Blogs by Danny B Part 31 (New)
It was early August 2005 when I opened up my first office in Allentown, It seems like yesterday but it was over 11 years ago and the Sports Handicapping Business has changed completely since then.. The first signs of change was in October of 2006 when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act came into law.. To give a brief breakdown of what it means ... The Banks were no longer able to process transactions for offshore gambling, this included credit cards, pay pal, net teller, western union, etc... Of course the casinos found away around the law but sports bettors became weary and had to go through tougher channels to open up a betting account... We look at this like the Prohibition Law back in 1920 regarding the sale of booze... People that wanted to drink found a way to do it!
Even with the new law and the Internet changing the way sports bettors got their advise my radio show continued to be very successful and business was booming to the point I needed a bigger office which I did open in August of 2007...
In September of 2009 Jamie and I had our second son Jace, times were good and we were on top of the world.. I had everything most people wanted.. A beautiful wife, two handsome and healthy kids plus I was making a shit load of money... I
In February of 2010 I had a falling out with some guys that worked for me after I found out they were stealing from me. I closed down my office in Allentown and turned my basement into a home office while I maintained satellite offices in California,Vegas, Hoboken, Florida and Long Island... I have great resources so closing down one office did not effect business at all, in fact it got better...
In May of 2010 I got a call from an Entertainment Group in Hollywood telling me they love my radio show and wanted to turn it into a reality show and invited me and the family to come out and talk some shop... We did and looking back it was our favorite trip as a family...
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