Online Sportsbook BookMaker.com Accepts Record $1,000,000 USD College Football Wager
Joe "The Factsman" Apricena challenges BookMaker.com with college football wager
August 21 Costa Rica - BookMaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson announced today that the online sportsbook will accept a record-setting $1,000,000 USD bet on U.S. college football by professional sports handicapper Joe "The Factsman" Apricena.
The million dollar bet is whether The Factsman Apricena can finish the 2008 college football season with a better win-loss record than Richardson after making 30 picks on BookMaker.com with a minimum of one pick per week. The Factsman's BookMaker.com challenge starts on August 28th, 2008, the opening weekend of the college football 2008 season, and goes on through the college bowl season in December 2008 and must include the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship game in January 2009.
On his sports handicapping website, SportsForumPicks.com, home of The Factsman, Apricena has a documented winning percentage of 64% on his college football picks over the past 10 years, a number of professional sports handicappers in Las Vegas and lines makers at offshore sportsbooks have noted that The Factsman is masterful in his ability to exploit betting lines on small schools in college football and basketball, where most sportsbooks lose their edge.
"Sportsbooks do most of their homework on the top 25 college teams in the country because that's where they'll see most of their action," explained Apricena. "But on the other games each week, I'll find five- to eight-point mistakes all year long." After consulting with his line management team at BookMaker.com regarding the million dollar bet, CEO Mickey Richardson has a different take on The Factsman's challenge. "Bring it on," said Richardson , to what Apricena responded "I'll bury him by Thanksgiving."
This is not the first time The Factsman Apricena has made a million dollar bet against Richardson . In 2006, Apricena won a similar $1,000,000 USD bet against Richardson on Major League Baseball. The Factsman needed to win better than 68% of his picks and won the bet with a winning percentage of 72%. When Richardson refused a rubber match on baseball action he challenged Apricena to a similar wager on the National Football League (NFL) season in 2007, which Apricena lost after falling behind early in the season.
Both agreed to settle the rubber match in college football this year, "I have a great deal of respect for The Factsman," said Richardson . "In 23 years of business our sportsbook has never shut out a player, sharp or otherwise, and we're not going to start now."
To track the results of this contest all picks will be submitted every Friday on SportsForumPicks.com
Joe "The Factsman" Apricena is a professional sports handicapper with a well-documented reputation for being the strongest baseball handicapper of the last two decades. It's well-known that most sportsbooks in Vegas and online will not accept plays by The Factsman himself. Based out of Clearwater , Florida , The Factsman and his weekly college football picks for 2008 can be found at SportsForumPicks.com
Joe "The Factsman" Apricena challenges BookMaker.com with college football wager
August 21 Costa Rica - BookMaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson announced today that the online sportsbook will accept a record-setting $1,000,000 USD bet on U.S. college football by professional sports handicapper Joe "The Factsman" Apricena.
The million dollar bet is whether The Factsman Apricena can finish the 2008 college football season with a better win-loss record than Richardson after making 30 picks on BookMaker.com with a minimum of one pick per week. The Factsman's BookMaker.com challenge starts on August 28th, 2008, the opening weekend of the college football 2008 season, and goes on through the college bowl season in December 2008 and must include the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship game in January 2009.
On his sports handicapping website, SportsForumPicks.com, home of The Factsman, Apricena has a documented winning percentage of 64% on his college football picks over the past 10 years, a number of professional sports handicappers in Las Vegas and lines makers at offshore sportsbooks have noted that The Factsman is masterful in his ability to exploit betting lines on small schools in college football and basketball, where most sportsbooks lose their edge.
"Sportsbooks do most of their homework on the top 25 college teams in the country because that's where they'll see most of their action," explained Apricena. "But on the other games each week, I'll find five- to eight-point mistakes all year long." After consulting with his line management team at BookMaker.com regarding the million dollar bet, CEO Mickey Richardson has a different take on The Factsman's challenge. "Bring it on," said Richardson , to what Apricena responded "I'll bury him by Thanksgiving."
This is not the first time The Factsman Apricena has made a million dollar bet against Richardson . In 2006, Apricena won a similar $1,000,000 USD bet against Richardson on Major League Baseball. The Factsman needed to win better than 68% of his picks and won the bet with a winning percentage of 72%. When Richardson refused a rubber match on baseball action he challenged Apricena to a similar wager on the National Football League (NFL) season in 2007, which Apricena lost after falling behind early in the season.
Both agreed to settle the rubber match in college football this year, "I have a great deal of respect for The Factsman," said Richardson . "In 23 years of business our sportsbook has never shut out a player, sharp or otherwise, and we're not going to start now."
To track the results of this contest all picks will be submitted every Friday on SportsForumPicks.com
Joe "The Factsman" Apricena is a professional sports handicapper with a well-documented reputation for being the strongest baseball handicapper of the last two decades. It's well-known that most sportsbooks in Vegas and online will not accept plays by The Factsman himself. Based out of Clearwater , Florida , The Factsman and his weekly college football picks for 2008 can be found at SportsForumPicks.com
This is BS, its the same Crap they pulled two years ago with baseball. "The Factsman" lost and you heard nothing of it since. The funny part is the next part of the marketing campaign they will promote a forum which is owed "alledgedly" by The Factsman but checking the IP its the same as Bookmaker. Just a Scam.. Ignore
This is just my two cents on this but I know a man who has been with him over the past 9 years and he has hit right around 64% on his MLB selections. The Factsman won the MLB challenge but he lost last year in the NFL challenge. I know that he and Mickey Richardson do bussiness together but why would these guys lie? I check out his website because his comps are money! He did not do very well in the NFL last year but you cannot touch him when it comes to soccer and NCAA hoops!
Also one last thing why would bookmaker make up a scam with this guy they are a A++ book and they have been around for over 20 years! I just don't believe they need to make up a scam or lie about this.
Like I said just my two cents
Also one last thing why would bookmaker make up a scam with this guy they are a A++ book and they have been around for over 20 years! I just don't believe they need to make up a scam or lie about this.
Like I said just my two cents
Factsman is a scam artist, he sells worthless picks to unsuspecting newbies. He is down 40+ units in the past 4 months. he consistently loses 10 units a month. He is partnered with Bookmaker, he gets paid big referral fees on player deposits and then sells picks that consistently lose. Some people think he gets the picks from what Bookmaker tells him which side they need money on. This guy is the lowest of low, a true sleazeball in the scamdicapper arena. This guy takes the cake out of these losers.
