NOOOOO!!! Pinnaclesports is kaput!

[sawastea]

They are no longer accepting wagers from US customers.

I need to find the ultimate sportsbook where I get a drop down menu on lines, get juice, ability to bet on random shit like Canadian politics and Polish 3rd league basketball and other stuff like that. If the place is great, I will credit your acct.

 

[swole]

bodog.com gives you 10% with every deposit

i use them for some stuff and have gotten paid, so it's legit

 

[Spartacus]

bodog.com gives you 10% with every deposit

i use them for some stuff and have gotten paid, so it's legit

but bodog cheats the odds
the % bonuses are standard in the industry
if I get back into it next season I'll have 3 sites all loaded up with cash ready to go
so I can shop spreads and prices
when I tried to get into it back in '04(I haven't bet real money since the '80s)
I had trouble depositing money,even using a debit card with cash I had in a checking account
my bank was on a list of banks that wouldn't allow it
I was pissed because this was my cash and I should be able to do as I wish
I can understand credit card merchants imposing gambling restrictions

let's keep this thread alive with input as I want to share experiences
I set up an account with betus but did it too late to get the money down
and then I'm getting phone calls at home from them etc.
they still send me some glossy shit such as a calender for 2007 and schedules
something didn't rub me right with them

 

[Spartacus]

BTW in January 5th's edition of the wall street journal
they had a full page article(WSJ very rarely has 5 column full page articles)
titled
"The Man who shook up Vegas"

I subscribe to the print version
but I found the article online for those interested
here's the link

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116796079037267731-wjPu4ACcg5J5Qvjh05IYEI_Ooeo_20070112.html

 

[swole]

but bodog cheats the odds
the % bonuses are standard in the industry
if I get back into it next season I'll have 3 sites all loaded up with cash ready to go
so I can shop spreads and prices
when I tried to get into it back in '04(I haven't bet real money since the '80s)
I had trouble depositing money,even using a debit card with cash I had in a checking account
my bank was on a list of banks that wouldn't allow it
I was pissed because this was my cash and I should be able to do as I wish
I can understand credit card merchants imposing gambling restrictions

let's keep this thread alive with input as I want to share experiences
I set up an account with betus but did it too late to get the money down
and then I'm getting phone calls at home from them etc.
they still send me some glossy shit such as a calender for 2007 and schedules
something didn't rub me right with them

They definitely do, but at the same time Bodog's site is the easiest to work with. Be sure to depost money at least 10 days before you plan on making bets. If you enter your checking account number, your bodog cash can be used immediately, but it will take 10 business days to withdraw funds if you win a bet.

 

[Lumberg]

BTW in January 5th's edition of the wall street journal
they had a full page article(WSJ very rarely has 5 column full page articles)
titled
"The Man who shook up Vegas"

I subscribe to the print version
but I found the article online for those interested
here's the link

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB116796079037267731-wjPu4ACcg5J5Qvjh05IYEI_Ooeo_20070112.html

Hey, that's crazy, I read that article too, and also thought of it when I saw this thread. Great read. If I had that kind of mind for stats, though, I'd be analyzing stuff that's legal to bet on (e.g. stocks, options, etc).

I forget who said it originally, but I read in a Dale Carnegie book that "any man who is right 51% of the time and can prove it can go to Wall Street and make a million dollars."

According to the WSJ article, if he were to go to Las Vegas, he'd lose. He'd have to be right 53% of the time.

Now, true, on Wall Street you still have commissions and bid/ask spreads with which to contend, but it's still much less than the odds and the juice in Vegas. (That's why you have to be right 51% of the time; 50.2%, for example, probably wouldn't cut it)

Great read. I highly recommend it, especially if you're into betting.

 

[Lumberg]

Oops, it looks like "to make a comfortable living" by betting in Vegas, you have to be right more like 55% of the time. 53% is just not to lose. I bet you that 52% would earn you a very comfortable living on Wall Street.

 

[Spartacus]

Hey, that's crazy, I read that article too, and also thought of it when I saw this thread. Great read. If I had that kind of mind for stats, though, I'd be analyzing stuff that's legal to bet on (e.g. stocks, options, etc).

I forget who said it originally, but I read in a Dale Carnegie book that "any man who is right 51% of the time and can prove it can go to Wall Street and make a million dollars."

According to the WSJ article, if he were to go to Las Vegas, he'd lose. He'd have to be right 53% of the time.

Now, true, on Wall Street you still have commissions and bid/ask spreads with which to contend, but it's still much less than the odds and the juice in Vegas. (That's why you have to be right 51% of the time; 50.2%, for example, probably wouldn't cut it)

Great read. I highly recommend it, especially if you're into betting.

the stats don't do it
the oddsmakers don't spend 18 hours a day for whatever

 

[Spartacus]

It's a sucker play
and I'm extremely suprised the wall street journal focused this guy
FOR 5 FULL FUCKING COLUMNS ON A FULL PAGE
that doesn't happen in the WSJ
even in their abbreviated "short size" they run now in 2007

 

[Spartacus]

what does that tell me?

there's an appeal to having the "right side" in an athletic contest
lines and spreads measure that