*** Official August - October Chatter Thread ***

[Thremp]

Why does everyone here bet sports? Are we all degens or winnars or...?

[dankhank]

i make more playing poker, but sports betting feels about 1/10th as much like work as poker does

[Austiger]

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Why does everyone here bet sports? Are we all degens or winnars or...?

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I think for most people, it is the idea that you can get rich by watching sports ZOMG!!! All you have to do is be a little bit better than 50% at picking games. We may not be that good now (although most of us believe we are) but if we just correct the mistakes we keep making, we'll have it made.

[Indiana]

getting back into sports betting for fun...signed up for an account on bookmaker.com and laying some cash on SF at -3(-125) and Baltimore +3

Wish me luck, i suck at sports plz give me some tips and in turn i'll teach u to pwn at HU poker

Indy

[MyTurn2Raise]

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Why does everyone here bet sports? Are we all degens or winnars or...?

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because I have an unhealthy addiction to watching certain sports. I might as well make some money while doing it.

[iggymcfly]

My main reason for betting sports is recreational. It makes the random morning games between teams that are going to finish 3-9 and 4-8 a lot more entertaining having a couple hundred bucks riding. Being right is fun too. I do well enough to make a little money, but not anywhere near enough for it to be a significant portion of my income.

[kdog]

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Why does everyone here bet sports? Are we all degens or winnars or...?

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Mostly we're degens.



Hey somebody had to be honest. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[NajdorfDefense]

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i make more working, but sports betting feels about 1/100th as much like work as work does even tho it's not

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[metsmaniac823]

Warning: brag below, apologizing in advance...

So in April I bought some future bets on the Diamondbacks to win the NL West. I use WSEX so I bought a few of those Live Bets Long Term Market shares. When I saw Arizona had a fighting chance this past August, I put in some more, and as of now I have 15 shares which in total cost about $450.

With Arizona having a 3.5 game lead now, I have the option for selling these shares for the total prize of $1,020. I can also wait and cash them in for $1,500 if they win their division, or $0 if they don't. Any advice? I know their record according to run differential should be somewhere below .500 which means luck is present in spades here, but with the Padres 20 games in 20 days and the Backs playing basically the same teams as SD, they look like they can hold them off.

[rsigley]

bp has diamondbacks about 70% to win NL West, so yea do what makes sense