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Which book has the worst software of any online sportsbook?

[isetcap]

The Greek.

Used to be BetMill.

[ttmopp]

Originally Posted by isetcap

The Greek.

What?? The Greeks software is one of the bests in business. Its quick, no fancy graphics and other BS... You won't see that annoying 'The wagering line has changed' message over there!

[Mudcat]

I'm never sure precisely what people are looking at when they analyze sportsbook software.

In terms of general performance, Royal has the worst website of the books I use on any kind of regular basis. I get A LOT of stalls and glitches and errors. I think I am noticing some improvement just in the last week or so but the jury is out.

In terms of layout and ease of navigation I think I'd go with Intertops as the worst. That's saying a lot because I love Intertops for the way it never times out. But that's how bad the layout is.

[freebie]

Originally Posted by ttmopp

What?? The Greeks software is one of the bests in business. Its quick, no fancy graphics and other BS... You won't see that annoying 'The wagering line has changed' message over there!

I have to agree to that. Too much bullShit fancy software slows down wagering. Especially those Shitty flash software.

to greek

I hate wsex dropdown wager section. And I hate any books that doesn't allow you to
wager cents (Risk: $205.32)

[tacomax]

Do we only get a choice of CRIS and DSI on the poll then?

[kiwi]

Does anybody know a website that is slower than the one of Centrebet (apart from that a good bookie)?

[BadAzz]

Centrebet works fast for me but the site is heavy as hell. Meaning that you need to have fast connection to have it working properly.

Pointbet is very slowish as well as BetSafe.

And I would be with Isetcap regarding The Greek.
It is one thing to include too much fancy stuff on your page (centrebet), but you still don't need to have "done by my nephew" look on your site.

[jjgold]

Bowmans
Greek
5 Dimes

Worst in industry by far

[Point Spread]

Royal

[Hareeba!]

the new 5 Dimes is pretty awful
the Greek lacks sex appeal but works just fine
Expekt is awful and far too slow ... Betsafe uses the same software
TAB NSW has far too structured a menu system for sports

By far my favourite sportsbook software is Bill Hurley's Sportsbook: http://www.sportsbook.com.au

[El Helado Patata]

I really dont know what people consider rating sportsbook software either.

I think BetUS is like the slowest and ugliest and also the one that that is hardest to navigate and sorts thru and i will soon brake my record of numbers of and's in one sentence.

I really like any bookie that allows you to search for teams or leagues like Bwin, Parbet or Betsafe.

Btw, there is nothing wrong with the betsafe software at all.

[Dark Horse]

Big difference between fancy looking and effective.

Mansion is/was about as fancy as you could get. But their software lost wagers. lol.

Greek is ugly, but you can access everything quickly. 1H, quarters, everything with one click. Change to parlay or teaser? One click. This is a LOT more effective than Pinny, where you constantly have to go back to the main menu.

[Korchnoi]

Bodog's, while not bad, doesn't remove games that have already started so you always have to scroll through to get to the live lines. Ugh!

[gummo]

Originally Posted by Korchnoi

Bodog's, while not bad, doesn't remove games that have already started so you always have to scroll through to get to the live lines. Ugh!

There's a button you can click that will show only active games.

[Illusion]

Originally Posted by jjgold

Bowmans
Greek
5 Dimes

Worst in industry by far

Bowmans gets my vote. I hate their s/w

[RickySteve]

TheGreek is by far the worst software in the business.

No transaction history older than 2 weeks, even via customer service. Are you f'ing kidding me?

Cannot refresh lines without clicking back through multiple links.

Aesthetics are like a time warp to 1993.

No forced logout is a security risk, but admittedly is convenient for those that can mitigate the threat.

On the plus side, the one minute line lock is awesome.

[RickySteve]

I recently signed up at Carib and Legendz and have found their software to be astoundingly awful. Pop-up windows, weird bet baskets, big balky frames that take up the whole window, ten clicks for the simplest tasks, lines that don't adjust on refresh but change when you try and bet them. These shops are a big convoluted mess.

[TLD]

TheGreek is by far the worst software in the business.

I'd rank it closer to the top than the bottom.

No transaction history older than 2 weeks, even via customer service. Are you f'ing kidding me?

I haven't run into this, but it's ridiculous not to make the customer's transaction history available to him when there is a discrepancy. (Given what you said in another thread about them booting you over this incident, is it possible this isn't a general policy but instead they were just being uncooperative in your case because they wanted to boot you for other reasons?)

Cannot refresh lines without clicking back through multiple links.

I right-click on the mouse and hit "refresh." If anything that's even easier than the typical site where you have to scroll all the way back to the top to find the "refresh" button.

Aesthetics are like a time warp to 1993.

Never really thought about it. I'm pretty much indifferent to aesthetics in this context.

No forced logout is a security risk, but admittedly is convenient for those that can mitigate the threat.

Not timing out is a huge plus.

On the plus side, the one minute line lock is awesome.

Agreed.

[TLD]

Originally Posted by RickySteve

I recently signed up at Carib and Legendz and have found their software to be astoundingly awful. Pop-up windows, weird bet baskets, big balky frames that take up the whole window, ten clicks for the simplest tasks, lines that don't adjust on refresh but change when you try and bet them. These shops are a big convoluted mess.

All very true of Carib. One of the worst and most bizarre sites for all these reasons.

Here's an additional oddity I've since run across at Carib. Ever since I upgraded to Internet Explorer 7, certain boxes and choices on the wagering pages no longer are visible. This is also true when I try Maxthon, which is Internet Explorer based. When I use Netscape, I can still see everything.

It may well be that I just need to change some IE setting, so in that sense the problem is at my end. But I'm using whatever the default settings are now, and if those settings are only partly compatible with the Carib site, I'd say that's a problem for Carib.

Also worth mentioning is Carib does a horrible job sorting its offerings. If I click on "Football" and then "Halftimes," I'd expect to see football second half bets. Instead that's where they keep all the football and basketball first half, second half, and quarter bets.

Legendz has switched to that software ABC Islands uses. It's not one I'm fond of, but I didn't have the same immediate sense of recognition when I read your description as I did when I had Carib in mind.

One oddity with Legendz I've noticed is I can't tell what the heck their timeout is. Unless my mind is playing tricks on me, it seems to vary wildly. I'm 99% sure there are times I've let it sit for a half hour and it didn't time out, and 90% sure I've at least once not timed out after a couple hours. But more often it seems to time out in a few minutes like CRIS and the really awful ones.

Is it a function of something other than (or in addition to) time? Like how many users are on the site at a given moment?

[jjgold]

5 Dimes

[El Helado Patata]

Originally Posted by jjgold

5 Dimes

Word.

I forgot about that one. This is probably one of the most unclear displays of odds there is and i think they dont offer EU odds either.

I mean, who really uses american odds? That is just stupid No the brittish 4/1 odds are more stupid actually.

[chano]

You guys must be really bored talking about Sportsbooks software. Who really gives a shit. Pick winners and collect.

[Dark Horse]

Very good point.

The boring wait before the games.

I would talk about tequilla in coffee at this point.

[homedog]

Of the books I use, it is Jamaica.

[koko]

Originally Posted by ttmopp

What?? The Greeks software is one of the bests in business. Its quick, no fancy graphics and other BS... You won't see that annoying 'The wagering line has changed' message over there!

Yea, you don't get that because when the line changes they don't tell you. If you're not paying attention at the conf. screen you can end up with a line you didn't want or expect.

[Yoshi]

Cris/DSI improved a lot since the time this was posted imo, used to be very bad but now i have no probs there.

I like the overall look of Carib and Greek, but they both have some annoying shit like no refresh botton (greek) or one that doesnt update the lines lol (Carib).
I think Wagerweb is super annoying, VIP or Intertops too of course.