Scalping could be a ridiculously easy way to A) become a bonus whore and B) make real easy money. I did it this year with baseball for about 60% of the season or so, with money scattered around many many sportsbooks... Let's see... Pinnacle, 5Dimes, Olympic, Bet365, BetJamaica, Millenium, *gasp!* SIA, CanBet, and I think there were a couple more that I can't remember the names of. I wouldn't drop 150K into offshore sportsbooks, but whatever you're comfortable with, you can figure my results into, and note that I NEVER took a side in a game. I would put about 40% of my money into Pinnacle, as they have lines that move a hell of a lot faster than anyone else does. I just scalped these based off of what was available at the current moment. Get a live odds service too. That'll help with your abilities to scalp other sports overnight.
On the average week in baseball, I netted right around 1.32% on my base. Without stating my size bankroll, we'll assume it was a $10K bankroll, which is what a lot of gamblers use. That's $132 a week. Also keep in mind that this was scalping baseball only. With $150K bankroll, I'd put probably $1000 into a couple crappy sportsbooks that offer golf and Nascar matchups. Most have really small limits (like $50 or $100) on these events, but I can recall seeing a particularly crappy book make it so 70% of the matchups offered were scalpable with Pinnacle, because Pinnacle updates their lines religiously and the other books don't (and don't have the action to warrent moving the lines). Tennis isn't as easy, but particularly on day 1s and day 2s of tournaments that are in Asia that start at 2:00 eastern time, the crap books won't update overnight lines in all likelihood, while Pinnacle is constantly updating. Very often you can find both sides +105 or higher, which is a GREAT scalp. Tennis limits are usually much higher than these Nascar matchups.
All in all, I wouldn't expect too much out of scalping in, what I refer to as "the offseason" (non-baseball season), but they're out there for those willing to look. With whatever you're comfortable with putting into offshores though, put into the offshores. Nothing is 100% safe, but between collecting some of those bonuses and scalping baseball, you can take the pressure off yourself as a gambler, and probably just have to shoot for 0.75% profit a month or so, or in your case $1125 a month in gambling, something that I believe with your capping skills is attainable on a month-to-month basis.
Greatest thing about scalping... you're not losing. Now if you become good enough at it to take sides, you can really make a mint. But even just sitting there right as some of the lesser books open their lines in the mornings (usually around 9:30-10:00 eastern) with your Pinnacle live lines open, you can find some great scalps available.
Not saying this is the answer for you, but it's a start.
--AFLGuru:toast: