666 bet , hope you aint got much cash with them.

Here we go again.

bad omens ?

ONLINE bookmaker 666bet have had their operating licence suspended while the Gambling Commission undertake a review into the company.

The review has been instigated as the Commission suspect that Metro Play Limited (the licensee) is unsuitable to carry on the licenced activities.

Customers looking to bet with the Isle of Man-based 666bet are greeted with a message on the website that reads: "We will be performing maintenance for the next couple of hours so that our engineers can work to improve your player experience.

"We apologise for the inconveniences caused but we will be back as soon as possible with better services for you."

666bet have made big strides since being formed last year, as the official sponsor of Leyton Orient football club, and betting partner of West Bromwich Albion and Leicester City.

Their advertising campaign featuring former Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp and Nicky Henderson was screened during Channel 4's coverage of the Cheltenham Festival.

Withdrew all funds from this outfit last Saturday. Just checked....funds haven't reached my account. Basturds! Looks as though their Cheltenham promotion of £100 in free bets for new and existing customers was planned with a view to doing a 'runner'. I wouldn't have opened an account with them but for their convincing tv adverts involving Harry Redknapp. Wonder how much he has creamed out of 666?

Don't ignore Henderson's role in the ad.

All customers will be paid any outstanding withdrawals and balances please be assured. Apologies for the inconvenience and lack of info 1/2
from their twitter account

Obviously hope their Twitter message is genuine but I don't recall any bookmakers in the past refunding customer's cash after their website has effectively disappeared into cyberspace.

666 was a clue.

Have the gone bankrupt or just had licence suspended?

Henderson should be charged with bringing racing into disrepute for associating himself with these people...can you imagine what his owners think. A huge mistake to be connected to Redknapp let alone 666.

It's always worth risking your cash for an extra point or two.

Mar 21, 2015 -- 3:46PM, The Leopard wrote:

666 was a clue.

Completely agree with you,posy....couldn't believe it when I saw him on there!

Nicky Henderson involved in a scandal? He trains for the Queen don't you know. Lovely gentleman, honest as the day is long, Binocular won't run in the Champion Hurdle.

oops chemist's just phoned him...he will run!

Loved  'little Lennox ' from the fools n horses episode THE LONGEST NIGHT , where Del , Rodney and Albert get held hostage ,

The frozen peas still cracks me up now

Mar 22, 2015 -- 2:03PM, ZEALOT wrote:

Loved  'little Lennox ' from the fools n horses episode THE LONGEST NIGHT , where Del , Rodney and Albert get held hostage , The frozen peas still cracks me up now

we where talking bout that on another thread about 666 classic!

and not so bad in lock stock and two smoking barrels.

Flagged these guys last year not in least surprised..

What have they done??

advertised by harry redknapp and nicky Henderson the case rests mi lord

So Henderson and Redknapp are responsible for running this bookmaker's business are they?

Makes you wonder how they ever found the time to run a training yard and manage a football team really.

I merely asked the question King of Dubai but do find it a little amusing that there are actually people out there silly enough to think anyone who takes a company's advertising fee is somehow responsible for the running  of that business and to blame if it goes belly up. Yet apparently I'm the daft one here.

There must be a sh1tland or 70s and 80s celebrities from the Woolworth's Christmas TV adverts feeling a bit guilty now then eh?

Hopefully the winner of a greyhound race sponsored by this firm at Sittingbourne and shown on Sky TV last night gets paid.

doubt that - the owner of the dog will probably be jailed for advertising unlicensed gambling

If people have been fleeced by this lot I sincerely hope their cheques to Happy Harry and Chemical Nicky have bounced. I somehow doubt it though.

ima_mazed66 25 Mar 15 23:54 Joined: 12 Oct 09 | Topic/replies: 8,185 | Blogger: ima_mazed66's blog
So Henderson and Redknapp are responsible for running this bookmaker's business are they?

Makes you wonder how they ever found the time to run a training yard and manage a football team really.

The point is that there are certain people out there that would sell their rear end to make a few quid..

A certain "Champion Jockey" springs to mind..

Whatever happened to principles...

in fairness they have done wot any unsuspecting person would also do....life goes on.

Yep. But if a lot of small punters have lost out will Harry and Nicky give back their no doubt substantial fees.
If not I know what I will think of them.

why would they give back their fee?

because they have money and small punters dont? bit unfair that imo

It actually seems reasonable to me as these multi-millionaires should surely accept they have helped to draw people in. It's about time people were prepared to accept responsibility for their actions.

merely paid for doing a commercial bit harsh to suggest they are at fault for anything else.

Sorry but I honestly think if you are being paid because of who you are to entice people to part with their money and the whole thing turns out to be dodgy I think you should consider your position and not just waltz off with into the sunset with your bulging wallet. No doubt I am old-fashioned.

an opinion is an opinion because its different from mine unusally for here i wont be going to war because of it

Nor me.

H4T is right - these so called celebrities would accept cash to endorse the plague

aye and we would turn it down on the moral ethical issues

Well I can`t speak for you dealer, but I wouldn`t advertise credit cards, loan sharks, etc etc or bookies - especially one that no one knows anything about.It`s not as if they need the money. They don`t think of possible consequences. Only interested in themselves.

good for you

How much is enough??

You can't put a price on greed.

Mar 27, 2015 -- 12:31AM, themightymac wrote:

H4T is right - these so called celebrities would accept cash to endorse the plague

Correct, Parkinson endorsing rancid funeral plans another example

Heres another example:

Endorsement controversy[edit]
Vorderman had maintained a long-standing endorsement of the debt consolidation company First Plus, an association that ceased in 2007. In 2006 the charity Credit Action attempted to highlight the potential dangers of debt consolidation, calling on Vorderman to stop giving First Plus credibility. Her agent responded that Vorderman had no intention of curtailing the contract for a service which was perfectly legal and offered by an excellent company.[17] When quizzed by The Daily Telegraph in November 2008 Vorderman herself responded with:
"The secured loans market was criticised and it was pertinent to pick me out, because I was a face. I advertised FirstPlus for 10 years. We had something like £1.5billion out on loan and until a matter of months ago there were no repossessions. When that programme [BBC's Real Story] was made, [there were] no repossessions. Did they say that? Funnily enough, no."[29]

Rory McIlroy another. Multi millionaire advertising Credit Cards - the worst debt anybody can have. Do you think he cares or ever thinks about the ordinary people who run up thousands on these bits of plastic and spend the rest of their lives paying back interest? Why don`t they use their celebrity status to endorse, for FREE, products and services which help people other than screw them? Simples, because they are all greedy ********!

Harry Redknapp and Nicky Henderson in the same advert was the clue.....right couple of wrong uns.

homefortea     26 Mar 15 21:41 

The point is that there are certain people out there that would sell their rear end to make a few quid..

True but it's an entirely different point to all but blaming them for 666.bet's current situation, as some in this thread seem to be doing.

I wasn't doing that ima_mazed. I do rather think some of these people should be a bit more careful whom they endorse however.

That's fair enough then salmon spray and at the time I made my initial post in the thread you had not yet posted in it and my other post was a direct response when I quoted who it was I was replying to. My intitial post was in response to some of below:

lead on     21 Mar 15 13:59 
Don't ignore Henderson's role in the ad.

posy     22 Mar 15 09:30 
Henderson should be charged with bringing racing into disrepute for associating himself with these people...can you imagine what his owners think. A huge mistake to be connected to Redknapp let alone 666.

lead on     Joined: 21 Dec 07
Replies: 1153 22 Mar 15 12:18 
Completely agree with you,posy....couldn't believe it when I saw him on there!

Tucho     22 Mar 15 12:41 
Nicky Henderson involved in a scandal? He trains for the Queen don't you know. Lovely gentleman, honest as the day is long, Binocular won't run in the Champion Hurdle.

2rivets     23 Mar 15 14:56 
advertised by harry redknapp and nicky Henderson the case rests mi lord

By the way though, how is anyone meant to know which company might run into problems when taking their advertising fee? If B3t365 start having problems then should we blame that on Ray Winstone?

Feck me if you are offered a bung then you should check out where it is coming from...

However perhaps if in the past you have turned a blind eye to the fingerprints on the brown envelope then you have form.

Just a thought...

So advertising fees are bungs now then?

It must also be the first time anyone has been paid a bung NOT to keep something quiet.

Ignorant  *****, Harry did not get paid, money was donated charity. Story closed. END OF SUBJECT.













At least the person who read the contract for Harry, told him that.

Don't have an account with them but article in the Racing Post over the weekend said that anybody who has money in an account with 666  should be able to request it to be returned ahead of next month's appeal against their licence suspension over the alleged offences.

MARILYNMANSON

Harry has never donated to Charity.The former West Ham reserve may not be able to read or write or even use a computer you moron but that house in Poole was not paid for by managing Bournemouth...

Show us which Charity benefitted you half wit.....

http://www.igamingbusiness.com/news
/666bet-customers-launch-petition
-over-withdrawal-funds

The operator last week said in a statement that customers would be paid once its operations had been approved by the UKGC

Does that not imply that they won't pay their customers if their license is withdrawn?  If that is the threat, the UKGC should be going to court and seizing the customer funds account and every other asset they can find, to protect the customers.

Harry did not get paid, money was donated charity

Just on five live they are not responding to calls or emails a caller said.

Does look like they are trying to hold onto the money...

Never. They wouldnt do that surely.

Pron hope ing they keep license and people continue to bet with them.

Little chance of that though.

By the way though, how is anyone meant to know which company might run into problems when taking their advertising fee? If B3t365 start having problems then should we blame that on Ray Winstone?

Only just read this, but he is a bankrupt amongst other things. So would have more basis for foundation.

WHAT EVER MONEY YOUR GOT WITH   THEN   write it off
in 60 s rosspoint owed  me a lot of money
NEVER GOT PAID

They might as well hand license in no ones gonna bet with them again any way.

They have had their licece suspended now

*licence

Honefortea,
42 appearances for West Ham in 1968. Hardly a reserve.

ima_mazed66     27 Mar 15 22:39 
By the way though, how is anyone meant to know which company might run into problems when taking their advertising fee? If B3t365 start having problems then should we blame that on Ray Winstone?

Eont     16 Apr 15 13:29 
Only just read this, but he is a bankrupt amongst other things. So would have more basis for foundation.


Ray Winstone has twice been declared bankrupt, but apart from me using him was just for example purposes and the main point applies more rather than the specifics or final detail, so replace him with anyone else if you like who advertises for a bookmaker and hasn't gone bankrupt, it would still a bit of a stretch to put the blame of Winstone (bankrupt or otherwise) if B3t365 ever did go belly up.

It's never wise to speculate but it appears as if Ding Dong may have been using Metro Play ltd (666bet) to launder dodgy millions.

Speaking from Dubai Harry Redknapp told reporters
'Paul is a friend, yes, but I just did an advert for them. I don't know anything about it at all. Not a clue.'

Surely there is a bit of a difference between 365 and Winstone and this 666 mob and Arry and Henderson? 365 are an established company, and I am pretty sure Winstone wasn't advertising for them 15 years ago was he?

This 666 mob were going for how long, before they were in advertising for them for their 'fee'. Surely they have some advisors who look into the product they are advertising beforehand, or is it a case of "money - where do I sign". The pair of them deserve any bad publicity they get from this imo.

Feel sorry for anyone who has cash stuck in there, it's 1.01 anyone at the top of the company haven't lost a bean.

Isn't it a catch 22 situation though Magic__Daps in that one of most effective ways for a new player in any market to gain brand recognition is to get a known name to feature in their marketing campaign?

Yet how exactly do you look into a company that is new in the market if they have no previous history in that market to go on? The UK Gambling Commission granted them a licence and presumably (or hopefully) there's some kind of minimum criteria before that happens and so what more can anyone do, whether they be names taking a fee to help promote them or punters deciding to up an account with them?

Bookmakers or scalpers are the easy business to set up on the internet,bit like eBay when you don't want to pay .mighty mac sums it up,has long has you give them money and don't make withdrawals you will be okay,on paper you will beat the book but your bank account will differ.

_mazed66     27 Mar 15 22:39 
By the way though, how is anyone meant to know which company might run into problems when taking their advertising fee? If B3t365 start having problems then should we blame that on Ray Winstone?

Eont     16 Apr 15 13:29 
Only just read this, but he is a bankrupt amongst other things. So would have more basis for foundation.


Ray Winstone has twice been declared bankrupt, but apart from me using him was just for example purposes and the main point applies more rather than the specifics or final detail, so replace him with anyone else if you like who advertises for a bookmaker and hasn't gone bankrupt, it would still a bit of a stretch to put the blame of Winstone (bankrupt or otherwise) if B3t365 ever did go belly up.

That was my point, but rather tongue in cheek.

Apr 17, 2015 -- 12:44AM, ima_mazed66 wrote:

Isn't it a catch 22 situation though Magic__Daps in that one of most effective ways for a new player in any market to gain brand recognition is to get a known name to feature in their marketing campaign?Yet how exactly do you look into a company that is new in the market if they have no previous history in that market to go on? The UK Gambling Commission granted them a licence and presumably (or hopefully) there's some kind of minimum criteria before that happens and so what more can anyone do, whether they be names taking a fee to help promote them or punters deciding to up an account with them?

They (Novigroup) were licensed by the IoM (see link below)so would have got a provisional license from the UKGC automatically under the new arrangements.  The IoM are very strict on the protection of players funds, so if the UKGC supervision  allows losses to occur, it will be very embarrassing for them.

http://web.archive.org/web/20141214024433
/http://www.gov.im/gambling/licensees/

The revelation that  666Bet are involved with Leyton Orient FC will no doubt come as a huge relief to worried clients - after all the Orient's chief is none other than the legendary integrity icon Barry Hearn, whom I feel sure would never be associated with dodgy dealings. Rejoice!

ihal essex    17 Apr 15 09:50 
The revelation that  666Bet are involved with Leyton Orient FC will no doubt come as a huge relief to worried clients - after all the Orient's chief is none other than the legendary integrity icon Barry Hearn, whom I feel sure would never be associated with dodgy dealings. Rejoice!


Hearn sold his stake at Orient NINE MONTHS AGO, maybe your just back from a long holiday

Hearn's not involved now but to be fair to Orient they were the first to cut ties after the announcement

Leyton Orient Football Club have terminated their 2014-15 sponsorship deal with 666BET after the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) temporarily suspended the online gambling license of their licensee Metro Play Limited.

Thanks Buzzer - dreadful news  Barry, that paragon of virtue,  no longer at the helm.

Pumphol: am on permanent holiday mate, courtesy of some online gambling investments - lots of fish out there, go fishing man!