I couldn't disagree more..... The high of a big win is history in a few but the agony of a big loss can stick with you and ruin days and sometimes weeks.
My deceased dad put it best.....If I won 20K my life would not changa a bit, but if I lost 5K I'd be so pissed at myself that I couldn't live with myself. He never gambled but I remember that statement and it still rings true today for myself.... Not that it stops me at all....LOL 
1996, I was 24 years old, I knew the packers were going to destroy the patriots, same way I knew that the 49ers were going to destroy the chargers in 94, Diference was I was more of a man and had big balls and big money in 1996, I bet a lousy 500 bucks at caliente sports book in San diego in 1994 on the 49ers I was not going to make the same mistake in 1996, I pounded Greenbay -13.5 for 22k all over Vegas and 5k in parlays with the over.
Nailed it, Opened up my first pizza joint, 6 years later I had 4 in San DIego, sold them all in 2004 and now own a very successfull sportsbar and restaurant in the Inland Empire, Moreno valley CA to be exact.
I still play but Im married now with a kid, so there is no more wild one shot bets like in my youth.
Im primarily a 500 dollar per game bettor in college and pro football, I play roughly 3 to 7 college games per week and 1 to 3 NFL games per week.
I always promise Ill stick around and post but after week 1 or 2 I just dont find the time, that and most of my plays are totals or 2nd half plays and most people dont like totals.
I was around 4 years old when my grandpa on my mom's side (best grandpa to ever hang out with ever) showed me the lines and totals of NFL games in the paper. From there I would routinely watch the early Saturday morning tout shows during the college/NFL seasons with Kelso Sturgeon, Jim Feist, Wayne Root, and Jack Snow/Al Bernstein as hosts decades ago.Basketball, baseball, and football odds have always been my passions in life along with my idol Michael J. Jordan.
My ultimate fantasy would be to be able to do it as a main source of income like the Alan Boston, Steve Fezzik, or Bill Walters' of the Nevada world but I've never had the bankroll to sustain the roller coaster ride involved in my passion. Let's face it Billy Walters made his money off the Computer Group system for a short period of time and man when you are winning big like that it is all about information as 4Kngur13 alludes to. Whether that information be statistical or news related it does not matter as long as it gives you a slight edge on a particular game against the best in Las Vegas.
I've always believed I can do it because at 25 like anything you learn from the good and bad. But also because I believe I have enough patience and I have no desire to try and be a millionaire to be happy in my life 
I couldn't disagree more..... The high of a big win is history in a few but the agony of a big loss can stick with you and ruin days and sometimes weeks.
My deceased dad put it best.....If I won 20K my life would not changa a bit, but if I lost 5K I'd be so pissed at myself that I couldn't live with myself. He never gambled but I remember that statement and it still rings true today for myself.... Not that it stops me at all....LOL
thats funny that i found this post again and you said that, i decided against the loan.. and got a boring shitty job at a grocery store.. one afternoon i put a boring $40 parlay on 4 baseball games 2 australian football matches and a boxing match.. so a 7 team parlay so to speak.. with antonio tarver (boxing) being the highest odds at $4.00 all the teams hit, it was just up to tarver to win the boxing match .. the same day as the fight i was at work and the boss was being a real asshole, he told me to clean the floors, as i was doing it he told me infront of all the customs to get on my knees and do it..ive never been to sort of person to work a shitty job or clean.. i dunno if you've eve seen scarface, the scene where he quits his shitty job making sanwhiches.. he throws the white cloth and says " i retire".. well thats exactly what i did haha.
i left when home got ready, went to the casino to watch the fight.. i had no job and not much money.. sure enough taver wins in the 9th round and i won 3 grand.
i guess things have a way of working themselves out.
im doing alright now, ive decided to become a writer and see where that takes me.
I was in grade 5 and my catholic school teacher asked me to be in his NHL playoff pool.
His buddies showed up in our portable after school and we did a draft.... I remember picking 4th and grabbing Brian Trottier with my first pick and my sleeper was a rookie named Clark Gillies...
I came in 2nd place and he gave me a fucking trophy with my name on it!
The following year I was running a pool with my school buddies!
and as they say....... the rest is history!
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