Gambling Thread

When I was at the sports book yesterday putting in my football bets, a guy at the kiosk printed out a ticket that looked like a CVS receipt. It must have been eight or nine legs. Last week, I was making small talk with a guy while we were waiting in line at the cashier and he mentioned playing "$20 parlays."
I just don't get it. Don't they realize how impossible those are to hit?
I always have one or two three-leggers every week, and will mix in the occasional four-leg, but normally as $5 throwaway bets and never more than $10. A lot of times those are the bets I put down to give me something to watch in one of the TV windows, like the late games tonight when I didn't particularly love any of those games but still wanted some interest in them.

 

I do every risk free bet I can on DK, even the 4+ leg SGPs or the live bets, because I am going to bet 5-9 NFL and EPL games a weekend so it’s 2 bites at the apple

 

I made my favorite bet today. Rice-UConn when it was 3-0 early in the third quarter. Took over 23.5. UConn takes a 17-3 lead on a field goal with maybe four minutes left. Rice returns the ensuing kickoff for a TD. I only won $9.50 or so but who cares. So sick.

 

So I've got spring tuition coming up in January. $3600.

11 days ago, I got a $100 deposit bonus from one of the books. Deposit $500, get $100. This wasn't a free bet. This was $100.

I decided that, each day, I would try and grow this by 25%. Either take a -400 to win or do a parlay of "bridge jumpers" to reach -400.

Today's Serie A games both had a goal, so my -410 parlay paid off. Now we're at $1455. (On Saturday, Texas and Penn State ML parlay paid off. On Sunday, Chiefs ML with a goal in the Bayern game won.

I just need FOUR more days of this to reach $3650 -- the cost of spring tuition.

The challenge is now trying to get money down.
For Wednesday: Udinese-Venezia OVER 0.5 goals & Atalanta-Monza O1.5 goals at -400. Let's go.

 

Even though @exmediahack, gave me (and us) a tutorial, I’m too dumb to understand all the plays and jargon.

Online gambling comes up for a vote next week, but I don’t trust the gaming industry info that says it will pour millions into schools and teacher salaries.

I’ll probably vote against it. I like blackjack at the casino once or twice a year (or less) much better anyway, and without @exmediahack holding my hand, I wouldn’t know what the hell I was doing.

 

Online gambling is a Scrooge on society. I don’t think it should be allowed.

Sports betting, obviously, I am good with but it never brings in the public revenue supporters say it will vs how many financial lives it destroys.

 

Don’t know if it’s new, but a friend just told me about Bally Sports app. Bet $25 on something and they give you six $25 bonus bets. I won on an 8/1 first basket bet with the first $25 and am 2/3 on the bonus bets. Already taken them for about $245 if I don’t win any of the rest.

 

A scrooge on society?
First time I thought it was a typo.

You guys mean 'scourge', right?

 

'Scrooge on society ' is a perfectly cromulent term from now on for me

 

I should note that it’s online sports betting we’ll be voting on. At least, I think so.

 

I did the Blackhawk tour in early 2022 on my “bonus tour” where I cleared out all the Colorado bonuses. That was rather depressing. Scenic but depressing.