for the betters out here, the post your picks thread

[USSInsiders]

Im on the fence, I was happy as hell when my state passed legislation and opened a casino in the area. But then somebody kind of enlightened me on the statistics on casinos, gambling and what it does to communities. Its so the rise in crime statistics because ppl gambling all their paychecks away...

I know, but here we are doing all of this shyt cloak and dagger style sending our money to fake names in Costa Rica. Everybody is already gambling illegally, I feel like they should just legalize it so it's monitored

 

[L&HH]

I know, but here we are doing all of this shyt cloak and dagger style sending our money to fake names in Costa Rica. Everybody is already gambling illegally, I feel like they should just legalize it so it's monitored

but that's the thing everybody isn't doing it. Once you make it legal and then the big businesses starts putting the advertising revenue into it, it will become a problem. Just imagine the sports betting commercials that will be rampant during these games we're watching. You're gonna have mofos betting their school tuition money on games and shyt . nikkas like Mayweather aren't going to make it better either. Imagine all the dumbasses that will tail him every time he makes a $6 million dollar bet. Idk it's a tough thing to think about. On the one hand you have to let adults be accountable for their own actions but on the other hand you gotta protect some people from themselves

 

[USSInsiders]

but that's the thing everybody isn't doing it. Once you make it legal and then the big businesses starts putting the advertising revenue into it, it will become a problem. Just imagine the sports betting commercials that will be rampant during these games we're watching. You're gonna have mofos betting their school tuition money on games and shyt . nikkas like Mayweather aren't going to make it better either. Imagine all the dumbasses that will tail him every time he makes a $6 million dollar bet. Idk it's a tough thing to think about. On the one hand you have to let adults be accountable for their own actions but on the other hand you gotta protect some people from themselves

I don't know about you but everyone around me bets, man. If I go to the pizza place on my lunch breaks I hear all of them talking about their bets from Monday night. I go to the gym, I hear whispers about who people are picking. A lot of people are betting b whether you know or it not. I just feel since everybody already is betting, they should do it in a place where it can be monitored and maintained. There's too many offshore books screwing people and getting away with terrible business practices because they are the only outs for people living out of Vegas's jurisdiction. That wouldn't occur if we could do so legally and safely.

Announcers are always talking about spreads and we have people playing fantasy ball anyway. Betting is inevitable, I just believe the inevitability of this phenomenon should be acknowledged rather than swept under the rug like it doesn't already exist.

 

[L&HH]

I don't know about you but everyone around me bets, man. If I go to the pizza place on my lunch breaks I hear all of them talking about their bets from Monday night. I go to the gym, I hear whispers about who people are picking. A lot of people are betting b whether you know or it not. I just feel since everybody already is betting, they should do it in a place where it can be monitored and maintained. There's too many offshore books screwing people and getting away with terrible business practices because they are the only outs for people living out of Vegas's jurisdiction. That wouldn't occur if we could do so legally and safely.

Announcers are always talking about spreads and we have people playing fantasy ball anyway. Betting is inevitable, I just believe the inevitability of this phenomenon should be acknowledged rather than swept under the rug like it doesn't already exist.

Im still in college so Im like the only person I know who bets. I introduced my friends to this lifestyle and they want no parts of it . My betdsi account is actually a shared account with a friend of mine and he hasnt made any bets since we opened it. Come to think of it he hasnt paid me the money I put into it either so technically its still mines but I haven't touched it.

 

[USSInsiders]

Im still in college so Im like the only person I know who bets. I introduced my friends to this lifestyle and they want no parts of it . My betdsi account is actually a shared account with a friend of mine and he hasnt made any bets since we opened it. Come to think of it he hasnt paid me the money I put into it either so technically its still mines but I haven't touched it.

I'm 20 and I'm definitely the only one my age I know who's doing this then again some cac along time ago my age was bytching about how he lost a cuple hundred during march madness so he's aware of this life too.

 

[L&HH]

I'm 20 and I'm definitely the only one my age I know who's doing this then again some cac along time ago my age was bytching about how he lost a cuple hundred during march madness so he's aware of this life too.

Damn, I thought you'd be older with all the gambling stories you've posted on here. I wish I could find ppl around my campus that bet. Im sure there are some. The best I know is a guy who plays poker for money in some apartment right off campus like 3 nights a week. How do you come into contact with a local bookie anyways, nvm I don't even wanna know, that's a slippery slope

 

[USSInsiders]

Damn, I thought you'd be older with all the gambling stories you've posted on here. I wish I could find ppl around my campus that bet. Im sure there are some. The best I know is a guy who plays poker for money in some apartment right off campus like 3 nights a week. How do you come into contact with a local bookie anyways, nvm I don't even wanna know, that's a slippery slope

Allah save me from the patriots.

but yeah, gambling puts a lot of age on a youngin's spirits.

I know you don't wanna know, but If you want to meet a local bookie, find a sportsbar, a shady one, walk in and ask the guy if you can get some action n/h. Actually, if you go on covers.com a lot of people look for locals, I actually encountered one who runs a pph site but it's kind of shady doing that.

I think I walked in on these guys doing a draft for money in the italian restaurant next to my work. The guy who runs it looks like a stereotypical mob capo, I bet if I asked to bet he'd do it

 

[L&HH]

Allah save me from the patriots.

but yeah, gambling puts a lot of age on a youngin's spirits.

I know you don't wanna know, but If you want to meet a local bookie, find a sportsbar, a shady one, walk in and ask the guy if you can get some action n/h. Actually, if you go on covers.com a lot of people look for locals, I actually encountered one who runs a pph site but it's kind of shady doing that.

I think I walked in on these guys doing a draft for money in the italian restaurant next to my work. The guy who runs it looks like a stereotypical mob capo, I bet if I asked to bet he'd do it

I think Im good, dont wanna get into that underworld. Im sure if I asked dude I know who plays poker he could point me in the right direction but again, online works just fine for me.

 

[USSInsiders]

I think Im good, dont wanna get into that underworld. Im sure if I asked dude I know who plays poker he could point me in the right direction but again, online works just fine for me.

Yeah, I'm the same way. I'd rather take my chances with the Costa Rican bookies. Interestingly enough, though, most of the sites we're using are actually run by American-born mobsters

 

[L&HH]

Maybe I should have taken that Pats moneyline

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

but that's the thing everybody isn't doing it. Once you make it legal and then the big businesses starts putting the advertising revenue into it, it will become a problem. Just imagine the sports betting commercials that will be rampant during these games we're watching. You're gonna have mofos betting their school tuition money on games and shyt . nikkas like Mayweather aren't going to make it better either. Imagine all the dumbasses that will tail him every time he makes a $6 million dollar bet. Idk it's a tough thing to think about. On the one hand you have to let adults be accountable for their own actions but on the other hand you gotta protect some people from themselves

I would love for them to make this legal so I could get rich…….You need losers so there's enough money in the market for winners. Most of the general public loses anyway. Could you imagine if there was an even bigger percentage of the public betting into sucker ass lines, road favorites of 13 and shyt (i.e.: that seattle seahawks vs rams game)? People who know what they're doing would make even more of a killing. I remember Haralabos Voulgaris saying if they made gambling legal that he'd mess around and be able to buy a sports team just because of all the extra money in the market. (check that ESPN article on him)


In some ways I know exactly what you mean tho…..but at the end of the day people are adults, it's not my responsibility.
I have a friend who's a degenerate, compulsive gambler…..I've seen him lose his head completely. He's in gamblers anonymous right now. He's not disciplined at all tho….I've seen him lose 2,000 playing black jack, call his bank and say someone stole his ATM card , then get the money put back into his account and then lose the 2,000 all over again. It's crazy because I actually gamble more than him. I literally gamble on sports almost everyday, but I don't have to bet and I only bet when I believe I have an edge. I'm a lot more controlled. I have an excel spreadsheet with all my bets, with my profit on each sport and what not. So I know what I'm doing right or wrong. Homie bets because he can't control it. Does it compulsively….Never sets limits, chases, doesn't do any research, just out of control. I have a good idea of how he thinks because I've actually taken his action.…It actually taught me a lot about how lines are made and how bookmakers can manipulate the public into bets just taking his action (as well as gambling on my own)..…He'd bet against me, I'd set the lines where I had an advantage and always win. (I'm a cowboys fan so we bet on a few cowboys games, when the cowboys were the underdog I'd get points on my side & we'd play the spread, when the cowboys were the favorite, I got the ML for even money) I stopped taking his action as a friend. I remember one day, he asked me to put in a 15 team teaser for $1,000… Looking back I feel so bad for actually putting it in for him. He would hit me up to put in his bets and I'd lie and say I have no money just because I just hated seeing him destroy his life. He's easily down 50gs or more.

 

[L&HH]

I would love for them to make this legal so I could get rich…….You need losers so there's enough money in the market for winners. Most of the general public loses anyway. Could you imagine if there was an even bigger percentage of the public betting into sucker ass lines, road favorites of 13 and shyt (i.e.: that seattle seahawks vs rams game)? People who know what they're doing would make even more of a killing.


In some ways I know exactly what you mean tho…..but at the end of the day people are adults, it's not my responsibility.
I have a friend who's a degenerate, compulsive gambler…..I've seen him lose his head completely. He's in gamblers anonymous right now. He's not disciplined at all tho….I've seen him lose 2,000 playing black jack, call his bank and say someone stole his ATM card , then get the money put back into his account and then lose the 2,000 all over again. It's crazy because I actually gamble more than him. I literally gamble on sports almost everyday, but I don't have to bet and I only bet when I believe I have an edge. I'm a lot more controlled. I have an excel spreadsheet with all my bets, with my profit on each sport and what not. So I know what I'm doing right or wrong. Homie bets because he can't control it. Does it compulsively….Never sets limits, chases, doesn't do any research, just out of control. I have a good idea of how he thinks because I've actually taken his action.…It actually taught me a lot about how lines are made and how bookmakers can manipulate the public into bets just taking his action (as well as gambling on my own)..…He'd bet against me, I'd set the lines where I had an advantage and always win. (I'm a cowboys fan so we bet on a few cowboys games, when the cowboys were the underdog I'd get points on my side & we'd play the spread, when the cowboys were the favorite, I got the ML for even money) I stopped taking his action as a friend. I remember one day, he asked me to put in a 15 team teaser for $1,000… Looking back I feel so bad for actually putting it in for him. He would hit me up to put in his bets and I'd lie and say I have no money just because I just hated seeing him destroy his life. He's easily down 50gs or more.

I took that Seattle spread (I've only been doing this a month and learned me lesson quick, that hfa aint something to fukk with). But I learn fast, that Rams dline is a problem, earned back my chicken playing them today. But yea if betting becomes legal the ppl like your friend will be alot more rampant. Like I said I understand both sides and was trying to play a little devil's advocate. personally I'd want it to be legal. b/c I know how I'd fair with it but apart of me can't help but think about the ppl losing their kids college funds and mortgages over this shyt

 

[MikelArteta]

Yeah, I'm the same way. I'd rather take my chances with the Costa Rican bookies. Interestingly enough, though, most of the sites we're using are actually run by American-born mobsters

or biker gangs

cops up here shut down a few sites that were run by hells angels

 

[USSInsiders]

I would love for them to make this legal so I could get rich…….You need losers so there's enough money in the market for winners. Most of the general public loses anyway. Could you imagine if there was an even bigger percentage of the public betting into sucker ass lines, road favorites of 13 and shyt (i.e.: that seattle seahawks vs rams game)? People who know what they're doing would make even more of a killing. I remember Haralabos Voulgaris saying if they made gambling legal that he'd mess around and be able to buy a sports team just because of all the extra money in the market. (check that ESPN article on him)


In some ways I know exactly what you mean tho…..but at the end of the day people are adults, it's not my responsibility.
I have a friend who's a degenerate, compulsive gambler…..I've seen him lose his head completely. He's in gamblers anonymous right now. He's not disciplined at all tho….I've seen him lose 2,000 playing black jack, call his bank and say someone stole his ATM card , then get the money put back into his account and then lose the 2,000 all over again. It's crazy because I actually gamble more than him. I literally gamble on sports almost everyday, but I don't have to bet and I only bet when I believe I have an edge. I'm a lot more controlled. I have an excel spreadsheet with all my bets, with my profit on each sport and what not. So I know what I'm doing right or wrong. Homie bets because he can't control it. Does it compulsively….Never sets limits, chases, doesn't do any research, just out of control. I have a good idea of how he thinks because I've actually taken his action.…It actually taught me a lot about how lines are made and how bookmakers can manipulate the public into bets just taking his action (as well as gambling on my own)..…He'd bet against me, I'd set the lines where I had an advantage and always win. (I'm a cowboys fan so we bet on a few cowboys games, when the cowboys were the underdog I'd get points on my side & we'd play the spread, when the cowboys were the favorite, I got the ML for even money) I stopped taking his action as a friend. I remember one day, he asked me to put in a 15 team teaser for $1,000… Looking back I feel so bad for actually putting it in for him. He would hit me up to put in his bets and I'd lie and say I have no money just because I just hated seeing him destroy his life. He's easily down 50gs or more.

Damn, well sounds like GA isn't working to well for dun.

Blackjack online is a ruthless whore though, I learned that the hard way after being up big only to lose all of it. Yeah, I definitely bet, but I only do it when I'm positive. As tempting as chasing is, discipline and controlling pride and anger when losing is just as destructive.

If your friend is betting that much purely on impulsion, that's just terrible, terrible shyt. I stick to sports ONLY now because here we have the most edge against the books.

 

[USSInsiders]

or biker gangs

cops up here shut down a few sites that were run by hells angels

I've heard of some online books in Canada being shut down.