Nice layout. Nothing extraordinary, no heavy graphics, no wow effects, just plain text links. Site is designed to suit the needs. When we are looking for place to bet we are not looking for great chairs or pretty pencils, we are looking for great odds and wide range of betting lines and options. That is what Pinnacle recognized. You will not have any problems to find whatever you looking for on this site.
Normal procedure. Nothing extraordinary again. You will have to submit your details, and you will get your userID in your e-mail box. You will have possibility to choose your password, but you will not be able to choose your UserID. This can be the only problem in their registering procedure, since it would be better to be able to select your own userID. After registering you will be offered to submit your deposit. Pinnacle Sports is offering 10% bonus on inital deposits for all new accounts. It seams like they want to position themselves as sportbook for the serious punters.
When you open new account at Pinnacle Sports you will have to make deposit transactions in order to place your first bet. You have several options for depositing, like credit cards, bank transfer, check, Western Union, WebMoney, Netteler, MoneyBookers. The minimum amount required to initiate an online account with Pinnacle Sports is 50 USD. There is no deposit fees and fees that you have to pay for using Western Union or bank transfer will be added to your account by Pinnacle Sports only if your deposit is bigger then 1.000 USD. Withdrawal could be made with your credit cards (but just in amount that you have deposit), bank wire, check, Netteler and Moneybookers. Withdrawal fees are not low and that is one of the bad things with Pinnacle. You are eligible for one free withdrawal during one month but only if you are trying to withdraw more then 500 USD. If you are trying to withdraw more then once per month or amount under 500 USD limit they will charge you 15-25 USD fee (it depends on withdrawal option that you are using). This is very large fee especially for average punters. It is not a problem if your deposit is bigger and if your withdrawal limit is over 500 USD.
Procedure is not bad when you are used to it, but it is not perfect also. First problem is that you will not be able to save your desired settings and you will have to change odds format after every login. It is not a problem for American users who are used to American format as default one, but for the others it is annoying. Still it is much better then before year or something when you where not able to change odds format at all, but Pinnacle should consider to add this small feature to the site since it is not more then couple of hours programming and would save lot of nerves for their customers. After you choose your desired odds format you have to choose league for betting (if you bet on singles) or parlay/teasers link. Then you will be able to see the list of games with offers for handicap, Full time bet and Under/Over bet with boxes for betting amounts beside. When you select the bet you will have to confirm the password and your bet will be placed. Complete procedure, as I said is not very complicated when you are used to it.
Pinnacle Sports have a variety of events on their usual offer. They are specialized for American market and you will be able to place a bet on every American event you ever heard for. They have wide range of european soccer leagues in their offer also. Personally I would recomend them as greatest bookie for soccer Under/Over bets. Their odds on Under/Over are simply great, so you should really consider using them if you like to bet on Number of Goals in a match.
They have pretty good odds if you consider the fact that they are established bookmaker and they do not use odds to bring new customers. Their odds for American sports are great, as well as some odds for Soccer. It looks like they do not have all insider informations on european leagues like UK bookmakers do, so they can be late in slicing odds sometimes. Like I said before, their odds for Under/Over on soccer are very good.
They have great customer service that will answer any of your questions in a couple of hours and that is all we are looking for from one good customer service. Nothing more, but nothing less, too.
Pinnacle Sports former known as Planet Pinnacle is based on the Netherlands Antilles in Curacao. I never heard that any of their customers had any problem with them. They are in business for quite a long time and with no bad tales on the net about them. That is very rare in this business, as you always have unsatisfied customers. So, we can say that Pinnacle is very reliable and that you will have no problem with them.
Advantages: - Great American market cover up, as well as European soccer - Very reliable - Great odds for Under/Over betting - Fast, friendly and helpfull customer service - Possible combo bets Disadvantages: - It looks like they are oriented on serious punters which is bad for ones who deposit 50 EUR every 2 months, since withdrawal fees are large for small amounts - You can not choose desired userID Very good and reliable bookmaker. We recomend you to have one of big accounts with them (deposit more then 250$). Specially great for our USA and Canada based friends.
