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At the start of football season, I opened an account with Horizon Sports (Costa Rica). They were highly recommended by this website, they took big old bets, and the Shrink said he played there no problem. Their marketing guy, a Mr. Doug Davidson, also posted messages here and at the other Watchdog Sites.
When I opened my account, they gave me a 10% match-play bonus -- which I believe, I lost on two football bets.
From September until February I bet almost everyday with Horizon, mostly parlays and teasers. They had good odds. Pro football. Hockey. Pro Buckets. NCAA buckets. Just about everything. I did great one of my best years ever, and they paid no problem.
Then, almost six months after opening my account, the managers, "Nick and Max" closed down my account. They said I was a "mover" for a syndicate and they didn't want my parlay/teaser action, my straight action, nothing. (This is like after six months of betting!) They said the same thing about "my friend The Shrink" (who I don't even know) -- that I did what he did, come in and bet other peoples picks or something. And some other bookie confirmed I was a syndicate player, etc.
I had an account balance of almost $150,000. They said they would send me half right away and the rest in three weeks. I told them to send it all immediately or transfer it to a book that would appreciate my action. They said they we're making me wait for my money because I had "come under false pretences, etc."
I told them they were nuts and to send me ALL my money immediately. After a variety of threats -- like they weren't going to send me any of my money if I continued to complain-- they agreed to send the whole amount.
Well, four days later I get a bank wire for the whole amount -- with $6750 missing. I call up and they tell me that represents the amount I won with my match-play bonus. (I thought I lost those bets anyway six months ago, but I've got no record to prove it, so, OK, I'll take their word that I did win $6750 in match-play bonus bets. I highly doubt it.)
Anyway, I tell them that my entire balance is mine and they shouldn't be stealing any of my money six months later. Horizon says, no, that's the penalty you pay for lying to us about where you were getting your plays.
I told them I'd give them a few days to reconsider their theft and if I didn't get ALL my money by today I would expose them for the thieves they are.
Don't threaten us they said. They said do what you gotta do, the Internet boards don't effect them anyway. They get all their customers from direct marketing, etc.
So, I'm doing what I gotta do.
Now I don't expect to ever see that $6750 again, because what am I going to do, send down the FBI to Costa Rica? But I do want other players big and small to know that Horizon Sports will steal your money if they can come up with some lame excuse.
Thier marketing man, Doug, tld me that if I exposed thier actions he would "do whatever he had to do to protect his business," which I take to mean lying etc.
I get my plays from the same service that many of the big Vegas sharp players use, and I pay big money for this service to get the good odds before the lines move. But if you want me to admit to being a mover for syndicates, a mover that likes to bet teasers and parlays. OK. Sure. That's me. Guilty as charged. But now you're going to take away winnings from six months ago? I mean, that's seriously desperate. Whatever there rational it's just an excuse to steal.
I had a great year. I won big money. They paid me. No problem. The $6750 ain't nothing to me. But I don't like these guys jerking around players, and I want anyone else who is looking for a place to bet to be warned.
To me it's a pretty open and shut deal. All this crap about syndicates and stuff is a smokescreen, especially since they were more than happy to book my action for almost six months! I'll repeat it again, even if I WAS a syndicate player (and I wasn't) that's a pretty lame excuse to walk off with my dough.
You can argue about what great guys these Horizon *****s are until you're blue in the face. And Doug can "protect" his shop all he wants. But its still robbery what they did.
And you wonder why people are scared to bet offshore.
When I opened my account, they gave me a 10% match-play bonus -- which I believe, I lost on two football bets.
From September until February I bet almost everyday with Horizon, mostly parlays and teasers. They had good odds. Pro football. Hockey. Pro Buckets. NCAA buckets. Just about everything. I did great one of my best years ever, and they paid no problem.
Then, almost six months after opening my account, the managers, "Nick and Max" closed down my account. They said I was a "mover" for a syndicate and they didn't want my parlay/teaser action, my straight action, nothing. (This is like after six months of betting!) They said the same thing about "my friend The Shrink" (who I don't even know) -- that I did what he did, come in and bet other peoples picks or something. And some other bookie confirmed I was a syndicate player, etc.
I had an account balance of almost $150,000. They said they would send me half right away and the rest in three weeks. I told them to send it all immediately or transfer it to a book that would appreciate my action. They said they we're making me wait for my money because I had "come under false pretences, etc."
I told them they were nuts and to send me ALL my money immediately. After a variety of threats -- like they weren't going to send me any of my money if I continued to complain-- they agreed to send the whole amount.
Well, four days later I get a bank wire for the whole amount -- with $6750 missing. I call up and they tell me that represents the amount I won with my match-play bonus. (I thought I lost those bets anyway six months ago, but I've got no record to prove it, so, OK, I'll take their word that I did win $6750 in match-play bonus bets. I highly doubt it.)
Anyway, I tell them that my entire balance is mine and they shouldn't be stealing any of my money six months later. Horizon says, no, that's the penalty you pay for lying to us about where you were getting your plays.
I told them I'd give them a few days to reconsider their theft and if I didn't get ALL my money by today I would expose them for the thieves they are.
Don't threaten us they said. They said do what you gotta do, the Internet boards don't effect them anyway. They get all their customers from direct marketing, etc.
So, I'm doing what I gotta do.
Now I don't expect to ever see that $6750 again, because what am I going to do, send down the FBI to Costa Rica? But I do want other players big and small to know that Horizon Sports will steal your money if they can come up with some lame excuse.
Thier marketing man, Doug, tld me that if I exposed thier actions he would "do whatever he had to do to protect his business," which I take to mean lying etc.
I get my plays from the same service that many of the big Vegas sharp players use, and I pay big money for this service to get the good odds before the lines move. But if you want me to admit to being a mover for syndicates, a mover that likes to bet teasers and parlays. OK. Sure. That's me. Guilty as charged. But now you're going to take away winnings from six months ago? I mean, that's seriously desperate. Whatever there rational it's just an excuse to steal.
I had a great year. I won big money. They paid me. No problem. The $6750 ain't nothing to me. But I don't like these guys jerking around players, and I want anyone else who is looking for a place to bet to be warned.
To me it's a pretty open and shut deal. All this crap about syndicates and stuff is a smokescreen, especially since they were more than happy to book my action for almost six months! I'll repeat it again, even if I WAS a syndicate player (and I wasn't) that's a pretty lame excuse to walk off with my dough.
You can argue about what great guys these Horizon *****s are until you're blue in the face. And Doug can "protect" his shop all he wants. But its still robbery what they did.
And you wonder why people are scared to bet offshore.
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