Betmaker, Carib, or Heritage

[mschild]

I getting ready to drop a good size hunk of cash in a book and needed some advise.

Betmaker offered me 30% 3X rollover and have a 30 day hold on the deposit and bonus.

Carib has a 50% bonus that expires upon withdrawal

Heritage has a 20% bonus with a 5X rollover no hold.

Which should I go with or is their any better deals/

[Bill Dozer]

BetMaker is going to be the better deal math wise. If you are looking to play large amounts with a bigger bonus cap, Heritage might be the play. If you are the type of player who will let the entire account balance ride, Carib's sticky is the way to go.

[JoshW]

I like them all personally. But I am willing to play with lots of books at a time. The carib bonus is pretty good but is for fairly small amount I believe and is just a sticky credit to bet, can't withdraw. The other bonuses are cash.

This seems as good a place as any to mention that recently upgraded BetWSC (to a C rating I believe) is offering 15% cash and -107 juice all the time, pretty good deal.

[Mudcat]

I'd need to know more about your methods and what you mean by "a good size hunk of cash" to respond more intelligently.

Of those, I think I personally would take the Heritage deal.

If your idea of a good size hunk of cash in anything like mine, I would get into problems with the low wager limits at Betmaker. Like if you needed 50K in action, it would be quite a bit of work at Betmaker.

The sticky bonus at Carib becomes less and less valuable the further my balance is over the max bet. (Again, it depends what we mean by a good size hunk of cash).

So I like 20% at Heritage of those choices (assuming you mean a cash bonus and not freeplay). Heritage has some reasonable limits, reduced juice during weekdays and also some opinionated lines.

There should be some better deals out there - particularly in the next month - particularly if these are sign-up bonuses you're talking about and not reloads. And if they are sign-ups, I'd recommend checking out BonusBoss. They'll bump up your signup bonus at quite a few books. I'm not sure off the top of my head if they've got deals with the three books you mentioned but it's worth checking.

[SBR_John]

We know the guys at Betmaker and Heritage. These guys are top notch guys that have been in the industry since there was an industry. Roger at Heritage is a great guy, you cant go wrong with one of those choices.

[TLD]

Betmaker: I’ve played here off and on for a couple years. I’d say they’re like the VIP group or Sportingbet group in that they tend to be more generous than most books in terms of bonuses and perks, but they also play more games than most books when it comes to interpreting bonus rules, marketing people making offers and promises that somehow vanish or alter once you’ve sent in your money, perks being withdrawn or changed if you show any non-square tendencies, etc. A “get it in writing” book for sure.

Carib: I’ve played here very sparingly. I never found much value, but it’s possible I didn’t play here long enough or explore them thoroughly enough. I certainly never had any bad experiences with them. They’ve been around for a long time (well, for this industry anyway) and seem to have a solid reputation. Other than occasional complaints about their peculiar and misleading “sticky” bonus, I rarely hear anything against them.

Heritage: I’ve never played here, but they seem to have a good reputation in the forums as a professional operation. I play at BetBBB, which I take it has at least some connection with them, and have a favorable opinion of that book so far.

Overall, I’d say the best risk/reward for one’s bottom line, especially as a new customer who hasn’t yet been profiled, would be Betmaker. But don’t be surprised if there’s a headache or two along the way.

If you’re purely motivated by safety and least hassles, I’d probably go with Heritage, though I don’t know that Carib would be much if at all behind them.

Actually the way you worded your question it sounds like you’re looking all or mostly at the initial bonuses. So one piece of advice I’d have would be to be sure not to limit yourself to looking at just that factor. I certainly wouldn’t say to disregard bonuses, but it should rank around the middle or a little below as far as the factors worth taking into account in deciding where to send your money.

Taking all factors into account, there are many books I’d rank ahead of all three you asked about.