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Gambling Thread

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Songbird, Oct 18, 2013.

  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    For 75+ you have the built-in advantage of the amateurs and older past champions (sorry, Larry Mize).
     
  2. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Excellent work on the 52.5. Frickin punter was the primary factor in the over.

    On the bright side, one of the apps offered the Colts +41 to Indiana bettors, $25 max. Just never know when the free money train will pull in from these bookies.
     
  3. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    That was a real surprise for me to get the middle there. I thought the Titans would get a garbage score at the end.
     
  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    This might be a dumb question, but bets on any postponed college football games are refunded and/or treated like a push, right?
    I had Coastal Carolina in a three-teamer Saturday, and God only knows what other games might be canceled before kickoff.
     
  5. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Not a dumb question, it's the question of the year. Every place is different. Some books keep bets on if a game is played at its scheduled venue within a week of its original date. Other books are more quick to refund. All of them should probably do a better job of posting their rules more prominently, especially on apps.
     
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  6. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    For a parlay, if a game is cancelled, perhaps the parlay then drops to a 2-teamer with the remaining games? In some cases, that game is treated as a "push" and the rest of the parlay *should* stand.
     
  7. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    What is the point where the odds and spread are good enough to take an underdog and flip them to a favorite?
    Figured Miami, a 1.5-point underdog, would beat a mediocre Virginia Tech team fairly easily, so I took Miami -5.5 at +163 odds. Watching this game, I'm now thinking I overreached by a pretty good bit. Even if Miami pulls this out, I don't know that the odds were worth flipping the line that much.
     
  8. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    So I had Rahm $50 at +950 before the tournament. He goes on the surge yesterday to get to one stroke back when the horn blows.

    My book offers me $122 to cash out. $72 profit.

    His surge didn’t get him into first place. Close but not first. Didn’t think he could duplicate that over playing 25 holes on Saturday.

    Cashed out. Took the profit. Whew.
     
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  9. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    It really depends on your level of confidence in your side. Keep this in mind — any lines that aren’t the standard -110 side or total won’t be priced with the bettor in mind.
     
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  10. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    My local casino's sports book has the kiosks now, which I like because you can sit there and pick through all of the alternate lines and odds. I've been playing around with them the past couple of weeks to try and goose the odds a little on certain bets and parlays. Like maybe a half-point or point either way to go from -110 to +100 or something like that.
    I tried it with the Miami game today but ended up screwing myself over. Had it on a three-teamer with Indiana -8 and Coastal Carolina -11.5. Should have just taken the Miami money line or taken the gift of them getting points. IIRC, though, the money line might have only been something like -102 for whatever reason and it didn't feel right on the risk/reward scale.
     
  11. Webster

    Webster Well-Known Member

    Hit my 7-leg Nations League parlay today (also a 3-leg subset) at +2473. Extra time winner on the 7th leg. I feel like Jim Craig in Lake Placid.
     
  12. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Did you hit the Kosovo game for the last leg? That got me an unexpected over.

    I’ve done very well on Nations games. Please... tell the class the legs.

    Also, thank you to Alex Smith for 390 yards. More than Bryson’s 380 yards this week. So +300 for me from DK. Smith couldn’t throw for that much when he had two legs. That’s what... 44 checkdowns?
     
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