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Originally Posted by thaskalos
I don't know how it is where you live, but in the Chicago-area where I live, you can walk into a casino or an OTB, make your sports wager...and no one will know whether you are a winner or a loser, nor can anyone limit the size of your bets. And it won't be long before this is the case nationwide. Don't believe all the nonsense that you hear.
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I don't know about "nonsense", and this is just some of the stuff I've read, rather than heard -
From the Washington Post:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...caesars-circa/
From the Athletic - "Jeopardy James" Holzhauer would say that it's not just a matter of walking up to the window, time after time:
https://theathletic.com/3437362/2022...book-limiting/
Your local friends at BetRivers (Rush Street Interactive - which is partnered with CDI in the Des Plaines Rivers casino) get a drive-by mention here, in conjunction with an article about DraftKings:
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/71...sharp-betting/
That's just three. I could point you to many other sources. These are just the U.S. market, which is not as mature as the overseas markets in terms of national coverage and bettors experiencing limits/closed accounts.
So you MIGHT be able to get your wagers down, in-person, if you're a consistent winner. But you'll spend as much or more time working out how to do that as you spend deciding on what your bet is going to be.
You're also talking in-person vs. online/apps. We have grown to appreciate NOT having to be at our wagering venue in person. I don't know of anyone who's tried to make a $500 wager on a horse via an ADW app/online and had their bet refused. I do know people who've tried to do the same on a sportsbook app and been offered amounts like $23.50, with something as basic as an NFL side.
Now if you're just talking a purely "recreational/entertainment for the weekend" endeavor with the hope of a little bit of profit overall at the end of the year - that's a different kettle of fish.
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And if you think that the horses are easier to beat than baseball and basketball...then I think you should have your head examined.
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I don't recall anything regarding the ease of any of these being mentioned by me. Sports definitely has a great advantage of mounds and mounds of FREE, very accessible data. That's one of the biggest obstacles the neophyte horseplayer would have.
