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Originally Posted by jamest
Soriano. How does one find these agents then if they have no connections?
The thing is if i bet between 500-1000 a game... I assume that would not be enough for me to get to bet with these agents?
I would assume that ppl who bet sports for a living in the usa and not live in vegas... all of them have bookmaker account right? I mean... it would be really impossible for someone to make 50k a year betting sports offshore and only use say heritage and 5dimes only? I know one guy here who bets sports as his sole income and he told me he only used 5dimes and heritage. The thing is i think it would be so hard to make that money and not get limited at some point especially at 5dimes...
I think it would be awfully hard if not impossible to find one of these agents I described since they are extremely picky about their customers and without some sort of reference they won't hook you up because they have to fly/stay under the radar and would have no information, that would kind of "prove" to them, that you're legit and not some undercover police officer f.e.
Betting 500-1k would be enough though, but also depending on your overall volume (are we talking 20-30 bets per week or 2-3bets per month).
Not all have an account at bookmaker. I guess most do, just because of the higher limits and because one more out to bet into won't hurt. But in general they rarely offer the best odds.
Anybody who can get access to pinnacle, places a large percentage there. At least in the past matchbook was another important out. And then there are a bunch of smaller -105 outs, but once you start winning consistently and bet certain amounts, there are very few reliable sportsbooks left.
Also many people spread out there action at different shops instead of placing the whole amount at the same shop. This is especially effective if you have some "off-screen" outs because these adjust their odds slower when a game f.e. gets hit by a steam move. So you don't necessarily need 10k limits at one shop, to place a 5-figure wager on a certain game.
F.e. I used to bet at up to 30 different books, now it's down to (more or less) 6-8 and 90% of my bets are placed at pinnacle or ibcbet. In the long run you will be reduced to certain sportsbooks anyways because of closed accounts and/or limits or you decide to create fake accounts with all the risks that come with these....
Though if you want to deposit a large sum into a book like CRIS, I'd say your best bet would be calling them directly. Many of the (post-up) offshores, that still accept US players, have some payment options they don't openly advertise online (because if they did, it would just be a matter of time until they would be shut down by the DoJ) and they would probably be more than willing to find a solution with you on the phone.
Last edited by Soriano12; 06-18-2012 at 02:20 AM.