A: This is just one of many places on the Internet where you can place bets for real money on major sporting events.

What makes this unique is that we rock much, much harder than those other sites ... for example, it never costs anything to place bets ... think about that ... or not, for all we care. Haha, but seriously, instead of you paying for your bets, your bets get paid for by organizations and inivduals who advertise (our sponsors). You never have to (and in fact, can't) put money into the site.

A: CentSports is being developed by a group of (badass) students and professionals based out of College Station, Texas. Given the location, most, though not all of us, are associated in some way or another with Texas A&M University.

The project started in response to last year's Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (which, shamefully, was officially termed the "Security and Accountability for Every (SAFE) Port Act of 2006" by congress ... look it up on Wikipedia). That bill made it illegal to use any online betting or gambling site that you could deposit money into, effectively shutting down all such sites which existed at that time.

For those of us who enjoyed sports betting, this was bad news. This project is our response to this loss ... so people can't pay money to make bets? Fine, we'll let people make bets for free and let our advertisers cover the tab.

A: It's simple ... when you first sign up for CentSports, we give you ten cents ($0.10) to bet with. You can use this to bet on almost any major college or professional sporting event (MLB, NBA and NFL games, etc.). Anything you win you keep and can use to place more bets, accumulating money as you go.

You can cash out whenever you want (as soon as you have a balance of $10.00 or more) ... we just send you a check (or PayPal transfer if you want) for your account balance.

We've tried to replicate what you can do at 'standard' sports betting sites ... i.e., you can make standard line-type bets such as over/under, point-spread, and moneyline bets. In fact, we get our lines straight from Vegas ... any bet you make on CentSports could be made with any sports bookie in Vegas for the same odds.

Overall, the site makes more from advertising than people cash out ... though one of our goals in creating the site was to make sure that as much of the site's advertising revenue goes back to CentSports user as possible (after all, they're the ones who earned it by viewing ads in the first place!).

A: On an average sports bet, you can usually come close to doubling your money if you win. Think about it ... if you start with 10 cents, after you win your first bet, you'll have about 20 cents. If you bet those 20 cents and win again, you'd have about 40 cents, and so on.

If you keep doing this, doubling up and re-betting your winnings each time, you can accumulate some significant winnings. When you sign up, check the top cashouts ... in particular the people who have cashed out $100+ on the site with this strategy.

A: Then we give you another 10 cents for free so that you can keep on betting. Because of our sponsors, your balance can never fall below 10 cents ... you'll always have at least something to keep making bets with.

A: No, the only way you can get more money into your account is by winning bets. You always have $0.10 to bet with, thanks to our advertisers, but you can't put money into your account.

A: Yup. Any time you have a balance of $10.00 or more in your account, just click the 'Cash Out' link on the CentSports.com main page and we'll mail you a check (again, or PayPal transfer if you prefer) for your account balance.

Historically, most people cash out soon after they get over $10, but there's no restriction on how much you can win and cash out.

A: Generally we have lines for most professional and college sporting events. Almost every college and professional baseball, basketball, football, and hockey game has lines on the site. We're working hard to add more sports (soccer, horse racing, etc.).