New Jersey Bookies, Agents, Pay Per Head Services All in High Demand
Just as New Jersey is the most populated state in the US in terms of square mileage, so too it offers the most bookies per its approximately 8 million people. Need a Bookie in the Garden State? PayPerHead Can Help
Bookies in New Jersey, perhaps more than any other single region of the US, are up against a whole host of obstacles that include aggressive law enforcement activities, mobster influences and a criminal element where bookmaking operations become easily susceptible as “cash on hand” establishments.
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Likewise, such wire room businesses will ultimately attract the attention of law enforcement and, over the years, the state of New Jersey has taken an aggressive stance against Mob-run bookmaking establishments.
Sports bars and pool halls, where local bookies tend to congregate, are not as plentiful in New Jersey when compared to other regions of the US. Even around the Meadowlands Stadium, there are only a handful of sports bars. This is due to New Jersey being more geared towards suburban living. Its major cities outside of Atlantic City tend not to attract a large number of tourists.
Instead, local bookies rely heavily on word-of-mouth, barber shop connections, strip joints and workplace environments (including those in both Manhattan and Philadelphia). They also turn into the “Bridge and Tunnel” crowd on weekends, heading to New York City to do their bidding. Here, they meet their fellow goombas in clubs and real strip clubs. Those actually living in New York City work real jobs to pay the sky rocketing rents and have little time to book bets on the side. These NJ bookies can also hone their skills at the beach during summer months at any number of thriving bars.
In cities like Newark it is possible to build a bookmaking business on international soccer as a good chunk of the population there is from Portugal, Brazil and other parts of South and Central America. There are a decent number of sports bars emerging throughout Newark, Hoboken and Jersey City as well.
The great thing about being a bookie in New Jersey is that one can operate throughout either the entire Northern or Southern section of the state without much problem as traveling from Point A to Point B typically takes no more than 45 minutes on a bad day.
An interesting fact is that online sportsbooks attract more customers from the state of New Jersey than any other state in the US based on percentage of population.
- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com
