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How many of you guys ACTUALLY make $ sports betting?

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  1. Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin Pie is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 5:49pm)

    and how much?

    Just curious

    (just seems like there are a lot of paper mache locks out there)
  2. jtown1010 jtown1010 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 5:51pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    I will be a winner after my next 500$ 10 team parlay comes through.
  3. platinument platinument is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 5:52pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    This year overall I am down overall 13K, I am up over 30K since football started, I got killed during NCAA Tourney, mostly due to Bradley. 2005 total for year was up 6,200.
  4. Skywalker18 Skywalker18 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 5:53pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    I bet $165 a game and have about 2000 plays per year in all sports. I make about $25k a year doing it. When I get to $200 a game (around January is my estimate) I would expect to be around 36k per year. But I'm probably gonna be buying a houe in January so I may have to keep most of my winnings till then out of my bankroll, something I really don't wanna do, but I do want to get out of my parents' house someday...
  5. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 5:59pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    I bet many teasers, so its tough to know how good or bad I truly am against the spread. Overall I am up on Sports, but lost a lot in the past 5 months at poker... somewhere in the $7500 range. Ugh.
  6. Skywalker18 Skywalker18 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 6:20pm) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    if i didn't know better i woulda thought u were making fun of me, I'm down about 3k since mid august in cards, though the FT the other day got me mostly outta that hole.
  7. D_Newman D_Newman is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 6:23pm) in reply to Skywalker18

    I bet sports for fun.. nothing above $10.. and a few $5 12 team parlays just for shits and giggles, Im up about $90
  8. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 6:27pm) in reply to D_Newman

    No Skywalker18, not mocking you in anyway, I am really down around $7500 since the start of the WSOP Lake Tahoe. Several $500 buy in tourneys, lost a few buy ins at $5-$10 NL and other various deposits to pokerstars and Ultimatebet.
  9. raisethis2 raisethis2 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 7:18pm) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    Up until Paradise closed their Sportsbook, I'd been holding my own betting Bases, College and so far a little Pro Football. My expertise is actually college football and baskets. My winnings have been enough to keep me from multiple rebuys at the poker side of this quest.

    I play recreationally and rarely bet in excess of $50 on any one game or poker buy in.
  10. Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin Pie is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 8:25pm) in reply to raisethis2

    I have to assume the rest are as good as the PD guys say they are in poker then? :p
    Thread Starter
  11. coll28 coll28 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 9:15pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    I am up for the last couple years. I dont bet the farm, and my wife has very bad bankroll managment. With my bookie I pay or get Paid when i break 1000. so when i get paid My wife seems to like to ride with me, but when i lose she just stays home so I guess all in all i lose no matter what. I make 4,5 hundred a month on average playing poker this year, but again wife has no managment - - - LOL. All good for me as most wifes would not "let" their spouse play poker or sports bet. I am not in it to get rich, but just to have a good time. I make about 90 K a year with good benefits, and only work three days a week - - - four weeks vacation. ehhhh

    all in all the juice usually wins.

    I would venture to say that Mhoddi, Waco, and Shipit have done very well this year unless they have run very bad last couple of weeks. sbjohn pays
  12. bmac bmac is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 9:25pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    i'm even
  13. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 9:32pm) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    My Father has developed an NBA system bet which has not been wrong in at 10 years. Serious
  14. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Oct 15th, 2006 (10/15/2006 9:41pm) in reply to AFink93

    My uncle developed a Roulette system that never loses either.... cmon BLACK!!
  15. FlyersGuy FlyersGuy is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 1:13am) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    just started betting about 3 weeks ago. the biggest bet i made was $40.

    currently about up about $90.

    yeah, that's how big i roll
  16. Skywalker18 Skywalker18 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 1:18am) in reply to FlyersGuy

    i always bet the cowboys when they wear their blue jerseys the next sunday after a new moon during any leap year. It's a rare accurance, but watch out for it and bet your children's eyes (as one local OT handicapper says) when it comes up.
  17. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 1:44am) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    Hey DW I deal roulette. A top pro roulette dealer can put the ball in a range of 4 numbers in the wheel 80% of the time.. Remember that next time you play and tip accordingly... We like that shit.
  18. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 1:48am) in reply to AFink93

    Hey AFink, I play roulette more than I do poker it seems. A Top Pro dealer can only put the ball into one half side of the wheel. That is still pretty good since you can cover half the numbers with bets and then double your money sometimes. But remember that the ball does not "drop" into a slot or number, it bounces forwards and backwards nearly every single spin of the wheel. Repeat numbers are flukes, NOT a product of a similarly spun ball.

    F betting systems
  19. Cal Cal is offline Co-Founder of PocketFives

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 1:52am) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    I lost every single bet I made today. No more 10 team parlays for me. I'm cutting it down to 7-8 teams next week.
     
  20. AFink93 AFink93 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 2:00am) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    The house obviously knows that shit. We have like 3 different kinds of wheels at the Woods. The old Standard wooden wheel is solid. Ball hardly frickin bounces at all when it hits as long as you dont speed the wheel up too much. We can definatly hit a half most of the time with those unless of course you get the standard hit on of those metal boats on the way down which fucks the shit up totally. The new or newer wheels have the thinnest frets imaginable between the numbers. I dont care how slow the wheel is going the ball will still jump at least 8 numbers after it hits and if you really want to mess with the players you spin the wheel like a hovercraft and the ball will jump like 3 orbits before it lands. I dealt this 3 nights a week for a year straight and yes I agree with you that Repeats are obv a fluke.. And just because I fired 21 straight red numbers doesnt mean Im going to fire a black one next. Each spin is independent. Players gather around like crazy when the message board is filled with all black or all red.. Its frickin crazy...

    AF
  21. Dumb Walrus Dumb Walrus is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 2:12am) in reply to Cal

    10-Team parlay is probably better than a 8 teamer anyways, its only 2 more games and the payout really escalates past 8 games.
  22. BrooDogg BrooDogg is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 2:30am) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    I made one $100 bet this year and lost... In my carreer I am down $100!

    This excludes the pair of Oakley sunglasses I won when the Toronto Blue Jays won back to back World Series way back in the day...

    -$100
    +Sunglasses ($150 value)

    I'm killing it obv.

    No complaints here.
     
  23. Tiltman Tiltman is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 7:35am) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    Anyone who has been doing it for any length of time and says they win in the long run is absolutely lying. I dont care who responds to this thread and says bs or "i really am up". The botom line is that it is a unbeatable system if you play it long enough....
  24. BP8499 BP8499 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 8:53am) in reply to Tiltman

    The botom line is that it is a unbeatable system if you play it long enough...

    cmon the same is said about poker....there is a way to win, betters simply have to win 56% of bets to overcome the rake...why is this immpossible??...i am up longterm and im 100% sure that others are...your statment is completly biased and incorrect..
  25. MadTiger MadTiger is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 9:13am) in reply to BP8499

    He needs to check out the major leagues (forums like TheRx.com and others), where many pros hang out. Let him post the same exact post word for word and watch the reaction. You will instantly become their <online poker is rigged!> poster.

    They have pick tracking posts that they take even more seriously than here. It is VERIFIED. Some long-time posters have a few years verified.

    Now, if a person insists on being a donk and a fish -----> a "square" and a "homer" in their sportsbetting, then so be it. They should be reading the same type of forums and articles to learn the ABCs of sportsbetting just like poker.
  26. ShortStack3 ShortStack3 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 9:59am) in reply to MadTiger

    Tried sportsbetting last NFL season.

    Won my first 3 bets (all on the Colts) and thought I was the greatest sportsbetter of all time.

    Then I bet on like every game the next 2 weeks and ended down $90 overall. Paid off my bookie and havn't made a bet on any sports games since then.
  27. Tiltman Tiltman is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 10:09am) in reply to MadTiger

    you dont really believe that do you????
  28. RebelT RebelT is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 10:34am) in reply to Pumpkin Pie

    I made a lot last year, and I've lost about half of it back this year.
  29. nagle107 nagle107 is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 12:29pm) in reply to RebelT

    I put in 1100 on the mansion thing, took it 2100 when they ran back that INT. was betting 50-100 a game after that and started off really hot. Then ran bad. This weekend missed almost all my nfl picks got back down to $2000. withdrew 1700 and trying to make a run now with $300. Funny thing the only thing that has kept me in some $ lately is I have been hitting every MLB OU.
  30. Randers Randers is offline

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    Oct 16th, 2006 (10/16/2006 12:48pm) in reply to nagle107

    after this weekend i'm down for the year :(
     
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