If you are looking for a complete online sports betting source, Pinnaclesports is a very good place to start your search. It is located on the Island of Curacao in the Netherlands Antilles, 950 km south of Miami. Access to the site is certainly no problem. Online betting is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are unable to access the Internet, bets can be placed by telephone 24/7 also.

betting is available on a wide variety of sports. All of the major sporting events are covered such as football, baseball, and basketball. Horse racing, motor racing, soccer, and boxing matches are also covered. All of that is to be expected, but Pinnaclesports goes beyond the expected. I was amazed to find that even Chess Matches being held in the United States Chess league were available for bets, and the site linked to a play by play site where you could follow all the breathtaking action move by move.

There are also quite a few different ways to bet on each sporting event. When I was looking over the betting options for a NFL football game being played last weekend, I found that I could place bets for which team would score the most points in any given quarter, or if the total points scored in the quarter would be over or under a certain number. Every event has similar betting choices. In fact, about the only difficulty I had in finding a bet to place was locating a simple bet on which team I thought was going to win the game!

It is very easy to sign up for Pinnaclesports, and to establish an account. It is necessary to open an account, and to fund it with a minimum of fifty United States dollars ($50) or an equivalent amount of another currency. The web site lists 13 different methods of funding your account. Two of them are only for United Kingdom Customers, and one is for Chinese Clients. I chose InstaDebit which is an online money transfer site. Each of the funding and withdrawal options are clearly listed in the FAQ section and it is wise to carefully read them and make sure you understand each option. There are certain restrictions and limitations to many of them, and InstaDebit appeared to be the least restricted. At the time of this writing, Pinnaclesports is offering a nice cash bonus to new customers who sign up with a minimum initial deposit of at least $250.

Since an online gambler is certainly going to be anticipating winning, withdrawal options are even more important to him than funding options. All clients are allowed one free withdrawal each month, and each method has some limitations on the total amount of a withdrawal. It is possible, however, to make additional withdrawals within the month, but you are required to pay a fee for them. This is not going to be a problem if you happen to break the bank because the fee is not excessive, and appears to be more a processing fee than a penalty. Again InstaDebit appeared to be the best choice, but it is more a matter of personal preference. The bottom line is that funding your account, and withdrawing your winnings is very easy.

Once you have established your account, and it is funded, you can begin to make bets at once. Pinnaclesports does not only cater to high rollers, because the minimum bet is one dollar ($1). The FAQ was a little unclear about the maximum bet, and it appears to vary from sport to sport, but the overall impression is that the average online player is not going to have to worry too much about it

As you navigate through this site, the inexperienced online player has little trouble opening an account or selecting a way to fund it. The site is extremely simple and user friendly. It is when it comes time to actually place a bet that a new player might first experience a bit of difficulty at Pinnaclesports. The layout of the betting pages, and the terminology used on them is not easy to understand unless one is very experienced in placing Sports Bets. They are not impossible to understand, however, but it is important to note that Pinnaclesports seemed to be geared toward the gambler who knows what he is doing.

Pinnaclesports appears to be very up front about its commitment to the law, and to an ethical approach to gambling. They are very committed to protecting the privacy of their clients, and their privacy policy is linked often in various parts of the site. They have a very clear policy that limits total deposits, and provides links to Gamblers Anonymous for clients with Gambling addiction problems. They also have a policy that voids all bets that are made with funding that later show as being made with insufficient funds, or bets that exceed the actual balance in your account. These policies prevent the client from ever becoming indebted to Pinnaclesports in any way.

The following is a summary of the Pros and Cons of PinnacleSports:

Pros
- Easy. The website is very user friendly. No problems were encountered in signing up or funding an account. The betting pages are easy to access. The FAQ section is clearly written and very complete and detailed.
- Sports betting is what it is all about. Unlike some sites, sports betting is not the sideline here. Although there is some casino activity, and online poker is beginning, it is Sports betting that this site is all about. You access the betting areas right from the Home Page.
- Plenty of Funding and Withdrawal Options. The options for funding your account and the rules for making withdrawals are very clearly explained. There are plenty of them to choose from also.
- Massive Amount of betting Options. There is a mind boggling variety of things to bet on here. All major, and most minor sporting events are covered in depth. You can bet on everything from the results of a Chess Match to the first week gross of a newly released Motion Picture.

Cons
- Not very Newbie Friendly in the betting areas.  Despite really looking hard for something negative to say about Pinnaclesports to try to give some balance to this review, the only thing I could say was that the betting formats are a bit hard to grasp for a raw beginner. This is really not such a bad thing either if you take a little time and do a bit of study; you will be able to eventually understand them. In the meantime, the $1 minimum bet allows you to experiment a bit without risk.

Overall, Pinnaclesports appears to be an excellent option for the Online Sports gambler.