Posted by The latest domino has fallen in the vast wave of subversive industry disruptions blasting the nation in the face! WHAT? The gambling industry has officially been turned right on its nose with this tiny startup out of Wyoming.
A couple seasoned old-timers out of the Humperdink Ltd. retirement community in Cheyenne have joined forces with their techy grandsons to create a completely legal, online sports betting site for perhaps the most competitive of all “sports.”
If you haven’t seen it before, backgammon in old-folks homes gives a new meaning to cutthroat. These no holds barred, hide-your-dentures-and-suck-that-oxygen games are now the fastest growing segment of sports betting IN THE WORLD.
Analysts point to a berserk Wild-West mentality of anything goes in this completely unregulated PED environment. Competitors typically make bets of their own wagering anything from prescription drugs to imaginary friends.
Folks, this makes cock-fighting start to look like as innocent as the Westminster Dog Show. This makes the Hunger Games look like a friendly table-top bout of famished hippopotami.
While it’s true that not many Americans have high regards for backgammon, on-line gambling has struggled in the US with still-evolving regulations, so these games are webcast all over China and Southeast Asia, drawing raucous crowds of high-stakes wagerers who just can’t get enough of crotchety old Americans from the Greatest Generation letting it all hang out.
