Spartanburg, Greenville SC Bookies, Pay Per Heads

There are countless numbers of bookies catering to those in the Spartanburg and Greenville areas of South Carolina.  Pay Per Head businesses serving this region will be located outside the US.

With a population of 37,525 comprising some 35 constituent neighborhoods, Spartanburg is the 11th largest community in South Carolina.

The city has a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs.

There are especially a lot of people living in Spartanburg who work in office and administrative support (12.94%), sales jobs (12.47%) and teaching (8.97%).

Greenville is home to the headquarters of Michelin North America, one of that city’s top employers.  BMW also has a manufacturing plant in Spartanburg. 

The target neighborhoods for savvy bookies would be Ben Avon, City Center/Converse College and Hadden Crossroads.

Greenville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, thus making the city an ideal target market for regional bookies.

This region is all about supporting their local Clemson Tigers and that makes for a precarious situation for local bookies as Clemson has the third shortest odds of winning the College Football Championship this upcoming season. 

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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.

With a crime rate of 76 per one thousand residents, Spartanburg has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities.  In face, Spartanburg ranks among the top 100 most dangerous cities in the USA.  Run a bookmaking business here, the odds of getting robbed are greater than the one in 13 chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime for the public as a whole.  

The chance of becoming victim of a violent crime or property crime in the Greenville area is 1 in 18.

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.

Pay Per Head companies also offer live in-play betting, thousands of proposition bets and a live online casino platform that locals simply cannot offer.  Many of these businesses also offer online poker platforms. 

South Carolina has some of the most archaic gambling laws on the books.  Even home poker games are illegal in the state.  There are no casinos and no horse tracks.  With that said, the Penalty for Simple Gambling and Penalty for Aggravated Gambling are both misdemeanors.

- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com