U.S. sports gambling ban has been lifted: What happens next?

[TheGooner]

I'm talking about people being perfectly happy to bet frequently or regularly without getting into much of the more complicated elements.
No doubt many of them betting big amounts too.

Sports betting is like poker - it's a skill game - and a numbers game.
In poker - there are plenty of casuals who think $20 a night is a big thing and get bored as they lose it.
If they survive then then they turn to grinders, and then into REAL players.

Sports betting is much the same.

If you're getting better at sports betting ...
If you are chasing and expecting profits ...
If you are betting sizable amounts ...

THEN you get into the details.

I don't know anyone who bets regularly without looking at lines, offers and/or angles.
Why bet $1000 to win $900 when you can win $950, or take an angle and win more and get bonus offers?

Talk to any regular sports better about getting a better deal, better lines, less juice, and you've got a real conversation starter.

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Sports betting is like poker - it's a skill game - and a numbers game.
In poker - there are plenty of casuals who think $20 a night is a big thing and get bored as they lose it.
If they survive then then they turn to grinders, and then into REAL players.

Sports betting is much the same.

If you're getting better at sports betting ...
If you are chasing and expecting profits ...
If you are betting sizable amounts ...

THEN you get into the details.

I don't know anyone who bets regularly without looking at lines, offers and/or angles.
Why bet $1000 to win $900 when you can win $950, or take an angle and win more and get bonus offers?

Talk to any regular sports better about getting a better deal, better lines, less juice, and you've got a real conversation starter.

I was actually going to talk about that myself but didn't want to go back and edit the thread. Yes, certainly as people get more experienced in the brand new adventure land of legal sports betting known as the USA, some of them would tend to learn more and get more into the more complicated elements above "steps 1, 2 and 3" on a scale of 10. But that does not by any means mean that many of them will want to go offshore illegally just to save a few bucks or make a few more, especially when they not only can keep it "legitimate" here but can also easily see and even visit the place where their money is sitting. And we're not talking about $20 bettors here either, but people dropping three, four figures and more.

Gooner, you may without a doubt be an expert in the intricacies of hardcore sports betting and what you do, but I'm not exactly out on a limb suggesting you do not know American people, society and culture the way that I do, having been born and lived here all my life. And that's what I know. Americans are going to prefer to bet small, big and huge sums of money legally here at home and where they can feel their money is completely safe and easily accessible. Vast numbers of people that never even would have dreamed of using the offshore book sites all these years in the shadow of the Wire Act and UIGEA are going to be absolutely giddy about the prospect betting three and four figure sums here at home, even more, not just less than $50 or $100. But the lower dollar bettors certainly add up too, no denying that.

Not surprisingly, the reality of the situation is already bearing this out. New Jersey sports betting alone took in almost $100,000,000 already in August, but is projected to likely skyrocket to over $250,000,000 or even 300% this very month of September alone: New Jersey Sports Betting Revenue Soars With Introduction Of Online Bets. And that's just getting started.