Pinnacle's New Order Wagering

VaultedTreehouse · Apr 12, 2005

This is so terrific I can't tell you. I can put a game in 12 to 15 over the current price on a dog and usually they take it within a half an hour regardless of the line actually moving that far. Congrats Pinnacle, this is just great.

CHOPTALK · Apr 12, 2005

Thats great news!! I have been on this forum several times sugesting books do this.

wilheim · Apr 12, 2005

Taking orders is actually an old form of betting. Back when tickets were hand written players would call and say have you got any 6.5 on a football game for 5k for example when the line was 6. The clerk would take the order and write a ticket marked ORDER and pass it up to the linesmaker and if the game went to 6.5 the order ticket was thrown in the box and the player had a bet. Natrually he had to call back before gametime to see if his order was filled. Generally only 20 or 25 percent of orders ever got filled if I recall correctly and only for limit bets from long standing loyal customers.

Congrats to Pinnacle for offering another inovative option to their players.

wil.