[mariners2951]

Hey, I know they are sister books and they are very similar but I'm just wondering whats the main difference and which one should I deposit money into? Thanks for the opinions

[Mudcat]

They are virtual clones except for baseball. During the regular season, Diamond is much better however they changed up for the playoffs and right now Bookmaker has better lines and that should last through the World Series.

But everything else in terms of selection and lines is virtually identical. I remember Durito saying there was a very occasional difference but I couldn't say what exactly.

As far as promotions, those have all been the same too lately. Limits are the same. Payouts? Also about the same (although Americans may have some different experience with that. I can't keep up with all the issue Americans have with payouts).

I have noticed people complaining more about phone calls from Bookmaker than DSI if that means anything.

For me, Bookmaker is the better choice right now because of the lower juice MLB playoff lines.

[bigboydan]

Bookmaker post the lines faster than DSI does.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Can't join bookmaker from here so not too familiar with them, but Diamond have fairly nice bonus stuff. I've had $1350 freeplays from them the last few months ($500 reload, 3x $150 from loyalty points, 2*$200 referrals).

As above, mlb lines are nicer at bookmaker now though. The only other decent odds at dsi are soccer over/unders, where they have crappy juice but occasionally pretty opinionated lines.

To be honest, if you only had one book you wanted to deposited into, it wouldn't be either of these. Pinnacle if you can obviously, but even if you're in the US there must be a lower juice book out there.

[bigboydan]

Can't join bookmaker from here so not too familiar with them

You can play at Betcris though which is virtually the same sir.

[HeeeHAWWWW]

Aha, didn't know they were a clone, thought it was just another separate book in the group. Seems I can logon at bookmaker with my Betcris acct btw :-)

[bigboydan]

Here is the newswire on this sir:

2/26/2007 05:01 PM

betcris (SBR rating A+) to move all U.S. player accounts to CRIS-owned website, Bookmaker.com. Effective tomorrow morning, U.S. players will be redirected to Bookmaker.com upon logging in to their CRIS account. U.S bettors are not expected to experience an interruption in service as both websites operate using the same platform. CRIS acquired the Bookmaker website with the purchase of the BetMaker Group in August of last year. The betcris brand will be used to target the the European market.

Update: Website change for U.S. players rescheduled for Thursday morning.

[RickySteve]

Limits are not the same. DSI is lower to begin with, and will collar aggressively.

Risk management, i.e. lines, is separate for all major US markets, not just MLB.