Bet on American Sports with the Big (Non-American!) Sportsbooks

There are some huge sportsbooks on the net today offering exciting markets to its many customers. However, before elaborating further, it might be worth looking at the betting landscape today to see how you might stand to benefit – assuming you don't live in America!

The arts and sciences of betting, wagering, matching or whatever your fancy, differ markedly across the globe largely because of the quirks of history, government attitudes and religious stances. In the UK, it has for decades been fine to walk into a high street shop to place a bet, following legalization of such activity in the early 1960's. In recent years, the UK government even removed betting duties from bets recognizing that they could collect money just as easily from the betting companies' profits. They were given a helping hand by the likes of Victor Chandler who (to accusations of unpatriotic behaviour) showed that they could save their customers the betting duty by operating offshore and online. Next up will be the new Gambling Act to relax and regulate the industry.

Things are somewhat different in the USA where the hostile powers-that-be are making it difficult to pick and choose betting media as they play havoc with the operation of online betting organisations. It has reached the point where non-US executives of companies that have to operate offshore are being arrested and threatened with incarceration.

So we now have a situation of companies located outside the USA offering a vast array of odds on a large number of US-specific sports, while certain US lawmakers suggest that said companies can only take bets from non-US customers. Yet it is mostly US customers who would like to make the bets on these all-American sports. How very bizarre it all is!

For the rest of us outside the "land of the free" we have a host of sportsbooks on which we can wager what we wish on all manner of American sports; and that is a growing number of people. These sportsbooks are also aware that their European and other non-US markets could become all-important to their "bottom line" with their American markets under threat. This is the time to look for bargains and specials from the big sportsbooks offering superb odds on American-biased sports such as American Football, Baseball, Basketball and NASCAR. Naturally, many other sports more familiar to the world's audiences are available at these sportsbooks too.

Three such sportsbooks – with huge liquid markets and therefore ultra-competitive prices – are:

Nine.com
MyBookie.com
Betcom.com

The great news is that all three of these organisations are offering TWO huge $1,000 bonuses to new customers. While this is achievable for those with larger bankrolls, the same 10% bonus criteria apply to any deposit as small as $100. What is more, it applies to a re-load too! Two bonuses for everyone!

Perhaps this is the time to climb aboard the gravy train; the big sportsbooks want YOUR bets and are prepared to pay.

Ed note: Up to $2,000 in bonuses can be yours at Nine.com, MyBookie.com and Betcom.com

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