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Sport gambling, where do you stand?

dennismenace said:
I was watching baseball games below the age of 10 and can still remember the beer commercial jingles so it does get into your head.
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Thank you.

My beer is Rheingold the dry beer
Ask for Rheingold when ever you buy beer
Rheingold’s head stays so high,
cause the beer‘s extra dry
Won‘t you try extra dry Rheingold beer.
 
temery said:
I just can't wait for the time when players can bet on their own team.
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I’m somewhat convinced we’re seeing that quite a bit. Mac Jones short armed a wide open last second 10 yard TD pass by about 6 yards once this season and killed my parlay.
 
I think it is the reason why the officials missed no fewer than ten calls in the last two minutes of an nba game a few nights ago. The nba had to make a statement to show some type of proactive response. There is too much money riding on these games and at a time when material things seem so important there is no way that some of these officials will get compromised. It is a risk reward….and they also know the last thing the nba or nfl wants to admit is a product that is rigged. So they will find a scapegoat and one person will pay for it. The odds excuse the pun are in their favor….take the money and run when it’s time.
 
Seamus84 said:
I totally get the popularity of online gambling, but with the speed of technology enabling real-time betting on Rory's next putt or Djokovic's next serve, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone in attendance try to influence an outcome.
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I try to influence the outcome every game
 
I love sports wagering. Unfortunately, I found out about 30 years ago (well before it became legal most places) that I sucked really bad at it, so I stopped. A while ago I thought about giving it another go...starting with some 'imaginary' bets...and confirmed that I have gotten no better at it, so I'll just take a pass on that.
 
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Mr. French said:
Yours and the OP here are just wild takes, I must say!

We're talking real life, real games, real money, I'm not going to bet against my team just in the hopes of making money, why guarantee yourself 1 loss? You CAN win both?!?! If you don't love the spread or the matchup, don't bet it - but why on earth make it a PHILOSOPHY to bet real dollars on the team for whom you root to lose?!?!
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I don't get why you think my take is "wild." I just don't need money on the game to be invested.

OT. I have always liked the handle "Mr French." It can go one way to the family friendly show of the 1960s. Or the other way, to the sexual practices of the country know for its perversions. Love the ambiguity.
 
I love gambling. I've been taking it pretty seriously for a while. Mostly I play poker (I play at Mohegan Sun regularly) but I do bet and gamble on the legal apps in CT. I only play when I have an advantage, which is often enough given all of the promotions FanDuel and DraftKings do.

Betting on sports is fun. I would love to get better at it. It definitely helps me feel engaged by games that I don't have much interest in otherwise. I don't typically bet on UConn games but I've done it a few times.
 
I did pretty well betting UConn during last year's tourney. It got to a point where I just knew we were going to roll teams.
 
Palatine said:
I don't get why you think my take is "wild." I just don't need money on the game to be invested.

OT. I have always liked the handle "Mr French." It can go one way to the family friendly show of the 1960s. Or the other way, to the sexual practices of the country know for its perversions. Love the ambiguity.
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I meant the original post he quoted, sorry for the confusion. Yours was basically a question, not a take lol all good!

Thanks for the username compliment - I’d tell you the real meaning behind it, but then I’d have to kill you. Top secret stuff
 
Yardigan said:
I love sports wagering. Unfortunately, I found out about 30 years ago (well before it became legal most places) that I sucked really bad at it, so I stopped. A while ago I thought about giving it another go...starting with some 'imaginary' bets...and confirmed that I have gotten no better at it, so I'll just take a pass on that.
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I am trying to figure out some nuances and I dabble with VERY low amounts…but I’ve taken multiple breaks for years because at certain points I just determine “I am either the most cursed gambler ever or I just suck.” Either way, no recipe for success.
 
I used to do little Fanduel bets of like a dollar or something back when I was in the US and the current gambling laws weren't yet in effect. It got me to watch a lot of sports I never would have cared about, so that was neat.

If I was in the US now, I might be betting small amounts on things other than UConn.
 
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Don't bet on anything and like you I already have too much juice in UConn games, including the women. It also extends to hockey, baseball and unfortunately football. Funny one of my first jobs was at Phil Bakers in Norwalk and we looked forward to those football cards every week. I also don't remember anyone winning. We also used to go to Aqueduct and the waiters taught us how to bet on horses. Never won anything there either! I still like a good Friday night poker game. Last I would throw in the effect of Fantasy leagues. They too juice up interest
 
Seamus84 said:
I totally get the popularity of online gambling, but with the speed of technology enabling real-time betting on Rory's next putt or Djokovic's next serve, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone in attendance try to influence an outcome.
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Its already happened. guy in the gallery bet on Steph curry to win a celebrity golf event. When his competitor, Mardy Fish was teeing off, fan disrupted the backswing and Fish hit a bad shot. Fan admitted he bet on curry
 
MrP said:
I don’t really get this. If you’re not interested, why not just stay not interested? Why spend money to force yourself to be interested in something you’re not?
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I’m pretty good I’d say. Especially when I stay disciplined and don’t chase parlays. Football and baseball seasons are my specialties. I’ve had +76u and +83u months in the fall.

But January has been so bad I may tap out on the NBA until playoffs when there’s less variance on how guys should play. I don’t dare touch cbb outside of UConn.
 
Gambling is a tax on the stupid. There's a reason casinos can afford those big beautiful shiny buildings.
Having said that, very small wagers on games makes em more interesting.
 
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TheShot1990 said:
Gambling is a tax on the stupid. There's a reason casinos can afford those big beautiful shiny buildings.
Having said that, very small wagers on games makes em more interesting.
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My buddy won a million dollars on a 20.00 entry fantasy tourney this year. Plus a paid trip to a champions tourney later in the year.
 
It's harmless fun if you:
  • know the math and what you're getting into
  • play the promos (so you make money over the house in the long run)
  • bet on things you know
  • can afford it and set appropriate limits

The constant ads are a bit cringe, like advertising the lottery, because they're generally targeting people who don't fit the criteria above.
 
GlastonTim said:
Not a fan. Don’t gamble on anything. Would take the enjoyment out of it for me. Don’t like lotteries either. Never been to the casino except for a concert.
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Sums up my opinion too, although I'll log in every now and then.

I love watching sports. I notice that times when I bet, I'm less focused on the actual game and more honed in on how my bet will win, even if I put in $1 or $2, so I guess to sum it up: if I bet, a vast majority of the times it's a game I don't even plan on watching. I don't like my experience watching a game that I bet on and I never bet on a game of a team that I am rooting for.
 
navery12 said:
I did for a few months when it first became legal and it was fun. But I have an addictive personality and didn't want to go down that road so I stopped
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Same. Just making sure I don’t get too deep.
 
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I’d rather waste my money on a great restaurant. I will say though, while i wouldn’t call it gambling, the best return I ever had was throwing ten bucks into my son’s very big law firm NCAA tourney pool and winning 1st place in the thing for $1500. I had a cousin-in-law , RIP, a dentist who gambled on everything, especially sports, but he had one edge. He bet through his brother who was a bookie who was unlikely to cut his hands off if he ever owed. On line betting was not a big thing during his life time but he spent a lot of time at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun.
 
Deepster said:
My buddy won a million dollars on a 20.00 entry fantasy tourney this year. Plus a paid trip to a champions tourney later in the year.
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Case in point. $20 is fine. Bringing 10 grand to Vegas thinking you're gonna win isn't. My brother won $2500 by betting on UConn to win it all last Jan during their slump on a small bet as well. (I never bet on UConn).
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
For UConn basketball? Absolutely not. For regular NBA games or NFL games, it definitely helps me watch and be invested in games I’d have no interest in otherwise.
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Amen to this. I can't bet on UConn anyway, which I think is a silly thing, but it would absolutely not affect how I watch them. I definitely watch more NFL with $ on the game. NBA I occasionally bet on, but I can't stomach the game and just check my bet by looking at Yahoo sports.
 
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