September 30, 2009

More Slow Pay Problems - On the one hand, we have some good news. After waiting 2 months for a payout from wsex, one of our readers reports that he was finally paid. The bad news however, is that another book that has been around since the beginning, is now following suit. SKYBOOK has been slow to pay in recent weeks. We will keep you posted on this developing story.

September 10, 2009

Football is here - it’s a good time to be careful when choosing a Sportsbook - Oddswiz.com has been keeping an eye on the sportsbook industry since 1994, before you could even place a wager online. And one thing happens at the start of every football season. In late August and early September every year, there are always people being led astray. You’ll find people suggesting sportsbooks that may be just sprouting up. You’ll find others steering you to sportsbooks that were never that good to begin with. Read More Inside.......

September 9, 2009

Payment Problems Persit at WSEX - Long waits for payouts from World Sports Exchange continue to plague this once highly rated book. One Oddswiz.com reader has been waiting 2 months for a fairly small payout. We will keep our readers posted on the payments progress. Check Back.

Online Sportsbooks - A Mature Industry - There are fewer books around now than five years ago. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. The stability is good. Players have learned to deal with the 10-15 solid operations that exist. It's not like a decade or more ago, when there were literally dozens of shops opening on a monthly basis. Heck, make that a daily basis. They were opening too fast to keep up with.

September 3, 2009

College Football Opening Night Betting Action - Boise State fans are no doubt excited about the start of another college football season as witnessed by the fact that tickets for the game were snatched up in an hour after going on sale. The Boise State basketball arena will also be opened so students without tickets can watch the game. Boise State head coach Chris Petersen thinks hype and excitement is a good thing for the students and the locals.

September 1, 2009

New Props and NFL Futures Add Excitement for 2009 - New Props offer more excitement With the start of the 2009 NFL season less than two weeks away, Sportsbook.com offers the most props and futures in the industry. Just this week, two unique futures were opened: the Top Offense and the Top Defense for the 2009 campaign. Defense may win championships, however the list of best defensive teams changes more frequently than offense.

August 29, 2009

US Open Tennis Betting - You know summer is drawing to a close when NFL preseason starts and the final Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year is about to begin. Set to begin Monday at Flushing Meadows in New York, the 2009 U.S. Open will see a familiar face seeded No. 1 on the men’s side in Roger Federer and Dinara Safina at the top of the women’s draw. Safina is listed at +1000 to take her first-ever Grand Slam singles title and Federer is listed at +120 to take his third Grand Slam title this year.

August 27, 2009

Michael Vick Returns - For a preseason game, you can expect a ton of attention when the Eagles and Jaguars hook up Thursday night. If you haven’t heard, Michael Vick will make his debut with Philadelphia - online sportsbook SPORTSBETTING.com is reporting heavy action on Philly in this contest, as bettors feel the team will make a real effort to win this one. So far, the Eagles have picked up 80% of all the action on it. The line has moved to -7.5 points on Philadelphia, with a Total of 37

August 26, 2009

NFL Marquee Games of the Year - SPORTSBETTING.com will soon be putting out lines on every NFL game, from Week 1 through Week 17 with their new Prospective Bets, but right now they have the NFL Games of the Year posted up in the NFL props section. Week 2 of the regular season sees a number of notable Games of the Year, including the first-ever regular season game played at the Dallas Cowboys’ new state-of-the-art facility.

August 15, 2009

Betting the PGA Championship - Although Tiger won this past weekend's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, he is batting .000 at golf majors this year. Tiger finished sixth at the Masters and the U.S. Open and missed the cut at the British Open. With the final major of the year the PGA Championship beginning on Thursday, you can be sure Tiger will be gunning for the top; as always he is the odds-on favorite to win at +140 (golf odds courtesy SPORTSBETTING.com).