Gambling Thread

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by bro, Nov 25, 2020.

  1. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    Does anyone have a good strategy for assigning confidence points in a pick em? Through the first two weeks of my pool this year I’m 0-6 on my 10, 11 and 12 point picks. I’m 13-3 on picks between 2-9 points so need to dial in my points
     
  2. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    ATS or SU?
     
  3. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    ATS
     
  4. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    It's going to be hard to get above 55% win rate anyway, so just use your big points to fade public teams that are having spreads go against them after being published
     
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  5. rcragg82

    rcragg82 Well-Known Member
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    I lost 4 live bets. -3.5 right after the injury, and -5 and -6.5 also were placed as I thought for sure Josh Allen could and should beat a Jets offense that couldn't pass the ball. In the second quarter, I also bet U37.5. One of the worst live betting games I've had.
     
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  6. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    Blowing a 10-point lead...incredible
     
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  7. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    guys can we not?
     
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  8. The Hebrew Husker

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    lol the screen shot is one of the Action Network guys.

     
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  9. Baron

    Baron Well-Known Member
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    So I just tried to log into my BetMGM account, hadn't done so in probably 3 or 4 months. Well not it says my account is self-excluded? Seems really strange. I hadn't logged in for a long while and never voluntarily self excluded myself.
     
  10. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
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    Never bet on the nfl...
    Is what I tell myself before losing hundreds on just that
     
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  11. Wendel Clark

    Wendel Clark Gambling God
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    These legalized books are setting precedent that’s awful for the future. Refunding Aaron Rodgers futures for MVP
     
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  12. rcragg82

    rcragg82 Well-Known Member
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    If you bet Rodgers MVP, you deserve to lose your money. If a player enters a game, the bet should be valid. If scratched before it starts, I believe they all refund the bet for single game player props.
     
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  13. Wendel Clark

    Wendel Clark Gambling God
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    100% agree. But they’re all trying to do marketing and refunding and have set an awful precedent and there’s no consistency
     
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  14. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    so what? who is going to hold them to that "precedent?" this isn't legal precedent, this is just them doing something because they want to. and if Justin Jefferson gets hurt tonight, people can ask them to refund the Jefferson tickets. But if they don't want to, there is nothing anyone can do about it.
     
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  15. ohhaithur

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    Circa is having a ball on twitter calling people losers for asking for refunds
     
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  16. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    It started out as fun goodwill promos and now it's expected and toxic. That's all
     
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  17. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    learning that "the books are not your friend" seems like an important lesson for all bettors to know.
     
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  18. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    You know the people complaining are all lifetime losers though
     
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  19. Handcuffed

    Handcuffed TMB OG
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    i don't really care either way but there's a big difference to me between a single game bet (where the "game" barely happened because the injury was so early) and a season-long bet (where injury is sort of part of the calculus). that might not be exactly logical but that's how i think about it in terms of "fairness".
     
  20. dblplay1212

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  21. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    All bets are action. Once you start refunding after a few plays or a few drives or few quarters, you start having gray area so it's better to just have it black and white

    Also a reminder that the Jets won that game so refunding game bets would be even more ridiculous
     
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  22. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    Also, this is a pretty fair trade-off with circa. They let you bet no matter what but the rules are black and white and no promos
     
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  23. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    Had smith over 50 yards with cousins over 23 completions. Hits on the first drive
     
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  24. Bruce Bowen

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    Hockenson first td scorer :cool: only $5 bet but I’ll take it
     
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  25. It'sAlwaysSunnyInAthens

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    Had Memphis in a teaser. That fumble on the one hurts.
     
  26. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    I think he was in too
     
  27. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    Big thanks to Draftkings for hanging Memphis +120 during that review when Navy was certainly short of the yard to gain
     
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  28. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    Woo
     
  29. dblplay1212

    dblplay1212 Well-Known Member
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  30. bro

    bro Hey Hermano
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    I also took a flash prop for them to score on that drive. Fumble made me poop my pants a bit
     
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  31. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    An intentional safety here would be really funny but very unlikely
     
  32. —

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    We really need a sticky about college teasers.
     
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  33. Hatfield

    Hatfield Charlie don’t surf
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    These are my pick’em for this week. Just ATS or O/U, doesn’t matter by how much. Don’t love the Colorado State game, could be talked out of that for sure
     
  34. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    What do we have today boys? I’m ice cold right now but these are my noon leans.

    Indiana +10
    Penn St -14
    K State -3.5
     
  35. Hawks11

    Hawks11 The arsonist has oddly shaped feet
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    I took LSU -9
     
  36. fattmante

    fattmante Well-Known Member
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    FSU-BC o51
    UF +6.5
    GT +20
     
  37. Bruce Bowen

    Bruce Bowen Well-Known Member
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    Need a field/weather report but I’m leaning under. Could be a sloppy game.

    My book has it at 47
     
  38. Hawks11

    Hawks11 The arsonist has oddly shaped feet
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  39. Bruce Bowen

    Bruce Bowen Well-Known Member
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    Took BC +24.5. Always seem to play FSU tough, red bandana game, some weather conditions.
     
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  40. fattmante

    fattmante Well-Known Member
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    Tbh I was over thinking it. Grabbed it early in the week in case the storm went off track (which it sort of did)
     
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  41. Wendel Clark

    Wendel Clark Gambling God
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    Canadians always have weddings in September and it really fucks with me
     
  42. dblplay1212

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    Bc +1250, pure dart throw if Travis is out for FSU. If he's not, lighting money on fire.
     
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  43. dblplay1212

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    Womp womp
     
  44. dblplay1212

    dblplay1212 Well-Known Member
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    I can't bring myself to bet against Bama, just can't do it, but USF +34 looked like gold value to me. This isn't Bama that most are used to.
     
  45. letan

    letan Just looking for the gator board
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    2-1. Finally a couple winners.

    Bama -34
    Wyoming +30
    Florida ML bc fuck it
    Colorado -24 bc I’m gonna ride with prime till he fucks me
     
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  46. HoosDaMan

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    I had one of those DK specials again with a 50 percent boost on a parlay. FSU fucked me. Had LSU and PSU whatever their lines were and UNC -7.
     
  47. DrunKen Stabler

    DrunKen Stabler rolltide
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    Took Bama -16 during the weather delay.
    Don’t feel great about it.
     
  48. Baseballman86

    Baseballman86 Well-Known Member
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    Just like to reiterate how stupid it is that I can bet an unlimited amount on the yardage total of a single player in the 2H of a college football game, yet betting on the spread of an NFL game is illegal.
     
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  49. ohhaithur

    ohhaithur e-Batman
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    what? why?
     
  50. Handcuffed

    Handcuffed TMB OG
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    ;)
     
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