Bookies in Northern California: San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Modesto

Written by:
Mary Montgomery
Published on:
Aug/01/2014
Bookies in Northern California: San Francisco, Sacramento, Oakland, Modesto

Bookies in Northern California, just like their counterparts in the southern part of the state previously profiled here at Gambling911.com, have access to some of the wealthiest folks on the planet.  In the case of Northern California we are talking about Silicon Valley and the many successful businesspeople who reside here.

Top sports teams from the region include two NFL franchises with solid fan bases: The San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders, the later of which is rumored to be heading to San Antonio, Texas.  Major League Baseball also gets its fair share of wagering in the San Francisco Bay Area thanks to the Giants and Athletics.

Where College Football is concerned, Stanford has enjoyed a degree of success in recent years.  Let’s not forget the NHL’s San Jose Sharks and NBA’s Golden State Warriors

Local bookies should be aware that bookmaking is indeed a violation of California Penal Code Section 337a (1)-(6) and essentially encompasses the act of accepting wagers on a sporting event along with the activities performed in connection with the booking of bets that include such things as owning or renting a location where bookmaking is being conducted as well as the writing down of wagers, or laying off bets or wagers. Much of this can be avoided by utilizing Pay Per Head Shops located offshore that are responsible for handling much of the aforementioned responsibilities that had previously been overseen by the bookie himself.

Arrests of bookies are not common in the San Francisco Bay Area over the last decade but when they happen you can be sure there are other crimes involved.

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This past February, 26 individuals have been indicted in an unsealed criminal complaint in San Francisco with charges that range from drug trafficking to gun running to illegal gambling to even murder-for-hire.  They included a state senator and a Chinatown gang leader who once collected money from gambling dens in both Hong Kong and San Francisco, allegedly by violent means.

With two big NFL franchises and two big MLB franchises in the San Francisco Bay Area there are dozens of sports bars where bookies will tend to hang out.

One of the places bookies love to hang out in is pool halls and you will find plenty of these in the Sacramento area.  Blue Cue in Downtown, Hard Times Billiards with its $1 cover and Hot Shots Billiards in the Arden area.

Sadly the Sacramento NBA franchise Kings haven’t had a whole lot of success in recent years to attract much in the way of sports betting.  That doesn’t mean people in this area don’t like to bet by any stretch of the imagination. 

- Mary Montgomery, Gambling911.com

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