U.S. Olympic Internet Gambling at SBG Global. That the US did not win the gold medal in the last Olympics was less of a shock than a bitter Internet gambling disappointment for virtual gambling fans.
There was a time not so long ago that the US was the undisputed champion of basketball Internet gambling. The US dominated this sport as no other country had dominated any major sport at any level of Internet gambling, or virtual gambling in the history of the Olympics. But those days are long gone as the rest of the world has caught up to the US in terms of Internet gambling and in some cases even surpassed it.
By this time the US squad had already lost much of its luster in the realm of international Internet gambling competitions. The US had already been beaten in several international tournaments in the years leading up to the Athens Games, not the least of which was the World Championships. Still, no one expected the US to drop the Olympics, the biggest international Internet gambling competition around.
But it happened. And worse still for Internet gambling fans of the US squad the ease with which the US squad was defeated was borderline humiliating for a team that had been so dominant on the virtual gambling stage for so long. To put things in perspective, the US golf medal for basketball Internet gambling practically knew no other home since the game was added to the Olympic roster. In the 15 Olympic games that the US had participated in, it had failed to bring home the gold just three times, and one of those times many virtual gambling fans feel the medal was stolen by faulting officiating (’72 Munich).
And so to lose the gold medal in Athens was major blow US fans, but also to Internet gambling fans around the world that expected the US to dominate as usual. Instead, the Argentina played some tremendous basketball and deservedly laid claim to the biggest prize in international basketball Internet gambling. With the Beijing games just months away the US squad is lusting over what they feel is rightfully theirs but the team will have to get through a much improved field of competitors.
It should make for some great Internet gambling.