[Catfish]

Hi,

Is this normal practice for sportsbooks in the US Offshore part of the World..

1. The odds are truly horrible.. the % hold is what I would expect offered on the school yard not by a professional company..

2. Is it standard practice to just leave teams out ? American West Division, Wheres the A's and Angels.. NL West, Rockies, AL Central, White Sox..

It is only June, are they saying these teams cannot win..

I'm from the UK/Australia Betting background, and this to me is just pure dishonesty by the sportsbook.

Or is this just normal for these places ??



11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 AMERICAN EAST DIVISION
11176BOSTON RED SOX-245
11177NEW YORK YANKEES+190
11178TAMPA BAY RAYS+875
11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 AMERICAN CENTRAL DIVISION
11186CLEVELAND INDIANS+150
11187DETROIT TIGERS-240
11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 AMERICAN WEST DIVISION
11197SEATTLE MARINERS+190
11198TEXAS RANGERS-315
11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 NATIONAL EAST DIVISION
11205ATLANTA BRAVES+320
11207NEW YORK METS+2000
11208PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES-695
11209WASHINGTON NATIONALS+1900
11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 NATIONAL CENTRAL DIVISION
11216CINCINNATI REDS+275
11218MILWAUKEE BREWERS-200
11219PITTSBURGH PIRATES+1500
11220ST. LOUIS CARDINALS+280
11:20 AM ODDS TO WIN 2011 NATIONAL WEST DIVISION
11227ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS-115
11231SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS-130

[Catfish]

Does no-one have an opinion or idea on this ?

I just called them, and they are tellin me that once a team goes under .500 they are eliminated from the division..

I guess no team has ever come from under .500 and won a division ? or won a division while still under .500 ?

And do they not realise it is still only June, so a long way to go..

I mean, i know betcris/bmaker have horrible futures odds anyway for most part, and it seems no-one there has any clue on how to offer fair and legitimate odds and not operate in such a dishonest way.. or is it not dishonesty and just a fact that they are just incompetent and don't know how the MLB divisions work ?

Or is CRIS only a small company and I have it comepletely wrong and I'm wasting my time betting there. ??

Mind you, this is the same company that i posted about earlier this year having a dead horse and atleast 15 others that weren't even in consideration for the kentucky derby a week before the draw.. I had been told this was a legitimate company, and had reputable people working there.. I guess all my information was wrong..

[iifold]

I got the A's at +1600 to win the west last week at BetIslands.Com...

Think they are about +900 now...

BetIslands is a must out..

Made a small withdrawal this morning and had # one hour later...

One draw back is you can't parlay Tennis/UFC/Etc.

[Catfish]

Thanks, will check them out.

[JW Cash]

forget about the Twins...this in not their year

[DwightShrute]

I have a BETCRIS account also. Never noticed anything strange re the futures so I checked futures on 3 other books that I have and all are almost exactly the same.

[Dax]

What they said...