By Dave Schwab The start of another season of football is right around the corner which means it is time to dial up your efforts to market your private bookie services to any number of potential sports bettors that are looking for the added level of customer service and personal attention to detail that only

By Dave Schwab One of the primary things you need to have as a private bookie is the necessary cash flow and cash reserves to handle to daily, weekly and monthly volatility that a business of this nature has the tendency to generate on a regular basis. In a perfect world, you would simply layoff

Saturday, June 10 offers a huge card of horse racing action at Belmont Park in New York highlighted by the final leg of this year’s Triple Crown racing season for three-year old thoroughbreds with the running of the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes. The elusive Triple Crown title is no longer up for grabs with a

By Dave Schwab Following Monday night’s deciding Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Semifinals showdown between the Boston Celtics and the Washington Wizards, this year’s playoffs will be down to league’s version of its Final Four. If you are an independent sports bookmaker, this is one of your last big chances to generate some

By Dave Schwab Running and managing your own sportsbook can be a very lucrative business opportunity and with some hard work and dedication you can build a very successful operation that can provide year-round profits on a long-term basis. One of the most important ways to build a successful private bookie business is to always

By Dave Schwab The rapid growth of the Internet sports betting business over the past few years has created a very lucrative business opportunity for anyone interested in running and managing your own sportsbook. Independent sports bookmakers with the right online bookie software program in place have an almost unlimited audience to market this service

By Dave Schwab Betting lines are the lifeblood of any independent sports bookmaker and to make the most of all the sports betting opportunities on any given day you need to get your lines fast and sharp to keep pace with all the big offshore sportsbooks out there going to great lengths to attract sports

By Dave Schwab Even though most of your profit as a private bookie probably comes from taking action on major sports leagues such as the NFL and NBA, you can build a nice stream of revenue from taking in action on horse racing, especially during May and June with the Triple Crown racing series. If

One of the most important aspects of running your own sportsbook as an independent sports bookmaker is having the financial wherewithal to pay off your customers when they win in an acceptable amount of time. Much of the actual cash will go back and forth between your players with both winning and losing bets with

There are any number of business models that can be used to be highly successful as an independent sports bookmaker these days given the overall growth and popularity of Internet sports betting. You can always go it alone by building your player base with profitable action. This is a time-tested method of generating a very