
Originally Posted by
BigdaddyQH
Gentlemen, this is just a couple of examples of why playing offshore is strictly for suckers. For the most part, they are severely underfunded. They can change the rules on you whenever they choose to. They can take weeks, even months to pay you. If you have a disagreement with them, you have little or no recourse. None of you have the money to fight their decisions. Their bonuses are worthless. 5 and 10 X turnover simply is not going to happen. If you were that good, you certainly would not be playing an offshore book.
With legal Sportsbooks in New Jersey, Mississippi and Pennsylvania now operating, and many more on the way, there is absolutely NO EXCUSE for you guys to be playing an offshore book. "Runners" are very easy to find. Any Sportsbook worth it's weight appreciates these runners because they bring in business. The books know the runners. That is why a guy can place a 5K wager and the line not budge, but if a runner wagers $500 on the same team, the line changes 1/2 to 1 point. The ticket writers know which runners deal with "Sharps". In case you guys do not know this (and my guess is that 90% of you or more do not) "Sharps" rarely place their wagers themselves. They just write off what they pay the runners as a business expense.
Gentlemen, if you are getting tired of being screwed over by offshore sportsbooks, I suggest you seriously look into the use of runners to place your wagers for you. It is an accepted practice at any sportsbook that knows what they are doing. Nobody is going to cut you off because nobody is going to know who is actually bankrolling the wager. Obviously that is not the case with the Offshore books.