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I'm hoping to find a reliable book (hopefully with a decent bonus) that will treat me well.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by paulstanley:

I'm hoping to find a reliable book (hopefully with a decent bonus) that will treat me well.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.
the greek is pretty good nice sign-up bonus
 
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BETUS.COM ( $5 MINIMUM WAGER)
 
OR
 
5DIMES.COM ( $1 MINIMUM WAGER)
 
BOTH HAVE GOOD BONUSES, IF YOU SHOULD USE EITHER ONE YOU COULD USE ME AS A REFFERAL, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT
 
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thegreek.com has 21% bonus...
 
 
think of me when you sign up
 
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isn't there a book titled "Sports Betting for Dummies"?

it's probably only $19.95 though bro
 
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$150 you say.......Your best bet is just to keep it in your pocket
 
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If you've  only got 150 dollars to play with you shouldn't be betting on sports at all........For real bro......
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

$150 you say.......Your best bet is just to keep it in your pocket

I don't think he said it was his last $150....

 
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Bet jamaica is the only one i use payouts are in a day
 
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Quote Originally Posted by CincyWillie:

I don't think he said it was his last $150....

yeah, but 150 can't even really get you going

 
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That's not true. $150 is plenty to get you going. I started out with $150 4 years ago and have been playing ever since. Just start out smal bets $5, $10. Don't chase and don't bet anything more than that. Start out with small goals like trying to build it up to $200. Then once you get it to around $250 take a couple shots at $20. You win a couple of those next thing you know you just doubled your bankroll and are sitting at $300. Keep it around $20, $25 bets until you get up to $500 then take a shot with a $50 bet. If you lose back it down to $20 again. If you get over $500 and get on a little streak with $50 bets next thing you know you are sitting at $700 or $800. Now you can back it down to $20 again cause you dont want to blow what you have earned. Make it your goal now to get to a grand. Then take a couple more shots with $50 bets. Once you are over a grand you can go steady $50 plays and maybe take a $100 shot. This whole process might take months to do but if in 3 months you have over a thousand dollar bankroll that will be pretty nice to play with and be in time for March Madness. Try to double that by the end of the summer with baseball and you could have a $2000 bankroll in time for football next Fall.
 
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$150 you say.......Your best bet is just to keep it in your pocket
 
 
 
Agree 100%.Or start playing Poker.$5 sit and go's build up your bankroll that way. Poker Stars you can deposit directy with your checking account again.
 
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That is a serious travel Gee3. I think I counted about 6 steps. Who is that?
 
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Thanks, guys.....I think I'll go Greek.  Legwand, I will try to follow your method.

I'd love to deposit more than $150, but it's all going to presents!
 
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The key is still small short term goals and patience. Just remember a couple $50 bets lost you just wiped out almost your entire account. Try to build it up to $200 with $5 and $10 bets. Then try to get to $250 then $300. Then $500. It might take a while but at the same time you are having fun betting and actually winning a little money. It is not unrealistic to think you could have 2 grand by next fall.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

$150 you say.......Your best bet is just to keep it in your pocket

 
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That is a serious travel Gee3. I think I counted about 6 steps. Who is that?
 
 
 
Steve Francis on the Magic.
 
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the game was way out of hand and actually Rasheed trailing behind the play calls a travel.He ends up getting a technical.
 
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There's a saying in poker..... a chip and a chair. No different with sports betting. 
 
$10, $50, $150.... doesn't matter..... all you need is enough to place a bet. I and many others have turned as little as $10-$50 in to thousands. So anything's possible.
 
I recently received a promo from oddsmaker.com for 100% match bonus.... but they are rated D- so I don't quite trust them to pay. So your best bets are Betjm.com and Bodoglife.com.
 
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Gee3:

the game was way out of hand and actually Rasheed trailing behind the play calls a travel.He ends up getting a technical.


Wow thats funny! lol. Typical NBA for you though.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

$150 you say.......Your best bet is just to keep it in your pocket

 

Disagree with that statement completely.   $150 to somebody might mean the same as $15,000 to another person.   It's all relative in gambling.    He will get the same thrill out of trying to build that $150 up as somebody who can afford to gamble more.

And besides it's not how much you bet , it's how much you win.

I used to hang out at horse tracks alot and the regulars would always make fun of the $2 bettors or $5 bettors.   I used to tell them,   "who's better off, that grandma over there that bet $2 dollars to show on a horse and won 10 cents, or your sorry azz that bet $500 on the same race and won nothing?"

The guys with the big mouths that brag about how much they bet are probably the ones losing their houses.    

 
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I'm not making fun of anyone.  Just telling it like it is.......It sounds great saying just bet $5 and build the bankroll.  But we all know it's not going to work out like that.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

I'm not making fun of anyone.  Just telling it like it is.......It sounds great saying just bet $5 and build the bankroll.  But we all know it's not going to work out like that.

 

You missing the point.   How many people that gamble are actually making money anyway?    Maybe 1 percent?    Doesn't matter if somebody has $20,000 to bet or $20 bucks.    Both guys are going to end up at ZERO.     And the guy betting $20 bucks can have just as much fun because as I said above it's all relative.   That $20 bucks means just as much to him as $500 means to the other guy.

I mean let's keep it real.    Almost everybody is losing.   It's a question of how much you want to lose.

 
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I'm not missing the point at all. I'm trying to get someone to spend that extra $150 on something nice....well as nice as $150 can get you, instead of giving it to a book.
 
I've mapped out how everyone can never go broke gambling.  I just hope some people listen.
 
Maybe he and mainly you should drink from the Grail.
 
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

I'm not missing the point at all. I'm trying to get someone to spend that extra $150 on something nice....well as nice as $150 can get you, instead of giving it to a book.
 
I've mapped out how everyone can never go broke gambling.  I just hope some people listen.
 
Maybe he and mainly you should drink from the Grail.
 

 

And how much has your bankroll increased since 1996?    In 12 years how much money have you made gambling?

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