No Bonuses At Pinnacle?????

[helpmewin]

I was interested in trying pinnacle sportsbook out due to the positive reviews jeff gave it as well as their history of fast payouts and serving higher limit bettors made me feel comfortable depositing my few hundred with them but when I went to sign up to my shock and dismay they offer absolutely no initial sign up bonus at all, apparently they offer many lines at half price and use this as a substitute for a good old fashioned deposit bonus. YO PINNACLE IT'S ALRIGHT TO GIVE EM A LIL 10% INITIAL SIGN UP BONUS EVEN IF YA HAVE TO THROW IN SOME CRAPPY RULES LIKE 30 DAY W/D WAITING PERIOD OR 5 TIMES ROLLOVER. For what its worth pinnacle appears to have some original lines and does offer many at half price as I mentioned before but with no deposit bonus offered by pinnacle at all ill try one of the many others that do offer some very sweet soundin bonuses and see if they give me a bigger bang for my buck before depositing with pinnacle. Just for the record small time bettors like myself love a good $25 free bet or 20% sign up bonus I mean put low limits on your bonuses or something Pinnacle. in other words WAKE UP PINNACLE IT'S BONUS TIME BABYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

[Rocky414]

They say on their website that they offer a 10% sign up bonus. Is that not the case?

This was taken directly from their site, so I assume they would have to honor it :



Bonus and Incentives
We currently offer a 10% cash bonus (up to $500) for all Internet Accounts that start with $250 or more using a Cashier Check, Credit/Debit Card, INSTADEBIT, Moneybookers, NETeller, Western Union or wire transfer. This is in conjunction with the ultra-competitive prices on our Website. We also cover the fees for transfers of funds to us for $1,000 or more. All of our bonuses are subject to the client staking at least three times the amount of the initial deposit in bets before withdrawing funds, and the initial deposit and bonuses must remain in the account for a minimum of 30 days before any withdrawals are made.

Please note: Only Sports wagers count towards your bonus rollover. Bonuses such as a signup bonus are not to be used in the casino. If a player uses the signup bonus in the casino the player will forfeit the bonus back to Pinnacle Sports Worldwide.

[helpmewin]

Hmmmmmm, UHHHH WHAT THA @%#!?????????

Wow Rocky, this is the most baffling thing of all time they have no bonus button on their site and no advertisement of any kind of signup bonus on their homepage which is the norm for online sportsbooks like 99.999999% of the time, I mean why hide your signup bonus deep in FAQ Pinnacle??? The small time bettor like myself scans the homepage and sees nothing remotely mentioning any bonuses and shrugs his shoulders says damn tightasses and clicks the Back button to see another site. ONLY UPON ROCKYS REPLY did I dig and dig and dig and finally somewhere in the middle of about 200 FAQ is "Hey Pinnacle ya dumbasses do you offer any signup bonuses that are as is basically scripture on the internet and thus should be highlighted on your homepage to actually catch ppls immediate attn (as this is what your 100+ competitors are doing) to hopefully make them salivate at the thought of depositing their scratch into your sportsbook or are you keeping this information so close to your vest that the only way to access it would be to send them and email or search through the long list of FAQ?????????????????" CAN SOMEBODY SAY PINNACLE PASS THAT GOOD SHIT WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT!!!!!!! At any rate thx for your help Rocky I may try Pinnacle now hopefully they are as moronic with their lines as they are with their bonus info.

[Jeff]

I know alot of players like that bonus that you get immediately. That makes your account balance immediately look bigger.

But you really need to realize just how much of a bonus reduced juice is. There is no other bonus more valuable than being able to lay -105 OR LESS on a football game that is the same line at -110 everywhere else.

It's a bonus you get every time you make a bet for as long as you have the account.

If you want a chance to come out ahead betting sports, reduced juice is an absolute must.

If I was told I was only allowed one sportsbook, it would HAVE to be a book like Pinnacle for me.

[helpmewin]

Reply

First off, every sportsbook should offer an initial deposit signup bonus, I mean EVERY sportsbook. A sportsbooks job is to give you a 50/50 wager or at least a wager that is perceived by the betting public to be 50/50 and pay you less than 50/50. Pinnacle has great lines, apparently is very solid, saves busloads of nuns from wrecks, etc., BUT aside from this reputation it's STILL a company that's bottom line is to give you a fair bet with an unfair payoff, JEFF WITHOUT THIS BOTTOM LINE THEYD BE OUT OF BUSINESS. So let's quit applauding reduced juice, I mean it's great but reduced is REDUCED not nonexistent. I'm not sayin Pinnacle should offer deposit bonuses equal (or in this case anywhere near equal) to their competition, OF COURSE THEY SHOULDNT, they wouldnt make a profit if they offered bodog type bonuses on redeposits which is currently a whoppin 20%, but forgot redeposit bonuses to entice NEW players to tryout your site (which means riskin their $$$ by depositing them with an offshore book that they will NEVER get their money out of should the sportsbook go belly up) you need a signup bonus of some kind. Now Jeff you represent Pinnacle on your site so jumping to their defense is inevitable, hell if they were linin my pockets I'd agree with ya, but since the only way Pinnacle sends me any money is as a result of winning a 50/50 wager and gettin paid 95.2% return instead of 100 I DISAGREE BRO SRRY. Keep up the great site but this aint defendthesportsbooks.com it's bettorsworld.com, give ppl a signup bonus or start offering NO JUICE ON ALL GAMES and I'll acknowledge your site as a public nonprofit service rather than what sportsbooks really are, gambling BUSINESSES that offer a (95.2% return upon winning a 50/50 bet (-105) or 90.9% return upon winning a 50/50 bet (-110) and trust me Jeff Pinnacle is MAKING PLENTY OF DOUGH on that difference between fair and actual payouts, but I'm gonna assume your a wiseguy not a real better that simply seeks to move lines and hedge bets and all that junk in order to create a mathermatical advantage for yourself even after the sportsbooks cut and simply accept the difference between real and actual payouts as THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS as I've heard you say NUMEROUS times (really jeff that turns my stomach when you say that so I wish you'd cut back on it, b/c not everyone views this as a business but are instead truly gambling), I MYSELF AM A TRUE SPORTS BETTOR, I place my bets, sweat the game, and when I win buy dinner and call it a day, for me to deposit my penny ante (feels like when I hear these guys talkin about having 260k in their accts on here) amount of $500 into your site I got two words for ya sportsbooks OFFER SOME KIND OF BONUS INCENTIVE PLUSSSSSSS GIVE ME OCCAISONAL OR PERMANENT REDUCED JUICE, ANY QUESTIONS!!!!!

[Jeff]

THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS as I've heard you say NUMEROUS times >

helpmewin - a gold star for you for paying attention in class.