Carl Ferrat Interview - May 2010 - Discussion thread

[MITK]

I can only go on what I have read & it would seem there is no comparison between bet911 & bethorizon. Bethorizon seems to have good ratings & I also read somewhere that they have been in business for something like 15 years.

Would TGT go ahead with this interview & the publicity that goes with it if the opinion of bethorizon was not high.

You may go and read about BetAtlas, a sister book of bethorizon, owned by HorizonSports then.
They had been in a slow pay moods like the ones these days before, last time it was in 2008 this time of the year. So the current slow pay mode at Horizon should come as no surprise.

And Pierluigi of BMR or someone else from the affiliate world can confirm they were trying to get their affiliate money from HorizonSports from 2007 to the beginning of this year w/o any success.

And being 15 years in the business means absolutely nothing, and ratings dont hold much value either. Cascade are in the business for 12 yrs and had been an A book for a good couple of years. Just an example.

[MITK]

I can only go on what I have read & it would seem there is no comparison between bet911 & bethorizon.

Do you want comparisons? Bet911 owes 400G, out of which 95G are owed to northamericans, rest is to europeans.

I`m pretty confident that the ratio of active players at Bethorizon atm is the same, my wild guess is its even higher in favour of the europeans. Now anyone tell me any other CR/Antiguan/Antilles book similar to those two.

[musicbox]

And Pierluigi of BMR or someone else from the affiliate world can confirm they were trying to get their affiliate money from HorizonSports from 2007 to the beginning of this year w/o any success.

BMR reported the affiliate balance owed by Atlas was paid to them by BetHorizon in February but that might be a separate case from what you're talking about.

[MITK]

BMR reported the affiliate balance owed by Atlas was paid to them by BetHorizon in February but that might be a separate case from what you're talking about.

Yes, I`m saying exactly the same, musicbox. They only got paid this February what they were owed by the HorizonSports group since 2007 as affiliate money

[bigblue]

Better late than never

Iam pretty new to this game and I maybe wrong but from what I have read so far it would appear that US facing books seem to have cash flow issues at this time of year.

If this is correct , why does this happen

[Andy]

If this is correct , why does this happen

Im not sure how correct it is but it could be that traditionally US Sportsbettors specialise in a certain sport and set a bankroll aside at the start of the Season. They will then leave this in a site wagering each week with it, at the end of the Season they withdraw what they have. This would mean that at the end of each Season there is a drain on funds until another Sport has the Season start. The NFL Season ended at the beginning of Feb and could be argued would lead to a large flow of funds back to clients. The Baseball Season started at the beginning of April though which would have the opposite effect.

I am not sure how much correlation there is but I think that is one theory.