ArbCentral

[TheRover]

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By the way, thanks for the free spam, Zag Nutz. I really do appreciate it.

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[B00T]

Yea he's been discovered.

Homer you can use this as a loophole to not pay the $100 you owe Zag for making this post.

[Homer]

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By the way, thanks for the free spam, Zag Nutz. I really do appreciate it.

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I was waiting for this. Believe it or not, I didn't ask Zag Nutz to post anything.

[MyTurn2Raise]

is Zag a gnome account?

[MyTurn2Raise]

am I too suspicious?

I have been reluctant to sign up through Homer, even though he appears to be a good guy, and other reputable affiliate sites for sportsbetting. The reason is that I don't want to be lumped in as an 'arb'er or advantage gambler at the getgo. I figured signing up through Homer would be a quick way to be labeled. I don't want sharp lines and I don't want reduced limits.

Am I too suspicious?

[Homer]

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am I too suspicious?

I have been reluctant to sign up through Homer, even though he appears to be a good guy, and other reputable affiliate sites for sportsbetting. The reason is that I don't want to be lumped in as an 'arb'er or advantage gambler at the getgo. I figured signing up through Homer would be a quick way to be labeled. I don't want sharp lines and I don't want reduced limits.

Am I too suspicious?

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This is understandable. For Pinnacle, you would have absolutely nothing to worry about. They strongly encourage scalping between them and other books. For other books, it is a more legitimate concern. However, I will say that even though I am trying to cater to scalpers, I have received a large number of signups from straight bettors. So, all in all, I believe my players as a whole are making money for these books and that you will not immediately be labeled as a scalper just because you signed up under me.

[playersare]

my original sportsbetting mentor always advised me never to share any referrals (giving or receiving) because sportsbooks can and will flag "wiseguy" accounts who win too much from them or otherwise wreak havoc on their handcapping operations (like throwing $5000 on a game where the average bet is $20). it is definitely possible for sharp players to become guilty by association, even years after the original referral. the main frustration is that it will happen unexpectedly and without recourse, despite the individual's account history outside of the referral relation itself.

when I was running the majority of advice on the BW private sports forum last year, I received many referral requests as thanks but I turned them all down for the above reasons.

now, it's possible that a direct affiliate relationship with a sportsbook may cause a different set of circumstances vs. RAF. but overall the long-term implications are probably about the same. more important is the nature of sportsbetting strategy that a particular affiliate is trying to attract for one's own commission profit, and how that is relative to the sportsbook's expense of compensating the new signups.

[kioshk]

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am I too suspicious?

I have been reluctant to sign up through Homer, even though he appears to be a good guy, and other reputable affiliate sites for sportsbetting. The reason is that I don't want to be lumped in as an 'arb'er or advantage gambler at the getgo. I figured signing up through Homer would be a quick way to be labeled. I don't want sharp lines and I don't want reduced limits.

Am I too suspicious?

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I used arbcentral for 1 book, but they only offer 4 books! I've used biggerbonus for 3 now, perfect, but they put the money in the sportsbooks' accounts, not cash in Neteller. Biggerbonus offers more books. Where the kickback is equal (ie now Skybook, $50), I'll go with the 2+2er.

Arbcentral needs to finish its website. A link needs to link to something meaningful.

I doubt that signing up through arbcentral will have significant ramifications. If they want to change your lines or limit your bets, I doubt that your affiliate will figure into the equation.

[Homer]

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I used arbcentral for 1 book, but they only offer 4 books!

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Correct. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

As we (hopefully) add traffic, we will offer better deals on more books. I'd rather build slowly and offer deals we can reliably pay out on than become a hit-and-run affiliate.

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I've used biggerbonus for 3 now, perfect, but they put the money in the sportsbooks' accounts, not cash in Neteller. Biggerbonus offers more books. Where the kickback is equal (ie now Skybook, $50), I'll go with the 2+2er.

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Biggerbonus is in general better than us as a cashback site (not including Pinnacle -- as far as I know, no other site offers a better bonus). Our main focus is in offering content (calculators, articles, support), with cashback as a secondary goal. We do not intend to be a biggerbonus type of site.

You are most definitely correct that we need to clean up the site and finalize all content. We probably shouldn't have put anything up until everything was finalized.

[I_C_ALL]

That's your choice and you may be right. I've signed up for every book through Homer. Ironically, the only book I ever had a problem with (cut my limits to $1.00 on the third day) was not through him, but a RAF from someone else.

The services he provides for those that use his links is unheard of.