Originally Posted by
gregm
While I agree European books like betfair are fantastic, one thing I have always was curious about is why, with all the betting options open to europeans, are there so few European gambling forums? Punters lounge, and a very few others, but none compare with SBR and all the american forums.
So many European cities even have casinos, I stayed near one in salzburg and so many locals could tell me nothing about it. There is betting going on in so many little corner shops in the uk and the eu, I always wondered why gambling was a marginal culture at best in europe.
I believe it has to do with the sports, America offers year round entertainment to wager on. In Europe, soccer and cricket, irl, etc, is so rarely played throughout the the week and the year, Europeans have less to gamble on in their own countries. Betting on horses and dogs is great but its rarely a moneymaker.
The British, various EU stock markets have a lot to do with how so many of these Gibraltar, UK, European sportsbooks are run I would imagine as well.
Look at the numbers of Americans who gamble at sports books, its incredible. Americans have so few good choices, I would love to see some really interesting exchanges and sports books out there competing for our dollar.