O apostador esportivo profissional Gadoon "Spanky" Kyrollos está contestando uma reivindicação da CEO da Fanduel, Amy Howe, que não regulamentou os apostadores esportivos offshore rígidos "25% das vezes".
Howe fez a reivindicação na quarta -feira durante uma sessão de painel na SBC North American Summit, uma conferência da indústria comercial para entidades de apostas esportivas, no Meadowlands, em Nova Jersey.
“I think the 25% estimate wasn’t founded on any research,” Spanky told Gambling 911 in an exclusive interview.
“I’ve been playing offshore for more than 20 years, betting a total of billions of dollars, and given my experience, I would say a stiff rate of 5 to 10% would be more accurate.”
Does Spanky think Howe was trashing the offshores because they are her competition?
“I’m not sure there was any malice in her comments, just blissful ignorance,” he said.
Spanky was then asked if he has ever been stiffed by an offshore sportsbook, and if so, which ones?
“World Sports Exchange, Nasa Sports, English Sports Betting, Caribbean Sports and a few others,” he said.
The four mentioned sportsbooks all went out of business years ago.
“Without regulation, there will always be bad apples,” Spanky continued. “However, the big difference now is the offshore world has a 25-year track record.
“It’s pretty clear that there are honorable bookmakers who have been in business for a very long time and have an impeccable track record of paying their customers.
“Playing the old tired tune of ‘your money isn’t safe’ won’t fool anyone.”
By Tom Somach
Gambling 911 Chief Correspondent
