Mecklenburg County Bookies, Pay Per Head Businesses
Mecklenburg County bookies in North Carolina cater to that state’s largest city, Charlotte, as well as its suburbs, Concord and Gastonia.
The county’s total population comes in right around a million, and because Charlotte is a hub for the banking sector, the region is especially attractive to area bookies.
But the North Carolina teams have kept many a local bookie up all night. The NFL Panthers landed in the Super Bowl last season while a handful of local college basketball teams - - continue to dominate the sport. Duke and North Carolina will enter the 2016-2017 NCAA Basketball season with the shortest and 5th shortest odds of winning the Championship, respectively.
Bookies will no doubt need a little help running their operation.
A Pay Per Head runs all aspect of the bookie business with the exception of handling financial transactions. They charge a small weekly fee per customer (per head), often starting around $10. In the long run, bookies and agents alike save money while minimizing the headaches involved in running such a business entirely on their own.
True use of such services essentially converts a bookie and/or agent into a law-abiding revenue sharing affiliate but with a role reversal whereby it is you who receives the larger cut of the revenue share.
Utilizing contracting services is common in many successful industries. In the case of a local bookie, the Pay Per Head provides a prudent means of adding that necessary layer of security, not just to protect from savvy sports bettors, but also by minimizing the potential of becoming victimized by criminal elements. A known area bookie residence will typically mean “cash on hand”, sometimes lots of it.
The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Charlotte is 1 in 24 and those odds get reduced much further if you happen to dabble in the fine art of bookmaking.
Let’s be clear. a number of bookie-related activities run afoul of state law. Running a wire room from your home or business is a surefire way to land in prison. A true Pay Per Head eliminates this component of a bookmaker business, just as they remove the act of taking bets.
Early Odds College Football - Focus Teams
North Carolina Season Wins Total 8.5 -130 OVER
North Carolina Odds to Win ACC 11-1
NC State Odds to Win ACC 40-1
Duke Odds to Win ACC 45-1
East Carolina Odds to Win AAC 35-1
Early Odds NFL - Focus Team
Panthers to Win Super Bowl 11-1
Panthers Season Wins Total 10.5 OVER -125
Panthers Division Odds to Win -220
Early Odds College Basketball - Focus Team
Duke to Win NCAA Championship 4-1
North Carolina to Win NCAA Championship 16-1
The penalty for Simple Gambling and Aggravated Gambling are misdemeanors in the state of North Carolina.
- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com
