1. 11-06-13 07:17 PM #1
    NavsPicks
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    how did you guys find ur local bookies?

    Looking for a local.. How did You
    Guys go about this
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  2. 11-06-13 08:34 PM #2
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    I don't have a local for u but try ery solid thus far. Start small and give it a try
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  3. 11-06-13 10:24 PM #3
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    Bar, Poker Game, Church, Local High School. All good places to look for a local.

    Get to your local watering hole early. Look around at the folks there and you can usually point out who is the book.
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  4. 11-06-13 10:54 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by downsouth View Post
    Bar, Poker Game, Church, Local High School. All good places to look for a local.

    Get to your local watering hole early. Look around at the folks there and you can usually point out who is the book.
    I'll look into this.

    When I go watch a game or boxing match I see a shit ton of people talk about their bets and of course I chat with them too, but I never know how to ask about a local without giving off a weird/cop vibe.
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  5. 11-07-13 06:14 PM #5
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    Bartenders can often hook you up.
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  6. 11-07-13 06:16 PM #6
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    craigslist
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  7. 11-07-13 06:32 PM #7
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    Phone book under "bookies."
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  8. 11-07-13 11:48 PM #8
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    a bar, new the man that referred me and the bookie for many years, wish I never met him, offered me a large credit line and now i'm scrambling to pay.
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  9. 11-07-13 11:49 PM #9
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    Find a high dollar poker game play it a few weeks and you'll have a bookie in no time. Worked for me
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  10. 11-08-13 12:35 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shifty View Post
    Bartenders can often hook you up.

    Yep
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  11. 11-08-13 06:21 AM #11
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    It's best to go through a friend that gambles

    Or of course if you're frequent visitor to casino or sports bar

    You need to find a reputable one so you have to do your research
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  12. 11-08-13 02:21 PM #12
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    Race track, any sports bar, craps table at a casino are all good spots.
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  13. 11-09-13 12:15 AM #13
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    Any malaysian looking for local bookies?
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  14. 11-09-13 12:48 AM #14
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    If you have friends that gamble too, you shouldn't have a hard time finding one unless your trying to infiltrate one and bust them. After spending 8 years online, I think the Local book is the best way to go. I went with my co-worker who does the running for them.
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  15. 11-09-13 12:52 AM #15
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    Ask any man with a vowel on the end of his last name and I promise you he will know or know someone who knows a bookie........
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  16. 11-09-13 02:02 AM #16
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    my bookie I offered and flat out told him I don't wanna bet on credit here's the cash I wanna post up. I don't want a credit account. looked at me like a was crazy no you just pay when you lose, settle up up weekly. bookies are sinister batards because allowing credit blindly is hoping for losers, and shake'em down for whatever you can.
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  17. 11-11-13 05:37 PM #17
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    Hard to find this shit In edmonton.. don't really get taken seriously at bars lol I'm 19 and these sports bars r filled with older folk
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  18. 11-11-13 05:47 PM #18
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavsPicks View Post
    Hard to find this shit In edmonton.. don't really get taken seriously at bars lol I'm 19 and these sports bars r filled with older folk
    the bookies are older folk
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  19. 11-11-13 05:48 PM #19
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    Be careful with bookies. I got shafted outta 40 g from a bookie. Best run of my life and never got paid. I can understand being limited because you're winning but guy kept taking my action assuming I would blow it all and I didn't.

    Try fairlinesonline.....best of both worlds. Great set up.
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  20. 11-11-13 09:36 PM #20
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    NavyPics.. listen to clippers I use the same dudes and no problems what so ever
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  21. 11-11-13 09:38 PM #21
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    I think I PMed you navy
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  22. 11-11-13 09:48 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by laclippers504 View Post
    Be careful with bookies. I got shafted outta 40 g from a bookie. Best run of my life and never got paid. I can understand being limited because you're winning but guy kept taking my action assuming I would blow it all and I didn't.

    Try fairlinesonline.....best of both worlds. Great set up.

    This is why you need multiple outs. Whatever your threshhold is you need to spread your action out. You never want all your eggs in one basket, no matter how sturdy said basket appears to be.
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  23. 11-11-13 11:31 PM #23
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    very well said Downsouth.. but I can not afford to put eggs in multiple baskets. And I find that basket that gives me the eggs I deserve on time. I am going to continue going to that basket till there is a problem. JMHO
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  24. 11-12-13 10:26 AM #24
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    SportsBar, poker game, just ask around.

    I will tell you this I have tons of friends in the business and looking for a new bookie 12 weeks into football season is a HUGE red flag to them. So be prepared to be checked out.
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  25. 11-12-13 03:53 PM #25
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    I've never had a bookie lol just online shit . Blew 5k cuz Pinny takes a week to payout didn't wanna wait so kept playing. Rather get a local
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  26. 11-12-13 08:50 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by NavsPicks View Post
    I've never had a bookie lol just online shit . Blew 5k cuz Pinny takes a week to payout didn't wanna wait so kept playing. Rather get a local
    Well in that case,You need a shrink, not a bookie......
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  27. 11-12-13 11:29 PM #27
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    Quote Originally Posted by James D View Post
    SportsBar, poker game, just ask around.

    I will tell you this I have tons of friends in the business and looking for a new bookie 12 weeks into football season is a HUGE red flag to them. So be prepared to be checked out.
    Please elaborate
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  28. 11-13-13 11:58 AM #28
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    It's really not hard I know at least 5 solid guys. Just go to u r local bar b social talk to people and don't b scare to bring up the subject
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  29. 11-13-13 04:36 PM #29
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    Ask your friends who have been using the same bookie for years. Those are the books who will stick around for you, win or lose.
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  30. 11-13-13 09:37 PM #30
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    Quote Originally Posted by sourtwist View Post
    Please elaborate

    Along the lines of why are people looking for a book in the 12th week of the season. I got a few friends that book games and generally if someone is looking this time of year it is because they have lost and stiffed the previous guy who was taking there action. Or they currently still owe him and cannot play with guy any longer so its time to get a new one.
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  31. 11-14-13 12:40 AM #31
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    is offering large credit lines to newcomers common for local bookies, I have known this guy that gave me 4K for 10 years but just a man I saw a bar once a month and exchanged the Hi how's it going kinda chat. but he doesn't know my job/income. I never knew he was a bookie.
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  32. 11-14-13 07:34 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by downsouth View Post
    Along the lines of why are people looking for a book in the 12th week of the season. I got a few friends that book games and generally if someone is looking this time of year it is because they have lost and stiffed the previous guy who was taking there action. Or they currently still owe him and cannot play with guy any longer so its time to get a new one.

    Thank you for answering for me I have not been on SBR in a few days or I would have responded. This is essentially what I would have written. No one just starts betting week 12 of the NFL season.
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  33. 11-14-13 07:37 PM #33
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    Quote Originally Posted by Redondo View Post
    is offering large credit lines to newcomers common for local bookies, I have known this guy that gave me 4K for 10 years but just a man I saw a bar once a month and exchanged the Hi how's it going kinda chat. but he doesn't know my job/income. I never knew he was a bookie.
    Not common but if someone is wealthy (or even upper middle class ) and has a real solid verifiable reputation then yes absolutely. 4k is nothing 20k in a spot like that is no surprise.
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