Point-Spreads.com Editor in Chief Thomas Jensen referenced in Riverfront Times article by Kristen Hinman called "Double Down" about BETonSPORTS controversial founder Gary Kaplan published on October 12th, 2007.
Never one to bet on football games or squander time and money at the track, Gary Kaplan was still one serious gambling man. In fewer than five years' time, the 48-year-old high school dropout from Brooklyn, New York, turned a pipe dream for an offshore sports book into a billion-dollar Internet empire: the Costa Rica-based BETonSPORTS.
Famous for its aggressive advertising and extravagant parties, the firm came to employ more than 2,000 people, occupying nine floors in a San José office tower. Bettors, mostly American, wagered on everything from pro basketball to university cricket, as well as offbeat "proposition bets" including, "What date will the war in Iraq begin?" and, "Who will first be arrested for wife-beating: Bobby Brown, Jean-Claude Van Damme or Dennis Rodman?"
