A friend and I are considering starting up a small little book and get it going with about 10 clients going into the football season.
We are a bit reserved about the fact that most of our clients will be friends so we are considering telling people that we are just "working with someone" who lives up in the city. We would say this is my friend's Uncle who is known to be not the most fun guy to mess with.
Our problem is attracting clients...I know some friends who gamble but not a ton. I have about 2-3 people who would place bets.
I have another group of friends that would possibly want to place bets if I could offer them something their book doesn't. Perhaps a nickle line on every game?
We are also trying to figure out how to set limits to start out slow and work our roll up.
If most people are playing a bill a game, I would figure 2500 would be a decent roll to start up with?
How do you guys handle phone calsl as well? I can't be available at all hours of the day, so we were thinking of setting up an email system that triggers a text message to our cell phones. A confirmation email would then be sent back within 2 minutes.