Super Bowl 56

[DuMa]

I would hope he’s smart enough to have insurance on everything he does, especially gambling like so.

I'm not too sure which one book would take such a large amount.  Usually they go around to different books and place smaller bets, totaling to a lot. 

Think he plays straight up but here is how someone, the middle man is making the money.  Odds change all the time especially closer to game time.  So he bought early lets say the money line or straight up no spread pays -195.  The books will then find another bookie that gives out -185 odds at kick off and places the same bet with that bookie.  If old man mattress wins, bookie middle wins too so it's either making money or nothing. 

This style is what them local small town bookies are doing.  They know the odds of reno or vegas and they give a bad line to their customers.  Once bets are placed, the guy either calls to vegas/reno or goes there himself and there's a vip line just for guys like himself to pass on the bets to them.  Customer wins, he wins as he takes the differences in the changing odds. 

Do this enough and your vip status will get you a free room and other perks.  The more you collect from your customers, the bigger your paycheck once they wins.   

Lets say the line was rams -3 at the very beginning.  Final line is -4.5.  If rams win by 4 exactly, he middle it and keep all winnings for himself.  That's the best thing that can happen to a bookie.  The bookie's jackpot.   

[ProudLao]

That make sense. I have never bet more than a $100 and 3 teams parlay so this is obviously outside of my understanding.

What’s the highest and biggest wins you have done?

[DuMa]

That make sense. I have never bet more than a $100 and 3 teams parlay so this is obviously outside of my understanding.

What’s the highest and biggest wins you have done?

I was with 5dimes for a bit.  They are offshore and was once illegal in the states but to get my money, they go through their ghost account at a Canadian bank and issue me a check from there. 

My account with them was small.  $1000 - $3000 max they can cash for you.  You can do multi $3k withdrawal to keep things on the down low. 

I used to bet on sports all day, every weekend which controls my life.  I had no life cuz I was glued to my phone and you know they had games all day, every day.  One game done and the next comes up till the last one at 9pm or so my time.  If I want to play more, I had to bet on oversea soccer or something.  Dark over here but light over there.    It was crazy since I could play all kinds of ways, prop bets, live betting and such.  No life I tell ya.  Some weekend I never gotten out of the house.  I was glued to the tube to watches and played them games.  Talking about addiction. 

It got so bad that I gotten the janitor guy involved and the guy racked up a 40k debt with his bookie.  I never carry a debt.  If I had money then I played.  I never play on account like my janitor co worker which is suicide.  It also consumed my life at work.  No work gets done and all I did was watching espn numbers flipping on the screen.  See, when you have an addiction, watching the game is not enough.  You bet on numbers flipping on your phone with scores update.  Thinking back, it is mad crazy.

Most I ever bet on a parlay is with bookie's money.  I was already up a load in my account so $500 on a 3 teamer that pays $3,500 so including my money was a $3k winnings. 

It wasn't even money but digits that I'm playing like play money.  Like a game so of speak. 

Lets back it up where it all first started.  First time playing online gaming in college.  Deposited $100 of real money just to get $100 of credit to play online gaming.  I played carribean stud, a game that I did not know how to play at all.  All I know is that they gave you some cards and you have options to bet or fold.  If you bet, you have to post up double your bet.  If you fold, you lose.  I always hit bet cuz if the dealer hand does not qualfies meaning no Ace or higher card, you automatic win.  So at times, I would get a good hand like a flush but to win big on this hand, the dealer hand needs to qualify.  If he doesn't qualify, the payout is 1-1.  Now if he qualifies and you have a hand like that, payout is something like 200 your bet.  I racked up my account to $1000 in 1 hour of playing but because I don't know how to cash out, never done so before, I kept on playing and you know how it is.  The more you play, the more you lose.  If I have no hand and the dealer has a good hand, I lose more money. 

Fast forward to present day.  Few times I was bored so I played online blackjack.  Max bet is $500 a hand.  I had a good run that one time and got it up to $7k.  I cashed out 2x in 2 weeks so $6k checks coming and with the last $1k, I bet on sports once more.

then 5dimes ceo got murdered.  I had my speculation cuz nothing is good with murder in the gambling industry.  5dimes no longer host the usa market and it is a blessing in disguise.  They made the decision for me so I quit the gaming industry but I only now play when I'm in nevada.  You see, with nevada gaming, a winning ticket, you have 6 months to redeem it.  I can live with that.  Caesar entertainment has a sport app for sport's gambling which is legal here in the Usa but only for a few states right now.  California is not on the list yet.  I'm so glad. 

[ProudLao]

Wow, thanks for sharing. What an addiction! I was a small timer. Only collected money for the dealer and use the money to gamble on a weekly basis.

Asian stores use to run this parlay until they got caught and I quit lol

[ProudLao]

Joe Burrows’ SB debut will come 2 years earlier than any starting QB that was drafted number 1 overall.

Matthew Stafford’s SB debut will come 13 years later than any starting QB that was drafted number 1 overall.

[hmgROCK]

Why no love for them tiger?

[DuMa]

Wow, thanks for sharing. What an addiction! I was a small timer. Only collected money for the dealer and use the money to gamble on a weekly basis.

Asian stores use to run this parlay until they got caught and I quit lol

If you want to go further, I can go as far as the year of them early to mid 80s.  The store was a viet video store that was just a front for their sport betting enterprise back in the narleans day.  It was the store that was way way in the back of a run downed plaza. 

Parlay card with min buy at $5.  With these cards, all tie loses but if you hit 9 out of 10, you get like 30-1 odds.  I think I hit them all one time. $5 all ten teams.  When I went solo to cash in my ticket, the guy looked at me and told me to bring my parents to collect because I was too young at the time to play these gambling stuff.  Think the payout was only $1000 around there but it was a huge amount of money for the early to mid 80's when min wages was what again?  $4.25? 

I think I ended up trashing that winning card because for one, I will surely get a beating if I tell my parents about it.  I mean they'll get the money but I'll get a beating for sure.   

Now in high school, some cambo kid was running them parlay cards.  We would bet just $5 every week for action and we would lose.  However, we won that one time and went collect.  It wasn't much. Just a 3 teamer on a $5 bet that pays something like $35.  The guy said he apologized that he did not put the bet through and payed me my $5 bet.  I see how it is.  So when I bet, he kept the money for himself and when I win, he'll pull that BS fast one on me.  Too bad for me and during that time, my thug cousin was already in jail.  I would of gotten him to roughing up that kid up to get my winnings.  My cousin is still in prison as of today.  I still did not know what he was in for.  I think for murder or something big because it has been at least 25 years now. 

Anyways, sports gambling, if done correctly and for entertainment purposes only, I can see a healthy relationship out of it.  It is when people does it for money and starting to bet big and trying to get their money back is when it becomes toxic and may gets themselves into money trouble.  I only does it because I think I have an edge and the best way for me to win the house money.  Like the beginning of every season to the three major sports in the USA: Football, basketball, baseball, I would sprinkled just $2 on the top bottom teams.  Like in baseball, I took the worst for $2 that might pay out something like $500.  In college football, the bottom teams with odds like 10,000 to 1 but I stopped doing that knowing that it wasn't any given sunday for any bottom teams to win since the committees are the ones who decides who gets to play in the playoffs, basing it upon the ranking of their schedules. 

I still have time to rethink if I should hedge my 12x bet or not.  Bet $600 on cinn and guaranteed $600 payout but by doing so, I wouldn't have action and watching the superbowl without having any kind of wager just doesn't cut it for me. 

[ProudLao]

I know all too well about the Asian store businesses back in them days.

Gambling is truly in your blood. Like you said, you got out and were smart about everything. I know from reading that you are pretty in control. So good luck this week with the SB betting.

I don’t bother with betting on anything anymore these days. I have more enjoyment out of sports this way.

[DuMa]

What I do know so far for this superbowl

cinn cinn is 7-0 against the spread going into this superbowl
When cinn cinn loses in the regular season, they were keeping it close so had that was the superbowl at -4.5, I would of lost

the last 5 superbowls, favorite team is 3-1-1 against the spread

When a team wears white jersey, they tend to win the superbowl.  Rams will be wearing white this coming Sunday. 

Everyone is watching how cinn cinn o line will performs.  Their line sux as joe cool was sacked about 51 times.  9 times against titans but they still won.  Rams d line ranked 3rd as they got 3 guys going hard for the qb.  The game plan is for joe to run north if he feels the pressure.  If you have pass rush coming and you go side to side, you will get sack.  Only option is to go up and throw or just run. 

In the superbowl, favorite tends to cover the spread and win if the spread is 4 or under.  If dogs win, it is because the spread for dogs are +7.  So instead of taking cinn cinn +4.5 at -110, you can take cinn cinn to win straight up at plus odds. 

Think I'll just hold onto my whams at -4.5 @ -110 odds.  No whammies

[ProudLao]

Yes sir, I remember over analyzing everything as well, factoring in historical records, home vs away, indoor vs outdoor, the weather, coaches, stadiums, QBs, etc. In the end I’d go with my guts.

I agree that the spread favors the favorite on this one.

“Super Bowl LVI is setting up to be the most heavily bet game ever with an estimated $7.61 billion potentially on the line, according to survey results released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association (AGA).”

[DuMa]

Yes sir, I remember over analyzing everything as well, factoring in historical records, home vs away, indoor vs outdoor, the weather, coaches, stadiums, QBs, etc. In the end I’d go with my guts.

I agree that the spread favors the favorite on this one.

“Super Bowl LVI is setting up to be the most heavily bet game ever with an estimated $7.61 billion potentially on the line, according to survey results released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association (AGA).”

More are being wagered through the caesar's app.  It is now only allowed in a handful of states.  They should make it all legal so them states can generates them taxing revenues for their own states to fund.  Real vegas style sports gambling.  What we have now are draftking and with those,  you bet on it like playing a game which is why it is legal.  Fantasy stuff.  I'm good with those raffles stuff.

[hmgROCK]

There are crack in that ram passing defense
Slant route inside

[ProudLao]

There’s bigger crack on Bengals’ OL

[ProudLao]

More are being wagered through the caesar's app.  It is now only allowed in a handful of states.  They should make it all legal so them states can generates them taxing revenues for their own states to fund.  Real vegas style sports gambling.  What we have now are draftking and with those,  you bet on it like playing a game which is why it is legal.  Fantasy stuff.  I'm good with those raffles stuff.

I don’t see certain states allowing legal gambling.

[ProudLao]

Why no love for them tiger?

Why no love for Stafford?