NHL LockoutPay per head bookies have seen a huge increase in the overall number of sports gamblers that are betting on hockey! This sudden increase over the past few years is due in part to the competitive nature of the sports especially during the NHL playoffs! Before this year’s lockout the NHL was experiencing record setting revenues and most pay per head bookies were also booking record numbers of NHL bets. But now with the season in jeopardy pay per head bookies, hockey bettors and avid hockey fans are simply crossing their fingers and hoping that there will be a 2012-2013 NHL season!

If today is any indication of things to come it doesn’t look good for the hockey faithful as the league announced that all NHL games will be canceled though January 14! The current NHL lockout will be 100 days old on Christmas day, not to joyous of an occasion for the hockey hopeful. If the season is canceled offshore bookies will simply refund any pending NHL wagers that have been made. Betting on NHL futures and betting on the Stanley cup finals for offshore bookies has gradually increased every year for the last five years. NHL Hockey bettors and their fans are very loyal just like those that bet on NASCAR they are both a rare breed of sports fans.

The majority of hockey bets that offshore bookies take action on before the start of the NHL season are NHL proposition bets and NHL future bets. Offshore sports bookies take action on who will win the Stanley Cup, bets on NHL division winners, or betting on the # of games an NHL team will or will not win, hockey bettors can even place wagers on who the top goal scorer will be for the season. Betting on NHL futures and betting on the Stanley cup finals for offshore bookies has gradually increased every year for the last five years. NHL Hockey bettors and their fans are very loyal just like those that bet on NASCAR they are both a rare breed of sports fans.

The National Hockey League fans are some of the most dedicated in devoted fans in all of sports! With the being said as each day goes by the prospect of having an NHL season looks more grim as the ice is beginning to melt on the NHL season!