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Gambling Thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Songbird, Oct 18, 2013.

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  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    It's good business for some to hit, but figure the under-25 there was probably +120 or so. After betting a few dozen of those I gotta think one would end up ahead.

    That was also a great way to scoop up a couple bucks in the old @exmediahack arb plan. Take the +100 at DK and then +120 or so on the other side at another book. Rinse and repeat for as long as you (or the books) can stand it.
     
    playthrough, Apr 20, 2023
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  2. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Wild story on the NFL gambling ring.

    If those guys would have just bet with BetMGM, they’d quickly have gotten limited to $1.26 and no one would have noticed.
     
    exmediahack, Apr 21, 2023
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  3. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    Was just gonna say, maybe they can come here and join us on this thread!

    But seriously, another dipshit move by the NFL. "Everyone, gamble! But not you. Not like that."
     
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo, Apr 21, 2023
    #2283
  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Timberwolves in-game +9½ seems good, considering all the smarties had them +2½ before the game.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 21, 2023
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  5. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    IMG_2147.png

    Thank you, guy I never heard of.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 22, 2023
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  6. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    The over/under on Islanders-Hurricanes tonight was 5.5. It was 1-1 with under four minutes left.

    The Islanders scored four goals in 2:17--the fastest four-goal flurry in playoff history--to win 5-1. That's either the best backdoor cover-type thing or worst bad beat of all-time, depending on what you had.
     
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo, Apr 22, 2023
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  7. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Gotta love the late in-game bets when the losing team is getting 10 more points than the closing line and covers handily.
     
    TheSportsPredictor, Apr 23, 2023
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  8. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    A golf handicapper that I follow liked Billy Horschel and Sam Burns over Taylor Montgomery and Kurt Kitayama in a matchup bet at the Zurich. Horschel and Burns were going to lose until Montgomery/Kitayama made a quadruple-bogey 9 on the final hole in the alternate-shot format. Talk about losing or winning a bet by something that never happens? That's one right there.
     
    playthrough, Apr 23, 2023
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  9. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Every day, I’m behind people clogging up lines buying lottery tickets.

    Why not use the same technology the books use to sell lottery tickets on the phone?
     
    exmediahack, Apr 24, 2023
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  10. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I'm pretty sure that happens in Virginia. I know the Virginia Lottery has an app where you can play scratchers online, which is weird to me but to each his/her own.
     
    Cosmo, Apr 24, 2023
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  11. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I bet Atlanta Hawks first to 10 yesterday. We were out doing errands and I check my phone - Celtics are up 19-11. Not a good sign. I go to gamecast to find the Hawks actually led 11-9.
    Sweet!
     
    poindexter, Apr 24, 2023
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  12. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    An older and/or less affluent clientele that doesn't use cell phones for those reasons?
     
    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo, Apr 24, 2023
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