Laying Legit Bets<\/strong><\/h2>\nOf course, bettors who want a piece of the action on the World Cup don’t need to do it through illegal books. You may get slightly better odds by betting there, but you probably won’t like the guy who comes to collect when you lose.<\/p>\n
Both New Jersey and Delaware now have regulations in place to accommodate legal sports wagers at physical locations. Delaware has betting windows at three casinos, while New Jersey started accepting bets at Monmouth Park racetrack this week. And of course, there’s always Las Vegas.<\/p>\n
While betting on the World Cup may not be the biggest draw stateside, especially with the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team not playing in the tournament, it’s massive business elsewhere.<\/p>\n
British bookmaker Betfair disclosed that it expects to handle about US$3.3 billion in wagers over the course of the 2018 tournament. Tabcorp in Australia is anticipating revenues to rise by US$104 million thanks to betting action on the World Cup.<\/p>\n
Soccer’s biggest event kicked off in Russia this week, with the final set for July 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
All bets are off for an illegal World Cup gambling ring in Hong Kong after police busted the illicit sportsbook this week. The sting operation, dubbed “Blazespike”, led to the arrests of 42 men and three women. Officials also confiscated $9.9 million worth of bets, $320,000 in cash, a network of computers, and a small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":80968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
World Cup Gambling Ring Pinched as Hong Kong Police Seize Millions<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n