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@Hark_The_Sound_2010 @bleeduncblue @BillyL (?) and anyone else,

I want to get in to using an off-shore sports betting site. I've heard good things about 5 Dimes, but I didn't really know anything like that was legal (?), but the past few weeks I've heard a lot of ads on Atlanta sports talk radio for www.mybookie.lv -- I've considered joining that one.

Do y'all recommend any good sites that are 1) trustworthy, 2) legal, 3) good ones to use? I'm a novice at this (using these type of sites, not gambling), so I am just wondering which one to use. MyBookie sounds good based on the ads and how the site looks, but obviously I have no way of knowing. Hark, I know you said you use a bookie you personally know, but maybe you know the online scene as well?

Any help would be appreciated. I wanted to join this week so I could lay down some action on college games this weekend, but with Matthew rolling in and creating uncertain conditions, I may postpone that one week. Thanks for any help!
 
None of them are legal- thats why they are located offshore.
 
UNC71-00 said:
Nope- illegal to use as well. That being said, I would put your chances of being caught and prosecuted at 0.0%
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it's not legal...it used to be less restrictive, but not any longer...i had to pull money out about 15 years ago or i would've lost it forever.

find a bookie, they're everywhere.
 
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gteeitup said:
lol, no, i get it...do you know anyone who plays a lot at a club?
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Yeah, my dad lol. I can't play at his club anymore because once you are out of college, you can't qualify as a "family member guest."

tarheel0910 said:
Have you ever read his posts? It's pretty obvious that the people he knows are the strip club type, not the golf club type.
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What do you know, bish?
 
TarHeelNation11 said:
I'm 27 and live pay check to pay check. The only golf I play is Golden Tee unfortunately.
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My friend back in '95 had been making bets on NFL and CFB games and had been on a hot streak and was up 10k , well he got more confident and started making bigger bets and by December was down 10k+. The Super Bowl rolls around and he decides to go 2x or nothing on the game and bet , if I remember correctly on the Cowgirls to cover the spread. He told me he had never been so miserable watching a games in his life. He said he cussed , threw things , thought he was going to throw up multiple times and his heart almost beat out of his chest. He said at a couple of points he started thinking about how he would go to the bank in the a.m. for a loan to pay off the loss. Fortunately for him the Cowgirls covered and he said he will never make another bet and has never had the urge to since. True Story. He also is a big Mark Malone fan to this day.
 
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I strongly suggest using a website, especially as you are a novice gambler. The reason being that you have to put money up before making bets, whereas the bookie will extend you credit.

Inevitably, you will end up one weekend down a couple of hundred bucks and MNF is a lock so you try to win it all back. And the lock turns out to be the upset of the season and now you are down more money than you have in the bank account. That's when the bookie shows up at your office looking to get paid.

Another advantage to the online sites is you can bet $5 (or less if you want). A bookie isn't going to like that much. Also, your bets are recorded so there is no dispute (like when you are sure you said Carolina Gamecocks and he heard you say Carolina Tar Heels).

Go on Bovada (it's the old Bodog) and join. They will give you a dollar for dollar bonus as well, I think I read somewhere.
 
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UNC71-00 said:
I strongly suggest using a website, especially as you are a novice gambler. The reason being that you have to put money up before making bets, whereas the bookie will extend you credit.

Inevitably, you will end up one weekend down a couple of hundred bucks and MNF is a lock so you try to win it all back. And the lock turns out to be the upset of the season and now you are down more money than you have in the bank account. That's when the bookie shows up at your office looking to get paid.

Another advantage to the online sites is you can bet $5 (or less if you want). A bookie isn't going to like that much. Also, your bets are recorded so there is no dispute (like when you are sure you said Carolina Gamecocks and he heard you say Carolina Tar Heels).

Go on Bovada (it's the old Bodog) and join. They will give you a dollar for dollar bonus as well, I think I read somewhere.
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see my cautionary tale #22
 
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tarheel0910 said:
Have you ever read his posts? It's pretty obvious that the people he knows are the strip club type, not the golf club type.
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that's atlanta in a nutshell...or it used to be, anyway


UNC71-00 said:
I strongly suggest using a website, especially as you are a novice gambler. The reason being that you have to put money up before making bets, whereas the bookie will extend you credit.

Inevitably, you will end up one weekend down a couple of hundred bucks and MNF is a lock so you try to win it all back. And the lock turns out to be the upset of the season and now you are down more money than you have in the bank account. That's when the bookie shows up at your office looking to get paid.

Another advantage to the online sites is you can bet $5 (or less if you want). A bookie isn't going to like that much. Also, your bets are recorded so there is no dispute (like when you are sure you said Carolina Gamecocks and he heard you say Carolina Tar Heels).

Go on Bovada (it's the old Bodog) and join. They will give you a dollar for dollar bonus as well, I think I read somewhere.
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oh hell, you're screwed...when you get really drunk and start chasing money, don't play the poker games that some sites offer.
 
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I got a mailer this week hawking a book for $57 on how to beat the slot machines.
 
tarheel0910 said:
A self respecting Carolina fan would never leave the word south off of the name South Carolina gamecocks.

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Just stop. A self respecting Carolina fan would never refer to South Carolina as Carolina. By adding Gamecocks, the point of differentiation was made clear.
 
UNC71-00 said:
I strongly suggest using a website, especially as you are a novice gambler. The reason being that you have to put money up before making bets, whereas the bookie will extend you credit.

Inevitably, you will end up one weekend down a couple of hundred bucks and MNF is a lock so you try to win it all back. And the lock turns out to be the upset of the season and now you are down more money than you have in the bank account. That's when the bookie shows up at your office looking to get paid.

Another advantage to the online sites is you can bet $5 (or less if you want). A bookie isn't going to like that much. Also, your bets are recorded so there is no dispute (like when you are sure you said Carolina Gamecocks and he heard you say Carolina Tar Heels).

Go on Bovada (it's the old Bodog) and join. They will give you a dollar for dollar bonus as well, I think I read somewhere.
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Do you use Bovada? What's Bodog lol.
 
UNC71-00 said:
I strongly suggest using a website, especially as you are a novice gambler. The reason being that you have to put money up before making bets, whereas the bookie will extend you credit.

Go on Bovada (it's the old Bodog) and join. They will give you a dollar for dollar bonus as well, I think I read somewhere.
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Agreed on this. I used to use Bodog - I believe they charge something like 5% on credit card deposits now which is a pain in the ass - but not too brutal if you're looking to just get your feet wet. Starting out with having to already put up money helps prevent getting in over your head, as alluded to.

Eventually if you can find an actual bookie that would be nice though. I haven't had to actually scout them out on my own, I've had friends/acquaintances that I've been able to use since college. As I mentioned before, I sort of have the best of both worlds in this - as my bookie is a good friend of mine, that also has a website (so I can make all my bets online, for as low as $1 if I wanted - a minute before the game starts - without needing to call up a bookie ample time before the start, get his lines, and probably have a minimum bet that I'd need to make in order to make it worth his time to take the call).

It's not his actual website though, it seems to be a network that bookies create accounts on, that they then set up sub accounts for their "clients". I'm not too sure on the intricacies of how it works - I try not to ask more questions than I need to. But I make the bets on there and settle up with him in person. If you want the URL message me and I'll give it to you - but it won't do you much good as you need to login to see anything.

I'd also recommend starting with pretty much only "straight" bets. Parlays, teasers, if bets, reverses, and things of the like can be enticing - but are almost always sucker bets. Prop bets can be decent but generally carry more juice.
 
UNC71-00 said:
Inevitably, you will end up one weekend down a couple of hundred bucks and MNF is a lock so you try to win it all back. And the lock turns out to be the upset of the season
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LOL - I've certainly been there... luckily I never get down more than I can afford, or anything that would endanger my kneecaps.
 
Hark_The_Sound_2010 said:
I'd also recommend starting with pretty much only "straight" bets. Parlays, teasers, if bets, reverses, and things of the like can be enticing - but are almost always sucker bets. Prop bets can be decent but generally carry more juice.
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I've never, ever understood teasers. It hurts my brain trying to figure them out.
 
TarHeelNation11 said:
I've never, ever understood teasers. It hurts my brain trying to figure them out.
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They're essentially parlays with an adjusted (advantageous to the bettor) point spread - but at the cost of a disadvantaged payout.

So like for a football 2-team teaser you can swing the spread by 6 points in either direction. So instead of UNC -7 in one game and Wake +10 in a separate game, if you took both of them in a teaser you'd be getting UNC -1 and Wake +16. But now you need both of those to happen otherwise you lose (I believe if one pushes, you lose as well on teasers, whereas on parlays if theres a push that push just gets taken out of your bet - so if you had a 5 team parlay and ones a push you now have a 4 team parlay), and you get 11 to win 10 odds. Whereas if you had parlayed them at their normal spreads, you'd get 10 to win 28 odds.

One interesting thing I very occasionally do with teasers (pretty much the only time I do teasers) is bet both sides of the same game - if I think the odds makers have set a very good line. For instance take this weekends UNC/VT game. Say the spread is UNC -2.5 [VT +2.5] for the sake of this. If I teased both sides, I'd have a teaser of UNC +3.5 and VT +8.5. In this case I win my teaser if the final score is anything between a VT win by 3 or less and a UNC win by 8 or less. Anything outside that I'd lose though. But it makes sense to make that bet if you think UNC -2.5 is a really good line, and that the final will be pretty close to that.
 
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Hark_The_Sound_2010 said:
They're essentially parlays with an adjusted (advantageous to the bettor) point spread - but at the cost of a disadvantaged payout.

So like for a football 2-team teaser you can swing the spread by 6 points in either direction. So instead of UNC -7 in one game and Wake +10 in a separate game, if you took both of them in a teaser you'd be getting UNC -1 and Wake +16. But now you need both of those to happen otherwise you lose (I believe if one pushes, you lose as well on teasers, whereas on parlays if theres a push that push just gets taken out of your bet - so if you had a 5 team parlay and ones a push you now have a 4 team parlay), and you get 11 to win 10 odds. Whereas if you had parlayed them at their normal spreads, you'd get 10 to win 28 odds.

One interesting thing I very occasionally do with teasers (pretty much the only time I do teasers) is bet both sides of the same game - if I think the odds makers have set a very good line. For instance take this weekends UNC/VT game. Say the spread is UNC -2.5 [VT +2.5] for the sake of this. If I teased both sides, I'd have a teaser of UNC +3.5 and VT +8.5. In this case I win my teaser if the final score is anything between a VT win by 3 or less and a UNC win by 8 or less. Anything outside that I'd lose though. But it makes sense to make that bet if you think UNC -2.5 is a really good line, and that the final will be pretty close to that.
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tl;dr
 
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