How do you guys get money down on games in Matchbook? NHL is a graveyard right now. Is it at the point where you have to wait till an hour before game time to get a bet in?
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Prove it or are you like fishhead who just wants to spread lies to get money there.
Lakers game tonight has ~$500 TOTAL on BOTH sides of the spread currently. Or do Americans not bey NBA either?Comment -
You cannot solely rely on Matchbook got to have a couple other books, preferably ones that do transfers with MB like 5DimesComment -
I saw $100k on the Giants game the other night but that is rare.
They have no liquidity.Comment -
liquidity or not, i still manage to get better odds with matchbook the majority of the time than any other book.Comment -
I think they are good for bases, otherwise not so much......Comment -
People are afraid to put offers up since the site is unstableComment -
I would be playing there (and playing some hockey) if there were some better deposit/withdrawal options.Comment -
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Over $100,000 on the Chargers(vs Tenn) moneyline offered at Matchbook. Baseball playoffs had huge offers.
Last night I bet a total of $10,000 on the Colts during in-game betting.
Bet over $5,000 on Rand Paul to win Ky. Senate seat.
Bet over $3,000 on Joe Miller to win Alaska Senate seat. Could have bet a lot more on Miller but declined.
Bet $2,000 on Sleazy Reid +250 to +275. Bet $3000 on Angle +100 to -120.
Apparently not too many people bet hockey.Comment -
I'd like to see more liquidity but am now doing about 90% of my US sports business at Matchbook because I can get better odds from them than Pinnacle.Comment -
What are the deposit/withdrawal options and cost at Matchbook? I don't see them anywhere on the site.
Well for me I'm new to sportsbooks and the odds at Matchbook seem great, I'm definitely considering them. What sites can you transfer to and from Matchbook? I hope Bodogs as that seems to be the most likely SB I'll decide to use.
One thing I wonder is if it's possible to do prop betting on non mainstream sports... or parlays? I think you have to ask for stuff like that. I don't think I'll ever see prop or over/under bettings on boxing there. Thus, an other SB (Although Matchbook is an exchange site) seems like a must even if you're going to bet 90% of the time their due to the top-notch lines and low commission/juice.Comment -
Bookmaker, BetJamaica, and 5dimes are three quality books one can transfer funds from to MatchBook.
MATCHBOOK, a must out!!Comment -
It's really a one of a kind shop, especially when you consider how Betfair rapes you with their high commissions and omg that UGLY premium charge commission, you will cry cry cry if Matchbook goes away, keep supporting it and don't get all huffy and puffy because you couldn't get a hockey bet matched.sbrComment -
How is NBA starting out liquidity wise?Comment -
Market makers need to be making sufficient profits via high transaction volume before they are willing to take the risk of getting killed on a big line move. Morning lines are still subject to major moves.Comment -
This is going the Tradesports way fast.
I said it before. The way to do an exchange right (i.e. solve the liquidity problem) is to create one overarching platform that connects all. Like Wall Street. Just as you can trade stocks through many different outlets, so traders should be able to buy and sell sports bets through different books that all connect to the same platform. The commission is shared by the book and the platform.
The person that sets this up will be very rich. You already got the contacts SBR John... Exchanges are the future; the purest form of bookmaking. As soon as the liquidity problem is solved, everybody will jump on board. But the approach has to be much broader than what we have seen so far.Comment -
But what existing book, having busted its butt to get a book of -110 players, is going to freely offer them the chance to bet at -103 and cut their hold from three or four percent to whatever Matchbook holds?
And it's not clear that everybody would be aboard because every Saturday and Sunday tens of millions are bet at -110 on football games where the players could get -103 at Matchbook.Comment -
Everyone should have MB in their arsenal............Comment -
I believe that mansion tried something like that together with low commission and crazy promotion (anybody remember that NFL promotion?) but they failed. people in europe only play at betfair and usually ignore everything else even though they have the highest commission in the market (I know of)Comment -
I hope it doesn't go the way of Tradesports, not sure where else I would be able to attempt to make in game trades at for an exchange.Comment -
This was already tried about 5 or 6 or 7 years ago.
The group that owned Las Palmas (Horizon 20) was part of it (maybe the main part?), as were a few other books (CRIS maybe?, not sure). I don't think they had a lot of money for start-up/marketing, and it ended up being a complete bust ... no offers equalled no action equalled no profit.
That's not to say that it could never work, but that attempt never worked.Comment -
I don't know man. Making pennies on the dollar isnt really a deal breaker for me. MB has definitely gone downhill some vs 5 years ago. I see way less money on games before and after. It seems to be only the major games get the attention where as 5 years ago there was ample money on lower class games.Comment -
The way I approach Matchbook is to assume that there will be nothing of value posted until gameday, and in a lot of cases not until an hour or two before gametime. Anything beyond that is gravy.
Because of this, it's imperative to have more places than just Matchbook to bet at.Comment -
matchbook = wsex
wsex = brokeComment
