It was 8 or so years ago for me, saw an ad for oly in the local paper..at the time i was thinking this is like bringing vegas to my home!!!(minus the strippers)...i was still using locals regularly until 2 years ago..now it's all on the net..i still have alot to learn, but i feel like i'm a 1000 times better bettor now than i was before i started going online....