdrawing winnings is one thing but to require this from someone who does not is bullshit x10. I will be contacting my visa and putting in a fraud claim

Sportsbook.com is a joke. I have NEVER had a problem with them until the last month. They have sent me 2 checks that I deposited but were then returned from the bank. It's really shitty when you have $650 one day, and the next day it's gone....especially when rent is due. I spoke with someone tonight on the phone and they told me to have the money wired and I am hoping that will finally solve the issue. TWICE in one month is ridiculous.

I really hope the 3rd time is the charm. They told me 5-7 days once they process my email which apparently takes 48 hours. Bullshit.

So frustrating.

I recently won $14,000 on sportsbook.com in the poker room. I asked for a wire transfer withdrawal... they have told me it will take 4-6 weeks. The confirmation page told me it would take 5-7 business days. Reading all of these stories makes me very worried... I have deposited a lot of money on the site and now wish I hadn't besides the recent withdrawal. I talked to a manager after lecturing the operator and he said I should have the wire transfer in a two week time frame. What should I do?

People please save your money and don't buy into sportsbook.com. their live casino is 100% rigged. i lost about $25,000 playing in it. I was playing $1,000-$2,000 hand and getting dealt 20's and 21's and i noticed that every time the support came to my table to observe the dealer would mysteriously pull the impossible 21's . 3 hands in a row i was dealt 20 and dealer always hit 21. i think it could be some sort of predetermined outcome casino where they play a video of a losing hand that you bet on.