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#76
Quote Originally Posted by Bling:
wut
wut
I know...mind blowing but it works.
$2,700.00 Vegas Bankroll
Posted:
#77
The Labouchère system, also called the cancellation system or split martingale, is a gambling strategy used in roulette. The user of such a strategy decides before playing how much money they want to win, and writes down a list of positive numbers that sum to the predetermined amount. With each bet, the player stakes an amount equal to the sum of the first and last numbers on the list. If only one number remains, that number is the amount of the stake. If bet is successful, the two amounts are removed from the list. If the bet is unsuccessful, the amount lost is appended to the end of the list. This process continues until either the list is completely crossed out, at which point the desired amount of money has been won, or until the player runs out of money to wager.[
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#80
I'd just show up, find a bridge to sleep under, bet 2 or 3 5 dollar 10 team parlays every day, and beg for change outside 7-11 for food money (lot of competition though at 7-11s.) That should last you 250 days or so and take you right through NBA and NHL playoffs if you leave now....assuming none of them hit in which case you might make it 2 football seasons if one or two come in.
If you don't want to sleep under a bridge join plentyoffish and message really ugly fat women and one should happily move you in for free if you are normal and normal looking. You might get tossed out and have to find a new one after a while but thats OK.
80% of the people in the sportsbooks bet 10 dollars a day or less (all strictly placing 5 or more team parlays.)
Right now is the easiest time to get hired by a sportsbook since football is about to start if you want to work that job is readily available if you leave now thats betting related.
Lived in Vegas 83 to 97 he will never make it
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#82
Go for the weekend, keep 500 aside for food and drinks and bet the remaining 2200 on a single bet 3 times in a row. Assuming you average odds are 1.7(I believe that would be a -130ML) you'll get a return of almost 11k. (make sure you break up your bets to avoid the taxes)
If your lucky enough to win all 3 times you have a 10k bankroll. Postpone going home for a few more days and look for one play where you can bet 7k on(again bet smaller tickets to avoid the taxes). Pick a safer play where if you win you make a profit of 3-4k.
Assuming you hit that one you now have enough money for lodging and food for a few months. PLUS a 10k bankroll to get you started. ALL for picking 4 games.
If you lose once, at least you tried and you have a great Vegas story!!!!
GL
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#87
I haven't read all the posts but familiar with this type of attempt. $100K minimum. It's a business and you need to treat it that way. Why do 90% of small businesses fail? Cash flow problems very earl on.
If you haven't already attempted, do the math and figure out how much money you need to survive medium/long term. Then double that amount, find a way to start saving and if you make an attempt gamble and get a job. You can find jobs in Vegas that will still allow you plenty of time to place bets.
I know the dream is to not do the 8-5 grind and live the "great life" of gambling for a living. Try it for a month and see how much more stress it is than working. If you think it is a vacation like going to Vegas for the weekend you are in for a shock in a short time.
To make any money you need to be the best of the best. Not like handicappers on Covers that make money by fooling people they know what they are doing. Like the people you aren't going to see on this site. The top .1% of people who sports gamble and/or play poker.
The math is against you. Doesn't mean it doesn't happen and it doesn't mean you won't learn a lot from the attempt if it fails, but the math is against you.
Good luck!!!
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#88
If you're serious about betting ,PROTECT THE BANKROLL. Never make a bet that busts your bankroll. You're going to walk in the book cold and bet your bankroll 3 times and thats for starters?Thats not bad advice,thats no advice. You want to make a million?Bet 500,000 on Red and cross your fingers.
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#89
i live in vegas,its possible,hang out in local casinos,not the strip,get a 30 day bus pass,get the players cards for some comps,hit the 1 $ beer specials,ellis island great place or the station casinos.but you need to find a SAFE place to stay.some of the weekly rate places are bad bad news dude.you can also get the tail end of breakfest buffet and eat lunch when they change to lunch.eat one big meal per day
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#90
Quote Originally Posted by vegasroy:
i live in vegas,its possible,hang out in local casinos,not the strip,get a 30 day bus pass,get the players cards for some comps,hit the 1 $ beer specials,ellis island great place or the station casinos.but you need to find a SAFE place to stay.some of the weekly rate places are bad bad news dude.you can also get the tail end of breakfest buffet and eat lunch when they change to lunch.eat one big meal per day
i live in vegas,its possible,hang out in local casinos,not the strip,get a 30 day bus pass,get the players cards for some comps,hit the 1 $ beer specials,ellis island great place or the station casinos.but you need to find a SAFE place to stay.some of the weekly rate places are bad bad news dude.you can also get the tail end of breakfest buffet and eat lunch when they change to lunch.eat one big meal per day
While this seems like good advice this post does not give the impression of gambling for a living and enjoying life. This is more like grinding it out and slumming for food and places to stay. This looks like a few bad bets from being the guy on the corner begging me for money when I visit with my family....
Go big or go home. The dream of not working and living in Vegas never ended with catching a breakfast buffet right at the end so you can get a free lunch out of it....
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#91
Quote Originally Posted by Labouchad:
you are pretty much right but alot of the local casinos are fun to hang out at and way cheaper for the same drinks
While this seems like good advice this post does not give the impression of gambling for a living and enjoying life. This is more like grinding it out and slumming for food and places to stay. This looks like a few bad bets from being the guy on the corner begging me for money when I visit with my family....
Go big or go home. The dream of not working and living in Vegas never ended with catching a breakfast buffet right at the end so you can get a free lunch out of it....
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#93
Quote Originally Posted by vegasroy:
i live in vegas,its possible,hang out in local casinos,not the strip,get a 30 day bus pass,get the players cards for some comps,hit the 1 $ beer specials,ellis island great place or the station casinos.but you need to find a SAFE place to stay.some of the weekly rate places are bad bad news dude.you can also get the tail end of breakfest buffet and eat lunch when they change to lunch.eat one big meal per day
i live in vegas,its possible,hang out in local casinos,not the strip,get a 30 day bus pass,get the players cards for some comps,hit the 1 $ beer specials,ellis island great place or the station casinos.but you need to find a SAFE place to stay.some of the weekly rate places are bad bad news dude.you can also get the tail end of breakfest buffet and eat lunch when they change to lunch.eat one big meal per day
this is an awful lifestyle....this sounds like what I would want to do if I was 16 and had a fake Id saying I was 21 and was going to be in vegas for 3 or 4 days.
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#96
Best advice is to stay out of Vegas. I went through about $3000 in 5 days last month and I'm a decent handicapper. $1680 was for 2 plane tix, my wife blew $1200 or so on slots, I won $840 on baseball, hotel was cheap at $180/ nights off strip and we did a ton of stuff, plus food.
Not saying someone couldn't make it but if you got no job, that money will be gone fast. One bad day and you're fishing coins out of wishing wells.
Not saying someone couldn't make it but if you got no job, that money will be gone fast. One bad day and you're fishing coins out of wishing wells.
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#99
Whatever system you follow its up to you..Make sure u get 55% out of it..atleast 52 or 53.5% out of 100 % with your total stakes.. Then you are good to go with it
What kind of advice is that? This guy has a bankroll of 2.7K. If he were to confine himself to only 40 plays a month (which would be impossible for the average player with an itchy trigger finger unleashed in Vegas with a billion opportunities) and he bet $200 + vig a game (a recipe for disaster because he would be risking 17.3 percent of his bankroll on each wager and would be crushed by the first steak of bad luck or poor handicapping he encountered), at your 55% win rate he would be a winner in 22 of the 40 monthly plays and would bottom line be up only $430 a month. Not in real life!
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#100
Quote Originally Posted by URZ262:
That being said...I know of a couple of people who started with 8K and martingaled their way to a livable 50K roll. With 2700 you should go full Kelly and bet exactly half your roll on your best bet, with the other get a room and a bus ticket out of there just in case
Was living in Vegas at the time, sitting on about 4K, and both I and a buddy of mine, who was a much bigger bettor, both liked the Trailblazers at +4 1/2 at Utah the following day. We decided to get up early, and one of us would line up at the Hilton and the other would go to the Stardust, the two paces who put up the opening line at 8:00, to try to get our bet in at our target number (actually the Stardust had a lottery to draw for places in line). I wanted to be in for 600, and he wanted to bet 2100, for a 2700 total. The plan was for,whoever could get +4 1/2, which could have been one of us, or both, or neither, (we couldn't be in contact as they didn't allow cell phones in the booksbook) would play for 1800. So if we both found the number, we would have 33% over what we wanted, and if just one got the number, we would be 33% under, but the important thing was that we had two shots at opening numbers.
That being said...I know of a couple of people who started with 8K and martingaled their way to a livable 50K roll. With 2700 you should go full Kelly and bet exactly half your roll on your best bet, with the other get a room and a bus ticket out of there just in case
Anyway, both houses had the game at 4 1/2, but somehow we got screwed up and ended up with 2000 over instead of 900. Now this guy could be a bit of a prick, and he insisted that we should split the overage, although logically it should have been proportioned out. Well, I got aggravated trying to argue with him, and I must have been feeling the game a bit and I said, screw it I'll take the whole two dimes.
I tabbed that bet as my "suitcase bet," if it went down I was packing my suitcase. But, the suitcase stayed in the closet, as the Blazers took the lead in the third quarter, and never looked back.
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