ESPN Features Intertops.com in Support of American Bettors
23 October 2005

Intertops.com, one of the internet’s leading sportsbooks, recently took advantage of an extremely rare opportunity that was provided by ESPN. Intertops appeared on the mainstream media network to represent online wagering, and to express that all Americans who enjoy participating in leisure betting should be given the freedom to make wagers at legal, licensed sportsbooks.

The ESPN program that featured Glen Walker – the gaming consultant and oddsmaker of Intertops.com – aired on TV for an hour starting at 6:30pm EST, on October 19th for the program “Quite Frankly with Steven A. Smith”. The program featured three authorities, each of which examined the sports-wagering scene and its affect on U.S. gamblers. Aside from Walker the other two guests were Congressman Tom Osborne and Bandon Link.

Walker, who has an extensive background in sporstbook managing, began his career as a sportsbook manager in Las Vegas. He is a man with many claims to fame, and his most notable was becoming an intergral member of Computer Group, the notorious betting syndicate that beat Las Vegas books for more than $2o million dollars back in the early 1980’s. Currently, Walker uses his wealth of knowledge to guide Intertops.com, which annually books more than $200 million dollar in wagers on U.S. sports.

Walker’s goal is to support the millions of American bettors who wish to engage in sporting bet activity, but are unable to due to U.S. “puritanical interests” and arbitrary laws. Prior to the show, Walker had said: "I am delighted to have this opportunity to articulate our position vis-a-vis legal sports betting on such a popular and credible TV show…Intertops would like to see Americans afforded the same freedom to bet on sports without the legal and judgmental baggage currently in place." Walker believes it is foolish that the rest of the world has the opportunity to participate in these sporting wagers but Americans don’t.

Glen Walker is hoping that the show will inspire some action to take place in the U.S., but only time will tell if his ambitions are realized and are successful.