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  • blix177
    Restricted User
    • 09-20-08
    • 1520

    #1
    Question about pinnalce sports
    I know they don't take U.S. player but why not. I mean the other leaders, matchbook betjamaica, 5dimes, greek, betcris family, all takes U.S.

    Another thing I notice is they offer a lot of live betting base on U.S. sports, nfl, nba, mlb... if they don't take us clients who are betting on these sports?

    What I want to know is, is there a backdoor program where they let select U.S. base player in?
  • Hareeba!
    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
    • 07-01-06
    • 36990

    #2
    Originally posted by blix177
    if they don't take us clients who are betting on these sports?

    I know this may come as a bit of a shock to Yanks but there are intelligent life forms on other parts of our planet
    Last edited by Hareeba!; 10-09-09, 04:56 PM.
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    • sinkhole
      SBR High Roller
      • 05-30-09
      • 116

      #3
      hehehehe
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      • digimedia
        SBR Hustler
        • 09-17-09
        • 82

        #4
        What I would like to know is why they do not take Dutch players, I've tried to apply but they reject without explaining why.
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        • Pareto
          SBR MVP
          • 04-10-07
          • 1058

          #5
          @digimedia

          It seems Holland has very strict gambling policies. I remember a few years ago you could not bet on dutch soccer at Betfair. Even though you could bet on every other big or small football league in the world.

          And you can see from the below article that there are still issues between the bookmakers and the Dutch government.

          Betfair, the online betting specialist, has launched a multimillion-euro legal action against the Dutch government over its attempt to ban banks in the country from processing payments made by Dutch customers on online gaming websites based in the UK.


          "Ladbrokes is also involved in a long-running legal dispute with the Dutch government, which relates to an injunction taken out in 2002 that prevents the bookmaker from accepting sports bets from Dutch citizens on Ladbrokes.com"

          Maybe its the same injunction that prevents Pinnacle from taking bets from Dutch citizens.
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          • noyb
            SBR Wise Guy
            • 09-13-05
            • 971

            #6
            most books ignore the dutch ban on gambling as it isn't enforced and disputable under european law

            pinnacle is different since they are licensed on curacao, which is part of the netherlands antilles. it's a bit more difficult telling the dutch government to F O when you're practically based there (same goes for all other curacao gaming sites btw)
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            • RickySteve
              Restricted User
              • 01-31-06
              • 3415

              #7
              Pinnacle owners have deep ties to United States and aren't willing to risk prosecution.
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              • JoeVig
                SBR Wise Guy
                • 01-11-08
                • 772

                #8
                Originally posted by blix177
                if they don't take us clients who are betting on these sports?
                I heard their limits have tightened up on some US sports from what they used to be back in the good ol' days.
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                • swede71
                  SBR Rookie
                  • 05-28-09
                  • 26

                  #9
                  Originally posted by blix177
                  if they don't take us clients who are betting on these sports?

                  Asian clients!

                  Pinnacle have no problem to live without US clients..I have hear that most of the clients at the top rated sportsbooks are from Asia..

                  But I don't know if it's true
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                  • Stumpage
                    SBR MVP
                    • 09-21-05
                    • 2906

                    #10
                    Pinnacle is not banned in Canada either, which is a large land mass sharing a common border to the north of the United States Empire. From time to time there have been reported sightings of humans there.
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                    • digimedia
                      SBR Hustler
                      • 09-17-09
                      • 82

                      #11
                      Originally posted by noyb
                      most books ignore the dutch ban on gambling as it isn't enforced and disputable under european law

                      pinnacle is different since they are licensed on curacao, which is part of the netherlands antilles. it's a bit more difficult telling the dutch government to F O when you're practically based there (same goes for all other curacao gaming sites btw)
                      That would explain a lot, I didn't know this. Thanks!
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                      • thespeculator
                        SBR MVP
                        • 09-09-08
                        • 2999

                        #12
                        Originally posted by blix177
                        I know they don't take U.S. player but why not. I mean the other leaders, matchbook betjamaica, 5dimes, greek, betcris family, all takes U.S.

                        Another thing I notice is they offer a lot of live betting base on U.S. sports, nfl, nba, mlb... if they don't take us clients who are betting on these sports?

                        What I want to know is, is there a backdoor program where they let select U.S. base player in?
                        i have a hard time believing that asians are putting 30k on nfl and college football games, and canada may have only 33.8 million people but we have more money than billion asians,
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                        • swede71
                          SBR Rookie
                          • 05-28-09
                          • 26

                          #13
                          Originally posted by thespeculator
                          i have a hard time believing that asians are putting 30k on nfl and college football games, and canada may have only 33.8 million people but we have more money than billion asians,

                          Asia is very big with big money..NBA and MLB is very big in Japan and South Korea and I think there is a lot of big players there.

                          I think sportbetting is big business in many countries in the asia
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                          • durito
                            SBR Posting Legend
                            • 07-03-06
                            • 13173

                            #14
                            Originally posted by thespeculator
                            i have a hard time believing that asians are putting 30k on nfl and college football games, and canada may have only 33.8 million people but we have more money than billion asians,
                            the type of players putting 30k on an nfl game from the us figured out a way to keep playing a pinnacle
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