I have accounts at pretty much all the sportsbooks. Matchbook, 5dimes, thegreek, betjamaica, bodog, bookmaker and even WSEX.
For someone who will bet only football and some NBA and MLB, is there any reason to play anywhere else but matchbook? I was thinking about depositing money into a lot of the books but it seems matchbook has the best line price for every of these sports.
For example if you bet an NFL game, you see -110 at all the other books whereas matchbook has -105/+104 and when you add the 0.7% commission or so you pay -106/+103 on the bet. Sometimes you see -114/+113 in the lines etc but those lines are almost always better than the other books.
The only books i want to put money in at the moment are matchbook, 5dimes, betjamaica and bodog.. I wanted to put around $3000 into matchbook, $2000 into 5dimes and $1500 or so in betjamaica and about $1500 into bodog but then thought wouldn't it be pointless to put any money in betjamaica? The only thing i like about betjamaica is that the site looks very clean and that you get 1 free payout per month by cashier check and 1 by bank wire i read on the sbrreview. The reason i want to put money into bodog is because when football season comes, you get good lines if you bet an underdog. Like you get a team +7 whereas +6.5 in the book other books. Also they give 1 free check cashout a month.
Also, i noticed there are many arbs in baseball that you can do with bodog and matchbook though you probably make only $1.25 if you risked $100 at bodog/matchbook to do the arb when the line is like +115/-114. I also noticed many times when i see +120 at bodog for a line and -115 on matchbook for some nfl halftime games because bodog likes to juice lines and you can make an easy profit though its for pennies.
I use to bet around $50-$500 a game. Average bet was $100 or $200 usually. I am down about $12,000 lifetime and want to win my money back slowly. Most of my losses were from baseball 2 years ago and i had no clue what i was doing and just betting huge favorites like $500 to win $250 etc and thats how i lost most of my money back then. I recalled i blew like $6000 in 6 weeks of baseball betting back in 2008 and quit betting baseball afterwards. This was at matchbook. The other amount i lost was from basketball and football though those losses were from a couple of year span.
I'm basically a feel player. I do not know any math. You can call me your average joe except AT THE MOMENT, i hate betting square plays now as oppose to a few years ago when i lost a lot of money. I have a tendency to bet on games that are fishy lines now. Like if it looks like a sucker bet, I would bet the other side mainly because one side looks too easy. That is how i would start betting now as oppose to betting like a square.
If i bet baseball again, I would just make sure i bet on fishy lines and take the opposite side. I would bet underdogs with plus money like betting 2 dogs and hoping one of them would hit. Or bet favorites EXCEPT ALWAYS take them on the Runline for plus money. I am making sure i never would lay $500 to win $200 again because that is real stupid from what i see myself did. And if i did bet baseball, i always see matchbook has the best lines. Like they have +130 whereas other books have +120 or +125.
Would you guys say its just better for me to deposit everything into matchbook based on what I described myself? I also regretted 4 years ago creating a 5dimes account and choosing the matchplay bonus as oppose to reduced juice because my reduced juice is $50 max although i can do the bet multiple times if i wait like 5 minutes etc. I haven't done that many $500 bets but if i had the reduced juice, it definitely helps now if i decide to bet these amounts now. I really wished i had the $500 reduced juice on 5dimes as oppose to the $50 reduced juice limit though it might save me from wagering too much . That is the main reason why i definitely feel i should have money at 5dimes because of the reduced juice. Paying -105 is way better than the -110 at betjamaica and bodog etc.
Matchbook regular checks are $9 i think and that is great too though back then they use to give free checks. The thing that i kind of don't want to put all my money in there is because the site crashes a lot and also i hear people talk about liquidity there. Is that ever a problem if you are talking about NFL, NBA and MLB? Because sometimes i see MLB or NBA totals and see very few money put on a game even like 5 minutes before the game.
Most importantly, i bet all my games probably 5 minutes to 1 hour before a game starts and all my bets are based on who I feel should win. I plan to bet around $100-$500 a game this time around.
Thoughts on if i should spread my money in the other books or just put the majority of it on matchbook?
Thanks everyone.
For someone who will bet only football and some NBA and MLB, is there any reason to play anywhere else but matchbook? I was thinking about depositing money into a lot of the books but it seems matchbook has the best line price for every of these sports.
For example if you bet an NFL game, you see -110 at all the other books whereas matchbook has -105/+104 and when you add the 0.7% commission or so you pay -106/+103 on the bet. Sometimes you see -114/+113 in the lines etc but those lines are almost always better than the other books.
The only books i want to put money in at the moment are matchbook, 5dimes, betjamaica and bodog.. I wanted to put around $3000 into matchbook, $2000 into 5dimes and $1500 or so in betjamaica and about $1500 into bodog but then thought wouldn't it be pointless to put any money in betjamaica? The only thing i like about betjamaica is that the site looks very clean and that you get 1 free payout per month by cashier check and 1 by bank wire i read on the sbrreview. The reason i want to put money into bodog is because when football season comes, you get good lines if you bet an underdog. Like you get a team +7 whereas +6.5 in the book other books. Also they give 1 free check cashout a month.
Also, i noticed there are many arbs in baseball that you can do with bodog and matchbook though you probably make only $1.25 if you risked $100 at bodog/matchbook to do the arb when the line is like +115/-114. I also noticed many times when i see +120 at bodog for a line and -115 on matchbook for some nfl halftime games because bodog likes to juice lines and you can make an easy profit though its for pennies.
I use to bet around $50-$500 a game. Average bet was $100 or $200 usually. I am down about $12,000 lifetime and want to win my money back slowly. Most of my losses were from baseball 2 years ago and i had no clue what i was doing and just betting huge favorites like $500 to win $250 etc and thats how i lost most of my money back then. I recalled i blew like $6000 in 6 weeks of baseball betting back in 2008 and quit betting baseball afterwards. This was at matchbook. The other amount i lost was from basketball and football though those losses were from a couple of year span.
I'm basically a feel player. I do not know any math. You can call me your average joe except AT THE MOMENT, i hate betting square plays now as oppose to a few years ago when i lost a lot of money. I have a tendency to bet on games that are fishy lines now. Like if it looks like a sucker bet, I would bet the other side mainly because one side looks too easy. That is how i would start betting now as oppose to betting like a square.
If i bet baseball again, I would just make sure i bet on fishy lines and take the opposite side. I would bet underdogs with plus money like betting 2 dogs and hoping one of them would hit. Or bet favorites EXCEPT ALWAYS take them on the Runline for plus money. I am making sure i never would lay $500 to win $200 again because that is real stupid from what i see myself did. And if i did bet baseball, i always see matchbook has the best lines. Like they have +130 whereas other books have +120 or +125.
Would you guys say its just better for me to deposit everything into matchbook based on what I described myself? I also regretted 4 years ago creating a 5dimes account and choosing the matchplay bonus as oppose to reduced juice because my reduced juice is $50 max although i can do the bet multiple times if i wait like 5 minutes etc. I haven't done that many $500 bets but if i had the reduced juice, it definitely helps now if i decide to bet these amounts now. I really wished i had the $500 reduced juice on 5dimes as oppose to the $50 reduced juice limit though it might save me from wagering too much . That is the main reason why i definitely feel i should have money at 5dimes because of the reduced juice. Paying -105 is way better than the -110 at betjamaica and bodog etc.
Matchbook regular checks are $9 i think and that is great too though back then they use to give free checks. The thing that i kind of don't want to put all my money in there is because the site crashes a lot and also i hear people talk about liquidity there. Is that ever a problem if you are talking about NFL, NBA and MLB? Because sometimes i see MLB or NBA totals and see very few money put on a game even like 5 minutes before the game.
Most importantly, i bet all my games probably 5 minutes to 1 hour before a game starts and all my bets are based on who I feel should win. I plan to bet around $100-$500 a game this time around.
Thoughts on if i should spread my money in the other books or just put the majority of it on matchbook?
Thanks everyone.
