Who was it with? I opened my first one in 1999 with Olympic and I remember being very nervous for some reason. I used to send them cashiers checks and then started using Western Union and now I only use neteller. Well 20 or so Sportsbooks later I have always been paid and have never experienced anything other then a few minor problems. And I must say I don't miss my local at all. So when and who did you open your first account with?
I was one of the first Americans to open an account with Bowman's in 1992. It was a novel idea back then, they were marketing through a sportsbetting guide sold at the Gamblers Book Club. Deposits were incredibly slow as you could only deposit via international money order sent by Fedex. They picked up the Fedex fees, which I thought was really cool. You could only bet by phone and the numbers were incredibly soft. However, being a total novice at the time, I could not take advantage of the soft numbers. Even if I did, my winnings were eaten up because by virtue of British law at the time, 10% was taken out of all winnings as a "winners tax" meaning you paid a 10% vig win or lose! Hard to make a profit, but I was hooked on the convenience of offshore bookmaking.
The winners tax law was repealed for accounts held by non-British citizens sometime in 1995, thereby launching Bowmans into the big time.
I love telling this story
The winners tax law was repealed for accounts held by non-British citizens sometime in 1995, thereby launching Bowmans into the big time.
I love telling this story
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by ppeter:
I was one of the first Americans to open an account with Bowman's in 1992. It was a novel idea back then, they were marketing through a sportsbetting guide sold at the Las Vegas Book Club. Deposits were incredibly slow as you could only deposit via international money order sent by Fedex. They picked up the Fedex fees, which I thought was really cool. You could only bet by phone and the numbers were incredibly soft. However, being a total novice at the time, I could not take advantage of the soft numbers. Even if I did, my winnings were eaten up because by virtue of British law at the time, 10% was taken out of all winnings as a "winners tax" meaning you paid a 10% vig win or lose! Hard to make a profit, but I was hooked on the convenience of offshore bookmaking.
The winners tax law was repealed for accounts held by non-British citizens sometime in 1995, thereby launching Bowmans into the big time.
I love telling this story
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good story peter...you know your stuff that is for sure..
I was one of the first Americans to open an account with Bowman's in 1992. It was a novel idea back then, they were marketing through a sportsbetting guide sold at the Las Vegas Book Club. Deposits were incredibly slow as you could only deposit via international money order sent by Fedex. They picked up the Fedex fees, which I thought was really cool. You could only bet by phone and the numbers were incredibly soft. However, being a total novice at the time, I could not take advantage of the soft numbers. Even if I did, my winnings were eaten up because by virtue of British law at the time, 10% was taken out of all winnings as a "winners tax" meaning you paid a 10% vig win or lose! Hard to make a profit, but I was hooked on the convenience of offshore bookmaking.
The winners tax law was repealed for accounts held by non-British citizens sometime in 1995, thereby launching Bowmans into the big time.
I love telling this story
good story peter...you know your stuff that is for sure..
I love these kind of threads.
I started with Carib in 93 or 94, sent them a $100 money order through FedEx, at that time you had to drive out to the airport here in Calgary to do so, I called Carib with the tracking number and had bets on the hockey games that night.
It's funny, I saw their ad and some other book's ads in Pro Football Weekly and after calling both places, I chose Carib because the guy I talked to was friendly and when I called the other place and asked what currency my account would be in and he had no idea what I was talking about, I knew I didn't want my money there. I think the other book was TopTurf or Rich's. I guess I got lucky.
I started with Carib in 93 or 94, sent them a $100 money order through FedEx, at that time you had to drive out to the airport here in Calgary to do so, I called Carib with the tracking number and had bets on the hockey games that night.
It's funny, I saw their ad and some other book's ads in Pro Football Weekly and after calling both places, I chose Carib because the guy I talked to was friendly and when I called the other place and asked what currency my account would be in and he had no idea what I was talking about, I knew I didn't want my money there. I think the other book was TopTurf or Rich's. I guess I got lucky.
My first was Sports International
followed by Paradise Sportsbook
followed by Sportingbet
. Island Sportsbook was the original name for Gibralter I believe.It wasn't my first but a good book, phone only,always paid.I stopped playing there when I finally bought a computer and found internet betting paradise.
