Saturday, February 6, 2010
Sportsbooks, can they be trusted?
As sports wagering becomes bigger and bigger each month we all have been forced to use some type of offshore book to take our action. Most of us are not using the infamous bookie anymore (It's still illegal!), and unless you live in Las Vegas our choices are extremely limited to fulfill our fix. Lets face it, some states seem to be warming up to gambling and they realize it generates a tremendous amount tax money for their state. Possibly in the near future more states in this country will accept gambling. But what happened to the Sports Book? Sports wagering has been left behind. I really don't understand why Biloxi and Atlantic City have Casinos that offer table games and poker but no Sports Book. Does this make any sense? Until we have more states that offer Sports Wagering in their Casino's we will have to continue to go offshore to a small, and in most cases poverty stricken country to place our sports wagering. Does this scare anybody? I hear all kinds of story's of bounced checks and payouts never received from offshore clients daily, So, do we continue to trust offshore books, do we have a choice? Do you have a story? good or bad about a book you use or have used in the past. Do we honestly sleep good at night with our money in offshore wagering accounts? Give us your opinion!
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I don't think anybody feels warm and cozy inside knowning that our money is in another country and that they try their best to payout under the radar of the US Government! It sucks!!
ReplyDeleteAs a fellow gambler and native of New Jersey I would love to see Atlantic City introduce a sports book but I unfortunately don't think it will happen. They have been trying for years but it sure seems like Vegas has way too much pull and would never allow it. The whole east coast would go to Atlantic City as oppose to going to Vegas (unless they wanted to get away from the cold weather in the winter) therefore, Las Vegas would lose millions.
ReplyDeleteAs for the online sports books; the best one I have used is hands down Sportsinteraction.com. I have never had a problem with their site and have used it for 4+ years. They are licensed and regulated out of North America (I believe Canada). Most importantly for a slim fee their checks are received in 3 days and have never bounced.
Before that I had a huge problem with a very "trusted" site Sportsbook.com. I won a large parlay and they locked my account immediately after and asked me to send in all my information. After scanning and emailing all my documents (photo id, credit card, utility bill) they said my birthday did not match the one on the account so my account had been closed. There was no way they could justify this and when I asked to see any information on my account they would not allow me. Lets be serious I didn't mess up my own birthday on the account. I called customer service several times and they did not help me whatsoever. I was only 18 at the time so I just scrapped it completely and told all my buddies never to use that site again. My friend had money on the site so he preceded to cash out after that happened. Did he ever receive that money? No sir they never sent the check.