Quote Originally Posted by Ninersnut View Post
They don't need to. They know the US is a huge betting market. People will sign up regardless just to feed the addiction.
It's actually the opposite, and touches on what FLC mentioned. International books are massive organisations dealing with much larger betting markets and don't face the fees associated with processing and jumping through endless hoops to receive/give your money. The bonuses JJ's referring to don't have crazy rollovers, etc... if they tried to implement that, the punter would just go to another major book that doesn't have those restrictions in place.

To put it in some perspective: The NY Times estimated Americans wagered $6 billion offshore in 2010. Australians generated a net profit of $25 billion for Aussie books in 2010. Australia has less than 10 times the population of the US. The difference in money gambled between the two countries is astonishing when you consider their size.