Pinnacle will no longer cater to US customers!

[BangTheBook]

Effective January 11 2007 sports betting giant Pinnacle Sports will no longer cater United States customers.

“We believe this is the right decision and we look forward to continue to expand our international market base which already represents a sizeable portion of our existing business.”

Pinnacle Sports U.S. customers may access their accounts as of today to withdraw their funds. All pending wagers will be honored as usual.

Pinnacle Sports is the latest sports betting company to announce its disengagement from the U.S. market following the U.S. Congress approval of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act on September 30 2006.

[BangTheBook]

Well the places to bet are getting smaller and smaller this is very unfortunate!

[gozilla]

Yeah, I think this one caught everyone by surprise.........Ryan, it might be a good time to advertise your sponsors current bonuses. There's gonna be a lot of people looking for a new "out".........

[BangTheBook]

Betcris has a good offer 21% signup with bonus code btb21 They sent out an email today that all US customers are welcome and they are not going any where

[Oblongballs]

Back when legislation was passed outlawing American residence from gambling online, I became worried that my favorite, long-time, online sportsbook (Pinnacle) would lock me out. I withdrew 90% of my balance; keeping 10% for seed. I also changed my mailing address to Toronto, ON Canada.

After Pinnacle made their announcement on 01/11/07, I decided to test the waters and place a bet. It went through! My next precautionary step will be to match my Neteller mailing address to that of my Pinnacle mailing address. I don't know if I'll be able to make a successful deposit/withdraw in the future; but my attempt will be made with caution.

I even wrote Pinnacle an anonymous email, asking what measures they'd take to be certain US residence weren't still gambling under bogus account information. They replied with the following...


"If you are resident in a different country, you will be required to submit proof of residency, which corresponds to your Banking Information. We will also be blocking all U.S. internet access once all outstanding US customer withdrawal requests have been honored and you will not be able to wager from the United States."


I suppose Pinnacle could easily see from a client's ISP, which country they are from. Although, I use DirecWay (satellite Internet) which is widely used in North America. I'm keeping fingers crossed that Pinnacle will keep loop-holes out there. Why wouldn't they?? If their clients are misrepresenting themselves, that wouldn't be there problem!

If I get busted, can someone suggest a good sportsbook which takes $1 bets?

[BangTheBook]

Welcome aboard Oblongballs. Pinnacle I felt was always the toughest with payouts making sure everything matches. I dont see why they would be so against someone who went through that much to still bet with them. With other options like Cris/DSI/Bodog/Legendz etc to name a few then I would use them first.

Online book I know thats allows $1 bets is 5Dimes and they offer .50 cents online

[Oblongballs]

Thanks for the 5Dimes suggestion. I might just give them a try.