Online Sports Betting USA and UKSites

Online Sports Betting in USA
Sports betting is the only form of online gambling in which there are no grey areas about the law in the USA. The 1969 Wire Act forbids wagers to be transmitted by phone, and there has been a challenge in a US Court of Appeals in 2002 that upheld the law in relation to sports betting. The 2002 ruling agreed with the complaint that games of chance are not prohibited under the Wire Act, but also concluded that electronic transmission of information for sports betting purposes is illegal.

Despite the law, sports betting in the US has grown to where millions of dollars in wagers are being processed every week. Many sports books have been opened offshore, in locations such as Costa Rica, Antigua, Isle of Man, and Panama. US gamblers then use Internet sites or toll-free phone numbers to make their bets. Although the gambling takes place, these operations are considered illegal and US authorities have started to crack down on the illegal business by arresting and charging companies who are paying US customers on USA soil.

UK Online Sports Betting
Much like with many other forms of gambling, online sports gambling is legal in the UK. The NFL is the biggest betting sport in the US, but in the UK soccer (futbol) reigns supreme. Whether horse racing, tennis, soccer, or American football, sports books regulated in the UK offer odds. They even offer odds on presidential and political campaigns, pop culture events like who will win at the Oscars - these types of odds are called prop bets.

William Hill, Ladbrokes, Centrebet, and Paddy Power are just a sample of the hundreds of regulated online sports gambling sites. The technological availability these sites offer, coupled with heavy government regulation, have exposed many corruptions in sports in the UK including on tennis matches and football games. While the US is dealing with corrupt officials and match throwing, the UK has sought out these illegal activities and cleaned up their sporting events.