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COURSEY COLUMN - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT ONLINE SPORTSBOOKS
Useful Tips and Practical Advice on Online Sports Betting and Online Sportsbooks

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Online Sportsbooks - My question is regarding a new place to play this NFL season. I have gotten so many promos in the mail and they all sound enticing, I just don't know where to send my hard-earned cash. Can you offer some advice on how to pick a good sportsbook?

Hello Shawn. First I wanna thank you for all the information you provide us with and all the time you must put into it. I have learned quite a bit simply from reading your column and I sure have wised up a lot. My question is regarding a new place to play this NFL season. I have gotten so many promos in the mail and they all sound enticing, I just don't know where to send my hard-earned cash. Can you offer some advice on how to pick a good sportsbook? Thanks in advance Shawn and keep up the good work, it's greatly appreciated

 
Online Sportsbooks - What's the deal with the MLB run lines? Are they a good bet?

Hello Shawn. First I wanna thank you for all the info you help us with. I am a small bettor and I've found a lot of value in your articles. Now, I'd like to ask you a couple of things. I ain't much of a hoops player and to be honest with you I have never really bet on baseball. I'm a true fan of the sport and I play a lot fantasy MLB but I never got to bet on it and I wanna start this season.

When I first looked at the lines I saw mainly 3 types of bets: the money line, totals and the run line. And that's mainly my question, what's the deal with the run lines? Are they a good bet? Thanks in advance for your help.

 
Online Sportsbooks - I deposited using Western Union, but I am looking to start using NETeller now that I'll withdraw my money. Can you give me a short explanation of how that works? Is it safe?

Hi Shawn, just like the last guy, I too decide to jump and bet sports online after I found SportsCrew.com. I don't think I have finished reading all the information available in the website, but I got a question to ask. I was kinda embarrassed at the beginning, as everybody must know this but I really wanna find out useful info about this. I deposited using Western Union, but I am looking to start using NETeller now that I'll withdraw my money. Can you give me a short explanation of how that works? Is it safe? Does the IRS get reports of the money I get this way?

 
Online Sportsbooks - Getting payouts from your online sportsbooks' accounts?

Thanks for all the help and information you have been giving us readers in your column. It was thanks to you and this website that I decided to jump online for the first time ever. I started off easy with Bodog and now I have accounts at VIP, Betmaker and Hollywood as well, and luckily I did very well this season. My question is, now that NFL is over and march Madness is not here yet, is it the best thing to get all your money from your online sportsbooks' accounts?

 

Online Sportsbooks - What's the difference between a Canadian Line and an American Line in NHL?

Now that the NHL is back what's the difference between a Canadian Line and an American Line? And which one do you think it's best to bet on?

 

Handicapping NASCAR - Tips to Win When Betting on NASCAR

Hey Shawn, Todd again. Thanks a bunch for having answered my past question; it was a lot of useful info. And since you had so much info to give on that, I was wondering if you could hook me up with some info on online betting for NASCAR and ways of handicapping NASCAR?

 

Online Sportsbooks - Tips and Ways to Bet on Golf?

Hey Shawn, Todd here. I hope you're kicking the man's ass, dude. I wanna thank you for answering all these questions for us the players and I wanted to shoot one of my own: I bet on NCAA football and NFL mostly and I am not much of a MLB player, so I was looking to bet on some golf? what can you tell me about online betting on golf?

 

Online Sportsbooks - What is Middling When Betting Sports Online?

Hey Shawn, thanks a bunch for all the info you share with the readers of this website. I find that the tips and advice you give us on a weekly basis come in handy more than once. I especially liked your answer about the lines of televised games vs. non-televised games, it helped me make some coin playing the totals during the NCAA March Madness.

 

Online Sportsbook - What's the best way to send cash in this industry?

I found out about SportsCrew.com a little while ago and after having read most of the website, I now feel confident to send 2 dimes -first deposit ever- into an offshore betting account. I know this is normal for most of you guys, but I feel a little nervous about sending my cash to some place I don't even know where it is. Anyway, I wanna ask you: What's the easiest way to send and receive cash in this industry? And how many accounts do you recommend I should use?

 

Online Sportsbooks - Sports Betting Terminology

Hey Shawn, thanks a lot for answering our questions, dude? this is definitely one of the best sections of this website to get info about sports-betting.

Dude, the other while making a bet, my new local said something like: "so, you getting down on the dog for 2 bucks? I said 'yes', because I didn't wanna sound stupid, but I later found out I had placed a wager on the other team for $100 more than what I wanted. To top it off, I lost that wager. Would you please hook me up with some terminology when it comes to sports-betting and sportsbooks in general?

 

Online Sportsbooks - What's Reduced Juice?

Hi Shawn, thanks for the good work on answering our questions; I wanna ask you about NBA betting. I currently have 3 sportsbook and I have recently discovered the convenience of paying less juice, can you help me understand the pros and cons of reduced juice a little better?

 

Online Sportsbooks - Tips and Ways to Understand Baseball Betting Lines

Hey Shawn, Robert here, I have been reading this section for the last couple of weeks and first of all, I'd like to thank you for helping us bettors make a coin, I also wanted to ask you about a bet on a baseball match I played a couple of days ago. I got down on my team odds at +178 (I think) and after a pitching change, I won the bet but the odds were different? they were adjusted to lesser odds? what's that all about?

 

Online Sportsbooks - What is a True Dime Lline When Betting on MLB?

Hey Shawn, what's a 'true dime line' and why is everybody raging about it?

 

Online Sportsbooks - When Betting on NCAA Hoops, Are Lines Different for Televised Games vs. Non-Televised Games?

Shawn, for the NCAA tournament, are the lines for nationally televised games any different to the lines offered in other games?

 

Online Sportsbook - Buying Points When Betting Online

How does the buying of points work?

 

Online Sportsbooks - Why are College Basketball Totals so Late to be Posted?

Why are college totals so late to be posted and why are there books that don't do overnight lines?

 

Online Sportsbooks - How does the 5 point 2-team-teaser work?

With the NCAA SEC Basketball Tournament on sight, this is a bet worth taking a look at. Here's how it works, instead of one single straight bet, combine 2 strong bets in one co-related play and get 5 extra points added to the spread. It can be:

 

Online Sportsbooks - What is an IF Bet?

"What is an 'if' bet?"



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