Sportsbook.com Review
Besides having a great URL, Sportsbook.com has great name-recognition in the sports gambling industry. The name Sportsbook.com drives a lot of their traffic, since it’s the natural guess for people looking for sports wagering action online. Their URL makes them an industry leader in pure numbers of people browsing the site, though they are not one of the larger books in terms of player volume.
The Sportsbook Home Page is clean, glossy and nice to look at.
The Sportsbook.com Website looks great, with glossy images and a design that’s pretty to look at. The site offers tons of contests, and their lines are about on par with the rest of the industry. Unfortunately, they’re not known for top-notch customer service and reviewers and players complain about slow payouts. On the plus side, their sports betting glossary is the most thorough and well-written on the Internet, and they offer reduced juice every Friday and on all NFL game days.
Depositing Methods
Sportsbook.com doesn’t have a ton of options for players looking to make deposits. In fact, their lineup of deposit options is downright anemic. To deposit to your Sportsbook.com account, you have to use one of the following methods:
- Credit Card
- Debit Card
- Prepaid Cards
- Wire Transfers
Withdrawal Methods
As one would expect, Sportsbook.com doesn’t offer too many withdrawal methods. Considering the small number of deposit options, it makes sense that it can be difficult to withdraw your winnings. Hence, if you would like to make a withdrawal from Sportsbook.com, you’ll have to use one of these methods:
- Paper Check
- Bank Wire
Since paper check withdrawals take as long as 30 business days, if you don’t have access to bank wire withdrawals (like players from North America), getting to your winnings can be a bit of a hassle.
Customer Service
A checkmark in the pro column for Sportsbook.com is their live chat option for customer service. Live chat is available, according to the site, 24 hours a day. Live chat is the fastest way to solve most customer service issues, and not all sportsbooks and gaming sites offer it, so it’s a good sign that Sportsbook.com does. If you don’t want to use live chat, you can also contact customer support through email and toll-free phone numbers.
Bet Variety
Sportsbook.com gets high marks for wager variety as well, with an above average number of sports betting options. The site has all the major sports covered, and they do a good job of providing more obscure sports lines as well as exotic sports bets and wagering on reality TV, politics, and even commodities. Live betting is another area that Sportsbook.com excels at–an option whereby you can continue to place bets as a game plays out, while watching the game stream live over the Website.
Bonuses & Promotions
Sportsbook.com have come a long way to becoming better, but still some work to do.
As of this writing, Sportsbook.com offers a first depost match bonus worth 10% up to a couple of hundred dollars. The site does offer reload bonuses, but they are rarely above a 5% match, so don’t expect to get rich on deposit match bonuses at Sportsbook.com
A change in management in 2006-2007 went a long way to improve the reputation of Sportsbook.com, and complaints about slow payouts have dropped off considerably. Sportsbook.com gets a ton of traffic thanks to their niche-perfect URL, but they need to gain a better reputation among their clients if they want to really increase their market share.
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