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First of all, let me say that the claim of Dunes of "being the only and 1st book out there that have the betting in progress" is simply not true.
Like Alec said, at least 5 or 6 books I know about had offered something like this long, long time ago. Like DAS, B&W, etc.
But the bottom line is, they are way different than what Boomer or Dunes had described in here - which is a pure form of gambling.
There are also many differences between WSEX interactive and the Dunes betting in progress.
First of all, correct me if I'm wrong, Steve. But my impression is, most of the interactive players are not high rollers. As you said in your site, a trade of 20 shares (about a dime) or more may make you pause the game/price. In other word, this is something for your customers for fun mainly, a selling point maybe but definitely not a way to make you rich, otherwise you may want to do it every night with 3 or 4 games.
Thats why I asked for the min/limits of the Dunes on such bets, if all of those lines were provided by their one and only BM, I wonder if they will be interested in a request from a $20 or $50 bettor. Like Boomer said, they need you to committ to bet even before you hear the price, it shows how "valuable" of the time of their BM there.
Second of all, WSEX's lines were posted over the net, virtually we all will get the same lines even though it was changing from time to time. So, there is still chance over there that WSEX will have 2 sided actions - even though it may not be well balanced all the time.
But over in Dunes, it was and it will be always 1 sided action.
Like Boomer said, the BM quote you a price, you will need to choose either side to bet and how much. And thats it, done. Its a price/line for yourself only at that moment during the game, they will not have any so-called take back. That price is for you only and others may never see or hear that price again, period.
In fact, if the BM over there at Dunes is smart enough, he will profile most of their high rollers/middlers/scalpers (that will be interested to play this type of bet) and knowing clearly what their betting pattern is and what are they holding on hand during the game (at least in their Dunes account of course) and then to quote them the price that will be in Dunes best interest.
But I seriously doubt it. For a book that can't even get themselve online after selling hard for almost a month, I can't imagine thay will have the talents to perform such thing.
So, either its just a short term gimmick (hey I don't blame them, remember when 5dimes came here not long ago, bookybashr promised the same thing but it has NEVER been came true at all, and we all know these are just some "neccessary" gimmicks that most new books needed), or they are putting themselves on the line in the long run.
Like Reality said, this is not a good idea. Not at all.
Like Alec said, at least 5 or 6 books I know about had offered something like this long, long time ago. Like DAS, B&W, etc.
But the bottom line is, they are way different than what Boomer or Dunes had described in here - which is a pure form of gambling.
There are also many differences between WSEX interactive and the Dunes betting in progress.
First of all, correct me if I'm wrong, Steve. But my impression is, most of the interactive players are not high rollers. As you said in your site, a trade of 20 shares (about a dime) or more may make you pause the game/price. In other word, this is something for your customers for fun mainly, a selling point maybe but definitely not a way to make you rich, otherwise you may want to do it every night with 3 or 4 games.
Thats why I asked for the min/limits of the Dunes on such bets, if all of those lines were provided by their one and only BM, I wonder if they will be interested in a request from a $20 or $50 bettor. Like Boomer said, they need you to committ to bet even before you hear the price, it shows how "valuable" of the time of their BM there.
Second of all, WSEX's lines were posted over the net, virtually we all will get the same lines even though it was changing from time to time. So, there is still chance over there that WSEX will have 2 sided actions - even though it may not be well balanced all the time.
But over in Dunes, it was and it will be always 1 sided action.
Like Boomer said, the BM quote you a price, you will need to choose either side to bet and how much. And thats it, done. Its a price/line for yourself only at that moment during the game, they will not have any so-called take back. That price is for you only and others may never see or hear that price again, period.
In fact, if the BM over there at Dunes is smart enough, he will profile most of their high rollers/middlers/scalpers (that will be interested to play this type of bet) and knowing clearly what their betting pattern is and what are they holding on hand during the game (at least in their Dunes account of course) and then to quote them the price that will be in Dunes best interest.
But I seriously doubt it. For a book that can't even get themselve online after selling hard for almost a month, I can't imagine thay will have the talents to perform such thing.
So, either its just a short term gimmick (hey I don't blame them, remember when 5dimes came here not long ago, bookybashr promised the same thing but it has NEVER been came true at all, and we all know these are just some "neccessary" gimmicks that most new books needed), or they are putting themselves on the line in the long run.
Like Reality said, this is not a good idea. Not at all.
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