The battle between national governments and the online betting industry has been well documented over the last 20 years. Throughout its existence online, sportsbooks and poker sites across the world have had a difficult time remaining afloat, because many countries refuse to allow their citizens to wager online instead of casinos. However, one country that has allowed its citizens the opportunity not only to use bookie software but choose who they use is Denmark.

Since the middle of the 1990s, the Danish government has embraced the online gambling industry with open arms. With this being the case, many sportsbooks that were shut down in North America and other parts of Europe, have recently moved their offices to Denmark. In fact, earlier this week, it was announced that 38 online operators were allowed to setup shop for their NHL websites. While the government will tax them, the fees aren’t anticipated to be that high.

As a result, sites such as PokerStars, BWin, 888, Unibet and Betfair have all qualified as operators within Denmark. We point out all five of these online shops, as they were all recently shutdown in other countries and are already back up and running. The new laws introducing the 38 new operators are both intriguing and risky at the same time. On the one hand, by allowing sites such as PokerStars and Betfair to operate in their cities, Denmark can make a ton of revenue to keep their economy stable.

Conversely, Denmark accepting all of these online sportsbooks into their country is a direct contradiction to what their business allies are doing. Meaning to say, with PokerStars being shutdown in the United States in May and now returning to action in Denmark by January, it seems as though Denmark may be risking any future friendship with the United States.

After nearly 22 successful years in the sports betting industry, household Sportsbook Bodog will be leaving US markets at the end of 2011, according to CEO Calvin Ayre. Since the 2006 Anti-Gambling Act by the US Congress was put into affect, NFL betting lines enthusiasts have found it increasingly difficult to place bets with Bodog and other major sportsbooks. Here is what the departure of Bodog means to the online gambling industry.

Bodog’s departure from the US Markets, signals the end of an era. As an influential member of the sports betting community, Bodog provided its clientele base and competition with a model for success. Using an impressive marketing campaign and multiple options on seemingly anything, Bodog was able to capture the hearts and wallets of its fan base.

As we noted earlier, in 2006, Bodog became one of many sportsbooks, which were effected by the US Congress mission to end illegal gambling and pirating. Initially, Bodog was able to maintain its clientele because of a strong emphasis on customer service. However, in 2007, Bodog and MMGG entered into a relationship to keep Bodog afloat. Ultimately, after close to five year, Bodog led by the aforementioned Calvin Ayre, has decided to take its act on the road.

While they will no longer be housing US bets, Bodog will have the opportunity to rebuild its customer base, when it switched to the United Kingdom. Currently monopolized by Bet365, Bodog will be looking to infiltrate a European heavy sports market, with a unique advertising approach.

In theory, if Bodog can convert its American success to the United Kingdom, they may be able to regain the profits lost, as a result of the Department of Justice crackdown on the online gaming industry.

Over the last couple of weeks, sports betting enthusiasts from around the world, received the unfortunate news, that legendary Jamaican sportsbook conglomerate, TheGreek has gone out of business. Known as one of the best online shops to wager on NFL betting lines, the collapse of TheGreek has left many bettors, we included, scrambling to find a new sportsbook to wager with this football season. Today we will recap the collapse of TheGreek and offer a new sportsbook for you to wager on football with.

Along with subsidiary site BetJamaica, TheGreek was considered by many people to be one of the best online betting options ever. To put the loss of TheGreek and BetJamaica into perspective, consider that in a recent top 10 best online sportsbooks of the decade poll, the duo finished in second and fourth respectively. Meaning to say, losing these two staples of the industry, won’t be easy for anyone.

However, all good things must come to an end, and that is why, bettors need to find a new sportsbook, to transfer their accounts to. TheGreek was geared towards higher end sports bettors that liked to risk high amounts of money. If you still enjoy doing that, we suggest joining Bookmaker, which was also ranked in the top five of the previously noted poll. Bookmaker is the flagship of the BetCris family of sportsbooks, and has some of the highest limits, and most intriguing betting line options in the industry today. Along with TheGreek, Bookmaker posts lines the earliest, which for non sleepers, is an ideal sportsbook to join.

On the other hand, if you were a member of BetJamaica, and are still learning the ropes, we suggest joining BetOnline. Founded in the early 1990s, BetOnline is synonymous with teaching bettors how to wager, and make basic bets. Meaning to say, BetJamaica was also synonymous with this approach, so BetOnline is a great shop to wager with.

One of most popular betting options for sports gamblers is the exotic wager known as the parlay. These sports betting wagers are quite enticing to both new and more experienced bettors, as you can risk as little money as possible and receive a high reward. With roughly 10 to 15 MLB games played a night, the parlay is a great way to bet on your favorite teams. Here is a guide on how to bet parlays.

Parlays are defined as a bet placed on two or more teams in multiple games, where you can only win if all of the teams win. For example, if you bet on five different baseball games, you need all five teams you picked to win their games in order to win the bet. If four of the five teams win their games, your bet is considered a loss.

For the reason that this article is designed to help new bettors, we suggest only betting parlays if you are going to use the money line. The money line has no fixed odds, as the results are dependent on the play of each individual team you decide to take. What’s more, because the money line parlay has no fixed odds, the sportsbook will take the amount of money placed on team in the bet, and recalculate accordingly. Here is how it appears.

A bettor takes the Blue Jays at +160 and the Philadelphia Phillies at – 130. The bettor then places $10 on the Jays which will turn into $26 if the Jays win. The $26 will then be placed on the Phillies – 130 which will then turn into $46 if the Phillies win. However, if the bettor used a point spread instead of money line, they would have only made $36, since the Phillies didn’t have very good odds.