Top 5 sportsbooks

[mschild]

My top 5:

1. Bet Jamacia - Best overall, lines, CS, and payouts
2. ABC Islands - Great Baseball lines, 7 day a week payouts
3. VIP - Reliable, everything good nothing great
4. Las Palmas - Football only, great reload bonus, quick pay
5. Legendz- Everything except software and no dimeline

[moses millsap]

1.Pinnacle
2.WSEX
3.5dimes

[BuddyBear]

My top 5:

1. Bet Jamacia - Best overall, lines, CS, and payouts
2. ABC Islands - Great Baseball lines, 7 day a week payouts
3. VIP - Reliable, everything good nothing great
4. Las Palmas - Football only, great reload bonus, quick pay
5. Legendz- Everything except software and no dimeline

It would seem impossible not to have pinnacle in your top 5....did you have a bad experience with them or something or just have never tried them?

[TLD]

Depends on if we’re talking about top books for safety, for value to a sharp player, for value to a recreational player, for this sport or that sport, etc.

So I’ll interpret it this way: “Let’s say you woke up tomorrow and discovered a certain book had shut down, paying all their account holders in full but just going out of business. Which are the books it would most adversely affect you to lose like that?”

No brainers for the Top 5:

Mansion
Matchbook
Pinnacle

Possible Top 5, certainly Top 10:

5 Dimes
The Greek
Sports Interaction
WSEX

Probably wouldn’t make Top 5, but have a decent shot at Top 10:

CRIS
Jazz family, including ABC Islands
Sportingbet family
Trojan
VIP family
WWTS

Outside shot at Top 10, but probably more like Top 20:

Bet Jamaica
BetOnSports family (for value of offerings, but be extremely careful here because they’re even more crooked than most of these outfits)
Bodog
Bowmans
Canbet
Intertops
Skybook

Miscellaneous others I’ve found it more valuable than not to have an account at:

Actionbets
Bet365
BetBBB
Carib
Legendz

Probably leaving out a few, but those are the ones I could think of right now.

[Mudcat]

For me, at this juncture as baseball becomes more dominant in the overall gambling picture:

Pinnacle
Mansion
The Greek
Intertops
ABC Islands

[SBR_John]

Excellent breakdown TLD!

MSChild good post! The Las Palmas choice is an interesting one. I always liked their real simple betting screens especially on college football Saturday.

[Brick Tamland]

right now for me.... pinnacle, diamond, cascade, bodog, 5dimes but will change next monthid bet

[pags11]

1. Pinnacle
2. Mansion
3. Matchbook

a distant 4th and 5th...

Cris
Betjamaica

[Dark Horse]

1) Mansion
2) Pinnacle
4) Canbet
3) Skybook
5) Tradesports

[natrass]

betfair.

nowhere else is even close. yes, even pinnacle is nowhere near as good value for everything.

[mad]

Excellent breakdown TLD!

Agree. Great post.

Never a lot of talk around here about ABC Islands/Jazz etc. I've found them to be an interesting out on occasions.

[pjesnik24]

pointbet
10bet
pinnacle
betfair

[Terris]

Atm that would be:

1. Pinny (never changes)
2. Mansion
3. Atlas (really good for MLB)
4. Cascade (gotta love the -105 on baseball totals)
5. Olympic (20c MLs but they still good on many lines)

After that there are so many good books, hard to write them all but Cris, Jamaica, Carib, Skybook, Bowmans, WSEX, Canbet come to mind first

[Mudcat]

5. Olympic (20c MLs but they still good on many lines)

For anyone who likes betting MLB alternate runlines, The Greek is good to keep an eye on.

[priceperheadexpert]

Years ago..5 was easy..Today there are many options that are all great..Thats why when I hear people having problems getting paid I have to blame these players..If you are out hunting for new outs, then you are obviously walking the tightrope..

[slash]

Mansion
Pinnacle
Jazz

[stump]

1. WSEX
2. Pinnacle
3. Bowmans
4. Olympic/Bet Jamaica
5. VIP

I prefer safety and quick payouts to bonus', etc.