BetDSI Sportsbook Review
BetDSI or Diamond Sportsbook International celebrated their 12th year in business in 2010 and they look poised continue to do business for many years to come. BetDSI may be a name you haven’t heard of before, but don’t let that fool you. This is one of the better online sportsbooks in the industry, they just haven’t been as aggressive in their marketing department as some of the other top books on this site. They don’t compromise on quality though, we found this to be one of easiest sportsbooks to fund and withdraw from. It looks like they’ve invested in several payment processing options in lieu of marketing, which is really a plus for their players.
Payout Speed (4.5/5)
This book offers plenty of options to get your money out of your account. They use many of the standard methods including instant checks person to person transactions. They types of payouts are available at most books and take around 7-10 business days. If have an account with MoneyBookers you may be able to get your payout even faster. It’s nice that they have most of the options that the other books have, plus a quicker option should you want to open and fund an account through MoneyBookers. Be sure to check their payout methods often (something you should check at ALL sportsbooks!))as some do not accept US customers and the processors may change, as well as fees and turnaround times. Read more >>
Best Sportsbook Bonuses: Holiday Edition
The Holidays are finally here and many of the top online sportsbooks are in a giving mood. That’s good news for us! Below is a quick run-down of what we found to be the best bonus offers for the holiday season.
All of these offers look great to us, however, be sure you read all of the fine print at the book before signing up for any bonuses to make sure you know exactly what you are getting. If you are new to betting on sports online, some of the bonus structures can be kind of confusing. Many of the free plays require a large rollover period before you can withdraw your bonus money, so keep that in mind before making your decision. Good luck and Happy Holidays!
If you would like to learn more about any these books before making a deposit, be sure to visit our sportsbook reviews season!
BetDSI – Deposit at least $100 and get a 300% bonus (25% Sportsbook, 100% Casino, 175% Poker).
Bodog - Unlimited 10% deposit bonus, plus their college bowl bonanza where you can earn up to $100 in bonuses just for betting on this year’s bowl games!
BetUS – $500 match bonus on new accounts with a deposit of $500 or more. They’ve also got a ton of huge contests for the rest of the football season.
Sports Interaction - For a limited time you can get a 100% match bonus on your deposit of between $20 and $125.
Bookmaker - Their 300% Holiday Bonus Special gets you any of the following combination of these bonuses: 25% Sportsbook Bonus; 25% Sportsbook Bonus + 100% Casino Bonus; 25% Sportsbook Bonus + 100% Casino Bonus + 175% Poker Bonus. All you have to do to qualify is open a new account and deposit $100 or more.
Senate Backs Legalized Online Gambling
According to an article in the New York Post yesterday, there seems to be some support for online gambling legalization.
Representatives Spencer Bachus, Dave Camp and Lamar Smith, all in line to be committee chairmen with oversight of online gambling when Republicans take control of the House in January, said they have learned that the Senate may attach a measure to “must-pass” legislation during the current lame-duck session.
With the government’s continuing financial problems, you can see why legalizing and, more importantly to them, taxing online gambling is very attractive option. As they see it, they are missing out on estimated billions of dollars in taxable money.
Internet gambling has provoked heated debate in Congress over the past few years. Proponents say regulating online poker and other games would bring billions into federal coffers, while opponents contend that it would encourage Americans to make poor financial choices and could open the market to children.
One of the biggest arguments about legalized gambling throughout the years has been, essentially, that people cannot be trusted to manage their own finances. As with anything else, this is probably true for some and untrue for others. The bottom line being that it probably should not be the government’s role to tell citizens what they should or shouldn’t do with their money.
The housing market’s recent bursting bubble is a good example of this. If lawmakers are going to tell us what is good or bad for us financially, why were hundreds of thousands of people allowed to purchase homes they couldn’t afford? That’s a topic for another day, however, you can see where the line gets blurry about what is a good way to spend our money and what is bad when elected officials try to impose their own values on the entire nation.
For now this simply sounds like a lot of go-nowhere debate, but I guess it is a step in the right direction? Legalized online gambling would make the activity lucrative for United States-based businesses, taxable, and able to be regulated. Right now none of those things are being done. For now, we’ll just have to stick with our recommended online sportsbooks.