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NorthBet (northbet.com) has joined the online betting community, and they are looking to take the industry up a notch with a few great concepts that will have players lining up to check out their betting site. Here are just a few of the perks you will receive when you sign up with NorthBet.

NorthBet is an invitation-only site, but once you are in, you can invite your friends, which will pay off handsomely for you: if you refer your friends, you will earn 30% of their first deposit, and then an additional 5% on each deposit for the rest of the time they are a member at NorthBet.

The payout system is the best in the industry, with Northbet's new revolutionary 'debit card', you can get paid out in as little as 120 minutes. That’s right, 120 minutes! If you are as sick as this reviewer is of having to wait a few business days, or even weeks to get your money, Northbet is currently the only sportsbook that offers this solution.

NorthBet also doesn't require the loads of paperwork that other offshore sportsbooks do. Recently complaints on SBR had members furious about having to fax copies of the front and backs of each credit card they had ever used. This particular member had used four cards, three of which he no longer had, but was still required to send copies of these cards to Bodog. Bodog's solution, since the member no longer was in possession of the expired cards, was for the member to get a letter from his bank stating he was indeed the previous owner of these cards. Not sure about you but forcing your customers to jump through hoops like this is ridiculous. I for one am tired of books holding my winnings hostage and being labeled as a shark. As soon as you get the label they limit your action and make you jump through hoops to get your money. Limiting action is exactly the reason sports bettors need the ability to move money quickly from book to book.  Northbet's debit card is currently the only option that will allow sports betting sharks to escape from payout purgatory. It offers plenty of promise and takes the hassle out of getting your money.

Northbet's software is pretty standard and remarkably resembles some of the other top books in the industry. The back-end betting engine looks very similar to Betonline.com. Rumor has it Northbet's hiring spree included former employees of Betus, Betonline, Sportsbook and Bodog. So it appears they will have plenty of industry experience while still being the new kid on the block.

New members also get a free scratch-and-play when they sign up, and once you are in, you will have access to some of the best bonuses in the industry. Being the new guy offshore, Northbet is offering some very aggressive and positive features to get the online betting crowd to switch.

Overall, it's not a complicated formula, NorthBet knows that you want a “Sportsbook the way YOU want it” (seems every book has a corny slogan), and they are offering some of these benefits plus payout options currently not seem in the industry. From senior customer service and account management, to big bonuses, and most importantly the world's fastest payouts, Northbet is hitting the ground running and appears to be poised to become a serious player in a short time.