Percentage of sports bettors who win - Page 2

Henry17 · #11 10-09-2007, 06:04 AM

Are the 5 bets a week strictly NFL or is that NCAA and NFL?

How many weeks does the brother bet Sunday and Monday night games?

rush66 · #12 10-09-2007, 06:41 AM

does brother read this forum?

MCS · #13 10-09-2007, 08:15 AM

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Wow, some brother you are.

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OP is doing his brother a favor in the first place. Also, if the OP doesn't cheat, then from his brother's perspective it's exactly the same financially.

Henry17 · #14 10-09-2007, 09:03 AM

Financially yes but for what is realistically at best a $1500 gain over the whole season (assuming his brother hit at 45%) it is hardly worth the animosity this would cause the relationship.

insanity31 · #15 10-09-2007, 10:08 AM

I'm kind of in the same position with my cousin, only he doesn't want to deposit anymore online. He bets only $25-$50 a game usually, sometimes more, and wanted me to place his action on a specific site that he used to gamble at.

As for booking the action yourself, I doubt you'll lose money. I asked my cousin if he was OK with me not placing some of his bets, and he said he didn't care. I just give him the line at the time he wants to bet it and decide whether I want to place it or book it. The relationship hasn't changed since we both trust each other.

I even try to give him some games that I like and tell him some bets I would never make, but he doesn't listen much. Oh well... what can ya do.

CrushinFelt · #16 10-09-2007, 02:14 PM

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I'm wondering if i'd be better off simply not placing his bets and taking the action myself

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this is a no brainer, I know someone who did this for his friends

VegasRunner · #17 10-09-2007, 04:52 PM

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Does your brother read this forum?

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I don't think so. If so, I'd probably have gotten a phone call already.

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Wow, some brother you are.

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OP is doing his brother a favor in the first place. Also, if the OP doesn't cheat, then from his brother's perspective it's exactly the same financially.

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This is exactly my point. It's not like I'm scamming him, so I don't really see any harm being done. If he were to find out and become angry:

1) He's not the type who wouldn't get over it. He's a year older than me so we have been arguing nonstop since we were kids. Arguments are no real big deal--that's what brothers do.

2) His anger would be unjustifed. I'm giving him the line that Caesar's Palace offers everytime. So if he were mad, I'd question why he's so intent on his vig going to Caesar's Palace rather than me. Is that a little selfish on his part?

domer2 · #18 10-09-2007, 05:08 PM

Sorry to be the morality police since most people here just care about grinding out a few dollars, but the implicit assumption behind question number 2 is that he is a losing bettor, in which case you are doing nothing more than enabling your brother's betting habit through illegal across-state-borders bookmaking.

Go for it man...I'm sure you will become fabulously wealthy with this plan.

dippydoo · #19 10-09-2007, 05:09 PM

Sure, you should come out ahead by booking the action yourself. It will be easier for you, since you won't have to make the trip to the sportsbook. Plus, there's no way your brother will find out, unless, of course, he asks for losing tickets to use to offset wins for tax purposes.

On the other hand, you do give up a chance to get some comps for his action. Don't get me wrong, I doubt $500 a week will get you anything, especially from a book like Caesars. However, if you always bet on the same day/time each week, you'd get the chance to talk up a suit. Once he gets to know you, you may be able to talk him into a few discrectionary food comps.

Those comps aren't worth much, but his action to you wouldn't be worth all that much either.

Assume his total action a season is $10,000. That means a 3% vig is worth $300 to you over the season.

thelyingthief · #20 10-09-2007, 05:54 PM

so, you're soaking your brother for 1500, instead of the books soaking him for 1500.

let me see. YOUR BROTHER. ask YOUR BROTHER if he would accept this situation. why the hell are you asking a bunch of guys (most of whom, it would appear by their answers, are in sad need of a little thing called "honor"), who wouldn't know you from adam, if it's kosher to soak YOUR BROTHER?

because you want to find your ethics in other people's mouths?

very american. maybe you should move to las vegas, there's lots of emotional and ethical tramps there that would welcome you with open arms--wait, you're already IN las vegas, that explains it.

tlt.