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Originally Posted by undathesea
They have a policy not to allow correlated parlays. For some reason their software allows it sometimes, though.
The CP thefts I'm talking about happened several years ago. Back then, they accepted all NHL CPs, all NFL CPs, I think all CFB CPs, and probably some other stuff I'm forgetting. This was not a software glitch, it was them deliberately accepting the parlays. They went back and voided about two months worth of CPs, and in some cases confiscated winnings that had nothing to do with CPs.
At the time they actively encouraged people to set up accounts at different books in their family. sportsbook.com was my first book in the family, and later I got emailed and snail mailed bonus offers from some others. One I recall was playersonly.com. Their letter mentioned their affiliation with sportsbook.com, so I explicitly asked them if it was ok to have accounts with both and they said it was fine as long as I didn't play poker with multiple accounts at the same table. Later they confiscated my winnings claiming I violated their rule that you couldn't have multiple sportsbook accounts, even though they explicitly told me I could.
As I recall several other 2+2ers posted of similar similar experiences. Between the CP voiding, the "multiple accounts" deceit, and the voided future bets, there's reason to believe sportsbook.com may try similar thefts in the future. I had +EV futures voided in Oct 2006 and they tried to do the same thing again this fall until pressure from forums made them back down.