Let\u2019s have a closer look at Canadian provinces, starting out west with British Columbia, to help understand why offshore options are literally the better bets. Sports betting in British Columbia is almost exclusively government-controlled. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) manages all gaming operations both online and offline. That includes casino\/sportsbook resorts. Some First Nations peoples hope to set up their own gaming operations but doing so is a long legal process.<\/p>\n Like most provincial gambling enterprises, the BCLC focuses more on lottery kiosks than sports. For anyone betting on sports, the NBA isn\u2019t an option; it\u2019s primarily NFL, NHL and MLB.<\/p>\n Recently, the BCLC setup an online version of its service as an alternative to offshore online books: PlayNow.com.<\/p>\n Though it mimics the land-based BCLC outfit and focuses more on lottery, casino and poker, PlayNow does have a sportsbook, albeit with restrictions. You must be physically in British Columbia to play in it; because the operation is government-run, you\u2019re taxed on your winnings.<\/p>\n Primarily, PlayNow.com lets you wager on odd sets, point spreads and over\/unders. That\u2019s it. You\u2019re also forced into making parlay bets, picking between two and six games, and you can\u2019t alternate your types of bets (i.e. spread for one game and over\/under for another game).<\/p>\n If you have any offshore online sportsbook knowledge or experience, it\u2019s easy to see that the benefits of a CappersPicks.com-approved offshore sportsbook dominate what you can do via PlayNow.com. <\/p>\n 1. Offshore winnings aren\u2019t susceptible to tax.<\/strong> A win on an offshore bet is instantly worth more than a win via PlayNow. [ad-4437448] <\/p>\n 2. Offshore books have much lower juice.<\/strong> Government-operated books\u2019 juice is through the roof. Because they back you into a corner with the parlays, they take much more money per $100 wagered. The government makes a killing. Factoring in the tax and the difficult odds, you make far less money on average at PlayNow.com<\/p>\n 3. Far more betting options.<\/strong> You aren\u2019t limited to the three types of bets. Better yet, you can bet on more than three sports at an online offshore book. The options are endless.<\/p>\n 4. The customer service is on a higher level.<\/strong> As a government-sanctioned operation, PlayNow.com is the only game in town. It lacks the motivation to provide superior customer service that competition creates. <\/p>\n You won\u2019t get round-the-clock service or hotlines at Play Now.<\/strong> Worse yet, player bonuses pale in comparison. An offshore book like Bodog will toss up a big referral bonus or pay you extra for signing up as it tries to best its competitors. <\/p>\n On the other hand, PlayNow thinks you should feel lucky if it offers you any bonuses whatsoever.<\/p>\n In Quebec? – We Review Mise-O-Jeu<\/strong><\/a> (LotoQuebec.com) Shea Matthews weighs in with his insider gambling info for residents of British Columbia Canada. Need online sportsbook knowledge or experience, it\u2019s easy to see that the benefits of a CappersPicks.com-approved offshore sportsbooks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":41601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[51184,51177,49937,51179,51186,51185,51182,51181,51178,51176,51183,51175,51180],"class_list":["post-41444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sportsbooks","tag-bc-online-betting","tag-bc-sportsbooks","tag-british-columbia","tag-british-columbia-gambling","tag-british-columbia-lottery-corporation","tag-canada-offshore-sportsbooks","tag-canadian-sports-lotteries","tag-canadian-sportsbook-reviews","tag-canadian-sportsbooks","tag-play-now","tag-playnow-com","tag-sports-betting-in-bc","tag-top-canada-sports-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41444"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41957,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41444\/revisions\/41957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Sports-Betting-Canada-BC-Gambling-Online-e1312475895399.png\" "\\"Sports")
Overview<\/h3>\n
BC\u2019s featured option: PLAYNOW.COM<\/h3>\n
Why CappersPicks.com Canada – Approved Sportsbooks Are Better<\/h3>\n
Where do we start?<\/h3>\n
\nIn Ontario? – We Review ProLine<\/strong><\/a> (ProLine.olg.ca)<\/p>\nWAGER AT OUR BEST FOOTBALL BETTING SPORTSBOOKS FOR ALL THE NFL SEASON GAMES \u2013 REVIEWS OF ALL 2011 SPORTSBOOKS TAKING CREDIT CARD DEPOSITS (click here)<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"