Originally Posted by
Miz
I'd read the laws on bookmaking charges first. Many times the penalties are commensurate with the gross handle as opposed to net. All it takes is one pissed off "client" to change your life and affect your "real job". Here is how I've seen it go with a local poker room...
Drug dealer / bad poker player loses money, gets pissed. Then gets caught selling drugs, and snitches about poker room. Hello felony.
Maybe just try something legal instead. Also, don't underestimate how much of a pain the ass it is having your $10 client ask you to go through all 85 college basketball lines twice a day. The clients also constantly try to cheat you, and if they are your "friends" then expect to lose those friends. If you're married then expect your wife to start getting pissed because you have to interrupt your dinner to answer the phone. My point is that if you are small time, then your hourly wage is really low.