Peeps literally hated sportsbet.io for years, it is at least decent that he finally listed them. I mean we all KNOW that they are not C in this list, I am not saying they are not C in history of books, I have seen better and I would understand that, but checking the list, this isn't it, in a world where nitrogen is A+ (lol) I can assure you that I can start a website tomorrow and get C here, or that is how it should be.
Peeps cares about the "security" part way more than anything else, he doesn't probably care about anything else, he surely doesn't look at the entertainment value at all, because to be fair nitrogen has ZERO entertainment value, playbetr at least has some, but nitrogen is a dinosaur of a website that nobody cares anymore, look at the topic for nitrogen and look at the topic of playbetr or sportsbet.io or stake and see the difference.
So, it was always clear that this list was never really "the best sportsbooks" it was "the most secure sportsbooks" because if it was best, nitrogen would be a C- at the very best, it has been for about 3 years now, betcoin.ag could get C or C+, and places like Stake and Sportsbet.io would get A and A- and A+ , because those are the places where everyone plays, peeps literally telling us that "places you are playing mainly are not the places you should be playing mainly" with the list
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I sent a PM to Sportsbet asking what would trigger Sportsbet to ask for KYC. Paraphrasing, asking if it were multi-accounting, certain withdrawal amount or other. No reply was given.
In the review, it's posted that Sportsbet is very popular with the BCT community. Ratings can't be given out based on popularity. With sportsbooks, advertising plays a huge role in popularity. Some sites develop a huge community and interact with each other. Neither necessarily make it a quality book.
Using the criteria for the rating's guide, Sportsbet can't be rated higher than C. They have a high KYC rate compared to other sportsbook, their margins are high and they are one of the few books that doesn't reply to all questions.
Criteria used to rate a book.1. Security - getting paid is by far most important.
2. Working with the forum. This is a player's thread and books are held responsible for their actions. Questions are asked of books concerning number of employees, time in business, experience, poster problems, etc. If a book is going to ignore a player's thread, they will be severely downgraded. Most books are very easy to work with.
The following cannot be quantified as to importance since being highly detrimental in one category may supersede other criteria used.
3. Poster review - poster review is much more important at bitcointalk than other forums, but other forums are also read. A high review from a new book will weigh less than the review of a book that's been in existence 2+ years.
4. Anonymous - one of the reasons that bitcoin books are used is to stay anonymous. There may be times where it is necessary to question players but it should be a minimum.
5. Margins - If players are going to have a chance to beat a book the margins have to be tight enough to give us that chance. If the margins are larger than -110 (1.91) that's a big blow to a book's rating.
6. Payout speed - If the average is longer than one hour, a book will be downgraded. One hour is sufficient due to possible grading errors. A large book is dealing with a significant amount of money along with a huge player base.
7. Markets - The more betting options, the better.
8. Traffic - time in business along with amount of players that a book has gives us a large sample size.
9. Currencies used - It's easier on the player if we are allowed to deposit and withdraw from alts.
Miscellaneous - Books accepting fiat currencies are omitted from the guide. Other forums are read to make sure the ratings here aren't significantly out of line with the average of other books.
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There was an exception made for Sportsbet. Because of multiple poster requests and the fact that Sportsbet can keep balances in BTC, a rating was put up.
