You've probably seen a dozen movies with a guy down on his luck running from his bookie trying to stay alive or at least keep his knees from getting whacked. So if you want to get into sports betting, you have to ask yourself if you need to get a bookie or not.

There are several reasons why you would not want to get a bookie for your sports betting.

With the abundance of online sportsbooks, you do not have to rely on one place to get the latest spreads and odds. You can check their sites at any time and find out how the lines opened up and how they are moving.

A bookie may not be able to answer every single call you make to get the latest line updates. That's if the lines he offers even move.

Online sportsbooks have regular promotions on discounted vig or juice on certain days. This can save you a significant amount of money over the length of a football, basketball, or baseball season. It can be the difference between a winning season and a losing season.

The biggest online sportsbooks have been around for years. Your money is safe and link pos4d and you can be sure you will get paid no matter how long your lucky winning streak lasts.

You do not know the finances of a bookie you are working with. You do not know if they have enough to cover all your bets should you go on an extended winning streak.

Do you like prop bets? For the Super Bowl, there are over 200 crazy bets you can make on just about anything related to the Super Bowl. A bookie is not likely to offer the variety of bets you would be interested in. They also do not get to pool bettors worldwide to be to afford to offer so many proposition bets like the online sportsbooks can.

An online sportsbook does not offer you a line of credit or advance so you can make bets before they have the money like a bookie does. This is to your benefit. A bookie can lend you money to bet for which they charge a high amount of interest and it can get you into serious financial trouble and cause several family problems as well.You are better off with a fully funded online betting account than with relying on credit with a local bookie.