Pinnacle Gives Up.....

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by randallscott35

On the bright side of the ledger, no one has to worry about getting paid from Pinny. No one. Every last person will be paid in full.

I don't know how you can say that with such certainty. I agree it's probably true, but I'm not nearly as certain as you are.

Pinnacle is not well-prepared today. I asked for my money over 6 hours ago, and it is not even showing as deducted yet. CRIS and TheGreek meanwhile both paid cashouts to me today in a matter of minutes. (and I'm sure they are getting multiple cashout requests, too.)

--Dunbar

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

I don't know how you can say that with such certainty. I agree it's probably true, but I'm not nearly as certain as you are.

Pinnacle is not well-prepared today. I asked for my money over 6 hours ago, and it is not even showing as deducted yet. CRIS and TheGreek meanwhile both paid cashouts to me today in a matter of minutes. (and I'm sure they are getting multiple cashout requests, too.)

--Dunbar

Dun, they aren't closing shop, just to the U.S.....How many thousands of players are closing out today. Give them a day or two. I'm not the least bit worried. In fact, I'm not in a rush to pull out funds anyway. Have a few futures left. Might as well wait for those and then get one check out rather than 2.

Son of a....


I just withdrew all but a grand out of my account. I'm with Greek so I should be alright.

[2MinsToPost]

Now the people at winticket.com need to QUIT this ridiculous deposit $100 get $100 and get into the world of rebates - PLEASE!

[SCUDSBROTHER]

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[skippy3481]

Can anyone recommend a solid sportsbook. Perhaps dunbar, i'd be happy to reference you. I'm not a huge bettor but i push through a decent amount of action every week.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

Can anyone recommend a solid sportsbook. Perhaps dunbar, i'd be happy to reference you. I'm not a huge bettor but i push through a decent amount of action every week.

Skip, don't put any money off shore right now, for Pinny to do what they did, something is going on, nobody saw this coming this early. I wouldn't trust any other site IMO

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by skippy3481

Can anyone recommend a solid sportsbook. Perhaps dunbar, i'd be happy to reference you. I'm not a huge bettor but i push through a decent amount of action every week.

skippy, CRIS processed a 4-fig withdrawal for me within minutes today. They are as solid as any sportsbook, and have been a consensus Top 3 for years. I would much rather have a 5K balance at CRIS right now than at Pinnacle, I'll tell you that. (it's been 11 hours since my withdrawal at Pinnacle, and still no word, nor an answer to the email I sent 5 hours ago.)

However, as I wrote earlier, I would wait until at least a few weeks after the Superbowl before depositing to make sure that ANY book is still healthy.

If you are determined to keep some money in a sportsbook in the short term, World Sports Exchange (wsex.com) is another good choice. They responded to the Pinny announcement with an offer of a 20% bonus on account-transfers (from Pinnacle), with a 5x rollover requirement for the bonus. (Max transfer that qualifies for a bonus is 10K) I believe the offer is only good until tomorrow. They pay full track odds but offer no rebate or payoff bonus. And their futures generally suck. (But a 20% bonus with 5x rollover is very much like a 4% rebate until you've earned the bonus.)

I see at Sportsbook Review that TheGreek and BetJamaica (which is run by TheGreek) are also accepting balance transfers from Pinnacle. This is what I would do if I hadn't already put in a Neteller withdrawal request at Pinnacle. TheGreek isn't as good as CRIS or 5Dimes for betting on daily races, but they are good for futures and matchups on big races. And they are at the level of CRIS for security.

In the longterm, Pinnacle's departure should be good news to other sportsbooks, making them healthier.

btw, I agree with you that there is something very weird about this Pinnacle development.

--Dunbar