Doug's Sportsbook.com experiment !

[Illusion]

Good news, thanks for the update Doug.

[Todd]

Thanks for sharing this with us Doug.

[Bill Dozer]

Stick to the major sporting events Doug. Lately their linesman has been calling do-overs on the lines they can't copy off of DonBest.

[Doug]

Agree, If I were to bet something like soccer,tennis, Euro hockey, NBA pre-season, curling, or whatever, I'm sure I'd find a better line at Pinny, Mansion, 5D. etc.

Sportsbook.com is only going to for parlays on hockey and football. I've only made one straight bet there. I'll keep balance low as well, but I'll play there.

Talk to you tommorow Bill, long night.

[pags11]

thanks for keeping us updated Doug...am surprised I have to say...nice work...

[Doug]

Just a note , or two. SB payed me then later sent an e-mail stating they paid. In the e-mail, they stated 4 free withdrawals a month ( then $30 per), which is well-above the norm of one. I was led to believe it was unlimited, like Mansion.

I'm not complaining about it, just reporting it. Four is great ! Two is great, even !

For the hell of it , I punched in a 12-team $5 parlay which reported a pay-out of 78k+. I didn't confirm it, it lost !

That's the sort of bet which would cause problems if it won !
I didn't read all their fine print, but I see a problem getting paid on bets that pay 15,000:1 Some places cap parlays at 300:1 and such.

The theoretical bet was on 6 hockey games ( I may have punched in $10 instead of $5).

$5 is minimum bet.

I'll do it again Fri and report result. I may even play $5 for real on a 10-teamer to see what happens, putting in the typical -1.5 +220 ish lines.

I want to double-check this, and calculate myself if needed.

I wouldn't play a bet like that unless at an A book.

It would be nice if they'd take less than $5 on parlays over 10 teams.

I will investigate this furthur !

[Doug]

Sportsbook.com appears to have some issues with it's software.

I put in a 12 team (CFB ML dogs) parlay for $150 to win 21 Million, the software said max risk was $1,000. I doubt they would be able to pay it, if it won. I didn't confirm it.

There must be fine print somewhere limiting it to a 100k ( or so) pay-off. I think the pay-off should be shown as whatever their max really is.

I did play a $5 10-team hockey parlay, which pays $7,200.47.

They would be taking a shot at you, if you played the 1st bet for $150. They should have $1 bets available for these.

[pags11]

any chance these guys have to worm out of something they will...I speak from experience...

[David]

Here are there rules regarding maximum winnings:

13. The maximum dollar amount that may be won by an individual customer on a weekly basis is US$100,000.00. See below for Progressives and Large Parlays.

14. In the event that $50,000 or more of the weekly winnings is the result of a winning 10,11 or 12 Team Parlay, then the weekly maximum winnings is raised to $200,000.

[Doug]

I'll try to keep it under 100k a week, then.

The rule seems fair enough, I just don't like them easily taking something which far exceeds the pay limit. They should just cap the pay-off at 200k, and not show tickets that pay millions.

I thought the $5 10 teamer might even be iffy, but I guess that would pay the full amount ?

[Doug]

Sportsbook.com seems relatively OK, read the fine print, Though !

My conclusion is this book is OK , and rated about right by SBR.

No great reason to play at this shop unless you really want to check another line !

Sportsbook.com does offer parlays to the punter that other books may not.

All I can say is they paid me $650, off a $50 deposit promptly , and I still have a few hundred there. No reason to trash them from my experience.

Just another book really, not there long enough to make a statement, about them, other than paid well within stated parameters !

No particular reason to send SBR readers there, unless they like parlays ( preferably thoughtful ones ! )

They take parlays, pay, but Doug says proceed with caution.