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Gambling Thread

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

  1. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Doing the math, however, the outlay would be crazy. I may start with OH, KY and WV.

    Yet by doing all of the free bets into the Division Winner markets, that also keeps all of the winnings until 2025 tax year.

    I’ll need to figure out how to “do Ohio”. Any win more than $600 has taxes taken out in that state so I’ll be spreading the bets around all over.
     
  2. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    I won my office pool, which was done through ESPN. You pick 63 games in that format. I think I got 43 correct. The national average is 42. So I won the office pool while being totally average. This, of course, is an indictment on the general aptitude of our group. But it also says something about the structure and point system of the ESPN version. To wit: The final three games are worth as many points as the first 48 games (480). So if you go 30-2 in the first round but lose your two finalists, you're screwed.
    I imagine several folks had already figured this out, but I had never been close enough to victory to study this.
     
  3. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    That’s where you bet on the Jets and Giants.
     
  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Got a D&B near you?

     
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Strange. If you're betting with guys in your group, I'm pretty sure you could do that without D&B's help. If you're betting other guys across the country playing Skee-Ball and whatever else, congrats, you're the sucker.
     
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  6. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    I cannot wait until @exmediahack is clearing $500 a day betting Skee-Ball. :D
     
  7. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    From the La-Z-Boy, of course.
     
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  8. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    I’ll find an angle, exploit it and it’ll get taken away soon enough.
     
  9. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    I’ve more or less tapered from betting regularly. But I have to applaud myself for successfully hitting two straight in-game Copa Sudamericana bets during happy hour. Just to fuck with a friend of mine. Good times!
     
  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    He's already studying up on who are the Skee-Ball studs at the Busan Dave & Buster's.
     
  11. BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo

    BYH 2: Electric Boogaloo Well-Known Member

    College hoops is six months away. You'll be back! :D
     
  12. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

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