Betting thread

What do you bet on? I'm struggling to find things to bet on that actually turn into decent money without having to lay out quite a bit of cash up front.

 

NBA (handicap lines) and tennis. Stay away from tennis until you have some $ accumulated. NBA handicap lines return $1.90 so definitely the best way to build your balance up to $100 odd and then splash out a bit on tennis matches in which I most often make in play bets for best value. I do make some NBA in play bets too when I get the chance to watch them (not often with work). I take the attitude that nothing staked is nothing gained. Starting with $20 means if you lose money on a big bet, you've only lost a lil bit of $$ and profit. Just use your head is the main thing. Working your way up is more fun imo, depositing $1000 would scare the shit out of me.

Just put a sneaky bet on a tennis match I.e $300 and nearly had a heart attack. Returned $523 and I just withdrew $500 fearing my luck is sure to run out.

 

I've won some smaller amounts on Tennis before, problem is I don't have that great an in depth knowledge of it. So often just go off purely stats.

Always end up losing built up cash on football/soccer bets. But trying to find something decent to bet on that there is a reasonable amount of games for, which unfortunately international cricket doesn't offer.

 

For any non believers....

 

Yeah I learned soccer to be poor to bet on. Draws and upsets are just too common and my limited knowledge didn't help.

Tennis takes a lot of nerve and backing your bets. I bet $100 @ $2.05 on a player to win the set when before the match had started they were paying $1.50. Basically neither player had broken, it was getting towards the end of the set (4-4) and said player was down 15-40. Backed myself and he clawed back, won the game and won the set. Best odds are in game.

 

Uhh have you read any of my posts? I don't think starting with small balances ($20) and working my way up to large sums of money and then withdrawing is problem gambling, gambling yes, problem no. When people treat it anything more than fun and start splashing money they can't avoid to lose around, then yes they need help.

I've had an account for about a year now and am happy to say I've turned a reasonable profit (for a student anyway).

 

Gambling is all good so long as you have control. Like I said I don't know how people can put shitloads of money in and not be scared shitless. Like the $523 I've won. I don't look at that and go man I should just keep going to thousands. I see that as "I've just won $500 and I want my money now"

I am gonna be an accoun afterall.....

 

Surely you are Jake. I mean you're such a badass and all.

 

Will post proof when I get home

 

Yeah this. The losses are minimal yet the gains are good.

I couldn't do it as a day job like Cribb though. Nothing more than a bit of fun and some extra cash to spoil myself or save.

 

Can only go back as far as 6 months and last night's heroics aren't included for some reason...



$689.16 profit + $460.60 from last night/ today =$1149.76 profit in the last 6 months.

Notably the first 6 months of the year from memory I only just broke even by like a small amount. Even so.

 

Will do. May as well start a thread to keep it seperate.

Today I had the Bucks -7 @ $1.95 and Houston -6 @ $1.90

Both of which won.