Pinnacle Contest question

[Topspinner]

I have a question for anyone that has won in the pinnacle football contest. I "won" a prize in the football contest this week. However, I did not realize that you have to post up your own money in order to recieve the prize. This was my fault as it is clearly stated on the website. In my situation I would have to post 700 to get 300. I called them to discuss the details, and the person I spoke to was not real familiar with the contest and made it sound like it was real difficult to to post up with them.

I was just looking for anyone who might have won in the contest, and posted up with them, to see if they thought it was worthwhile.Thank you in advance for your feedback.

[skeptic]

What kind of free contest is that???

[Rawhide]

Topspinner,

I have placed in their contest three times. However, because I was a customer with them, all the prize money was doubled and deposited directly into my account and I did not have to make a deposit like noncutomers. Basically if you are a non customer, you are still getting free money, but in your case, since you finished between 4-10th place, you would deposit $700 and your account would then be $1000 which would mean you won $300. I would advise that you call cutomer sevice at 800-599-9449 and ask to speak to Bridgette. I think it is worthwhile to deposit with them because they are solid and you don't have to worry about getting paid. Also, if you place in their contest again, your prize money will be doubled and will be deposited directly into your account. I hope this info helps.

[Groz]

Topspinner,
I also won this week in the Pinnacle Weekly Contest. I came in 2nd place, thus winning 500 when opening an account of 500. I questioned what fine print there was as far as taking out the money.(Time + total action)
Pinnacle does not have a time frame, but makes you play Three times the amount of money that you won in total Action. For example, I must play 1500 in action in order to withdraw all of the 500 that I won in the contest. I guess you would have to play 900 in action before being able to make a withdrawal of the contest money.
When I spoke on the phone to Pinnacle the last 2 days, everyone seemed very nice. Only time will tell if I still have that opinion of them in the future. I haven't read anything negative about them here, so let's hope that they will be one of the best books offshore.
Groz