There's a certain magic that sports betting brings to an otherwise mediocre game. We've all seen that happen time and again. And then there's a certain magnificence that a good wager brings to an exciting game. It's the amplification of the rush, the piling on of risk, and the balance of reward. It's the pinnacle, the apogee, the total limit. Spoken like a true sports betting junkie, right? I know.
Now you all know already that not all sports betting is the same. Football betting is one kind of animal, whereas baseball and basketball betting are entirely different. So we won't try to lump them all into one enormous and difficult-to-navigate "sports betting" section. No way Jose, we've made it easy for you, because we love you like brothers (and sisters). So navigate below to the general sports betting section, or browse the sports betting subcategories directly below. And good luck!
1. Football Betting: As Jackie Jr. says, we know a lot about football betting. Let us show you some of our moves. Click here to go to our football betting section.
2. Baseball Betting: The Red Sox are in the World Series as I write this and that is never a bad thing. Twice is 3 years baby. For all you diehard baseball fans that love to put a little extra heat on your fastball the baseball betting section is for you.
3. Golf Betting: Tiger wins the U.S. Open with a fractured femur. Who'da thunk this uy was such an unbelievable athlete? How does info like that play out when you've got money riding on the game? You'll find out in our golf betting section.
2. Basketball Betting: Possibly one of the most exciting sports to bet on. March madness is nothing but pure sports betting mayhem. Brush up your brackets skills in our basketball betting section and annihilate your buddies with your basketball prognostication powers.
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Sportsbook Bonuses Give You More Betting Power: (March 2008) Strategies for Utilizing Bonus Offers
Internet sportsbooks don’t usually offer huge bonuses the way that many online casinos do. Still, there are a few ways to stretch your sportsbook bonuses, getting more bang for your buck. Here’s a look at some sportsbook bonus basics, specific sportsbook offers and tactics you can employ to make those bonuses payoff.
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Sports Betting With the Masters: (May 2008) Of all the articles included in this series, this is by far the most ambitious. Betting on sports. That could mean betting your son will win next Saturday\'s Pee Wee football game or it could mean the average passing distance of all the players in Monday night\'s football game will come out to more than 47 yards. Learning to bet on sports is a lifetime goal that is never really perfected.
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Offshore Sports Betting: (May 2008) The first step in betting offshore of course is to to choose a quality online sportsbook. This is the most important piece of betting offshore. According to recent polls, there are over 3000 online casinos today, and estiomates place half of them as sportsbooks. That\'s over 1500 online sportsbooks. Sadly, many of these are scams, clones, or just shaky business that will never pay you when you win.
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Best Sports Betting Pick: (August 2007) Making the Best Sports Betting Pick You Can
If You\'re Making Your Own Picks or Using a Service, Here Are Some Tips
There are a few basic options when it comes to sports betting picks. Do you get the best sports betting pick by doing it yourself or should you go with a handicapping service? There are benefits to doing it either way.
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Arbitrage Sports Betting:: (October 2007) Does Arbitrage Sports Betting Work?
Using the "Arb" to Increase Sports Betting Success
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best sports betting site:: (July 2007) Best Sports Betting Sites Offer More Than Odds
What\\\'s the Best Site for Sports Betting?
There are a few sites that keep coming up on everyone\\\'s list of the best sports betting sites on the Net. Bodog, Betmaker, The Greek and Pinnacle are four sportsbooks that are tops amongst sports bettors and reviewers alike. What does each sports betting site offer, making it one of the best? More...
Where to Find Quality Sportsbook Reviews: (February 2008) Is Harrah’s Casino the place to go for solid sportsbook betting? How about Bodog? They are a great company, how do they measure up on the landscape? What about all these smaller lesser known sportsbooks? Are they quality providers?
Life is full of a lot of choices and when it comes to looking for a solid sportsbook, there are more choices available now than ever before. The reason for this is obvious: sportsbook betting has become wildly popular; in fact, it has become m More...
How to Shop for an Online Sportsbook: (February 2008) Movies are incredibly popular and that is why there are multiplexes throughout the land that has 4, 8, 12 even 16 screens. That indicates a significant demand for motion pictures, but it does not indicate an equally distributed demand. In other words, some films will be profitable, some will break even and then there will be those films that are total flops. Simply putting a motion picture in a theater does not mean that it is going to draw an audience. When you point this fact out to people More...
The Joys of Sportsbook Poker: (February 2008) If there ever was a cliché of a cliché it would be the scene in all the old B-grade cowboy movies where the villain accuses someone of cheating at poker and draws his six-shooter on him. In addition to establishing how bad of a bad guy the villain is, it also shows that the game of poker has been around for a long, long time. Even as society changed radically, poker remains a wildly popular game as evidenced by the televised World Series of Poker Games that permeate cable televi More...
Online Sportsbook Bet: (January 2008) If anything, the internet has greatly expanded our ability to do things with our entertainment dollar. One of the areas where our entertainment dollar has been earmarked has been the world of online gaming. Since legal gambling was previously severely limited in terms of the options and relegated to games of chance, this “brave new world” of online expansive gaming has attracted many people. One area of gaming that has attracted a number of “newbies” has been online sp More...
Parlays and a Sportsbook Wager: (February 2008) Placing a sportsbook wager seems like a simple concept. If you are betting on a team sport you simple select the team you think will win. If you are betting on a solo sport like boxing, you select the fighter who you assume will win. That’s pretty easy, right? Well, actually, it is an oversimplification of the entire sportsbook wager process as there are other aspects involved in wagering that generally center on odds and betting lines and then there are also various additional complex More...
Bodog Sportsbook Deposits: (December 2007) You really have to give the Bodog Corporation a great deal of credit as it have come literally out of the blue and established themselves as a highly successful player in the world of online gaming. Part of the reason for their success has been their highly popular sportsbook betting service that allows customers a way to place bets on their favorite teams. Actually, people can also place bets on teams that they really don’t like as well. Ultimately, the goal is to pick a winning team r More...
A Closer Look at BetUS Sportsbook: (October 2007) On the internet, there are a significant number of sportsbooks that have rapidly appeared on the consumer market. A significant reason for this expansion is related to the fact that the online betting is wildly popular and this is because many have made a great deal of money from their ventures into this new, “futuristic” mode of betting. Of course, with such a great variety of sportsbooks available on the marketplace there will be some sportsbooks that are going to be better than More...
US Accepted Sportsbook Bonuses: (March 2008) Looking for a US accepted sportsbook bonus is not always an easy venture. That is, it had become more difficult in recent months to find solid sportsbook that accepts customer based in the Unites States. As such, the ability to find a US accepted sportsbook bonus can be tough because, after all, you can’t collect a bonus from a company that won’t accept you! Sadly, this problem has become endemic due to the changing face of the online gaming industry.
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Open Letter to the Top Sportsbooks: (January 2008) Imagine if you were in charge of a consumer advocacy group and you were given the task of addressing all the sportbooks on the market. You purpose of addressing them is to provide them with a little bit of advice in regards to telling them how to be among the top sportsbooks in the business. Now, keep in mind, the letter is not to chastise them nor is the purpose of the letter to complain. Sarcasm will not be permitted nor will any ad hominem attacks. Instead, your goal would be to write a le More...
Bodog Sportsbook: (February 2008) Online gaming has expanded tremendously in recent years and the success of this type of wagering has taken many by surprise. As far as online gaming companies go, Bodog deserves a tremendous amount of credit for promoting online wagering as the company has exploded in popularity over the last two years thanks to its involvement in a number of entertainment ventures which led to increased visibility for sportsbook betting. For example, Bodog’s entry into the world of Mixed Martial Arts ( More...
Bodog Sportsbook Delivers: (February 2008) Online gaming has expanded tremendously in recent years and the success of this type of wagering has taken many by surprise. As far as online gaming companies go, Bodog deserves a tremendous amount of credit for promoting online wagering as the company has exploded in popularity over the last two years thanks to its involvement in a number of entertainment ventures which led to increased visibility for sportsbook betting. For example, Bodog’s entry into the world of Mixed Martial Arts ( More...
Internet Casino Sportsbooks: (January 2008) How important are internet casino sportbooks for people who like to participate in the gaming industry? It would be a fair assessment to say that sportbooks allow many people to indulge in their love of their favorite hobby because without access to internet casino sportsbooks many lucky winners would have not even had the opportunity to play in the first place.
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A Closer Look at Offshore Sportsbooks: (January 2008) If one skims the gaming sites on the internet the words “offshore sportsbook” will come up repeatedly. For the uninitiated, a sportsbook is a means of gambling on professional and college sports teams. The offshore aspect refers to placing the bets through the internet to a country where such betting is legal. (Internet portsbook betting has recently become illegal to operate from the United States and offshore sportsbook betting venues are the only institutions that offer such be More...
Fast Payouts at InterTops Sportsbook: (August 2007) Yes, there are some sportsbooks that just have a unique ability to deliver on what they have actually promised to deliver. Of course, it is always to the benefit of the sportsbook to deliver to the customer far more than the customer expects because this will allow the customer to walk away from the deal feeling that their business was welcome. Needless to say, this will greatly enhance the customer’s attitude towards continuing to do business with the company and that is always a posit More...
Playing NFL Sportsbooks: (November 2007) Sundays are a day that many people look forward and there is also a huge volume of people who look forward to Sundays for one reason and one reason alone: to watch Sunday NFL football! In fact, Sunday football is so super popular that it spawned the massive audiences that tune it for Monday Night Football as well. Yes, it goes without saying that professional football appeals to millions of people all across the globe and this are why NFL sportsbooks have become wildly popular in recent years More...
A Closer Look at Hollywood Sportsbook: (February 2008) When people hear the word “Hollywood” they often think of the awesome history of motion pictures and all its fabulous films and motion picture stars. Well, nowadays it looks like the movie industry’s hold on the word Hollywood has a little competition coming along. That is, when people hear the word Hollywood many people are going to have images of their favorite sports team winning and then they will type a few figures into a keyboard and then collect their winnings. Yes, t More...
Top Online Sportsbooks: (January 2008) “You wanted the best, you go the best…” That was part of the opening to every KISS concert of the 1970’s and it pretty much summed up the reason people purchase things; people want to purchase the absolute best item they can get their hands on. After all, second best is not what people wish to associate with. This is the same attitude people take towards any type of consumer item including sportsbooks. That is why a number of people scour the internet for information More...
Sportsbook Tip Services: (July 2007) No matter how much we bang our heads against the wall (or keyboard) it can still remain difficult to select a team to place a bet on. Yes, even if one invests a significant amount of time weighing the positives and negatives of various teams the ability to make a selection can still be quite difficult. This is understandable as there are so many variables present when it comes to whether or not a team will win or lose the ability to make a prediction can prove difficult. Of course, if it was More...
Diamond Sportsbook: (December 2007) There are a number of sportsbooks out there and sometimes it becomes difficult to make a choice in regards to which sportsbook to select. When one looks at the huge mass companies, the choice can be somewhat overwhelming and, to a certain degree, there would seem to be a sameness that is inherent with all the sportsbooks. Then again, if you are willing to examine the various sportsbooks beyond a surface level you will notice that not all sportsbooks are identical. In fact, you will start to n More...
Online Football Sportsbooks: (September 2007) So what is the difference between the multitude of online football sportsbooks? It would seem that on the surface all online football sportsbooks are identical because, after all, what could be the difference between them? They all offer odds and betting lines, they all offer bonuses (some more than others), they all provide parlays and over and under bets. It would seem that they are all pretty much the same. Well, it would seem so on the surface, but there are differences between the variou More...
Payouts and Sportsbook Betting: (January 2008) Thanks to the internet and a number of casinos, sportsbook betting has become more popular than ever. What was once an underground venture has now become part of the mainstream as more and more people are becoming active participants. The reason for this is obvious. People embark on sportsbook betting so they can win a great deal of money. So, when they place a $100 bet and win, they look forward to that $100 bill for their efforts. Instead of a hundred dollar bill, however, they receive four More...
PlayersOnlye Sportsbook: (December 2007) When it comes to a solid sportsbook, many people are amazed if not overwhelmed by all the choices that are available to them. Of course, this can impede their ability to select the right service to go with mainly because they have no idea which service out of the multitude of gaming services to select. Well, here is a way to reduce the choices down to one: check out www.playersonly.com and see what the Playersonly sportsbook has to offer. When you do check out the Playersonly sportsbook you w More...
Gameday Sportsbook: (December 2006) If you have cruised the internet looking for a solid sportsbook you may have come across various references and reviews for a service known as the Gamesday sportsbook. It has been called one of the best and most comprehensive sportsbooks in the online gaming community and there is good reason for this. Gameday sportsbook provides a great variety of benefits for those who enjoy betting on professional and amateur sports that are generally not offered by a number of the competitors out there in More...
Sportsbook Gambling Scandals: (March 2007) If you have ever read scandalous sports books along the lines of “Sports Babylon” then you will probably notice that athletes are fallible human being capable of making huge errors. In some instances such as the situations surrounding Mike Tyson and Pete Rose, their scandalous behavior was not something they were ever able to recover from and their actions placed a dark cloud over their respective sports. Sometimes the repercussions of such behavior have solid ripple effects that More...
Bodog Sportsbook: (December 2007) Online gaming has expanded tremendously in recent years and the success of this type of wagering has taken many by surprise. As far as online gaming companies go, Bodog deserves a tremendous amount of credit for promoting online wagering as the company has exploded in popularity over the last two years thanks to its involvement in a number of entertainment ventures which led to increased visibility for sportsbook betting. For example, Bodog’s entry into the world of Mixed Martial Arts ( More...
Sportsbook Bonuses: (February 2008) Sportsbooks wish to get your business and realizing that the internet gaming world is one that is loaded with competition the operators of the sportsbooks and casinos realize that there needs to be a way of enticing new customers. On such way of doing this is by offering what is known as a sportsbook bonus to those contemplating signing up. The way a sportsbook bonus works is that a certain percentage of the deposit is matched by the gaming institution. For example, for a $5,000 deposit you m More...
A Closer Look At Internet Sportsbooks: (July 2007) Internet sportsbooks are a relatively new commodity in the world of online gaming and that means that there might be some speculation in regards to the reliability of the payoffs that are promised. In other words, many people may have some concerns regarding whether or not they may actually be paid by the internet sportsbooks if they win. While some may consider this a somewhat cynical attitude it is also understandable as there have been (rare) instances of problems associated with receiving More...
USA Sportsbook Poker Bets: (December 2007) There is a popular combination out there that many people who enjoy gambling and gaming and that combination are the sportsbook bet USA poker fascination that many millions of people enjoy participating. What a sportsbook bet USA poker combination entails is a love for betting on professional sports (team sports or solo sports) as well as a love and fascination with poker. When one looks at all the various individuals who take a great deal of joy in participating in the sportsbook bet USA pok More...
How to Interpret Sportsbook Ratings: (September 2007) So how does it rate? That is a common question that is posed to products and services with the purpose of finding out which products and services are the top of the line standouts in their field. After all, no one wishes to enter into a purchasing agreement with any type of product that turns out to provide less than stellar service or performance. That would clearly undermine the original purpose of seeking the product in the first place would it not? Now, when it comes to looking for a soli More...
Can you Trust the Sportsbook Odds: (January 2008) As much as we would love to live in a simple universe, things are generally not very simple. Or, more accurately, as much as we wish things were easy they are often not easy at all. This can present somewhat of a challenge in a number of instances, but often it is the ability to overcome challenges that can make a victory feel particularly special. Case in point, selecting a winning team in sportsbook betting is far from easy and the fact that on must overcome the odds of a point spread can m More...
A Closer Look at Online Sportsbook Wagering: (May 2007) There are advertisements for online sportsbook wagering all over the internet. If you are a sports fan and look for various sports information and news you will find number of references to online gaming and wagering and for many people this can prove interesting. Now, while there are a number of people who may be familiar with the sportsbook betting that take place within casinos, but many people are not familiar with the online sportsbook wagering venues that are available. As such, some ma More...
Understanding Sportsbooks: (September 2007) Anyone who had become “turned on” to online wagering has probably seen a reference or two to online sportsbooks and may have been somewhat intrigued at the notion of winning money by wagering on professional sports teams. Granted, while many people have a general idea in regards to what sportsbooks are they may not entirely be familiar with how sportsbooks work. Part of the reason for this is that there are certain complexities regarding the betting process that may be somewhat co More...
Laws that Apply to Sportsbooks Online: (August 2006) While the legality of sportsbook online ventures is not in question there are certain regulations in effect regarding the way in which one may participate in sportsbook online betting. Now, the rules and regulations are far from draconian although there are those who would prefer the outright banning of sportsbook online betting. Instead, the rules that have been passed by the legislatures regarding sportsbook online betting are more nuisance rules although they do raise the question in regar More...
The Popularity of Sportsbook Wagering: (May 2007) Sportsbook wagering is wildly popular. That is not something that anyone would ever dispute. After all, in order to prove the statement that sportsbook wagering is popular all one needs to do is type the words sportsbook wagering into a search engine and hit the enter button. The result of this will be a series of website URLs that represent various companies that provide online gaming services. If there was anything to infer from this it would be the fact that there are millions of people wh More...
The Obvious Stuff About Sportsbook Bets: (October 2006) When it comes to a placing a sportsbook bet there are a number of different conventional wisdom adages that can be applied to the notion of making a traditional wager. If there was one adage that most people will state it would be the fact that not placing a sportsbook bet is a guarantee that you will win nothing. In other words, gambling requires taking a chance and if one does not take the proverbial chance then the possibility to miss out on a winning sportsbook bet becomes all likelihood. More...
Traditionalism vs. the Online Sportsbook and Casino: (May 2007) Traditionalists and the traditional mindset die hard. Now, it is not always a bad thing that some people may have an affinity for doing things the way they have always done them, but there can also be an inherent problem with this attitude as well. This is because it can lead to skipping out on taking advantage of progress when progress presents itself. For example, traditional brick and mortar casinos draw in hundreds of thousands of people each year to take advantage of games of chance and More...
The Popularity of Football Gambling Sportsbooks: (March 2008) Football gambling sportsbooks have become very popular in recent years thanks to the public’s love and admiration for the sport. Of course, simply signing up with football gambling sportsbooks does not mean that one will automatically win the bets that have been placed. In other words, simply randomly selecting a number of teams may lead to a win here or there but such randomness will never sustain itself over an extended period of time. As such, the secret to success with football gamb More...
Understanding the Online Sportsbook Bonus: (August 2006) Remember the old Depression era saying “Give a fella a job?” Well, if you do then you have a long memory because that statement dates back well over 70 years! Of course, the sentiment still permeates in one form or another and it can be seen ever so subtly in the consumer marketplace. For example, the entire notion of an online sportsbook bonus is based upon giving someone something to help them out. Ok, maybe the analogy that compares the attitude of charity in the great depressi More...
The Subjectivity of the Best Online Sportsbook: (February 2006) If you are a gambler looking for the best online sportsbook, you are not alone. Of course, one of the most critical aspects of trying to locate the best online sportsbook is that there is a certain difficulty surrounding ascertaining what is the best online sportsbook. This is because there will be certain subjective aspects regarding isolating what is the best of the best. In other words, what may appeal to one person may not appeal to another person. However, there is also a certain objecti More...
The Positives of Online Sportsbook Gambling: (August 2006) There are many people out there who are somewhat negative on the notion of online sportsbook gambling and this is because these individuals do not take into consideration many of the positive aspects of online sportsbook gambling. Part of the negative connotations that exist in regards to online sportsbook gambling relates to the fact that many people consider gambling a vice and that any attempt to legalize it is in essence acknowledging the legitimacy of a vice. From this, certain moral com More...
Soccer and the BetOnUSA Sportsbook: (March 2006) So why should someone select the BetOnUSA sportsbook for gaming needs? Perhaps such a question puts one on the spot, but it really shouldn’t. After all, this is a consumer question that any potential customer should probably ask himself when browsing through all the sportsbooks on the internet. Now, when one comes across this particular sportsbook what is it about the BetOnUSA sportsbook that makes it stand out from the rest of the crowd? In a word: soccer. Yes, the BetOnUSA sportsbook More...
Rules for Success with an Online Betting Sports Site: (February 2006) If you want to win money with a wager, there will be the assumption that that wager comes with a certain level of risk. This is why gambling is called gambling. As such, there is no easy way to win at a sportsbook. Of course, if gambling was too easy then people would win all the time and this would result in all the sportsbooks packing it in and finding a new line of work! Now, some may say that this is a somewhat cynical look at an online betting sportsbook site, but it is actually a realis More...
The Search for the Best Online Casino and Sportsbook: (December 2005) Looking for the best online casino and sportsbook? While it is a cliché of a cliché, it is worth comparing searching for such a casino/sportsbook to the great search for the Holy Grail of the Arthurian legend. The reason it is once again invoked is because the notion of searching for the Holy Grail is commonly understood by people to symbolize the search for something that is incredibly difficult to find. However, what needs to be noted here is that while it was not exactly easy More...
Which is the Best Sportsbook?: (October 2005) Looking for the best sportsbook? Hey join the club! Or, better yet, sign up with and join that best sportsbook when you find it! Now, if you are looking for a recommendation as to what the best sportsbook you will not find it here. The reason for that it is not proper to directly promote one particular sportsbook over another. After all, you can make up your own mind as to what is the best sportsbook on the market based on your own personal tastes, wants and needs. Of course, if you are new t More...
A Knowledgeable Online Sportsbook Review: (January 2006) There are two ways to examine the quality of a sportsbook. The first way is to sign up for a sportsbook and make a mental note of your experience. If the sportsbook was a decent sportsbook you can make a mental note along on the lines of whether or not the sportsbook provided the proper service that you required. Or, you could make a mental note that the sportsbook was downright awful and that it was a waste of your time and money. Needless to say, this would infer that there is a certain inh More...
