Over Under 7.5 Wins

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I'm hoping for the #1 pick

[Razzy]

Ok, as an amateur gambler I feel like I have the e-authority to speak here. Over the past two years I've turned an initial investment of $200 into a gain of a little more than $10,000. I'm very, very close to being able to take my bankroll to Vegas or another gambling town and turn this into a living making an initial $100-$200 a day.

Personally, I don't bet on season win totals. A lot of people like them because they are somewhat a fluid bet, but it completely ties up a portion of your bankroll in limbo. As the season progresses, you get an idea of where the bet will land and you can either hedge (bet against as partial insurance) or pound (add on) the line as the season goes. If you're leaning on the over (which it seems like you are), with the NFL, which is much different than betting NBA/MLB because of the fact that each team only plays 16 games, you could make much more profit if you just bet the moneyline (straight up bet, no spread) and paid the juice (extra money tacked onto a favorite, IE: here -135 meaning you have to bet 135 to win 100) on every game. If the team loses one week, simply roll that over to the next week and double to bet so you'll make last week's loss back + your unit profit. Of course, this requires some decent bankroll to back up any losing streak, but in the NFL most good teams don't go on a 4-5 game losing streak. Over the past two years I've found it easier to make money off the NFL if you think of it as "investment" betting.

[cultclassiccat]

Im a fugin tard. I still dont.....oh wait, ......yeah, still dont get it

[Achilles]

Odds are for losers.--John Fox

[toldozer]

Ok, as an amateur gambler I feel like I have the e-authority to speak here. I'm very, very close to being able to take my bankroll to Vegas or another gambling town and turn this into a living making an initial $100-$200 a day.

You have either A) never been to vegas. Or

B ) dont enjoy a good time. Because there is no way in hell I could live off 200 a day there, much less make a living off 200 a day.

I have been a few times, granted only for weeks at the time. Each time i have won 2,000 -3,000 playing texas hold em and each time i come home with like 100 out of the 1000 i take there. That place is so damn expensive.

[Razzy]

You have either A) never been to vegas. Or

B ) dont enjoy a good time. Because there is no way in hell I could live off 200 a day there, much less make a living off 200 a day.

I have been a few times, granted only for weeks at the time. Each time i have won 2,000 -3,000 playing texas hold em and each time i come home with like 100 out of the 1000 i take there. That place is so damn expensive.

Lived there for almost two years when I was 19 after making the stupid decision to move in with my (at the time) girlfriend when she moved back to Nevada for school. Lived just outside of it anyways. I hate the desert, but the location is more about the access to sportsbooks than anything. I honestly didn't really enjoy the strip for it's reputation, but I do enjoy drunk slutty women. Plus, gambling for a living is all about money management. I'm not headed there to "live the dream", I'd be headed there because I'd enjoy a lifestyle where I'm self-employed, earn $3000-5000 a month which is more than enough in Vegas, and my days entail doing research on the internet, placing bets, and getting drinks, and making spare money. Figure even $100 a day to start, or around $3000 a month. Expect about $1000/month for a decent place somewhere, and another $1000 for food/maintenance on my truck/spending. That still leaves a spare $1000 to build your bankroll with. It's not about living big when you start, just living and building you bankroll. The more money you have, the more you can make with limited risk.

Then maybe 15 years from now I'll be "living the dream" having wads of cash to blow on an escort per day.

[toldozer]

Not many places handing out rent or loans to self employeed gamblers i wouldnt think.

[Majestic87]

Fug this I got 20 bucks on that we win. That's about to the extent I know gambling.

LoL yeah they can have that Vegas stuff...this the good ol way here...