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durito
There is often a big difference between C/D books and F books. If you poke around the forums you can usually figure out which books are worth the risk. Most of these guys (SIA, SBG, sportsbook.com, Betus, etc) have selectively stolen at some point in the past, but generally speaking they almost always pay (eventually). Recently though they've been better, though if they've stolen before...
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same-game parlays are a huge way to get fuked by the C/D books. I would recommend never betting same-game parlays at a C/D book, even ones that aren't correlated
 
MonkeyF0cker
I'm considering posting up with SIA since I've never given them the opportunity to win my money. What do you guys consider a safe amount to throw their way and if I do happen to win there somehow, what kind of running balance is safe there? When you get cut from SIA are your funds still relatively safe so long as you haven't aliased?
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SIA paid me out but I didn't feel safe when I ran my balance up to 7K so I withdrew 5K and that seemed to trigger the audit which lead to me being limited than banned there. They paid me out completely so I don't see the money being an issue as long as you don't try to cheat them.
 
SIA has improved a lot over the years. They pay in 48 hours via Moneybookers and Instadebit. Checks take a lot longer than they claim - they seem to be handled by (several layers of) third parties.

It's sort of pointless to keep anything over 10k IMO unless you're intent on playing a ton of single max-bets. Which I would not recommend based on people who claim they got the boot after winning ~10k.

SIA = parlay heaven
 
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When was that durito? I had a ton of problems with them back in the day (pre-2005). They used to really test one's mental fortitude with their clueless clerks and non sequitur email replies. They're much much better today CS-wise and they're being extremely fair with me right now, as I've mentioned recently.

But yeah, they seemed to be a semi-scam operation several years ago. Bill Dozer had to call them on my behalf back in 2002 to get me paid after 4 weeks of stalling. Fun times.
 
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Last August. Tried to take 10k from me claiming suspicious betting patterns. Something to do with my colombian ip and usa bank address, except that i'd squared that with them before the deposit. justin got me paid in about 10 minutes though.
 
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