Most Bookmakers By State

tacomax · 08-21-06, 03:37 PM

Have you got any empirical evidence to back up your claims or are these merely the ramblings of a degenerate gambler?

jjgold · 08-21-06, 03:49 PM

Figures are from police, fed and player reports

tacomax · 08-21-06, 03:51 PM

Can you post the details of the data? It's always good to see where the data comes from when you post something as fact.

jjgold · 08-21-06, 03:55 PM

Son they are documents, I cannot post here on a forum. You can just google search even though a pain and do some research and you shall see how accurate this is.

bigboydan · 08-21-06, 04:22 PM

Texas #1 coach

i'd like to see some numbers on that one myself JJ.

Illusion · 08-21-06, 04:24 PM

Originally posted by jjgold

You can just google search even though a pain and do some research and you shall see how accurate this is.

Even if it's just one article we would all love to see something coach.

jjgold · 08-21-06, 04:24 PM

Texas by far has the most bookmakers

Danny its the Bible Belt of betting

isetcap · 08-21-06, 04:28 PM

"Texas? Only steers and queers come from Texas..."

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jjgold · 08-21-06, 04:31 PM

Some of your biggest bettors in the nation in Texas

Lots of guys here uniformed and inexperienced, its ok though

Your Young

clonecat · 08-21-06, 08:25 PM

I understand New York being #2, thought they would be #1. I am with the understanding that no matter how many times you get busted for bookmaking the fine is always $500. What bookmaker wouldn't take a hit now and then for $500, almost like a gambling license.

SBR_John · 08-21-06, 10:05 PM

Texas is also a non-union bookie state(except for BiG D). NY and Cal have bigger bookies because you just cant go into one of those places and setup your booking operation. That's a good way to find out first hand where Jimmy Hoffa is buried.

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Willie Bee · 08-22-06, 02:06 PM

Go figure. Texas has 46 (out of 254) counties that are entirely dry, and another 59 that don't have liquor-by-the-drink availability. Yet the state leads the nation in bookies

I remember back in the 60s out in Real County, you couldn't buy a beer anywhere but you could watch quarter horses run with plenty of action behind the General Store in the megatropolis of Montell, population 9 at the time.

jjgold · 08-22-06, 02:15 PM

Your underestimating Texas and the volume of sports betting it has.

Willie Bee · 08-22-06, 02:23 PM

Not underestimating a thing, JJ. Been in this state for a long time now. Just pointing out some of the little strange things that take place in what people generally refer to as a Fire & Brimstone, Praise the Lord Bible Belt state. Always thought it a bit strange that you had to drive 100 miles to get a drink in some places but you could go around 25 miles north of Uvalde and wager on ponies or walk into a wide open card game along the seawall in Galveston.