does your local rape you on hockey totals too?
perhaps you should do what many i know do who likewise fear getting beat by offshore books: open up many accounts, then bet your plays in different books, occasionally taking out small amounts. you might lose 5 cents on some games by doing it that way, but the chances of ten different books going belly up at same time are pretty low. and the money you save in long run more than will make up for the occassional extra nickel you lay on a game.
just a thought.
bb