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Like most things in life, betting with Proline (known as Sports Action in British Columbia, Sport Select in Western Canada and Mise-O-Jeu to our friends in Quebec) instead of online sportsbooks has both pros and cons.
Here’s a look at the arguments for Proline sports betting instead of using online sportsbooks.
Proline Sports Betting – The Good
1. Occasional bad lines
Proline in Ontario hardly ever changes its odds on a game, while sportsbooks change their odds constantly to balance the action they receive.
That means there are occasions that the odds Proline offers on a game are better than the ones offered by sportsbooks. And if you capitalize on a bad line, Proline will honour your bet once it has been placed.
Online sportsbooks, meanwhile, reserve the right to cancel a wager if the odds they posted were obviously wrong (if they listed an eight-point favourite as an eight-point underdog, for example). A winning Proline betting strategy is to find bad lines and bet them on your ticket.
The opportunities to bet the occasional bad lines at Proline may be disappearing soon. PlayNow in British Columbia adjusts its odds throughout the day, and provincial sports lotteries are starting to offer online sports betting which enables them to adjust odds whenever they want.
2. No need to deposit
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3. Guaranteed payout
Since Proline is part of the provincial lottery and gaming commission, you’ll never have to sweat about getting paid on a winning ticket.
Offshore sportsbooks as a group used to be unreliable with payouts but have improved to the point where the best sportsbooks (like the ones listed on this website) have stellar reputations for prompt payouts.
At the end of the day, however, you can only guarantee you will be paid if you bet with Proline.
4. You definitely won’t be taxed on your winnings
The Government tried to tax a Proline bettor’s winnings once, and they won’t be going there again.
If the government were to tax your winning Proline wager, that may mean you could claim all your losing tickets as deductions. With the way Proline stacks the odds against you, that would make for a lot of deductions on Canadians’ income tax returns.
When you bet with an online sportsbook, reporting your income for tax purposes is your responsibility. Sportsbooks won’t report your winnings to the government.
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