What book to go to?

[Bites]

Hi guys,

What site do you recommend me to go to?

I went to BetSuperior.com and had a bad experience. Now they changed to BetSportsweb.com for some reason ...

[SBR Lou]

It depends what you're looking for, bases, tennis, or just a book in general to get situated with headed into football season.

[Nicky Santoro]

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[compaqDikk]

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[rake922]

matchbook.

[SBR Lou]

matchbook.

Matchbook is a good choice (an exchange), however we don't know if he's looking to bet some parlays, exotics etc, or just wants to play at a traditional book.

Other choices include Bet Jamaica, 5Dimes etc in that case.

[Nicky Santoro]

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with richie backing them up and saying how great they are and how they are an A+ book, you can't go wrong..

[bigboydan]

First off, Welcome to the SBR forum sir.

I'm sorry to hear about your situation with BetSuperior, however here are a couple of very good books I'd like to suggest you look into.


Both 5Dimes and BetJamaica fine selections and you can't go wrong with either one actually IMHOO. So let me break them both down for you in order for you to choose one or the other.

5Dimes (SBR Rated A) is the way to go for baseball if your a recreational player that bets nickels, and haven't had your limits cut. But just watch out for those delays.

They have no outstanding complaints or processing issues levied against them at this time. Not to mention they offer some pretty good payment solutions for U.S. players (Echecks most notably 300 max./14 day hold). Plus they offer one free fedex payout per month that you will usually get within about 3-5 business days.

The bonus they offer for new customers is a 50% free play with a 5x rollover, and 20% reload bonuses.

They use the ASI software (Which is nice IMO), not to mention the fact that [iSBRFORUM]5Dimes[/iSBRFORUM] has a couple of mirror sites, which helps during the down times:

propbet.com
www2.5dimes.com

Did I mention nickel overnight lines (till 8am est), and offers a lot of prop wagering options.

Here is the vig breakdowns 5Dimes, and a few of the other wagering options they have to offer:

.10 up to -176
.15 up to -201
.20 up to -266
.25 up to -280
.30 up to -346
.35 up to -361
.40 up to -386
.45 up to -421
.50 up to -461

Overnight Lines: Yes *See Nickel Lines Chart Below
Reverse Run Lines: Yes
5-inning lines: Yes: RLs, MLs & Totals
Reduced Juice Totals: Yes**
Reduced Juice RLs: Yes**
Grand Salami Totals: Yes
Team Totals: Yes


Overnight Nickel Lines Chart

.05 up to -162
.06 up to -165
.07 up to -193
.08 up to -196
.09 up to -198
.10 up to -251
.11 up to -253
.12 up to -255
.13 up to -257
.14 up to -258
.15 up to -266
.16 up to -270
.17 up to -273
.18 up to -276
.19 up to -278
.20 up to -310


The one complaint I do have against them though. I don't like the fact that they always have problems grading their prop bets. They are notorious for mis-grading those thing and their rules for those seem to have a very gray area IMHOO.



BetJamaica (SBR Rated A+), part of the TheGreek family of books and use the ASI software, which I feel is pretty nice overall.

BetJamaica (SBR Rated A+) is more of a recreation book and does offer nice reload bonuses (10 or 20% reup bonuses/$500 max, with a 4x's rollover), however since they are a recreational book they could cut your limits if your chasing steam and or other things of that nature.

Their banking options for U.S. players have actually improved some over the last few months, because they are now offering Echecks (which is very nice feature these days, but info required to be faxed). Not to mention they do free book-to-book transfers ($500 min) with: TheGreek, Legendz, Pinnacle, 5Dimes and BookMaker and soon Wsex (note: Bookmaker will charge you incoming fees).

The payouts are very prompt really for overnight checks (3-5 business days), and the withdraw fees are actually quite reasonable if you exceed the 1 free payout via fedex per calender month (min. $200/$35 flat fee if you exceed the freebie).

Another thing I should make mention of since we have seen some DDos attacks this weekend is that they have a couple of mirror sites for emergency purposes.

BetJamaica:

http://mirror1.betjm.com

http://mirror2.betjm.com

They also are now offering an online chat service which is always a nice feature

The lines they offer are very competitive with most other books IMO, and the use a dimeline up to -190 in baseball. Which I feel is great!

Here is the baseball vig breakdown and betting options they will be offering this 2008 baseball season.


.10 up to -190
.13 up to -195
.15 up to -200
.18 up to -205
.20 up to -240
.25 up to -250
.30 up to -280
.35 up to -290
.40 up to -300
.45 up to -310
.50 up to -320


Overnight Lines: Yes
Reverse Run Lines: Yes
5-inning lines: Yes
Reduced Juice Totals: No
Grand Salami Totals: Yes
Team Totals: No

The drawbacks I do have about [iSBRFORUM]BetJamaica[/iSBRFORUM] is they only accept U.S. currencies

[Bites]

Hi, thanks guys. I was actually looking for these kind of responses.

They are really helpful, I guess I'll try those out. I'm just looking to bet a few hundreds per week for fun. Well , I won't complain if i win of coure

Thanks to all for these reviews.

I'll keep you posted on my experiences.

Bites

[SBR Lou]

Glad to hear it Bites, and good luck on the gambling part.

[daggerkobe]

Bodog.

My only complaint is slow pay (takes a month) but at least it's free, unlike others that charge $50.

[jjgold]

Greek
Jamaica
wagerstreet
wsex
matchbook
Carib
bookmaker

[fiveteamer]

If you bet at 5 dimes, you better not win, because Tony does not like that.

[german 69]

ibc or sbo are not that bad. up to 12k limits and they pay out by moneybookers within one hour. The bad thing is that you have to sign up via an agent. they are licensed in the philippines

[Bites]

Thanks guys I really appreciate it, I'm playing at some of these places right now and no complains so far.

Thanks for the help!

[smallon]

In the past I used Sportsbook.com. Had problems getting paid (it took forever) and switched to 5 Dimes. Other than an occasional attitude from their customer service department, I've been very happy with them.

I just began using Matchbook and so far, so good. They could have more lines but I can get around it. They can be a little slow to grade.

I also began using Pinnacle a few days ago and must say that their service is excellent. They grade in minutes, respond to emails within 15 minutes and have lots of bets to choose from.

I may throw a few hundred into The Greek and Bet Jam in the next week or so.

[Marigold HD]

Good Luck Bites....make sure you always stay within your limits and remember to make it fun and not into a buisness..

[4nic8ing]

Pinnacle if your not in the states
Betonline
Bookmaker if your not playing MLB
Grande if you don't need all the other bells and whistles