Here’s what happened in the sportsbook industry last week:

– Thirty-nine VIP Sportsbook players who did not request payment of their account balances before August 1st are owed $45,995 but now GTBets.com will pay them.

GTBets.com is a new sportsbook that surfaced when VIP Sportsbook, BetGameday and Nine.com closed on August 1st. Back then the sportsbook began spamming marketing offers to former VIP players. GTBets.com acquired the VIP Sportsbook software, hardware and retained key management.

– A BetPhoenix Sportsbook player reported that his account has been frozen. The player has a $7,226 balance and he was placing MLB correlated parlays. A correlated parlay includes bets that are related and are usually on the same event and it’s an error of the sportsbook.

The BetPhoenix Sportsbook player reports that after logging into his account on September 5th he received a message that stated that he would not be given any action until it was determined “how much you robbed from us.”

The sportsbook’s mistake and the inability to identify the error early on is likely attributed to the staffing cuts that BetPhoenix Sportsbook had to make for budget reasons. Here you can read more about why BetPhoenix Sportsbook is sinking.

The BetPhoenix Sportsbook lines staff is at its lowest in years and it is said to be stretched with added responsibilties.

– Yesterday the BetOnline, Sportsbook.com and BetCRIS websites went down most of the day. According to various reports their respective internet providers experienced temporary issues and their downtimes were considerable. Players were able to enter wagers over the phone and now the three domains are back up.