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Offshore Sportsbook Benefits

The Great Depression in 1929 caused a decline in Nevada mines, prompting the state legislature to legalize gambling. Las Vegas quickly became the number one destination for gamblers and is still the top land based betting target. Offshore sportsbooks started showing up in the mid-1990’s, and has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. Offshore sportsbooks are also the … Read more

Yogi Berra’s Top 25 Best Quotes

In honor of the great Lawrence Peter ”Yogi” Berra who died Tuesday, we wanted to do a Top 10 List of our favorite quotes by The Great Philosophiser (No that wasn’t a typo). Unfortunately there so many good ones we had to turn it into a Top 25 list. So these are our Top 25 … Read more

Real Bookie – Never Lose Another Client to an Offshore Sportsbook Ever

Real Bookies has made a very strong name for themselves, emerging as the dominant player in providing the best pay per head solutions for sportsbooks, racebooks and casinos. This company has made it possible to enjoy more free time which includes less legal exposure. Real Bookie offers a two week free trial period to all … Read more

Worst Scenes in Good Sports Movies

Movies that we may have forgotten about had it not been for one scene dominate sport’s films.  Whether it was the awful Ivan Drago accent on “I must break you!” to lesser known movies, sports cinema are filled with quality scenes that just missed the point.  Ask The Bookie looks at some of the worst … Read more

Bracket Tips

A few years ago I was in bracket pool and I had the first pick and I took Xavier and there were people laughing at me. One guy said “Xavier!!! Are they even in this tournament?” Well they won their opening 3 games, including taking out 2nd seeded Texas and the almost took out Duke … Read more

Both Sides of the Hook Can Make You Sharp

The hook provides difficulties that even the experience handicapper might not be aware of.  During this last week, we had two selections with each one going a different way by the narrowest of margins.  Now most would accept their situation as is and see their bankroll adjust downward to the tune of -0.10 units.  However, … Read more

Passing vs. Running Quarterbacks

By frankie There was an article today in Yahoo about how Colin Kaepernick is now being regarded by some as having less future potential than a guy like Derek Carr. A few years ago Jaworski said that he may be the best of all-time. I guess everybody was “Drinking the Kool Aid” as the flavor … Read more

Buying points – Is it worth it, and when to buy?

By The Rex Factor * Disclaimer * – Everyone has their own thoughts and ideals here. Some of the sharpest minds in the sports gaming business have differing opinions on this subject. I’ll pass along my own to you, without wanting you to take it as the gospel. Now that we’ve gotten that out of … Read more

Key to being a successful bookie – Pay and Collect

Overview A bookie, or bookmaker, is someone who accepts wagers on sporting events. The bookie sets the limits and sets the spreads and then collects money from the losers and pays money to the winners. A bookmaker also charges a percentage of the win to the winner. This is known as the juice and may … Read more

Knowing when it’s time to let a player go

By frankie Frankie got an email from a friend who is a Patriot’s Fan, who was complaining about them trading Logan Mankins, who refused to take pay cut. I wrote him back explaining how this was the right thing to do. This started with teams like the San Francisco 49ers back in the day after … Read more

How to bet on Football?

Football is the most popular sport to bet on, most sportsbooks offer a huge variety of betting options on the NFL, NCAA Football and the CFL (Canadian Football League). Let’s take a look at the bet types available. Point Spread Betting The point spread is the most common way to bet on football. A typical … Read more

Sports betting – What is a correlated parlay?

By Rex Factor There was at time, not too long ago, where positive expected value gamblers (+EV players they will be referred to from here on out) were swimming as sharks in a pool full of bookmaker minnows. In the early to mid-2000’s, college football totals were available on not just the TV games anymore, … Read more