That’s my pick for the Super Bowl. Let’s keep with Eli’s hot hand.
Check out these top-rated online sportsbooks, all of which accept US-players.
Various Super Bowl promotions are available at each of these online sportsbooks.
Bovada.lv has opened its doors to US-based real-money players. In addition to a sportsbook, Bovada has an online casino, an online poker room, and an online racebook.
Note: Contrary to what you might think, .lv does not stand for Las Vegas — it stands for Latvia.
BOVADA embarks on its own road, armed with the experience and talent to quickly become the industry’s powerhouse brand and the most trusted and most fun place to bet on sports.
New Depositors benefit from a Free Sports Bet up to $100 - while many lean on signup bonuses in trying to earn your business, BOVADA is focused on providing free wagers up to 20% of your deposit. That free bet can be up to a maximum of $100 and it can be used on any sports market or wager type in the sportsbook.
Props and underdog odds - BOVADA has an unmatched variety of prop bets. You will find more betting options on Sports, Politics and entertainment than anywhere else.
Live betting – mobile betting - BOVADA is available on the go. They Offer live- Betting and mobile betting options from a variety of portable devices. Join BOVADA and learn more today.
Easy-to-understand website -BOVADA offers betting on every major sport and carefully steers you where you need to go each day. Find your favorite team, or odds type in a snap, whether you are betting the late baseball game on the moneyline or the quarterback props on Monday Night Football.
Best customer service, best sports stats - looking for trends, matchup details and game previews before going to the betting menu? BOVADA offers statistics on all major sports so you don’t need to venture far to do your research and handicapping. Need to contact customer service? You can always get a real, live, knowledgeable person who can help answer your questions. Customer Satisfaction is a top priority at BOVADA.
Your information is safe - security, privacy and payouts are three of the most important aspects of playing online. BOVADA’s pledge is 100% safety and satisfaction in all three areas and has independent oversight to make sure you have the best betting experience in their sportsbook. So when it’s time to feel comfortable about playing online, BOVADA is synonymous with this trust.
(For those familiar with Bodog, Bovada is the US-facing rebranding of Bodog.)
For once, online gamblers have some good news from the United States Department of Justice.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70857.html
Essentially, the DOJ has clarified that the Wire Act of 1961 applies to wagers placed on ‘a sporting event or contest’ only; it would not, according to the ruling, apply to the selling of ‘lottery tickets online to in-state adults’. While few online gamblers want to buy lottery tickets online, the principles that the DOJ cited in this ruling are equally applicable to in-state online poker, and should help rapidly move several states toward online poker regulation.
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Americas Cardroom
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In Week 3 of the NFL, I picked 14 out of 16 games correct (straight-up) in the “Intertops famous FREE NFL Pool Competition“. Along with three other entries, my entry with 14 correct picks was the highest among all competitors. I missed on the Philadelphia Eagles and the Washington Redskins.
While this may also fall under the heading of “even a blind squirrel…”, there were over 7K entries. So there had to be at least some level of skill to my winning card. 
I’ve copied and pasted all the details of this contest below.
Sign-up now at Intertops and you, too, can play in the “Intertops famous FREE NFL Pool Competition“. After you create an account — they accept U.S. customers — and log in, you can find the NFL Contest under the Sportsbook – Special Offers link at the top left of the page.
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Dive in and make a play! Every week throughout the NFL Regular Season you can win bet tokens worth up to $100 by predicting the winners of the Week’s action in our FREE Pool Competition. Get out your crystal ball and choose your winners in this FREE to enter competition – you have nothing to lose and could end the weekend with an extra $100 in your account! Customers with the most weekly correct picks qualify for the prizes. In the case of a tie winners are selected randomly. Weekly Prizes: Congratulations to our Week 3 winners!
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Here are the top four sportsbooks as determined by a survey of sports fans in August 2011.
Intertops
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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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Tiger Woods may have been in the headlines for his escapades off the course rather than his skill on it in recent times, but Tiger Woods — the 3-time Masters winner — can never be discounted at Augusta. Our bookies see him right up there amongst the favorites and if he does triumph it’s good news for you even if you didn’t back him.
Intertops will return all losing ‘To Win The Masters’ stakes (up to USD 200) on wagers placed between 10:00 am EST on April 4th and the first tee off time on Thursday! Intertops is a 5-star rated sportsbook that accepts players from all US states, as well as from most countries around the world. |
To celebrate the return of the Boys of Summer for the 2011 Major League Baseball (MLB) season, Linesmaker sportsbook is offering their largest sportsbook deposit match bonus ever offered — a whopping 50% bonus. Sportsbook deposit match bonus offers are generally in the 10%-20% range, so take advantage of this offer before it expires on March 31, 2011.
Be sure to enter the following promo code when you join Linesmaker: AFBB50.
If you’ve ever wanted to make a bet on a game after it starts, then this NCAA Football Bowl season check out live betting at Sports Interaction. Think you know when the tide has turned against the favorite? Think you know when the favorite is going to take a commanding lead and never look back? Then step up at Sports Interaction and put your money where your mouth is. From the comfort of your own couch, you can make a variety of bets, live, as the college football bowl games are in progress. You don’t need to wait until the BCS Championship game — each and every college football bowl game can be bet on live as they happen.
Sports Interaction is an all-in-one gambling site featuring casino games, poker, skill games, and sports betting — including betting on horse races from around the world. They accept real-money players from all US states, and offer a decent 100% bonus up to $125 on your first deposit.
As reported in yesterday’s The Wall Street Journal, the House Financial Services Committee voted 41-22 to approve legislation that would regulate many forms of online gambling, including poker and bingo, while specifically banning betting on major US sports leagues like the MLB, NFL, NBA, and others.
Other news articles point out that the legislation also would deny licenses to any online site that has allowed, or currently does allow, US players to gamble online. Looking ahead, this would appear to effect PokerStars, FullTilt, and other online poker rooms that have continued to serve US players despite the UIGEA of 2006.
Other key elements of the legislation include player loss limits, rigorous age verification systems and frequent testing thereof, and allowing states to opt out of this legislation and ban its citizens from online gambling.
And the legislation that was passed does not cover how the industry is to be taxed — that’s covered in a separate bill that hasn’t made it out of the House Ways and Means Committee.
It is unlikely that this legislation will be voted on before the current Congressional Session expires in September. The scheduling is simply too tight. If it is not voted on, the process will need to start again next session. Perhaps it will be attached to some other legislation, as was the UIGEA of 2006. Even so, if the legislation is approved, it still would need to be signed by Obama.
We are still years away from any comprehensive online gambling policy in the United States. Need proof? The UIGEA of 2006 took nearly 4 years before it actually went into effect this past June 1 — and there are still plenty of loopholes in that legislation that allow US players to fund and withdraw money from their online gambling accounts… or so I’ve heard. 