It all started in the first half of the 1980s, when sports betting parlors eyed Major League Baseball and NBA basketball and offered television for viewing and a sports book for betting. Since then 1,386 betting parlors have sprung up around the country allowing sports fans to place bets on everything from the Super Bowl to the number of strikeouts by Pedro Martinez on any given day. One company, Naco Sport, even has a card that allows a client to place a bet from his or her place of work or home. The cards are sold in denominations of RD$100 to RD$1,000 pesos. Each year these betting parlors handle more than RD$6 billion, and allow sports fans to enjoy games such as hockey and NFL football. It is an amazing thing for someone from the United States to enter one of these posh sites and hear Dominicans, who have never seen a real football game, discussing the merits of the West Coast Offense or the defensive shortcomings of the Carolina Panthers. According to Listin Diario, in the beginning only bets on the winning team or teams were accepted, but nowadays bets are placed on halftime scores, the over-under line and the minutiae of baseball such as hits or strikeouts.