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Profile of An Internet Bookie

Posted by Hemos on from the so-yous-wants-to-make-some-monies dept.

prostoalex writes "The New York Times Magazine has a story about one of Internet's most lucrative businesses - online bookmaking. Writer William Berlind travels to San Jose, Costa Rica, where the offices of such online powerhouses as BetOnSports and SkyBook are located. Quite an interesting story about numerous Americans traveling to Costa Rica with the grand business plan of online gambling, US government trying to shut down the offshore gambling operations, and how the bookies operate."

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  1. Gambling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Gambling is immoral and in many localities, illegal. It breaks up just as many families as drugs and alcohol, and results in ended marriages, starving children, and foreclosed properties. You just remember that when you go out for a harmless "night of poker with the boys", that you could be starting a chain reaction where the result is you sleeping in the gutter on Skid Row.

  2. I got the horse right here! by FooAtWFU · · Score: -1, Troll

    I got the horse right here, his name is Paul Revere and here's a guy who says if the weather's clear Can do, can do, This guy says the horse can do. If he says the horse can do, Can do, can do. http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/newbonham/6/fugu efortin.htm

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    The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
  3. Gambling is for idiots .. by Jeppe+Salvesen · · Score: 0, Troll

    as simple as that. Idiots almost invariably get into trouble for being idiots. So - let them gamble. The only trouble with online gambling is that the idiots' money are channeled out of the country..

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  4. regular pari-mtuel wagering!! by rabbits77 · · Score: 0, Troll

    One interesting point is that regular "racetrack" style pari-mutuel wagering is good and legal within the US.
    I have been handicapping jai alai and greyhounds for years now. The best way to bet horses, dogs, and jai alai is to get an account with ct otb and then watch the races at a site like onlineracing .
    Just in case anyone is suspicious I have no affiliation other than that of cutsomer iwth either of these operations. I just wanted to take a good opportunity and spread the word about a pleasant diversion, which is all gambling really is. In fact figuring out a decent mathematical model to predict races/games is as old as the games themselves!!