Pinnacle offer numerous betting strategies and specific bet types in an attempt to cater for the variety of interests and financial levels of its players.
Whilst offering multiple bet types is appealing, it can be daunting for rookie punters and through their effective betting resources, Pinnacle assists their customers throughout the betting process.
List of betting types offered by Pinnacle
Singles Bets, including 1x2s, Totals and Sides
Single bets are the simplest and most common type of bet. Players bet on a single outcome of a match and win money if the result they choose comes to fruition.
Single bets characteristically fall into three categories,: 1x2s, Totals and Handicaps.
1x2s/Money lines/Win, Lose or Draw – The odds that one team or player will beat another, or that the match will end in a draw offered as a straight win bet. Pinnacle are competitive in the 1x2s market – offering balanced an informed odds.
Totals (or Over/Under) – A bet on whether a specific outcome such as the number of goals or points scored in a game, is above or below a set number. Pinnacle offer competitive odds in the totals market, mainly in the soccer and basketball markets.
Handicaps (or Point Spread) – Handicap (point spread) betting serves its purpose with Pinnacle offering intelligent handicaps on most sporting events in their rostrum. With handicaps being offered in the world of E-sports too, Pinnacle has become a pioneering betting site within the E-sports community.
Pinnacle offer the standard three types of handicap bet (Asian Handicaps) – Single Handicap, Two Handicaps and Total Handicaps.
Pinnacle also competes in the online betting market by offering less traditional betting methods to keep up their global appeal with punters.
Proposition (Props)/Special Bets – Pinnacle follow the trend by offering proposition bets and offer markets in the world of Crossfit, Entertainment (predominantly American based) and worldwide Politics. Whilst it comprises a small sub-section of Pinnacle’s market, it offers punters the opportunity to bet on more varied markets – within their own betting confines. The personal, opinion based element of proposition betting continues to make it an attractive betting method for punters.
Futures/Ante Post – Long distance predictions can often be the most fruitful way to win big for punters and Pinnacle offer a varied and extensive ante post markets within most of their sporting sub-sections. With the multitude of sporting events available at Pinnacle, ante post betting is an easy and potentially highly rewarding strategy.
Accumulators and Parlays – Piling the teams up as part of an accumulator or parlay is the lowest risk, highest reward strategy available to punters and Pinnacle offer a huge variety of accumulator markets for punters. Multiple bets on most sports are available as is cross-sport betting meaning Pinnacle is an attractive betting proposition for punters who have multiple sporting interests.
Teasers – The predominantly American strategy of teasing/manipulating the points spread within a betting market is also offered by Pinnacle – mainly within the basketball, American football and ice hockey markets. Whilst moving the points spread can effect punter pay outs, the benefits of increasing one’s chances of winning are obvious and Pinnacle doe an effective job at offering teaser bets for punters.
