Betting Taking Off in US
Despite all of the talk and debate concerning the US online casino gambling
industry, betting and internet gambling is rampant all throughout the US.
Betting in particular is a popular pastime and currently far easier for bettors
to find via the internet than chance gaming. A lot of the prominent online
casinos have left the market, but Bodog and a few other poker and betting sites
still have plenty of payment options to allow bettors and gamblers odds on their
favorite sporting matches. And though the FIFA World Cup has taken the attention
of the world, the Stanley Cup playoffs were the height of betting in the US as
the Chicago Blackhawks took the title over the Philadelphia Flyers this month.
The online casino betting sites are now already offering odds on which hockey
team will take the title next year.
The Stanley Cup is the top competition for the sport of hockey in the United
States and although the interest in the sport is a lot more regional than other
major US and international sports like football and soccer the major online
casino betting sites see a definite influx of interested hockey bettors each
year. This is the first win for Chicago in fifty years and to make the situation
even more exciting the Chicago Blackhawks are 11-2 odds right now that they will
also take the Stanley Cup next year according to the odds-makers at the online
casino betting sites.
On the flip side of the high odds for Chicago as the repeat champion next year
according to the online casino betting sites are the long shots for the win,
those team with incredibly low odds that they will take the title: the Edmonton
Oilers, New York Islanders, and the Maple Leafs out of Toronto. |