[BuddyBear]

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?

2. How did you find out about it?

3. What was your first sportsbook?

4. Are you still with them?


My answers:

1. Fall of 1999

2. A guy in the dorms told us about it....he said he was winning like crazy which turned out to be false b/c he was betting lines like -600 all the time. A string of losses eventually did him in.

3. Sportsbook.com

4. Absolutely not...they are horrendous. Had several disputes with them. Ultimately I got a big credit from them. I am no longer welcome on their site which is fine by me.

[jjgold]

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online? I started when Intertops began booking on net as they were 1st to take bets. I bet before that with Bowmans when phone accounts were around.

2. How did you find out about it? I found out by mistake with a search engine I beleive.

3. What was your first sportsbook? Intertops, Oasis. !st phone ones were ESB, Top Turf, Bowmans

4. Are you still with them? No

[HAPPY BOY]

1. 1996
2. a guy on a casino boat told me about it.
3. english sports betting.
4. hell no, these crooks still owe me close to 2000.00

[Senator7]

1. 2001. Freshmen year of college and I was 18!

2. Fantasy Football Magazines

3. MVP Sportsbook

4. No. I've found a few better places to wager.

Senator 7

[Mudcat]

1) I'm honestly not sure of my first on-line account. The first entry in my spreadsheet was a deposit to Pinnacle in early 2003. I probably had on-line stuff going on for at least a year before that (before I got organized) but that's the best answer I have. I was a little slow to the game and clung to my phone accounts for a long time.

2) I think the general idea finally got through my thick skull through the advertising I was receiving from Bowmans and I started investigating seriously at Covers (which I'm sure I just found through a search engine).

3) Started my first phone account at Bowmans, mid-late 80's.

4) I am still with both Pinnacle and Bowmans.

[Illusion]

1. What year did you start gambling online? 2003

2. How did you find out about it? A friend, I have been playing with locals though for almost 10 years.

3. What was your first sportsbook? Pinnacle

4. Are you still with them? Yes

[EBone]

My answers:

1. 1999
2. My uncle from Little Rock, AR told me about it.
3. First book was with betcbs (Casablanca). They were OK. They loved me. I took a major bath in the 1999 college football season.
4. Not with them anymore. I let SBR be my guiding light. If they would get to the B+ level, I'd go back. When I got back in the game about a year ago, Casablanca (I think they are Wagerweb now) offered me a 25% deposit bonus and I turned them down because of their grade on here.

E

[Brick Tamland]

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?
1999

2. How did you find out about it? Guy at work

3. What was your first sportsbook? Cybersportsbook

4. Are you still with them? no

[betplom]

Originally Posted by BuddyBear

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?

2. How did you find out about it?

3. What was your first sportsbook?

4. Are you still with them?

1998

advertising

Will Hill

Yes.

[Bread]

I love old Buddy Bear threads so much. He wanted friends so badly.

[pimike]

Welcome back Buddy


Where have you been? So manny Tennis matches have come and gone.

[Bread]

Originally Posted by pimike

Welcome back Buddy


Where have you been? So manny Tennis matches have come and gone.

Note to self: Never hire a private investigator who pays zero attn to detail

[betplom]

Originally Posted by Bread

Note to self: Never hire a private investigator who pays zero attn to detail

PiMike is funny.

[pimike]

Originally Posted by betplom

PiMike is funny.

Was checking to see if Bread was drunk.

[pimike]

Now answer to the questions

Online whenever bos had online.

First book was ezbet then they sold it to margarita I believe. 1993 -94

[Bread]

What does me being drunk have to do with anything? I'm plastered. My sobriety - or lack thereof - never affects my levels of man-love for you Pimike. Never.

[pico]

buddy bear is back?

[saminex]

1. What year did you start gambling online? 2009

2. How did you find out about it? Friend made a boatload off of UFC thought I would get in on the action.

3. What was your first sportsbook? Bodog

4. Are you still with them? Yes

[Dark Horse]

Around 1997.
Some click through add on a soccer site.
Centrebet.
No.

[Justin7]

Originally Posted by BuddyBear

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?

2. How did you find out about it?

3. What was your first sportsbook?

4. Are you still with them?

1. 2001
2. A friend of mine with a Ph.D. in statistics told me Sports was more profitable than Blackjack.
3. Canbet
4. No.

[pavyracer]

Originally Posted by Bread

Note to self: Never hire a private investigator who pays zero attn to detail

That is why he is a PI and not an FBI detective.

[themajormt]

1. What year did you start gambling online? 2002

2. How did you find out about it? Got an advertisement and thought why not...

3. What was your first sportsbook? Betmaker.com, deposited $500 with a 50% cash bonus, turned it into close to $7k in 2 months

4. Are you still with them? Nope, bought out by bookmaker

[flyingillini]

1999
friend
Bowmans, Intertops
Nope, I only play with Heritage now

[dreamjob]

Originally Posted by Justin7

1. 2001
2. A friend of mine with a Ph.D. in statistics told me Sports was more profitable than Blackjack.
3. Canbet
4. No.

Hey Justin was that friend with a PHD in statistics John Morrison.

[dreamjob]

Originally Posted by BuddyBear

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?

2. How did you find out about it?

3. What was your first sportsbook?

4. Are you still with them?

1. 2004
2. google
3. Bodog

4. Thanks to SBR freerolls I can fund the account without using my money. Had a big payout problem back in late 2006. I deposited $20 built it up in about 4 weeks to $1500 got lucky playing online poker and moved up limits real fast. They said until my $20 bucks cleared their bank I couldn't cash out a cent. I tried and tried several times and days after. Eventually it was 8 weeks after my deposit and the withdrawal cleared when I had $0 left.

[topcat]

Originally Posted by BuddyBear

A couple questions for members:

1. What year did you start gambling online?

2. How did you find out about it?

3. What was your first sportsbook?

4. Are you still with them?


My answers:

1. Fall of 1999

2. A guy in the dorms told us about it....he said he was winning like crazy which turned out to be false b/c he was betting lines like -600 all the time. A string of losses eventually did him in.

3. Sportsbook.com

4. Absolutely not...they are horrendous. Had several disputes with them. Ultimately I got a big credit from them. I am no longer welcome on their site which is fine by me.

my dad,sister,and a guy that worked at a plant with my dad beted.my dad never wanted to get me to get involved,but i was a curious 14 year old.i started in the late 80s.my first book was esb.they are not around and i hope they die slowly.i was stuck close to 7,000.i will regret that to the day i die.thanks to the forums i have large acounts at the 5dimes,and the greek.i have a little at bookmaker.i hope these books stay solid.i believe they will be.the shrink says bookmaker is getting a exchange[that will be cool]

[cuteboy86hi]

1. What year did you start gambling online?
2008

2. How did you find out about it?
Saw a clip on youtube.

3. What was your first sportsbook?
Betcris

4. Are you still with them?
yes,

[cavsfan]

a few weeks ago..been reading the forums and decided to post

[ImAJ]

Started playing online poker when I was 16 ha ha don't tell anyone :P but I'm 18 now and playing a lot more seriously.

[Shortstop]

Monday.

[baller555]

a year or two ago

[t-bone]

1. What year did you start gambling online? 2004

2. How did you find out about it? Friend

3. What was your first sportsbook? Sportsbetting

4. Are you still with them? Yes