[AnotherLoan]

BookMaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson announced today that the online sportsbook will accept a record-setting $1,000,000 USD bet on U.S. college football by professional sports handicapper Joe "The Factsman" Apricena.

The million dollar bet is whether The Factsman Apricena can finish the 2008 college football season with a better win-loss record than Richardson after making 30 picks on BookMaker.com with a minimum of one pick per week. The Factsman's BookMaker.com challenge starts on August 28th, 2008, the opening weekend of the college football 2008 season, and goes on through the college bowl season in December 2008 and must include the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship game in January 2009.

On his sports handicapping website, SportsForumPicks.com, home of The Factsman, Apricena has a documented winning percentage of 64% on his college football picks over the past 10 years, a number of professional sports handicappers in Las Vegas and lines makers at offshore sportsbooks have noted that The Factsman is masterful in his ability to exploit betting lines on small schools in college football and basketball, where most sportsbooks lose their edge.

"Sportsbooks do most of their homework on the top 25 college teams in the country because that's where they'll see most of their action," explained Apricena. "But on the other games each week, I'll find five- to eight-point mistakes all year long." After consulting with his line management team at BookMaker.com regarding the million dollar bet, CEO Mickey Richardson has a different take on The Factsman's challenge. "Bring it on," said Richardson, to what Apricena responded "I'll bury him by Thanksgiving."

This is not the first time The Factsman Apricena has made a million dollar bet against Richardson. In 2006, Apricena won a similar $1,000,000 USD bet against Richardson on Major League Baseball. The Factsman needed to win better than 68% of his picks and won the bet with a winning percentage of 72%. When Richardson refused a rubber match on baseball action he challenged Apricena to a similar wager on the National Football League (NFL) season in 2007, which Apricena lost after falling behind early in the season.

Both agreed to settle the rubber match in college football this year, "I have a great deal of respect for The Factsman," said Richardson. "In 23 years of business our sportsbook has never shut out a player, sharp or otherwise, and we're not going to start now."

To track the results of this contest all picks will be submitted every Friday on SportsForumPicks.com

Joe "The Factsman" Apricena is a professional sports handicapper with a well-documented reputation for being the strongest baseball handicapper of the last two decades. It's well-known that most sportsbooks in Vegas and online will not accept plays by The Factsman himself. Based out of Clearwater, Florida, The Factsman and his weekly college football picks for 2008 can be found at SportsForumPicks.com

[flyingillini]

interesting

[FreeFall]

makes me glad to know, because I planned on betting pennies there to try them out.

[treece]

Online Book accepts record wager.. - Sports Handicapping - Sports Betting - Sports Picks - SBR Forum

[Tsoprano]

good article

[RAYRAY]

for what its worth,its the 3rd time these two have bet.joe won the
baseball,mick won the nfl.i heard mr.facts does good in soccer,college foots and bases.i dunno about the pro's.
thats what one of my boys told me.i lurk there at times,they are havin a thread with there picks each week.i keep you posted.

[rm18]

it is not a record if done before. I heard an allusion to this earlier, but it made it sound like it was a million on a single game

[topgame85]

They better not get barrelled in messing around playing 1 million dollar bets because I expect to get paid if I play there

[Poker_Beast]

Thought it was one game, oh well I am sure the book needs the cash.

[Madd_Dog_31]

UPDATE - Online Sportsbook BookMaker.com Accepts Record $1,000,000 USD College Football Wager



Joe "The Factsman" Apricena takes early lead on bet with huge season-opener win



August 30, Costa Rica - With $1,000,000 USD on the line, professional sports handicapper Joe "The Factsman" Apricena took an early lead against BookMaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson on their first college football bets of the season by winning his double play pick for the University of Buffalo to win and to win by a margin greater than three touchdowns. The University of Buffalo went on to win 45-17 against UTEP, while Richardson 's pick for Baylor University lost big-time to #23 Wake Forest 13-41.



Earlier in August, BookMaker.com CEO Mickey Richardson announced that the online sportsbook would accept a record-setting $1,000,000 USD bet on U.S. college football by professional sports handicapper Joe "The Factsman" Apricena.



The million dollar bet is whether The Factsman Apricena can finish the 2008 college football season with a better win-loss record than Richardson after making 30 picks on BookMaker.com with a minimum of one pick per week. The Factsman's BookMaker.com challenge starts on August 28th, 2008, the opening weekend of the college football 2008 season, and goes on through the college bowl season in December 2008 and must include the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship game in January 2009.



On his sports handicapping website, sportsforumpicks.com, home of The Factsman, Apricena boasts a winning percentage of 64% on his college football picks over the past 10 years, and although Apricena has agreed to not pick any teams favored by -130 or more, a number of professional sports handicappers in Las Vegas and lines makers at offshore sportsbooks have noted that The Factsman is masterful in his ability to exploit betting lines on small schools in college football and basketball, where most sportsbooks lose their edge.



"Sportsbooks do most of their homework on the top 25 college teams in the country because that's where they'll see most of their action," explained Apricena. "But on the other games each week, I'll find five- to eight-point mistakes all year long." After consulting with his line management team at BookMaker.com regarding the million dollar bet, CEO Mickey Richardson has a different take on The Factsman's challenge. "Bring it on," said Richardson , "I'll bury him by Thanksgiving."



This is not the first time The Factsman Apricena has made a million dollar bet against Richardson . In 2006, Apricena won a similar $1,000,000 USD bet against Richardson on Major League Baseball. The Factsman needed to win better than 68% of his picks and won the bet with a winning percentage of 72%. When Richardson refused a rubber match on baseball action, Apricena challenged Richardson to a similar wager on the National Football League (NFL) season in 2007, which Apricena lost after falling behind early in the season.



This year, Richardson refused the rubber match in NFL action, but agreed to Apricena's wager on college football action. "I have a great deal of respect for The Factsman," said Richardson . "In 23 years of business our sportsbook has never shut out a player, sharp or otherwise, and we're not going to start now."



Joe "The Factsman" Apricena is a professional sports handicapper with a well-documented reputation for being the strongest baseball handicapper of the last two decades. It's well-known that most sportsbooks in Vegas and online will not accept plays by The Factsman himself. Based out of Clearwater , Florida , The Factsman and his weekly college football picks for 2008 can be found at www.sportsforumpicks.com

[Madd_Dog_31]

Factsman's play for week 2


MY CHALLANGE PLAY IN WEEK 2

I SUBMITTED THIS PLAY ON MONDAY

NORTHWESTERN -6 OVER DUKE.........LETS DO A BREAKDOWN

last year duke took a 22 game losing streak into northwestern AND SHOCKED NORTHWESTERN WINNING 20-14

WHICH EXPLAINS THE SMALL LINE -6...but nw had this game circled for a year. that loss was not only embarrassing it was the only shot the wildcats had to erase there longest losing streak in div 1 of 34
as duke lost 22 straight before that game then lost 9 in a row after that game vs div 1 teams.

TE RECORD NORTHWESTERN DREADED THE MOST BACK IN THERE ROUGH DAYS WOULD HAVE BEEN SNAPPED IF THEY HAD JUST ONE THAT GAME

BUT WHAT EXCITES ME IS DUKE HASNT WON A HOME GAME VS A DIV 1 TEAM SINCE 2004
THESE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING

DUKE IS 10-82 STRAIGHT UP THERE LAST 92 GAMES
7-40 AT HOME .......r u kidding me

this duke offense u will see on saturday is averaging 17 points per game
giving up over 400 ypg and 33 pts a game.. and only averaging 260ypg on offense

NORTHWESTERN BRINGS BACK 8 STARTERS ON D
A DEFENSE THAT HELD SYRACUSE TO JUST 11 1ST DOWNS AND 200 YARDS AFTER THE 1ST 2 DRIVES

THE NORTHWESTERN OFFENSE IS SURROUNDED BY SENIORS AT ALL SKILL POSITIONS AND LIKES TO KEEP THERE GAMES IN THE MID 30'S TO THE 40'S AND THATS AGAINST A BIG 10 SCHEDULE ALSO WITH 47 LETTERMEN RETURNING(the most in 7 yrs)NORTHWESTERN IS READY TO EXPLODE

why is this line so cheap ? well northwestern looked real solid saturday. but it was hidden
chicago area fans on saturday were pumped about the illinois-missouri game the CUBS/SOX BOTH LOOKING
TOWARD THE PLAYOFFS AND NORTHWESTERN GETS HIDDEN AGAIN...........BUT LOOKED VERY SOLID

NORTHWESTERN BEATS DUKE BY 3 TOUCHDOWNS OR MORE


NORTHWESTERN -6 IS MY CHALLANGE PLAY...........IT MAY CLIMB TO 7...............I'D BET IT AT 14

[j0hnnyv]

what happened with this?? does he get loyalty points??

[Tsoprano]

Thank you J0hnny, I posted a couple threads asking about this, no one knew anything about this.....

[Slim]

Joe "The ********" Apricena.

Bullshit? I don't know its 8 letters