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post 1655512153 02-02-2022, 11:00 PM
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Online Sports Betting

This just became legal in my state, there's a bunch of ads like "New users bet 1st 1k risk free!"

Gambling is not one of my many and varied vices. I'm thinking of creating the accounts and doing these free one time bets then just closing the accounts.

Again - I'm not a gambler but this seems like some easy money.

thoughts?
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post 1655512183 02-02-2022, 11:00 PM
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dont get hooked
post 1655512203 02-02-2022, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
dont get hooked
Not my thing. Beer, Teds and Iron is my thing.
Don't put that on me Ricky Bobby, don't you ever put that on me.
post 1655512253 02-02-2022, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Bando⏩
Not my thing. Beer, Teds and Iron is my thing.
dont install the app u will just start to put 10 bucks here 15 here and then it snowballs not worth it imo. I deleted the app and only sports bet when Im motivated enough to drive to ac to make a in person bet
post 1655512323 02-02-2022, 11:07 PM
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lmao you can't open multiple accounts on one site you'll get banned and won't get paid the bets even if you win. also sports betting has been legal across the nation for around 2 years.
post 1655512363 02-02-2022, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted By 8pieces⏩
lmao you can't open multiple accounts on one site you'll get banned and won't get paid the bets even if you win. also sports betting has been legal across the nation for around 2 years.
not in every state
post 1655512383 02-02-2022, 11:08 PM
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beer teds and iron use to be my thing, then for like 5 years i did gambling, and it was for no point in the end... you go up, you go down.. i wouldnt even make an account bruh
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post 1655512433 02-02-2022, 11:09 PM
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What havoc said. I’m hooked now and it’s mentally so draining. Up and downs that cause wild mood swings. I bet way more than I should. If you have supreme self-control, then maybe you can try. There are rollover requirements for the bonuses so you have to bet like 5x the bonus amount or something before you can cash out.
post 1655512503 02-02-2022, 11:12 PM
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I enjoy it. I follow basketball pretty closely and have managed to make a profit so far in the season, but it's still barely anything. I have days where I pick every game right and days where I pick every single game wrong. Just having fun with it though.
post 1655512513 02-02-2022, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
not in every state
regulated books aren't but you are fully legally allowed to bet on offshore sites via supreme court ruling. you'll just pay more taxes on regulated books.
post 1655512573 02-02-2022, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted By havoc00⏩
dont install the app u will just start to put 10 bucks here 15 here and then it snowballs not worth it imo. I deleted the app and only sports bet when Im motivated enough to drive to ac to make a in person bet
It's really not my thing. I won $25 in quarters in a slot machine and walked out. I won $36 on blackjack and walked out. Those were the 2 times I gamboled in my life.

I'm just asking that since these first bets are free and there's like 6 of them, should I go all in and do the free 1st bets? It looks maybe 2 grand easy with them betting I'll get addicted to gambling.
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post 1655512673 02-02-2022, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted By BrooksKoepka⏩
I’m hooked now and it’s mentally so draining. Up and downs that cause wild mood swings. I bet way more than I should
DUDE WTF, you ok man?
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post 1655513103 02-02-2022, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted By Bando⏩
DUDE WTF, you ok man?
Yeah I’m doing fine. Kind of wish I never started though. I’m about breakeven in my lifetime but I derive little joy from betting less than $500 a bet nowadays. I bet on average $5000 a day, most of them being live bets. I constantly track scores and stream the end of games and it’s eating into all aspects of my life. I can weather the financial aspect even on big losing streaks, but it hurts my ego when I lose and I can’t fully be present in anything I do when a bet is going on. I used to think I was cool for doing this but I realized I don’t have much control anymore and I’m a slave to this game.
post 1655513953 02-03-2022, 12:15 AM
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Just bet with Bookmaker. Them and Pinnacle are the 2 long standing shops since the 90s that have seen all the others come and go. They've never cheated anybody that I know of. If either ever did, or somehow folded up I would be shocked. The Greek got busted for going back and forth from Jamaica to NH. Otherwise there would be 3 mega offshore books to gamble with.
post 1655514203 02-03-2022, 12:22 AM
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Here's an advise I can give to someone who has never gambled before...don't
Originally Posted By BrooksKoepka⏩
Yeah I’m doing fine. Kind of wish I never started though. I’m about breakeven in my lifetime but I derive little joy from betting less than $500 a bet nowadays. I bet on average $5000 a day, most of them being live bets. I constantly track scores and stream the end of games and it’s eating into all aspects of my life. I can weather the financial aspect even on big losing streaks, but it hurts my ego when I lose and I can’t fully be present in anything I do when a bet is going on. I used to think I was cool for doing this but I realized I don’t have much control anymore and I’m a slave to this game.
Yeah same...lost over 50k last year
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post 1655514613 02-03-2022, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted By BrooksKoepka⏩
Yeah I’m doing fine. Kind of wish I never started though. I’m about breakeven in my lifetime but I derive little joy from betting less than $500 a bet nowadays. I bet on average $5000 a day, most of them being live bets. I constantly track scores and stream the end of games and it’s eating into all aspects of my life. I can weather the financial aspect even on big losing streaks, but it hurts my ego when I lose and I can’t fully be present in anything I do when a bet is going on. I used to think I was cool for doing this but I realized I don’t have much control anymore and I’m a slave to this game.
No... No you don't..


Keopka, there was a short period of time at the start of your tenure on the forum where you looked like you could be a quality poster.


Now you are looked upon as a donkey. In the same group as the mentally ill.

You don't bet 5K / Day.

You do:

Spam the same threads on this forum hourly.

Make threads about those threads begging for bumps.

Threads also regarding your mental illness.


Anyways, Op - you seem like you should be alright with the gambling, The problem you are going to find you run into, Is the stipulations behind the offer the sports book is promoting.
post 1655514703 02-03-2022, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted By CockHorse⏩
No... No you don't..


Keopka, there was a short period of time at the start of your tenure on the forum where you looked like you could be a quality poster.


Now you are looked upon as a donkey. In the same group as the mentally ill.

You don't bet 5K / Day.

You do:

Spam the same threads on this forum hourly.

Make threads about those threads begging for bumps.

Threads also regarding your mental illness.


Anyways, Op - you seem like you should be alright with the gambling, The problem you are going to find you run into, Is the stipulations behind the offer the sports book is promoting.
Bruh I have posted proof on numerous occasions. Ask someone like metrobrah to confirm.
post 1655515483 02-03-2022, 01:18 AM
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i started by joining online casinos and just doing the free daily spins, i was signed up to about 8 different sites and usually id win a couple $$ on atleast 1 of them for free.

then id start to just put a little money on & play,before you know it i was hooked for 2 years of hell. every bit of money i had i spent gambling. the free bets are how they hook you, id say to forget about it and never start. gambling addiction is horrible and you dont realise youre an addict untill its too late.
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post 1655515493 02-03-2022, 01:19 AM
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Always chase your losses, they can't run forever
post 1655515523 02-03-2022, 01:22 AM
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But if you have to do a 1k bet, do your research first. Sometimes even the worst team can beat the best team.
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post 1655515853 02-03-2022, 01:45 AM
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Only now? Wasn't USA a free country?
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Originally Posted By GODself⏩
Only now? Wasn't USA a free country?
Except for gambling. If you win anything above 1.2k, uncle sam takes at least 400 dollars off that
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post 1655516363 02-03-2022, 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted By Fang2⏩
Except for gambling. If you win anything above 1.2k, uncle sam takes at least 400 dollars off that
Gambling on sports in America seems absolutely retarded and taxes make the odds so heavily not in your favour that only a fool would gamble.

In Australia, all gambling wins are tax free, regardless of the size.

So In America, if two teams were playing with a 50/50 outcome and both teams 2/1 odds (not including houses stake), you would either lose your money, or make only 1.6 times your stake for a 50/50 outcome. Just lol, why bother.
post 1655516543 02-03-2022, 02:18 AM
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I did it for fun years ago, just bet between $1 and $5 every sunday on ufc parlays for lulz and to make it more exciting. I did extra large parlays only so like 8-11 fights so the wins would have been up to tens of thousands just from betting $1. Never won anything but the excitement was there and it was better than spending $20 on beers.
Gambling sucks for addictive personalities though so be careful.
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