Whoring Sportsbook Bonuses - Page 2

Little_Luck · #11 10-11-2006, 11:37 AM

I do not recommend sportsbook bonus hunting unless or until you have 10k that you don't mind being tied up. Otherwise, it will not be worth the time, effort put in, or the money being tied up all over the place. Trust me, this is not as easy as it looks.

10k is, what I considered, a minimum. 25k is probably closer to being fully funded.

Otherwise, stick to poker bonus whoring, your hourly will be better.

adios · #12 10-11-2006, 11:41 AM

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I do not recommend sportsbook bonus hunting unless or until you have 10k that you don't mind being tied up. Otherwise, it will not be worth the time, effort put in, or the money being tied up all over the place. Trust me, this is not as easy as it looks.

10k is, what I considered, a minimum. 25k is probably closer to being fully funded.

Otherwise, stick to poker bonus whoring, your hourly will be better.

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That's basically what I figured about $25K.

adios · #13 10-11-2006, 11:42 AM

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Also keep in mind if you're 50-50 then you only lose the vig anyway so you may not need offsetting lines.

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Paying the vig will basically make whoring the sportsbook bonus pointless.

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Probably so but playing both sides at two different books and paying a vig isn't much better either IMO. If you have any kind of handicapping skills I think just betting at the book is better but could be convinced otherwise.

WarDekar · #14 10-11-2006, 12:27 PM

Actually it's thousands of times better than betting only one side for the simple fact you can bet your entire bankroll on it and clear WR much, much faster.

Thremp · #15 10-11-2006, 01:37 PM

This thread is like 90% people who have no clue what they're talking about.

www.arbcentral.com does a pretty good treatment of it.

Ken_AA · #16 10-11-2006, 02:04 PM

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This thread is like 90% people who have no clue what they're talking about.

www.arbcentral.com does a pretty good treatment of it.

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If your still bothering with 100 dollar casino bonuses you don't have the cash to sportsbook whore. There really is no argument in my mind about that.

Ken

Thremp · #17 10-11-2006, 03:50 PM

I count 6 allegedly informative posts that are either 1) misguided 2) just plain wrong

You typically use 1 book as a main book and arb everything against that one book. Check out the sports betting forum and talk to some people who arb.

CharlieDontSurf · #18 10-11-2006, 04:07 PM

Your looking to arb...not just bet to opposing lines with juice on both sides....thats idiotic.

and you don't need 10K lol

Homer · #19 10-11-2006, 04:35 PM

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So is the goal to bust one account or to bet the maximum possible on each wager (assuming it's totally neutral)?

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Both. You want to bet the max and get lucky and bust at the bonus book.

Homer · #20 10-11-2006, 04:39 PM

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Also keep in mind if you're 50-50 then you only lose the vig anyway so you may not need offsetting lines.

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Paying the vig will basically make whoring the sportsbook bonus pointless.

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Probably so but playing both sides at two different books and paying a vig isn't much better either IMO. If you have any kind of handicapping skills I think just betting at the book is better but could be convinced otherwise.

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The idea is to bet both sides without paying any vig (or even making money). If Pinnacle has +110/-120 and another book has +120/-130, you bet the -120 at Pinnacle and the +120 at the other book and break even. By doing this, you are clearing a chunk of the bonus money with no risk.

Hogua did a good job of showing why you need more money than you might think to get started. It is very easy to get trapped with all your cash in one book with a remaining rollover requirement.