Macon-Bibb County Bookies

Bookies are prevalent within the Macon-Bibb County region of Georgia.  In a 2012 referendum, voters approved the consolidation of Macon and Bibb County, and Macon became Georgia's fourth-largest city as a result of this with the two governments officially merging two years later.

Make no mistake about it, the Peachtree State is all about college football, and more specifically them Georgia Bulldogs.  Local bookies are also in high demand for their ability to take wagers on prominent horse races like the Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup.  Georgia does not have horse racing tracks.  Pay Per Head sites typically feature online horse betting platforms with dozens of US tracks offered.  Some even offer weekly rebates.

Last year, bookies in this region just about broke even with the Bulldogs finishing 6-7 Against The Spread.  Pay Per Head services the likes of PremierPerHead.com would have helped boost that profit margin further through the offering of live in-play betting, numerous proposition and future betting options as well as the option of adding an online casino.

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.

Macon-Bibb County, with its population of 153,691, has a crime rate of 60 per one thousand residents.  That is one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities.  One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 17. Within Georgia, more than 87% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Macon.  As such, the chances of a local bookie becoming victimized rank extremely high.  Pay Per Head outsourcing is highly recommended.

Macon’s workforce is slanted towards those who work in an office and administrative support (14.42%), sales jobs (13.34%) and management occupations (7.36%). Macon Bibb-County’s 19 percent Facebook “like” of College Football makes the region an especially enticing area for the second oldest profession of bookmaking.  It is also easily accessible via Routes 75 and 16, making Macon even more attractive to bookies.  Macon-based bookies can travel two hours to Savannah or Valdosta with only nominal traffic.  Due to heavy construction south of Atlanta, travel time to Georgia’s largest city to and from Macon is up to 3 hours each way.

Finding a bookie is as easy as visiting the local bar, preferably one that shows sports, or a pool hall.  These are plentiful throughout the Macon area.

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.

Georgia does consider aggravated gambling (facilitating of bookmaker) a felony. There are no express Internet gambling prohibition statutes in the state of Georgia, however.

The following criminal enterprises are known to have ties to Macon, GA and contact should be avoided:  Macon’s Mafia Street Gang.  This organization is not known to engage in illegal gambling activities.

ADVISORY EFFECTIVE APRIL 27, 2016:

In April 2016, authorities served 15 search warrants Tuesday at central Georgia gas stations, liquor stores, and convenience stores located in Warner Robins, Centerville, Milledgeville, Macon, and Jackson. They were also issued at four residences-- three homes in the Grove Point subdivision and one apartment at the Amber Place Community.  All were charged with running illegal gambling operations.  None were believed to have utilized Pay Per Head firms.

The following individuals were arrested as part of this investigation: Ankitkumar Kanaiyala Patel, Kapilaben Kanaiyalal Patel, Deepak Bajaj, Rebecca Bajaj, Richa Patel, Kanaiyalal Shankarlal Patel, Hardeep Singh Sanghera and Babubhai Patel

Association with said individuals should be avoided until which time further informantion can be gathered.

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com