Originally Posted by
redietz
The only issue I have ever had with the offshores was about 10 years ago when the owner of Millennium Sports, who had been on CNN and British TV in the weeks prior to argue for legalization of sports betting, saying he wanted to pay US taxes, touched down with some of his people in Texas while enroute to Europe. The feds took everybody into custody and took his laptops and such. Meanwhile, it appeared some kind of quid pro quo had been worked out, because a group of his lieutenants back at the sports book, basically grabbed all of their cash from the local banks, packed the equipment (computers and such) up from a leased property, and disappeared. It was millions, although I think 20-some million sticks in my head.
Millennium was an umbrella for a network of sports books, including the one where I had some money. I think it was called Wagermall, which gave you access to multiple lines. Not all of their books had identical lines.
Bottom line. The guy had angered the US with his high profile "I want to be legal" spiel on television. I lost about 10K. I was fortunate it was off season from football. I talked to someone with a friend who lost 250K or thereabouts. I don't think that the original warrant was from Texas, but that's another story.
Anyway, that's the only time, in 20 years, I've had any issues. Everyone else has paid. I've been shut down as persona non grata on occasion, but not without being paid. Pinnacle, the best of the offshores, made a deal to voluntarily withdraw from the US market. If you have friends in Canada or the UK, I'd recommend getting a Pinnacle account.
With Christie paving Trump's transition team, we're hoping good things happen. Christie has pushed for years to get sports betting legalized in New Jersey, and he tried to jam it through two years ago, but courts vetoed his authority to do so.