Question about Pinnacle bonus

[FeltBelt]

Hello all,

I just made my first deposit to Pinnacle (as I am hedging the Mansion promotion), and I got some paltry bonus amount of $60. I read their bonus thing, and I am unclear. It says:

"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. For Cash Bonus purposes bets are defined as either the Risk or Win amount, whichever is smaller. To qualify, a wager must be graded a winner or loser. A wager graded as no action (cancelled) will not be included in the three times stake requirement."

Does this simply mean that the bonus is tied up until I wager it, but I can take my initial $600 (plus any possible winnings) out right after the Steelers game? By doing so, I forfeit the bonus, correct? Because I really don't care about the stupid bonus if it is going to tie up my money for a month and I have to bet $1800 total on the sports book to get it.

Thanks!

[MicroBob]

Someone here will know evnetually I'm sure.

But Pinnacle e-mail support will probably get back to you in just a few minutes.

[brendanb438]

I believe if you receive any bonus at Pinny up front you can't withdraw for 30 days. If you don't complete the rollover you can withdraw after the 30 days minus the bonus. If you don't use the bonus money towards any bets they may manually remove it via support and let you cashout before the 30 days. Just don't tie up the bonus on any bets.

-Brendan

[Ken_AA]

I would get a very direct answer from them. Sports books often say you wager with the bonus first, hence any bet you win would be winnings sustained from the bonus money.

Ken

[Packard]

Can a Pinnacle bettor withdrawl his winnings right after the Steelers game?

I would like to know the answer also. Waiting 30 days for a withdrawl from Pinnacle is way too long.

[MicroBob]

Is it just on 1st deposit only??

If that's the case then perhaps consider just depositing the minimum for your initial deposit ($25 for a $2.50 bonus perhaps) and then deposit the rest ($475) that will hopefully have no bonus attached.

You need to only deposit $85 to clear the initial bonus.

But it still looks like you need to leave it in there for 30 days if I'm reading it correctly.


I already have a pinnacle account and they didn't have a bonus when I got one so none of this stuff applies to me anyway.

I decided to try the SIA thing for my possible hedge.


If the Pinnacle thing looks to weird (and it appears that it might be) many of you can also hedge at Paradise.com through their sportsbook or even at Bodog (although they also have some similar initial-deposit bonus I think).


Another site to consider for your hedge is WSEX!!
(hassle-free cash-outs if you do deposit via neteller...plus the poker is RAKE-FREE!! woo-hoo).


Finally, don't forget that a hedge isn't mandatory for this.
It's a free freakin $1100 bet on the Steelers...so whether you decide to hedge or not you really can't lose (unless you do some sort of weird hedge with PIT -5 and MIA +4 like I think I'll end up doing).

[ImsaKidd]

I did the signup here through the casino. Its massive ($500), so I dont mind waiting. You need a 5k deposit, so you need some extra $$ laying around...