Matchbook is so lame...

[FightForCalifornia]

It's pretty sad that they are still too scared to post any NCAA lines whatsoever. The lines have been up at other books for almost 2 weeks now, and people are laying down money left and right, but Matchbook is so petrified of having any lines up without action that they refuse to put them up.

One of the greatest advantages of an exchange should be that since the house doesn't have a vested interest in any bet, they should be able to put them up ASAP. In theory, this means they could have 2009 lines up already if people wanted to bet them, but in practice I realize that they don't want to look like a ghost town, so they don't put them up earlier than other books.

However, this is just pathetic. I just laid down $3000+ at 5dimes and WSEX at -110 because I wanted to get money down before lines moved (and I was right, I got Akron at -3.5 which has now moved to -4 or -4.5, Iowa at -10.5 which has moved to -11 and UNLV -8 which has moved around to -8.5 or -9. The rest of my picks haven't moved).

I would GLADLY have put that money on matchbook, but sadly they absolutely refuse to list any lines.


I think they are costing themselves major business, but I guess their model is to be as conservative as possible and guarantee a share of the market rather than being aggressive and really trying to take over the American market which I think they could do if they tried.

[Omnivorous Frog]

Very lame, only came in behind Pinny last poll. Probably not get a vote after this crippled behavior. But thanks for sharing your plays. I noticed they are all chalk. These are good if plays. If the rest of the squares get in line behind you until the game goes. If a betting group decides the dog is better. No, that's a bad if. Critical injury, suspension NCAA witch hunt? How many days away until the games? Maybe when Matchbook finally puts them up they will be settled and possibly better numbers.

All openers?

[jjgold]

Matchbook is the top book in the world now by far.

It is not a book for gimmicks, early lines, ect

It is a straight betting basic book but the best out there.

[FightForCalifornia]

I didn't say that hey were anything other than the best book... they are my #1 out and will probably account for 70% of my betting this season.

I just think it's lame that they would rather take a guaranteed 5% of the market and seemingly have no desire to try to grow. There's really NO excuse for not offering at LEAST what other books have up right now, much less offering more.

I was complaining that they didn't have GOTY and Week 1 moneylines up back in June, but this is ridiculous. It's less than 3 weeks until kickoff and they don't even have an NCAA FOOTBALL category up yet.

[ShamsWoof10]

I did get my check today from them which was processed on Monday... Very good...

[Omnivorous Frog]

Not so thrilled with that UNLV play. Peeples their top RB is a major question mark. Odds are he sits this one out. They lost starting safety Cade, he just left the team. This one opened at 9 1/2 is dropping to -8-.05. UNLV has won like 4 games in 2 years. They are not favored often. I think you will see better than -8 here.

[Omnivorous Frog]

I didn't say that hey were anything other than the best book... they are my #1 out and will probably account for 70% of my betting this season.

I just think it's lame that they would rather take a guaranteed 5% of the market and seemingly have no desire to try to grow. There's really NO excuse for not offering at LEAST what other books have up right now, much less offering more.

I was complaining that they didn't have GOTY and Week 1 moneylines up back in June, but this is ridiculous. It's less than 3 weeks until kickoff and they don't even have an NCAA FOOTBALL category up yet.

I have a suggestion. Instead of ranting here, E-mail them and ask what's up, with NCAA not being up, and is there an ETA when they will be up. Now that would be good info. You can also share your vision of sportsbook world domination with the cs rep. Probably make thier day. Get back to us with the info, thanks.

[sirwinzalot]

Well I would like to see Matchbook NCAA lines out sooner too! I deposited money with them the other day. Transferred some over to WSEX. I will wait until Matchbook lines are out so I can try to get a good price. It does suck to not get a good line, as some of the games I like have lost some value. However, I think in NCAA the lines are a little less crucial than say NBA or NFL, but I am not stupid to not try and get good lines.

[FightForCalifornia]

I've already contacted them several times, thanks for the sarcasm.

[BigBollocks]

I agree with what you're saying fightforcali. I had several chats with Vanzack about this when he was drawing people's attention there post-Pinnacle, and can certainly see why they should be a lot of people's premier outs.

For my needs and betting patterns, however, matchbook is barely even a blip on my radar. I love to play a lot of tennis, and unless it's the finals of Wimbledon I can't much if any action whatsoever down at matchbook. Same goes for golf futures, props, and matchups. I like to play a lot of parlays and correlated parlays, and those are unavailable at matchbook. It's also hard to get much futures action there. I'm the type of bettor that generally likes to get a great deal of action down the moment the line hits, and that is difficult to do at matchbook as well.

I do play some light baseball action at matchbook and certainly think they should be the first place punters should check for bases, but outside of that they serve virtually no purpose for me. For someone like vanzack I can see why they could perhaps be an even better out than pinnacle. They are top notch for what they do, but are certainly limited in the variety of options available. Cheers....

[bigboydan]

Matchbook is the top book in the world now by far.

It is not a book for gimmicks, early lines, ect

It is a straight betting basic book but the best out there.

Matchbook isn't for everyone though coach. Pro's like us appreciate them greatly, while others just like the straight forward old style books because they don't wanna learn the new wave.