U.S. Regulated Sportsbooks – A Blessing, A Curse, or Just Lame Odds?
Licensed Sportsbooks Seem To Be the Real Scam
So, I’m located in a state that hasn’t launched sports betting yet, and -after what I know now- I couldn’t care less if they ever do. You see, I drove across the border to a neighboring state that has about a dozen licensed sportsbooks operating, and I signed up for an account at one of the usual suspects, just to give it a test drive.
I decided to bet on the NFL, NBA, and NHL, as well as on a few MMA events. I found out very quickly the lines are trash. If you want to bet on a favorite using the moneyline, then you’ll pay through the nose, but if you should decide to send it in on a dog, then your return will also be garbage because the lines are so wide.
1:56pm on 9/3
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That’s the first time this year I tried to quickly grab a good price on a Rutgers Football game and then realized NJ still has an asinine rule against betting on NJ CFB teams. 🙄Offshore I go.
— Captain Jack Andrews (@capjack2000) September 3, 2022
In one of my latest border crossings, I decided to bet on the Boston Celtics as 15½ point road chalk against the Spurs with a licensed sportsbooks. The C’s were looking sharp entering the half, so I decided to jump back on the app and dabble in a little halftime betting. But -lo and behold- my dumb ass is sitting in my non-geo-approved recliner.
Yeah, do you think I’m taking another 30-minute trip after ripping through a six-pack with a few whiskey chasers in my belly? Uh, that’s a hard no. So now I’m stuck. No halftime betting, quarter betting, or in-game betting. I’m like a sailor on leave at a monastery and lookin’ for action – I’m in the wrong place at the wrong time.
The new breed of sports bettors who never had to mail in money orders to rando islands in the Caribbean and weren’t on first name basis with their Western Union agent are all soft it seems. Imagine asking 5Dimes Tony for a refund because Christian Watson is a made of glass.
— Aaron Watershow (@TopKaiki) December 26, 2022
Okay, so maybe I’m just bitter because I watched Boston’s 11-point halftime lead melt like butter in a blast furnace, up to where they eked out a five-point win. Good for them, sucks for me. So sad, too bad. But it’s really not that; there’s more.
Will Customer Service Pick Up Before The NFL 2024 Kickoff?
If you ever need customer service from a licensed sportsbooks, then don’t bother picking up your phone because they won’t pick up theirs. That’s because they don’t have one. All that money and they can’t even afford a landline. They will tell you to “live chat” them and, if no one is available, to leave them a message. No one is ever available.
Well, my problem was that I got locked out of my account, and, after I did the jump, dive, and roll drill that they put me through just to get a confirmation code to prove it was me, they sent the friggin’ code to another phone number.
Yeah, the hacker’s phone is getting my code because the last four digits of the phone number that is supposed to be mine are not. And try as I might to get that simple point across, several subsequent replies to me confirmed that whoever was reading my emails had zero interest in reading them thoroughly.
Look, it’s 2022, and I know they promised us flying cars in the future, but at least you can bet on the NFL at an offshore betting site from your iPhone 13 with the ethereum in your crypto wallet. Oh. That’s not as good, huh?
— Dan Hernandez (@CubanMissileDH) January 15, 2022
Kind of like when your grandmother gives you a birthday card and you know there’s dough inside but you have to pretend to read the card before stuffing the money in your pocket. You have no idea what she wrote but you had to make it look good. Same with this licensed sportsbook’s customer service.
The problem is I’m the customer and there certainly doesn’t appear to be much service. But that’s just one issue; I’ve got a whole lotta bitches with the new breed of online sportsbooks. Give me the offshore shops any day of the week. The low vig, the big bonuses, the dime lines, and a phone number to call that will actually be answered. As Freddie Mercury once sang, “I want it all, and I want it now!”
Biggest problem bettors don’t realize with legal sports betting is that the vig is higher. Offshore, you can bet at 8 cents of vig or 5 cents of vig in some cases. I’m not sure that any legal betting does better than 10 cents of vig, and some are higher. That vig adds up fast.
— Adam Markowitz (@adammarkowitzEA) February 18, 2021
All fun and games for online kansas sports betting untill ur 1099 tax bill or whatever comes and your taxed on what you won (even though you are waay down on gambling for the year). Good luck with that. I’m sure everyone was claiming all of their offshore sports betting wins…
— 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐮 ♥♣♦️ ♠️ (@BaldEaglePoker) April 1, 2022
Author: Sin City Sniper
Author: Sin City SniperSin City Sniper – Busting bookmakers and taking their money is his greatest joy in life. He’s been around the block more than once, knows the players both on and off the field of battle, and uses his experience to serve the bookies a heaping plate of humble pie washed down by a warm glass of their salty tears. You can find him in any number of Vegas books, sniping weak lines and getting paid to do it.
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