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Get Ready for NFL, NCAA Football @ the Top 4 Online Sportsbooks

August 31, 2011 Robert Medl

Here are the top four sportsbooks as determined by a survey of sports fans in August 2011:

Intertops

Quick review: Fastest payments around. Wide variety of banking options, many of which are free or low-cost. Offers lines on non-sporting events as well as all of the most popular American and Eurporean sports leagues and events. Live Chat with an agent if you have any questions.
Languages: English, German
New player bonus: 25% of initial deposit, up to $100 bonus
Rollover: 8 times deposit + bonus

Check out Intertops today!

Bodog

Quick review: Hip brand. Very fast site allows quick navigation. Lowest rollover requirement on the Internet. Good articles on many sports provide different angles that you may not have considered.
Languages: English
New player bonus: 10% of initial deposit, up to $50 bonus
Rollover: 1 times deposit + bonus

Check out Bodog today!

OddsMaker

Quick review: Easy sign-up process. Generous bonuses in addition to the New player bonus. Live Chat with an agent if you have any questions. Live scores available on-site.
Languages: English
New player bonus: 100% of initial deposit, up to $1000 in bonus
Rollover: 15 times deposit

Check out OddsMaker today!

Sportsbetting.com

Quick review: Simple interface. Two free bank wires and 1 free check per month.
Languages: English
New player bonus: 20% of initial deposit, up to $250 bonus
Rollover: 4 times deposit + bonus

Check out Sportsbetting.com today!

Black Friday 2011, checks, credit cards, hold-em, Online gambling in the United States, online poker, poker, promotions, US players, Yatahay

DoylesRoom Review – Most US Players Welcome

August 14, 2011 Robert Medl

Real money online poker players that reside in the United States have fewer options for their online poker play since Black Friday of April 2011. As I am sure you are aware, many online poker rooms have left the United States market in light of the FBI’s actions on that day.

DoylesRoom.ag has decided to keeps its online poker room open to US players. They are even allowing new accounts to residents of the United States (except WA and MD residents). They have recently moved to the Yatahay Online Poker Network, joining a half dozen or so other online poker rooms on the network. In addition, they are offering a LIMITED TIME initial deposit bonus of 100% when you deposit between $50 and $1000.

Doyle’s Room deals Hold’em, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7 Card Stud, and 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo tournaments (both normal and turbo) and cash games in fixed limit (FL), pot limit (PL) and no limit (NL) formats. You can easily find your favorite game using the filters provided in the poker lobby.

The easiest way to make a deposit at Doyle’s Room is with your Visa card. Otherwise, you can deposit via a Bank Wire or a Person-to-Person transfer; however, these deposit options are obviously less convenient than depositing via your Visa credit card. There is a $50 minimum deposit — this is perfectly reasonable, in my opinion.

Your best withdraw option is probably a bank draft / check. Checks can be requested for between $25 and $2500 once per week and have no fee! You can also choose debit cards as your withdrawal method, but there is a $5 monthly fee, plus a load fee of $2 each time that you load the card. Debit cards usually also have a per-transaction fee when you use the debit card to make a purchase.

Your online poker options are limited if you live in the United States. Doyle’s Room is a solid online poker room that you should consider for your online poker play.

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A Good Online Casino Alternative for US Players

August 9, 2011 Robert Medl

Due to online poker‘s Black Friday in April of 2011, the number of online casinos that continue to accept real money players from the United States is shrinking every day. Often, this decision is made not by the online casino operator itself, but rather by the online casino software vendor. Rival Gaming is a recent example of an online casino software vendor that has recently informed its licensees that they are no longer permitted to accept players from the United States.

Not all online casino software vendors have pulled the plug on the United States market. One vendor is BetOnSoft, which powers several online casinos, including Grand Eagle, a reputable online casino with a generous welcome bonus of 100% up to $400 when you use bonus code GEWBDB.

I’ve been playing on and off at Grand Eagle online casino for several months now. And while withdrawals were certainly easier when QuickTender/UseMyWallet was available (it isn’t any more), they do offer three withdrawal methods:

Courier Check via FedEx with a cost of $30 which takes between 3 – 5 days
Check sent via regular mail with a cost of $17.50 which takes 21 business days
Bank Transfer to player’s checking account which costs $20. Please note that external fees from bank clearing houses may be added.

I have made one withdrawal via FedEx and two via regular mail — all three arrived within the time frames outlined above. I have not tried the Bank Wire.

Depositing has never been a problem using my Visa. I also tried and succeeded using a Visa Debit card that I purchased at my local Kroger’s supermarket.

The odds that are offered on Grand Eagle‘s online Video Poker are among the best that you are going to find for any online casino that still accepts US players. In fact, their Jacks or Better and their Double Double Bonus Video Pokers offer the absolute best odds that you can get for any online casino that still accepts US players — paybacks of and 99.94% and 98.98%, respectively. Their other Video Poker varieties are close to the best in terms of payback. (I’ve calculated paybacks for all varieties of online Video Poker on a single, easy-to-use page.)

As for table games, Grand Eagle has what you would expect — several varieties of blackjack, American roulette, European (single-zero) roulette, baccarat, craps, and three card poker.

Finally, Grand Eagle boasts an impressive variety of more than 30 online slot machines. Here are just a few.

Dream Wheel – A Wheel of Fortune knock off
Pieces of Eight – A pirate-themed online slot machine
NASCAR – Based on the wildly popular auto racing organization

Don’t wait to download Grand Eagle online casino today. The welcome bonus of 100% up to $400 when you use bonus code GEWBDB is due to expire at any time.

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Bodog Sportsbook Offline — Try Intertops!

August 8, 2011 Robert Medl

As of today at 1 pm EST, Bodog Online Sportsbook returns a 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable from my location in Loveland, OH.

Many if not all online sportsbook customers in the United States may be affected.

Intertops Sportsbook is still rockin’ in the USA. Check them out — they have a very high acceptance rate of credit cards, and a very reasonable withdrawal policy for bank wires and checks.

Quick update: As of 3:48pm EST I see that the Bodog Online Sportsbook is now accessible from my location.

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