matchbook baseball commission worst ever

[aggie]

and they introduce it "just like last year"

[Johnpoints]

Care to explain?

[aggie]

what's to explain? .7 and nothing for making offers. last year .6 and .1. and before that was best - 1% on net wins only, equivalent of .5 by current rules for acceptors

[TheAccountant]

Seems like commissions will continue to creep up..still some great lines available

[aggie]

that's true. too bad it coincides with pinnacle dropping progressive dimeline. RL's look eerie similar to the greek when they hit the +170 mark. and now BetJamaica has officially best moneylines around that mark, as they keep their dimeline up to -190.

[Doug]

I can live with MB making 70 cents profit on a $100 bet.

[Chuck Sims]

I can live with MB making 70 cents profit on a $100 bet.

me too.

[cinpls081]

its more then fair. they have to make money somehow I have zero problem just look at the line like its one dollar less not an issue...

[ZetaPsi808]

this is bad for matchbook. a lot of my baseball profits came from posting offers last year.

we all have to e-mail info@matchbook and harass them until they change it back to like what it used to be

[HedgeHog]

The prices are still better than the rest of my Books. And liquidity is good enough for baseball. I'm okay with it.

[Fishhead]

this is bad for matchbook. a lot of my baseball profits came from posting offers last year.

we all have to e-mail info@matchbook and harass them until they change it back to like what it used to be

[JoeVig]

Yeah thanks for the email to players telling them proactively about these changes.

[Chuck Sims]

Matchbook

I am paying less commission this year than last year at Matchbook for accepting offers. 70 cents per $100. 0% commission on made offers that are accepted(50 cents per $100 received last year).

Matchbook is the best. No complaints, no e-mails harrassing MB forthcoming from me.

[jackkkk2009]

I am paying less commission this year than last year at Matchbook for accepting offers. 70 cents per $100. 0% commission on made offers that are accepted(50 cents per $100 received last year).

Matchbook is the best. No complaints, no e-mails harrassing MB forthcoming from me.

I agree with you, Chunk. Matchbook still has the best commission & odds for baseball this year.

[aggie]

that's not the point chuck and hedgehog! that's a price hike, period. i ceratainly expected comments like those form zetapsi, comments from educated consumers.

yes, there are still very good lines on offfer, but by reading your comments what's stopping matchbook from another hike next year? and how much is enough for YOU guys? this is the point in all of this...

and chuck, how can you pay less is beyond me. now you're paying $7 last year it was $6! and making offers netted you $1 instead of NOTHING (all on a dime bet)

[HedgeHog]

By "just as last year" I think that MB meant that they were discounting baseball commissions relative to other sports once again. Obviously, the discount isn't as big as it was last baseball season so I can see your disappointment, Aggie. Nevertheless, it's still the best deal in town and I'm encouraged with the liquidity there.

[aggie]

the liquidity is good and last year was no different. that's obviously a good thing. but it's better to at least stop the praise or we'll see .8 next year. and when you think about it, matchbook is now making just $1 less on MLB than other sports ($7 compared to $8)

[byronbb]

Go pay 5% on betfair then.

[blix177]

Makes me wonder why don't they just do the 1 and .2 commission. I mean we only have a net difference of .1. I am guessing they rather have less competitors offering, while getting more commission for punters.

[skrtelfan]

Maybe it has to do with the people who keep matching my offers with their 5 cent and 3 cent bets. I got excited when I saw some of my KC -111 matched but it was 6 cents to win 5 cents, so someone managed to get a nickel at +120. Good for them.

[blix177]

Maybe it has to do with the people who keep matching my offers with their 5 cent and 3 cent bets. I got excited when I saw some of my KC -111 matched but it was 6 cents to win 5 cents, so someone managed to get a nickel at +120. Good for them.

I don't think they really profit from it. I think matchbook works beyond the .01 cents, and the math keeps working at .0000001 range. But because we only see say $109.21 we don't notice the .00000001 range. I am only guessing that this is true because I get a lot of my $100 offers at 99.99 after it is fully matched.

[Climate]

You always want to get the most for your money. This adds up to the lot by the end of a season.

[skrtelfan]

I don't think they really profit from it. I think matchbook works beyond the .01 cents, and the math keeps working at .0000001 range. But because we only see say $109.21 we don't notice the .00000001 range. I am only guessing that this is true because I get a lot of my $100 offers at 99.99 after it is fully matched.

I've noticed that 99.99 thing too. I tested it out as a precaution to make sure some bot couldn't screw me with a few thousand offers of something like 0.05 to win 0.06 when I'm trying to offer -111, and it eventually started to round down as if it worked beyond the 0.01, like you said. I don't know why they don't just make a minimum amount of $1 because it can be kind of annoying for record keeping purposes to deal with all of these cent offers.

[username474]

#%^&*@! gota to eat, right

[Chuck Sims]

aggie, if it was only 60 cents per $100 on offers the bettor accepted last year, then I was mistaken about paying less.