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This site has a long and troubled history of ripping off
customers, 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.ag is an all-in-one site offering poker, sports
betting, casino games, and a fantasy racebook. Licensed by the
Curacao Gaming Commission, Oddsmaker.ag runs on a blend of
popular software platforms and proprietary software, and is
headquartered “in Canada,” a vague reference I found right on
the site’s own About Us page.

Take note that Oddsmaker.ag is no longer accepting customers
from the US – if you had an account before, they cut off new
signups, your account is still valid.

I don’t like to start getting negative this early, but it’s
hard to ignore all the bad stuff floating around about
Oddsmaker. This site has to be one of the worst-reviewed
gambling sites I’ve covered in recent memory. Typing in the URL
plus the word “review” will lead you down a rabbit hole of some
truly awful stories about the site’s business practices. It’s
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
well as customer service information and a brief FAQ.

Pros About Oddsmaker.ag

Let’s Start With the (VERY SHORT) List of Things I Like About Oddsmaker.ag:

They have a decent range of deposit and withdrawal methods.
It is by no means the biggest I’ve ever seen, but it’s bigger
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
low as to be praise-worthy. Unfortunately, the site’s status as
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.ag

Now For the Bad News – I Have One Big Reason Why You Should
Avoid Making a Deposit at Oddsmaker.ag:

Oddsmaker has earned some really bad press and might
confiscate your money. It appears that Oddsmaker.ag is a rogue
operator. I found review after review that warned players to
stay far away from their services. Read the review of
Oddsmaker.ag at SportsbookReview. You’ll find the words
“blacklisted” multiple times. SBR’s main complaint, in their
“F”-rated review of the site, is as follows:

“Avoid blacklisted betting site Oddsmaker – Oddsmaker
Sportsbook (SBR rating F) has confiscated more than $250,000
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’s a pretty serious accusation, and it deserves to be
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.com – back then it was
run by the dubious Futurebet organization. The transition to
Oddsmaker.ag happened in 2006, after the passage of the UIGEA
forced Futurebet out of the US market. The company that
purchased the old sportsbook.com for a buck also runs
Sportsbook.com, PlayersOnly.com, Hollywood Sportsbook, Belmont,
and a few others, some with bad reputations all on their own.

What happened? 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 $20 here and there and never have a chance to cash out.

The first sign of big trouble came immediately after the
takeover by Jazette – using a list of past clients (organized
from the customer lists of other skins), the site sent a snail
mail offer of $50 free, under certain conditions. The rules were
strict – a 30x rollover, no parlays, no long shot bets allowed,
and the requirement of a $1,500 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. Other problems
have popped up since then. The Offshore Gaming Association has
an excellent article spelling out exactly what the site did
wrong in great detail.

SportsbookAdvisor.com offers another really negative review
that everyone considering opening an Oddsmaker.ag account should
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 “nonpayment and
non-response” to queries about customer issues. Placement on
Casinomeister’s popular blacklist is a really bad sign of a
site’s legitimacy.

This forum post at FlopTurnRiver is another collection of
Oddsmaker’s failure that is sure to scare even the saltiest bettor
away from the site.

If all those links aren’t bad enough, it looks like Oddsmaker
is trying to hide their own negative reviews by stuffing the
Google results with review-like
pages on their own site.

“There are a number of pages on the Internet that offer an
Oddsmaker sportsbook review. And it seems that every single one
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’t find a single review
that says Oddsmaker is an excellent sportsbook. I also find the
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
available at Oddsmaker.ag.

Bonus Details

These are the bonus offers the site hosted at the time of my
visit. They’re likely to change over time, so visit Oddsmaker
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 $1,000.

• 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 $20 and capped at $100.

• Free $250
  Parlay

  Sportsbook customers with a minimum $100 balance can
  earn a free chance at a $250 parlay all month long.

Banking Options

• American
  Express

  Available for deposits only. $25 – $499

• VISA

  Available for deposits only. $50 – $2,500

• MasterCard

  Available for deposits only. $50 – $999

• EcoCard

  Deposits and withdrawals. $100 – $1,000

• Neteller

  Deposits and withdrawals. $100 – $10,000

• Person-to-Person

  International and domestic. $100 – $2,000
  depending on country of origin

• Bank Draft

  Deposits and withdrawals. $500 – no maximum

• Bank Wire

  Deposits and withdrawals. $2,500 – no maximum

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’s Sportsbook Has a Decent Range of Available
Markets. Here’s the List, Current as of the Time of My Last
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. The wagering styles available for
sports bettors at the site cover all the basics, from
straight-up wagers to teasers and parlays, with lots of props
thrown in, like any decent 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
sports that are actively being played right now. Still – the
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
disappointing of any I’ve reviewed.

The sportsbook has a strict minimum wager of $5 per bet.
Maximum wager sizes vary from sport to sport, and from customer
to customer. Some customers are allowed to place slightly-larger
bets, a process which is handled through emails to customer
support.

Casino

I’m always excited to see a blended software platform – and
Oddsmaker’s certainly fits that bill. I see games from WGS,
NetEnt, Betsoft, and a smattering of proprietary games as well.
This is usually a good sign – it means a site is genuinely
concerned about creating a valuable casino product.

All games at Oddsmaker’s casino are available in either
instant or mobile versions – no download client is available,
which follows a growing trend in the online gaming industry away
from download software.

Here’s a guide to each of the site’s five categories of
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 – a variant that involves a series of side bets and
  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
online betting industry. The number of games isn’t the important
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
decent WGS games (“Coral Cash,” anyone?) to boot.

Table Games

• Caribbean
  Stud Poker – a poker game with a progressive jackpot
• Triple Card
  Poker – Oddsmaker’s version of Three Card Poker
• Pai Gow –
  based on the rules of an old Chinese game of chance
• American
  Roulette – roulette with two green zero spaces
• Casino War
  – a classic kid’s card game translated for casino play
• Baccarat –
  another casino classic
• Mini-Baccarat – a miniature version of the classic Baccarat game
• Craps – the
  casino classic
• European
  Roulette – roulette with one green zero space
• Triple Ride
  Poker – a poker-like game involving a strong element of chance
• Red Dog – a
  poker-like luck-based card game

Video Poker

• Jacks or
  Better – a classic game, with a return percentage around 98%
• Wild Joker
  – Oddsmaker’s version of Joker’s Wild
• Double
  Barrel Bonus – Oddsmaker’s version of Double Bonus Poker.
• Deuces Wild
  – the classic game, with a return percentage around 97%

Keno

• Shockwave
  Keno – the site’s standard game of Keno
• Instant
  Keno – something like a miniature version, moving faster than
  Shockwave Keno

My overall impression of the game library at Oddsmaker – it
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 –
it isn’t at the same URL as the rest of the site. This isn’t
uncommon, but it is worth noting. The poker room is actually at
the following URL: http://www.oddspoker.ag/.

Here is the (Impressive) List of Poker Variants Available For
Play at Oddsmaker.ag:

• Texas holdem
• Omaha
• 7-card stud
• Razz
• 5-card stud
• 5-card draw
• Ace to 5 lowball
• Deuce to 7 lowball
• Badugi
• Mixed poker games

OddsPoker is on the Merge network, which is not one of the
busier or better-known poker networks. According to PokerScout,
Merge’s peak traffic in the past week was 520 cash players.
That’s a pretty small number when you consider that the biggest
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’s the competition at OddsPoker? Because the Merge
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
it before and I’ll say it again – I don’t believe this little
bit of conventional wisdom.

As for poker tournaments

Oddsmaker’s explanation of their
tournaments is kind of a mess. I can’t really figure out what
they mean, so I’ll just copy and paste a quote: “OddsPoker’s
guaranteed tournaments run round the clock with at least a
$2,000 guarantee running every hour or so.” That’s not a very
specific description, but I guess it gets the job done. The
website promises guaranteed prize pools totaling at least
$97,000 a day.

Fantasy Racebook

It’s unusual to find an all-in-one gambling website without
an attached racebook. I suppose Oddsmaker.ag added the
pretty-silly fantasy racebook section to their site to make up
for that oversight. Typical prize pools for fantasy racebook
contests range from $500 to $2,000.

The fantasy racebook is exactly what it sounds like –an
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.

Customer Support

You Can Contact Oddsmaker.ag Via Phone, Email, or Live Chat:

• 1 877 633 7238
• The site operates a live chat service, though they don’t post active
  hours.

Summary

It’s hard to get over a long list of reviews that identify
Oddsmaker.ag as a scam. I could go on and on about how much I
enjoy some of their table games, or how clean the sportsbook
interface looks, but at the back of my mind is a constant
flashing red light that says: “STAY AWAY!”

Besides a decent slots collection, a longer-than-usual list
of deposit and withdrawal methods, and a unique fantasy racebook
(that I actually find a little goofy), I have nothing positive
to say. As my grandmother taught me, maybe I shouldn’t say
anything at all, except to give my overall verdict:

Verdict

Oddsmaker.ag FAQ

Can US players open an account at Oddsmaker?

No – until
recently, that answer was “yes,” but the site now restricts all
new accounts. If you had an account before 2012, you can
still sign in and play with unrestricted access.

Are the games at Oddsmaker fair?

It’s hard to say. Generally,
online casinos and sportsbooks are certified by third parties in
an attempt to show their legitimacy. That’s not the case here –
all the site has to say on the issue is:

“We have taken extreme measures to ensure all of our games
are played out as randomly and fairly as possible. Every casino
game in our repertoire adheres strictly to the gaming
regulations of Nevada. Using advanced random number generation
technology, we are confident that all cards are dealt randomly
and fairly. This produces numbers that are as close to true
random numbers as possible.”

I have doubts about the whole “we adhere strictly to the
gaming regulations of Nevada” thing – in fact it sounds like the
worst kind of smoke screen. Though I can’t prove it, I can’t say
that the games are definitely fair with any kind of authority.

Is it safe to deposit money at Oddsmaker.ag?

My honest answer
is “probably not.” Go back and read through the reviews I
linked, reviews that throw words like “blacklist” and “avoid”
around like so much rice after a wedding. It doesn’t appear that
Oddsmaker is freezing and confiscating the funds of every one of
their customers – but do you really want to find out if your
account will be one of them?

Are any casino games restricted from clearing bonuses and
other promotions?

Rather than entirely restrict any one game,
the site has chosen to create a hierarchy of casino games, in
which games that give the player the best odds also clear the
least bonus cash. This is a pretty common way of doing business
these days.

What languages is Oddsmaker customer support available in? What currency does the site support?

The only language you can
use to get answers to your questions is English, and the only
currency is the US dollar.

Note: This post was originally published in 2012, but the things that were posted nearly 2 years ago hold true to this day. Oddsmaker.ag is not a safe gambling site.

www.oddsmaker.ag (previously oddsmaker.com) is high profile scam site that poses as a legitimate online bookmaker. As of February 24, 2012 their website claims they are licensed by the Government of Curacao Netherlands Antilles which is false.

Of course where, if anywhere, they are licensed wouldn’t be a major concern if they were actually reputable. However, reputability and integrity are traits you won’t find within the oddsmaker.ag operation who is accused of unjustly confiscating more than $200,000 from their account holders in 2011, and just this past week stole $45,000 from a single account holder.

As you’ll learn in this article, the $245,000+ in thefts over the past 14 months are only a fraction of the cumulative amount oddsmaker.ag and their parent company Gametech Solutions (formerly Futurebet and iGaming Software *IGS*) have stolen from online gamblers over the past decade.

Before covering the latest oddsmaker.ag scams I believe it’s important to cover their parent company’s full history so you can see how this elaborate scam site has reached the level of exposure it has today.

Oddsmaker.ag Origins

The parent company behind oddsmaker.ag is Gametech Solution, which from 2002 until 2008 was known as Futurebet. They were then known as iGaming Software (IGS) before rebranding to their current name in mid-2010.

The reason for the name change is because their reputation as Futurebet was so poor the change was needed in order to find new clients (or perhaps better stated: to find new victims). In any case: getting on track here – the company started in 2002 as a licensee of World Gaming.

After “claiming” (not sure if it was true or not) that World Gaming stiffed them for $1.5 million they broke away from this group in 2003 and started their own sports betting and online casino software. This software was first used to launch their flagship gambling site BetonUSA.com.

Futurebet White Label Issues

A short time after launching BetOnUSA.com, Futurebet had an innovative idea to offer gambling affiliates their own self branded online gambling sites. This involved the affiliates paying an upfront fee between $25,000 to $75,000 (price determined by what features the affiliate wanted) and then Futurebet taking 30% of the net win as a royalty for providing the hosting, support, payment processing, betting odds and wagering, which allowed the affiliate to focus exclusively on marketing.

Although due to excessive processing fees, marketing fees, and support fees (added after the systems were sold) the results for affiliates were disappointing, it wasn’t until 2005 that the real scams started. Perhaps for reason that sales of $50,000 to $75,000 white label systems had slowed, Futurebet began slow paying and then eventually no paying players using white label skins.

In some cases excuses just carried on for months about payment processors, lost checks and wires, and in other cases Futurebet used “gotcha rules” or claimed “professional play” to confiscate balances. A handful of skin owners paid players out of their own pocket hoping Futurebet would reimburse them but in most cases this never happened and either the skin owners or players using the skin were stiffed.

Poker Site Failures

Once things slowed on the sports betting and casino fronts, Futurebet turned to scamming poker players. As covered in this Gametech Solutions Warning by OPS in late 2005, Futurebet became a white label provider of Ongame Poker Skins.

In short order they sold many rakeback providers their own custom solution, and through advertisements on 2+2 these skin owners were able to attract many high value players who raked thousands of dollars per month each.

Unfortunately for players a short while later Futurebet stopped paying licensees, who stopped paying affiliates, who stopped paying rakeback. The news Futurebet was in default on payments was all over gambling forum 2+2 and OnGame (to save their reputation) booted Futurebet from the network on October 5, 2006.

The fallout from Futurebet leaving Ongame was widespread, and Futurebet poker site (one of the most popular sites with 2+2 forum posters for rakeback) PokesPoker closed stiffing players for over $1 million dollars in unpaid cash out requests and account balances.

A month later (November 2006) Futurebet purchased the Dobrosoft network which powered only a small number of sites including PokerHost and PokerWorld. They then renamed this network the Digital Gaming Network and signed on well over 100 skins, the majority of them affiliates who purchased a Futurebet or IGS white label solution.

Skipping ahead Futurebet, by then named IGaming Software (IGS), would eventually stiff most players and skin owners of the Digital Gaming Network, before declaring bankruptcy March 2009. The same group then started Gametech Solutions in 2010 and now provides white label skins for the Merge Poker Network, as well as white label sportsbooks and casinos using their own Gametech Solutions software.

Oddsmaker.ag Established

As mentioned earlier in this article the original flagship site of Futurebet was BetOnUSA.com. All the time between scamming white label affiliates, players using the white labels, and bankrupting online poker networks, Futurebet continued to operate their flagship site BetonUSA.com.

However, before long this gambling site had such a poor reputation it was blacklisted on nearly all sportsbook rating guides. Futurebet then created a new flagship gambling site called oddsmaker.com (now oddsmaker.ag) as a means to a fresh start.

The first thing Futurebet did before starting marketing Oddsmaker in February 2007 was sell off all their deadbeat online gambling sites to Jazette Enterprises (AKA Domain Holdings) who ran websites such as sportsbook.com, playersonly.com and others.

Jazette, who is a shady operator themselves, used a strategy of hand picking accounts that never cashed out before, or had cashed out but shown high profitability and then just closed the accounts of anyone with a large balance. The accounts that were closed were stalled, ignored or told to contact Futurebet (who by this time no longer responded to inquiries) as Jazette claimed they had no knowledge of these specific player accounts.

Equipped with fresh proceeds of their major asset sale to Jazette, and with a marketing list built up for years that consisted of BetOnUSA.com clients, and former clients of failed white label skins, Futurebet gave Oddsmaker one of the largest marketing pushes the industry had ever seen.

Oddsmaker.com Sportsbook

Free Bankroll Scam

As covered in this Oddsmaker Warning by SBS, the first of many scams by Oddsmaker.com and Oddmaker.ag started right out of the gate and involved a no deposit bonus. What Oddsmaker did was send postal mail to their entire contact list that offered a $50.00 free bankroll.

This offer had a ton of strings attached and also required players to reach a $1500 balance in a limited number of bets, using no underdog wagers or parlays. It was structured in such a way 95+% of clients would never meet the requirements and those who did would often make a mistake by violating a fine print term included in the lengthy terms and conditions attached to this promo.

Of the very small percentage of clients who reached a $1500 bankroll without violating the terms, most of these players were flat out stiffed.

This free bankroll scam had some brilliance behind it; because, very few bettors were successful in their attempt to reach the required bankroll and therefore were unaware Oddsmaker had no intention of paying winners.

From here Oddsmaker had a marketing list of clients who already had an open account and were familiar with the betting software. They then used this list to solicit large first time deposits via amazing bonus offers such as 100% up to $2,500 cash bonuses (or similar) for high rollers and 50% up to $250 free for smaller players. Of course they were able to offer such bonuses because in most cases they just flat out stiffed anyone who won.

Losing Bettors Love Oddsmaker

In the minds of many unsuspecting sports betting fish (squares) Oddsmaker.com is hands down on the best online betting sites in the industry. This is because no other sports book offers as many bonuses and promotions as this group, and they are marketed all over the web and therefore must be legit.

Sportsbook Statfox

Reality check: This how the scam grew. You see most sports bettors deposit, wager and keep wagering until they go bust. If you never make withdrawals or are losing far more than you cash out, of course the betting site will treat you well.

The reality however is Oddsmaker can afford the massive bonuses and promotions other sites can’t, because Oddsmaker has no intention of paying winners. If you’ve lost $5,000 with them, they might give you 20% back when cashing out because this is profitable long term.

However if you have a positive net career win and a $3,000 account balance, there is next to chance this group will pay your cash out request (perhaps the only hope under these circumstances is your betting activity reflect you might have just gotten lucky).

Oddsmaker Excessive Marketing

As far oddsmaker.ag being advertised all over the web, as reported by SBR this group spends over $1 million marketing per year to find new victims, and has one of the highest paying affiliate program in the online gambling industry.

This is an elaborate scam from a toxic company who has been robbing players for more than a decade. You can read about their recent $200,000 in 2011 thefts, and $45,000 stolen from a single player in this SBR thread. Please understand all reputable industry watchdogs including Sports Betting Sites, Sportsbook Review, Bookmakers Review and Casinomeister all rate oddsmaker.ag either F, Scam, or Rogue.

Please Avoid Oddsmaker and Futurebet

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I strongly suggest avoiding Oddsmaker.ag, BetonUSA.com, and other Futurebet associated gambling sites such as Topbet.com if you care at all about the money you’re depositing into these sites.

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