10-16-2015, 08:37 AM
(10-16-2015, 07:57 AM)Whacked Wrote: Serious question. How does one go about finding a bookie. lol
Do you know anyone that bets? That's a great place to start, friend or family preferably. If not, it's not really going to be easy, at all. You can't just put an ad in the local paper, ya know? The easiest way is to get a friend to start placing bets through their guy for you. 90% of legitimate bookies aren't going to take bets straight from you (especially high dollar), and they certainly will want someone in good standing (your friend) taking care of transporting the money each way when it's needed. Once you bet with the same guy for a while, they could eventually let you start going straight to them, or some may even make you bet through your friend for years and years just because it's easier and safer for almost everybody that way. These guys are in a shady business that they already have enough clients and any little mistakes, especially by a new bettor, could land them straight in jail for a looooong time.
Oh, and a huge tip for guys looking to get into this kind of stuff. Make sure you know exactly where your bookie's lines come from! Not every over/under or line on a game is going to be the same at every sports book. If your bookie gets them from a certain paper or website, make sure those are the ones you're looking at when making your decisions. Unless you land a guy that's going to give you the numbers each week (my buddies guy does this, but he's a relative), you need to find out what he uses. A common thing for someone to do (around here at least) is just to make it known to all of his clients that he uses say, Bovada's lines for all of his bets. That way, you can always just log on there and get all of the information you need each week. There's a huge difference between a -2.5 game and a -3 game, so make sure you're using the right data.
This is all just stuff from friends of friends and whatnot, I don't participate in any form of illegal gambling. That would be horrible and wrong!
