Basically because Bo Dog let's you bet on wrestling, Big Brother, Survivor, and any number of things that the outcomes are already known beforehand. They have 50 cent limits, and their manager has a weekly column giving bettors advice on how to gamble.
But I will saythat BoDog has to be run by marketting geniuses, when they came arouind a copel years ago with their 50% bomuses and all their noise I didn't think they would last the season. but they do, but mostly because they cater to the same saps that the scamdicappers do.
The guys that are clueless, wouldn't kow a 30 cent line if you gave them a book and an answer sheet, and who bet $10 6 team parlays, and a big bet is 50 bux on the Monday Night game. Because thwey had a "good weekend", meaning the tout they spent a 20 dollar phone call on went 3-2.
Basically it is a glorifed Amway convention where guys trade their pitches and closings. Nothing more, nothing less.
So rather than calling it a handicapping conferance, call it for what even you submit it is. A salesman convention.