This site has a long and troubled history of ripping offcustomers, and is blacklisted at just about every site I can
find. In fact, I had a difficult time finding anything BUT
negative reviews. I?ll get into the specifics of what this site
does wrong in a minute ? but first, an introduction.
Introduction
Oddsmaker.
betting, casino games, and a fantasy racebook. Licensed by the
Curacao Gaming Commission, Oddsmaker.
popular software platforms and proprietary software, and is
Canada,?
About Us page.
Take note that Oddsmaker.
US ?
signups, your account is still valid.
I don?
hard to ignore all the bad stuff floating around about
Oddsmaker.
I?ve covered in recent memory.
plus the word ?review? will lead you down a rabbit hole of some
It?
difficult to discuss the site without paying special attention
to the stories of scams, rip-offs, and confiscated winnings.
Below, I cover the specifics on games and bets available as
FAQ.
Pros About Oddsmaker.
Let? Start With the (VERY SHORT) List of Things I Like About Oddsmaker.
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They have a decent range of deposit and withdrawal methods.
It is by no means the biggest I?
- than a lot of all-in-one sites with popular sportsbooks.
The site also offers some so-so bonuses, with a low rollover
requirement. A 15x rollover requirement for a casino bonus is so
Unfortunately, the site?
a blacklisted rogue operator makes them way less attractive.
Their casino includes software from a number of the biggest
names in the casino design industry. A blend of Betsoft, NetEnt,
WGS, and other designers (along with a few proprietary designs)
means that you won?t get bored as easily from playing the
same-old titles again and again.
Cons About Oddsmaker.
Now For the Bad News ?
Avoid Making a Deposit at Oddsmaker.
Oddsmaker has earned some really bad press and might
It appears that Oddsmaker.
operator. I found review after review that warned players to
stay far away from their services. Read the review of
Oddsmaker. SportsbookReview. You?
SBR?
?F?-rated review of the site, is as follows:
Avoid blacklisted betting site Oddsmaker ?
Sportsbook (SBR rating F) has confiscated more than 0,000
from winning players. The online sportsbook cites a part of
their terms and conditions outlawing professional play to
justify the confiscations. SBR advises players to avoid the
blacklisted site.?
That?
taken seriously. The issue at hand is that Oddsmaker has
repeatedly said that their service is for ?recreational
players,? and that they have the right to intervene when
professional money is invested.
What happened to turn Oddsmaker from a site with so-so
reviews to a blacklisted scam operation?
The site used to be called Oddsmaker.
Futurebet organization.
Oddsmaker.
Futurebet out of the US market.
purchased the old sportsbook.com for a buck also runs
Sportsbook. PlayersOnly.
and a few others, some with bad reputations all on their own.
Jazette, the new management team, began
freezing and confiscating large account balances, focusing
instead on customers with small balances. The idea must have
been to focus their business on small-time players who like to
deposit here and there and never have a chance to cash out.
The first sign of big trouble came immediately after the
Jazette ?
from the customer lists of other skins), the site sent a snail
mail offer of free, under certain conditions. The rules were
strict ? a 30x rollover, no parlays, no long shot bets allowed,
and the requirement of a ,500 account balance in order to cash
in the bonus. Not only was the offer a really bad one, in which
just a few of the site?s customers could even meet the
requirements, the site started to throw out bonuses which were
earned legitimately.
But those were just the first warning signs.
have popped up since then. The Offshore Gaming Association has
in great detail.
SportsbookAdvisor.
Oddsmaker.
be familiar with. This review alleges that the site confiscates
funds and deactivates accounts pretty much at will.
Maybe the most damning link of them all is this one from
Casinomeister. Oddsmaker is blacklisted for ?
non-response? to queries about customer issues. Placement on
Casinomeister?
site?s legitimacy.
This forum post at FlopTurnRiver is another collection of
Oddsmaker?
away from the site.
If all those links aren?
is trying to hide their own negative reviews by stuffing the
Google results with review-like
pages on their own site.
I?ve never seen a sportsbook review
itself before ? and what the site has to say about itself is
Here?
?There are a number of pages on the Internet that offer an
Oddsmaker sportsbook review.
of them says what we?re about to say: that Oddsmaker is an
excellent online sportsbook site. They offer an excellent
website, which is well designed and which allows people to place
bets on whatever sporting events they want to bet on.?
I beg to differ, Oddsmaker ? I can?
Oddsmaker is an excellent sportsbook.
attempt to bury bad reviews completely abhorrent. Shame on you,
Oddsmaker!
Whether you believe all these allegations or not, you have to
take them under consideration. Above-board sites that do proper
business simply don?t garner reviews like this.
And now for an overview of each of the categories of gambling
Oddsmaker.
Bonus Details
These are the bonus offers the site hosted at the time of my
They?
to read about the site?s current deals. All bonuses are subject
to a 15x rollover unless otherwise stated.
100%
Sign-Up Bonus
New members are eligible for a 100% deposit
match bonus worth up to ,000.
20% Cash
Back (Casino)
Casino customers can earn 20% of their losses
back as a bonus in the months of June and July, provided they
had overall losses.
20% Reload
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Every Tuesday and Thursday, all
Oddsmaker customers are eligible for a reload bonus, based on a
minimum deposit of and capped at 0.
Free 0
Parlay
Sportsbook customers with a minimum 0 balance can
earn a free chance at a 0 parlay all month long.
Banking Options
American
Express
Available for deposits only.
VISA
Available for deposits only.
MasterCard
Available for deposits only.
EcoCard
Deposits and withdrawals.
Neteller
Deposits and withdrawals.
Person-to-Person
International and domestic.
depending on country of origin
Bank Draft
Deposits and withdrawals.
Bank Wire
Deposits and withdrawals.
Sportsbook
As the name implies, Oddsmaker was originally a standalone
sportsbook. Like most sportsbooks over the past twenty years,
going online meant eventually adding features like casino games,
a poker room, a mobile platform, etc. Oddsmaker does a good job
of covering all the popular categories ? though the sportsbook
is still the site?s main draw, the heaviest-advertised service,
and the one piece of proprietary software that looks pretty darn
good.
Oddsmaker?
Markets. Here?
Visit:
Basketball
Tennis
Golf
NASCAR
International Soccer
Mixed Martial Arts
Football
NCAA
CFL
Hockey
Entertainment
Politics
Rugby Union
Futures
Baseball
Arena
Awards
Most of these markets expand to reveal a larger range of
professional and amateur leagues ? this is especially true for
soccer betting with leagues all over Europe, Asia, and
America available for wagers.
sports bettors at the site cover all the basics, from
straight-up wagers to teasers and parlays, with lots of props
European-focused sportsbook.
The live betting section was disappointing at the time of my
review ? but that?s partially because of the small number of
Still ?
site had just a few MLB games available for live betting,
ignoring the many international soccer contests going on
entirely. The live betting feature here is one of the most
I?ve reviewed.
The sportsbook has a strict minimum wager of per bet.
Maximum wager sizes vary from sport to sport, and from customer
to customer. Some customers are allowed to place slightly-larger
support.
Casino
I?m always excited to see a blended software platform ?
Oddsmaker?
NetEnt, Betsoft, and a smattering of proprietary games as well.
This is usually a good sign ?
concerned about creating a valuable casino product.
All games at Oddsmaker?
instant or mobile versions ? no download client is available,
which follows a growing trend in the online gaming industry away
from download software.
Here?
casino titles.
Blackjack
This is a very disappointing collection of two blackjack
variants as well as two VIP versions of those same games that
are a little fancier-looking versions with no difference
in rules or available wagers.
Blackjack ?
the traditional game with a 6:5 blackjack payout
Side Bet
Blackjack ?
progressive jackpot
Blackjack VIP
Side Bet Blackjack VIP
Slots
At the time of my review, Oddsmaker was home to just
sixty-eight different slot games, which is about average for the
The number of games isn?
part, though ? the variety of titles and designers makes this
one of the only really interesting categories in the entire
casino section. Collected here are classic one-line slots,
modern licensed games with video scenes and bonuses, and
everything in-between. Obviously my favorite is the Betsoft
titles, like The Slotfather, though Oddsmaker also includes some
WGS games (? Coral Cash,?
Table Games
Caribbean
Stud Poker ?
Triple Card
Poker ? Oddsmaker?
Pai Gow ?
based on the rules of an old Chinese game of chance
American
Roulette ?
Casino War
? a classic kid?s card game translated for casino play
Baccarat ?
another casino classic
Mini-Baccarat ?
Craps ?
casino classic
European
Roulette ?
Triple Ride
Poker ?
Red Dog ?
poker-like luck-based card game
Video Poker
Jacks or
Better ?
Wild Joker
Oddsmaker? Joker?
Double
Barrel Bonus ? Oddsmaker? Double Bonus Poker.
Deuces Wild
? the classic game, with a return percentage around 97%
Keno
Shockwave
Keno ?
Instant
Keno ?
Shockwave Keno
My overall impression of the game library at Oddsmaker ?
reminds me of a low-level slots casino, with little to be
interested in besides a couple of interesting blackjack
variations and a decent slot library. I?m a video poker fan, and
that wimpy collection of video poker games doesn?t interest me
at all. If you enjoy slots, you may enjoy yourself at this
casino, but with less than 70 total games to play, you may get bored
pretty quickly.
Poker
I noticed something weird about the poker room at Oddsmaker ?
URL as the rest of the site. This isn?
uncommon, but it is worth noting. The poker room is actually at
the following URL: Here is the (Impressive) List of Poker Variants Available For
Play at Oddsmaker.
OddsPoker is on the Merge network, which is not one of the
busier or better-known poker networks. According to PokerScout,
Merge?
That?
networks in the world have thousands of cash players online at
any given time. Merge has downsized big-time since 2012 or so,
when the network had 60 participating skins. These days, that
number is down to 20 and the decreased traffic is a direct
result.
So how? OddsPoker?
network is made up mostly of all-in-one sites, with lots of
customers more interested in casino games and sportsbook bets,
the assumption is that the competition will be weak. I?ve said
I?ll say it again ? I don?
bit of conventional wisdom.
As for poker tournaments
Oddsmaker?
I can?
I?ll just copy and paste a quote: ? OddsPoker?
guaranteed tournaments run round the clock with at least a
That?
I guess it gets the job done.
website promises guaranteed prize pools totaling at least
,000 a day.
Fantasy Racebook
It?
I suppose Oddsmaker.
pretty-silly fantasy racebook section to their site to make up
for that oversight. Typical prize pools for fantasy racebook
contests range from 0 to ,000.
The fantasy racebook is exactly what it sounds like ?
ongoing fantasy contest in which players select horses, rather
than athletes, and compete head-to-head for points. You have to
check it out for yourself, it?s pretty wild.
I?m fairly convinced that this site is a
rogue operator, as it appears on several trustworthy blacklists.
Oddsmaker.
Can US players open an account at Oddsmaker?
Are the games at Oddsmaker fair?
Is it safe to deposit money at Oddsmaker.
Are any casino games restricted from clearing bonuses and
other promotions?
What languages is Oddsmaker customer support available in? What currency does the site support?