yeah that's fair. I guess I was mainly speaking to heavy favorites like -5 or -6 and aboveOriginally Posted by GoMuskies
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Thread: Newbie Gambler Thread
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12-20-2022, 08:52 AM #21Supporting Member
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12-20-2022, 08:55 AM #22Supporting Member
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We're all just talking about how we prefer to lose our money, so different strokes for different folks....but I also like the two team parlay with a regular spread bet and a ML favorite where I'm pretty sure the team will win but not necessarily cover. That makes your line bet into a +something. Of course, it sucks when your ML favorite loses and your spread bet covers! Originally Posted by Xville
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12-20-2022, 09:03 AM #23Supporting Member
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Ha no truer words have ever been spoken on this forum. Originally Posted by GoMuskies
I think I read somewhere that even professional gamblers only end up winning about 55% so the margins on razor thin. They are just betting an insane amount of money so that it ends up where they can live “comfortably”
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12-20-2022, 09:52 PM #24Supporting Member
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Money line faves! I'm the rare Xavier bettor who won tonight.
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12-20-2022, 10:25 PM #25SLU GRAD, XAVIER SUPERFAN
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Nice win. Placed a small parlay wager on the over and X to cover.
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12-20-2022, 10:27 PM #26SLU GRAD, XAVIER SUPERFAN
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Ha, just realized I missed both. Thought I got the over by half a point but it was 143.5. Not that winning one matters.
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01-01-2023, 08:42 AM #27Supporting Member
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Newbie Gambler Thread
The sports books are open in Ohio Let’s see how I do playing with their money on the first day. Got $200 to bet on both Draft Kings and BetMGM.
Any recommendations from the degenerate gamblers?
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01-01-2023, 11:55 AM #28Supporting Member
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Only thing I like and they aren’t strong are Jacksonville -3 and Carolina +3.5. Enjoy losing money like the rest of us :)
Oh and ne-2.5
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01-01-2023, 12:52 PM #29Supporting Member
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Already lost my first bet. I picked Chelsea over Nottingham Forest in the EPL. NFO was at the bottom of the table and somehow managed to pull out a tie. Originally Posted by Xville
I did go with Carolina in one app and TB in the other.
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01-01-2023, 01:35 PM #30Supporting Member
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Hold on, what? Did you do money line or spreads. Seems like your bets will just cancel each other out and you will just be paying the -110 cost. Originally Posted by bjf123
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