Originally Posted by
swordsandtequila
I can buy bitcoins, transfer to third party wallet (I use Electrum), transfer to book and make a wager faster than you can drive to the nearest w-u or m-g, with a lot less hassle/risk. Deposits/withdrawals are a few minutes @ most; upon withdrawal sell your coin. If you use Coinbase get your cash the next day, other outlets a little quicker. No Canadian checks, aliases (with built in excuse for not picking up deposits), etc. With the pure btc books (Jetwin, Nitrogen, Anonibet, etc.) none of the issues of the op.