Sadly, with all due respect and saying this to you as gentle as i can, far as I know, based on several occasions where I watched him addressing issues raised against sportsbet, steve is a man of his words. When he said he's no longer in position to comment, or that he has no further thing to add to the topic raised, that's exactly what he adhered to. So you'll need to make do with what we tried to help you understand.
Sadly, with all due respect my friend you are starting to sound bias as f..ck , if a sportsbook accepts a bet they should pay it period !
there is no terms and condition in this world that allows them to steal customers money, you can put out there whatever you want, but stealing is stealing no matter how you disguise this!