1. #1
    FlushorBust7
    FlushorBust7's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-29-21
    Posts: 4
    Betpoints: 12

    DraftKings Cashout Feature change

    Has anyone noticed a big change in the cashout options at DraftKings recently? I noticed roughly a month ago there were definitely changes to the feature. They used to take roughly a 10% vig on the fair value of the cashout and now I’ve noticed it gone up to closer to 60% vig.

    IE if I made a $1000 wager and line did not move at all, used to be offered around $900 on my cashout.

    Now if I make a $1000 wager and there’s no line movement I’m being offered around $400 for the cashout.

    has anyone else noticed this big change (started around a month ago maybe)? I am big into live betting and parlays playing swings in market. I used that cashout option often to play swings and take big quick profits. Now the feature is essentially unusable for me. As an example I had a parlay finishing on North Carolina (football against nc state) payout for $1000 last week. UNC was up 9 with 2 minutes left and the live line was -5000, yet my cashout offer was only $480….

    Is this happening to anyone else or was my account targeted specifically for how I was wagering (and doing pretty well)?

  2. #2
    d2bets
    d2bets's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-10-05
    Posts: 39,775
    Betpoints: 21629

    Cashouts are always a ripoff unless it's full value. Although the one nice feature on DK is that they do give full cashout (pregame) when the line is the same as your bet. But as soon as it moves against you, even a little, the cashout offer is horrible.

    If you need to hedge, better to look around for the best price on the other side and just hedge instead of cashing out. Just about always going to be better. But don't even try this unless you have access to a wide variety of outs. With the extra juice and extreme variety, live betting only good when you can shop around quickly.

  3. #3
    TheMetsSuck
    TheMetsSuck's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-14-12
    Posts: 6,118
    Betpoints: 1470

    Legal Books sound lovely

  4. #4
    d2bets
    d2bets's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-10-05
    Posts: 39,775
    Betpoints: 21629

    Quote Originally Posted by TheMetsSuck View Post
    Legal Books sound lovely
    Actually, it is. Do the offshores offer cashouts at all? Been a minute since I used offshores so pardon my ignorance. They didn't back in the day. Additional options are always good. The full cashout on no line change at DK is actually damn awesome.

  5. #5
    BeatTheJerk
    BeatTheJerk's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 08-19-07
    Posts: 31,798
    Betpoints: 84

    Quote Originally Posted by d2bets View Post
    Actually, it is. Do the offshores offer cashouts at all? Been a minute since I used offshores so pardon my ignorance. They didn't back in the day. Additional options are always good. The full cashout on no line change at DK is actually damn awesome.
    Are the legal books sending you tax forms at the end of the year for your profits ?

  6. #6
    thomorino
    thomorino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-01-17
    Posts: 45,842

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    Has anyone noticed a big change in the cashout options at DraftKings recently? I noticed roughly a month ago there were definitely changes to the feature. They used to take roughly a 10% vig on the fair value of the cashout and now I’ve noticed it gone up to closer to 60% vig.

    IE if I made a $1000 wager and line did not move at all, used to be offered around $900 on my cashout.

    Now if I make a $1000 wager and there’s no line movement I’m being offered around $400 for the cashout.

    has anyone else noticed this big change (started around a month ago maybe)? I am big into live betting and parlays playing swings in market. I used that cashout option often to play swings and take big quick profits. Now the feature is essentially unusable for me. As an example I had a parlay finishing on North Carolina (football against nc state) payout for $1000 last week. UNC was up 9 with 2 minutes left and the live line was -5000, yet my cashout offer was only $480….

    Is this happening to anyone else or was my account targeted specifically for how I was wagering (and doing pretty well)?
    That's Not true, you can cash out of many bets at one hundr d cents on the dollar if the lone hasn't moved. If there is a 60 percent change in what the book is offering for the cash out feature than the line or the vig, or both, moved.

  7. #7
    thomorino
    thomorino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-01-17
    Posts: 45,842

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    Has anyone noticed a big change in the cashout options at DraftKings recently? I noticed roughly a month ago there were definitely changes to the feature. They used to take roughly a 10% vig on the fair value of the cashout and now I’ve noticed it gone up to closer to 60% vig.

    IE if I made a $1000 wager and line did not move at all, used to be offered around $900 on my cashout.

    Now if I make a $1000 wager and there’s no line movement I’m being offered around $400 for the cashout.

    has anyone else noticed this big change (started around a month ago maybe)? I am big into live betting and parlays playing swings in market. I used that cashout option often to play swings and take big quick profits. Now the feature is essentially unusable for me. As an example I had a parlay finishing on North Carolina (football against nc state) payout for $1000 last week. UNC was up 9 with 2 minutes left and the live line was -5000, yet my cashout offer was only $480….

    Is this happening to anyone else or was my account targeted specifically for how I was wagering (and doing pretty well)?
    Ot doesn't matter if there is line movent if the vig moves significantly that will obviously effect the payout.

  8. #8
    capitalist pig
    capitalist pig's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 01-25-07
    Posts: 4,994
    Betpoints: 346

    Quote Originally Posted by BeatTheJerk View Post
    Are the legal books sending you tax forms at the end of the year for your profits ?
    I’m trying to figure that out on the Fl Hard Rock app, do you know how it works, is like stock trades where I have to itemize individual trades? If it’s going to be like stock trades then it’s definitely not worth the time and effort if your wagering daily or even weekly imo

    Even using offshore now ,using Coinbase, PayPal, Venmo, and most of the btc exchanges your going to get a 1099 on btc trades it seems like

  9. #9
    newton0038
    Update your status
    newton0038's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 03-07-07
    Posts: 2,315
    Betpoints: 1935

    Ontario Proline+ skims off roughly 40 to 60% immediately off the cashout value after you push the accept bet button. Nothing needs to change at that shitshop. $100 bet will instantly become $45 cashout. No confirmation on the cashout either. I hit it by mistake after making a bet. Customer service told me to go fuk a landmine. Wouldn't reinstate the bet. They go my $100. Never again

  10. #10
    magpie878
    magpie878's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 10-04-18
    Posts: 1,413
    Betpoints: 7049

    I hadn't used the cashout feature in a long time, would just hedge the bet in most cases.

    However, in random checks the past few weeks, with live games, I almost ALWAYS see "cashout suspended" and don't even see the actual choice to cash out, it's always grayed. Again, more recently.

  11. #11
    thomorino
    thomorino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-01-17
    Posts: 45,842

    Quote Originally Posted by magpie878 View Post
    I hadn't used the cashout feature in a long time, would just hedge the bet in most cases.

    However, in random checks the past few weeks, with live games, I almost ALWAYS see "cashout suspended" and don't even see the actual choice to cash out, it's always grayed. Again, more recently.
    That's only when games are in action

    What the original poster doesn't understand is that if the vig moves the cash out number offered will move to even if the line did not.

  12. #12
    FlushorBust7
    FlushorBust7's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-29-21
    Posts: 4
    Betpoints: 12

    No think you are misunderstanding what I’m saying.

    the line and vig could be the exact same example -4 (-110) and I’m being offered roughly 40% of fair value for the cash out(that’s why I mentioned vig 60%).

    this only started rather recently, I previously would see about 90% of fair value for wager on the cashout amount, now it is unreasonably low and I’m being told it is “working as intended”, so either the cashout value they offered significantly went down or my account is being targeted

  13. #13
    thomorino
    thomorino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-01-17
    Posts: 45,842

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    No think you are misunderstanding what I’m saying.

    the line and vig could be the exact same example -4 (-110) and I’m being offered roughly 40% of fair value for the cash out(that’s why I mentioned vig 60%).

    this only started rather recently, I previously would see about 90% of fair value for wager on the cashout amount, now it is unreasonably low and I’m being told it is “working as intended”, so either the cashout value they offered significantly went down or my account is being targeted
    I cashed out for full value just 2 days ago. It just depends on the game. My experience is completely different than yours.

  14. #14
    FlushorBust7
    FlushorBust7's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-29-21
    Posts: 4
    Betpoints: 12

    So that tells me my account was targeted. The only time I see that option to cashout at full value is on a straight bet before the game starts. Once the game goes live (even with same line and same vig) the value drops down to roughly 40% of wager amount.

    also if I have a parlay with all legs complete except one and it’s before game time I’m still getting offered 40% of fair value. Example I had parlay 3/4 done with all big underdogs completed. The last leg was a -150 moneyline. On a potential $2000 payout with only the -150 moneyline needed to win, I was being offered $450 to cashout…. Clearly the fair value was around $1200 so was expecting an offer around $1100 maybe but offer was $450….

  15. #15
    TheMetsSuck
    TheMetsSuck's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 01-14-12
    Posts: 6,118
    Betpoints: 1470

    Bovada has a cash out feature. Only offshore book I’ve ever used it on. I mainly only cash out golf tourney wagers when I have a long shit in the mix going into Sunday

  16. #16
    thomorino
    thomorino's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 06-01-17
    Posts: 45,842

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    So that tells me my account was targeted. The only time I see that option to cashout at full value is on a straight bet before the game starts. Once the game goes live (even with same line and same vig) the value drops down to roughly 40% of wager amount.

    also if I have a parlay with all legs complete except one and it’s before game time I’m still getting offered 40% of fair value. Example I had parlay 3/4 done with all big underdogs completed. The last leg was a -150 moneyline. On a potential $2000 payout with only the -150 moneyline needed to win, I was being offered $450 to cashout…. Clearly the fair value was around $1200 so was expecting an offer around $1100 maybe but offer was $450….
    I am offered a full value cash out on straight bets before the game starts of the line didn't move, same as you. Of course when th game starts th cash out featur changes, the books almost always charge more vig for live bets.

  17. #17
    jjgold
    jjgold's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-20-05
    Posts: 388,190
    Betpoints: 10

    Lol cash outs

    Squares

  18. #18
    d2bets
    d2bets's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-10-05
    Posts: 39,775
    Betpoints: 21629

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    No think you are misunderstanding what I’m saying.

    the line and vig could be the exact same example -4 (-110) and I’m being offered roughly 40% of fair value for the cash out(that’s why I mentioned vig 60%).

    this only started rather recently, I previously would see about 90% of fair value for wager on the cashout amount, now it is unreasonably low and I’m being told it is “working as intended”, so either the cashout value they offered significantly went down or my account is being targeted
    Are you only talking live or are you also talking pregame. Yes, live cashout is always a complete ripoff. Don't even look at it. But the pregame cashout at same number is quite nice. Let's say you make a bet and accidentally take the wrong side or regret it. Book. You can get rid of it for free.

  19. #19
    FlushorBust7
    FlushorBust7's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 11-29-21
    Posts: 4
    Betpoints: 12

    Mainly regarding live cashouts. I know it was never 100% I would usually get an offer around 80-90% fair value but now I’m only getting offered 40% or so of fair value offered.

  20. #20
    d2bets
    d2bets's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-10-05
    Posts: 39,775
    Betpoints: 21629

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    Mainly regarding live cashouts. I know it was never 100% I would usually get an offer around 80-90% fair value but now I’m only getting offered 40% or so of fair value offered.
    80-90% isn't worth considering either. So just ignore it.

  21. #21
    jjgold
    jjgold's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 07-20-05
    Posts: 388,190
    Betpoints: 10

    Books love when you cash out it is there to hurt you not help you

  22. #22
    d2bets
    d2bets's Avatar SBR PRO
    Join Date: 08-10-05
    Posts: 39,775
    Betpoints: 21629

    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Books love when you cash out it is there to hurt you not help you
    Usually true, but not always. Decent rule of thumb though.

  23. #23
    kidcudi92
    W and Based Poster
    kidcudi92's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 12-14-11
    Posts: 15,434
    Betpoints: 1679

    It has totally changed

    Barely even exists anymore

    Shitty

  24. #24
    Optional
    Optional's Avatar Moderator
    Join Date: 06-10-10
    Posts: 57,760
    Betpoints: 9137

    Quote Originally Posted by FlushorBust7 View Post
    No think you are misunderstanding what I’m saying.

    the line and vig could be the exact same example -4 (-110) and I’m being offered roughly 40% of fair value for the cash out(that’s why I mentioned vig 60%).

    this only started rather recently, I previously would see about 90% of fair value for wager on the cashout amount, now it is unreasonably low and I’m being told it is “working as intended”, so either the cashout value they offered significantly went down or my account is being targeted
    It probably changed more than a month ago I would guess.

    Sometime after they changed their back end software.


    And I doubt that you will see 60% less than fair value offers on every game. But would be very interested to know if you do, and get some others with bets on same game to compare %s.

    I'd think it's new linesmen who are learning how to maximize value with the cashout system and just getting too greedy.

    Another reason for that instance you describe might be setting the value so bad to discourage people from taking profits late against their cashout figures, and pushing it to another departments figures.

  25. #25
    mackave
    mackave's Avatar Become A Pro!
    Join Date: 03-22-14
    Posts: 4,925
    Betpoints: 8417

    365 and a few other offshore for CANADA users have cash out, and cash out is good, y’all saying it is bad have a lifetime max bet of like $250, try a 8k bet and you’re fukking sweating and you just wanna avoid the game all together, done it multiple times and the team i’ve been on has gotten sh!t kicked.
    Last edited by mackave; 12-01-21 at 08:57 AM.

Top