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Hey smacksmiter, you've been gambling for at least 10 years and you still buy points in basketball? You need a new hobby LMAO. 

 
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Got a few games tonight I like. Purdue had no business covering I guess... I mean unless they made a simple free throw then they covered.... After the spurs loss this one was bad. I'm +$1200 since my pathetic kings 5.5K debacle and only reason I'm not up 3.3K or more is my horrid luck
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Laroja:

Hey smacksmiter, you've been gambling for at least 10 years and you still buy points in basketball? You need a new hobby LMAO. 


What's more funny is he bought it from 6 to 5 and pushed, when all he had to do was bet it when it was 4.5 and a winner.


 
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Quote Originally Posted by rangerz2478:


Your initial instinct of staying away was correct. Buying a basketball point for -130 is absolutely absurd on every level. 

Sure, it helped in this case but it is a losing proposition long term. An absolute, incredible losing proposition. 



Hey smacksmiter, you've been gambling for at least 10 years and you still buy points in basketball? You need a new hobby LMAO. 

*Sigh*...

Is there no small piece of sh!t that you turd sharks will not stop to shove in your mouths and chew on with great glee and gusto?

It's a tool...like any other.  If overused, you betcha, it is a bad idea.  I have done that a total of 3 times this entire basketball season.

But just like any other tool I might use once or twice a year...when you need it, its a good thing its in your tool bag.

So go ahead and chew on your golden little turd prize that you found lying on the ground after the doggie dropped it.

I'm sure its tastee delicious.

Your fave treat.

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Wait, how did CG lose?  I haven't been through the whole thread but I thought he was on Purdue, I checked the Covers scoreboard and it said they covered by a half point...?
 
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Point is my plays since the kings loss Monday have been rock solid. Up 1.2K with one HISTORIC moose and another moose today. I mean not only missed ft but psu down six and newbill drives for layup? Why? To cover?? I mean ur down six if ur trying to win game u chuck a three and then foul and hope they miss both, then shoot another three to tie the game, am I not right?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by smacksmiter:


Hey smacksmiter, you've been gambling for at least 10 years and you still buy points in basketball? You need a new hobby LMAO. 

*Sigh*...

Is there no small piece of sh!t that you turd sharks will not stop to shove in your mouths and chew on with great glee and gusto?

It's a tool...like any other.  If overused, you betcha, it is a bad idea.  I have done that a total of 3 times this entire basketball season.

But just like any other tool I might use once or twice a year...when you need it, its a good thing its in your tool bag.

So go ahead and chew on your golden little turd prize that you found lying on the ground after the doggie dropped it.

I'm sure its tastee delicious.

Your fave treat.


The fact that you have defended yourself after buying a full point in basketball is beyond hilarious. If it was football and you were trying to hit the key number I would understand, but basketball? The bookies must love you. 

 
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Bet Purdue this am at the best line in town -5.5. I'm not a mind reader unfortuently.. I though blowout and was THRILLED to get it at -5.5 bc I though would go to -6 or -6.5 and it goes to -4.5 WOW
 
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Quote Originally Posted by collegegambler:

Got a few games tonight I like. Purdue had no business covering I guess... I mean unless they made a simple free throw then they covered.... After the spurs loss this one was bad. I'm +$1200 since my pathetic kings 5.5K debacle and only reason I'm not up 3.3K or more is my horrid luck

A simple free throw,  everyone shoots 100%?  Purdue has  1 guy over 74% and as a team shoot 68%.  They shot 73% today.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by collegegambler:

Bet Purdue this am at the best line in town -5.5. I'm not a mind reader unfortuently.. I though blowout and was THRILLED to get it at -5.5 bc I though would go to -6 or -6.5 and it goes to -4.5 WOW

Brutal.    Let's hope the gambling gods give you a make-up call at some point.
 
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I'm cursed it was shown by the spurs then this today
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Laroja:


The fact that you have defended yourself after buying a full point in basketball is beyond hilarious. If it was football and you were trying to hit the key number I would understand, but basketball? The bookies must love you. 


Yeah, they loved me all 3 times I did it this year and I am sure they will love paying me as the winner all 3 times as well.

Almost as much as you love the little turd you are chewing on right now.  Just keep chewing as long as you need to bro...I am sure you can get the consistency just right for you to swallow it whole soon.

10 years gambling eh?  I have been gambling for longer than you have been breathing farts on this planet little guy.  Glad you have made your mind up about this tool...every time you have thought to yourself...

"Self, this game might go down to the very last shot and be very close to the spread...I might want to buy and get to a number that I like.  Naw, F that.  That just wrong and I will look stupid.  It's against all the rules of the gambling gods.  But my gut says, do it....nope, nope, nope.  Not listening to that burrito."

And then you go ahead and lose the game by a point or miss a push.  

Keep chewing on that turd boy.  And never, I MEAN NEVER, listen to your gut.  It's the way all good gamblers win forever and ever and ever.

The end.

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Tsw- how bout last night? Lose spurs ML +105 $1000/$1050 up 3 and Leonard misses NOT ONE but TWO ft's and then This today... Don't make it seem like I'm not unlucky bc u just look foolish
 
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First you have the relatives show up and now this curse.  You're about do for a break.  
 
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Quote Originally Posted by smacksmiter:



"Self, this game might go down to the very last shot and be very close to the spread...I might want to buy and get to a number that I like.  Naw, F that.  That just wrong and I will look stupid.  It's against all the rules of the gambling gods.  But my gut says, do it....nope, nope, nope.  Not listening to that burrito."

And then you go ahead and lose the game by a point or miss a push.  



At the risk of having you talk about me eating turds.....why in the world are you betting a game you think is going to come down to the final possession? That is the exact game you want to avoid. There are 45 other college games to play today. There must be others that you think will not come down to the final possession.
 
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Me and my cousin having a blast about to happy hour but first lock in another winner but then a phantom loss I'm sure To ensure I vig out again
 
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CG..Nothing to do with Luck Buddy..It's Variance..So if Purdue makes that last FT..what if Penn State made a meaningless shot to end the game.  You would be saying it is bad luck etc..
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Cg
havent been around much kid
keep ur head up
play Kings -4
over 206 kings/philly
i know the 76ers very well
with canaan and ish smith at PG they play fast. Kings like to run as well and Cousins and Rudy happy should feast. Kings are a bad team but not close to philly level bad. George karl would love to win back to back games to show this team is heading in the right direction
 
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Tall boys?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by smacksmiter:


Yeah, they loved me all 3 times I did it this year and I am sure they will love paying me as the winner all 3 times as well.

Almost as much as you love the little turd you are chewing on right now.  Just keep chewing as long as you need to bro...I am sure you can get the consistency just right for you to swallow it whole soon.

10 years gambling eh?  I have been gambling for longer than you have been breathing farts on this planet little guy.  Glad you have made your mind up about this tool...every time you have thought to yourself...

"Self, this game might go down to the very last shot and be very close to the spread...I might want to buy and get to a number that I like.  Naw, F that.  That just wrong and I will look stupid.  It's against all the rules of the gambling gods.  But my gut says, do it....nope, nope, nope.  Not listening to that burrito."

And then you go ahead and lose the game by a point or miss a push.  

Keep chewing on that turd boy.  And never, I MEAN NEVER, listen to your gut.  It's the way all good gamblers win forever and ever and ever.

The end.


If your gut told you that game was going to come down to a single point, and you still bet it, what is wrong with you? Not to mention betting it at a higher price??

Hey, it's your money and you can buy all the points the you want, anytime you want to.  But please stop trying to justify it as a good move, because it's not.......regardless of what your 3 game sample size says.


 
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Quote Originally Posted by collegegambler:

Tsw- how bout last night? Lose spurs ML +105 $1000/$1050 up 3 and Leonard misses NOT ONE but TWO ft's and then This today... Don't make it seem like I'm not unlucky bc u just look foolish

CG, you have been in this stretch. But you were crazy fortunate on some of your early plays. So I'd say so far it has balanced out. 

To say you have been unlucky overall from the beginning of this thread would be wrong IMO. Your luck has been balanced. 
 
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move on keep capping it's the run of college hoops in the tourney every year it's the same
 
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Quote Originally Posted by collegegambler:

Point is my plays since the kings loss Monday have been rock solid. Up 1.2K with one HISTORIC moose and another moose today. I mean not only missed ft but psu down six and newbill drives for layup? Why? To cover?? I mean ur down six if ur trying to win game u chuck a three and then foul and hope they miss both, then shoot another three to tie the game, am I not right?


Theres something you just have learned to grasp yet and that is games like this are part of gambling.  Everybody on the planet has this type of stuff happen to them.  Why dont you eep track of the games that you win, that you shouldnt have.

Seems you have an excuse for every loser.  If you are gonna do this for the rest of your life, you better start realizing now these things are always going to happen.  If gambling was easy, we would all be rich from it
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by HutchEmAll:


We're on the same side here.  I'm not saying it's the right thing to do, but that is exactly what he is doing....and that's the price he is paying to live and do business his way.  Considering the fix is a very simple one (just bet on line...even if he's in Vegas), I'm assuming that this piece (actually going to the casino, getting a ticket, and cashing them there) is important to him some way.  If not, why would he still be doing it considering all of the money he has already given away?



I hear ya Hutch. 

Being paid on the spot with cash in hand is fun. But you know what's more fun? Having more cash. 

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