Originally Posted by
Hoja Verdes
for what it's worth, i'm very surprised to see you made your first bet on a "bad" team. if you keep doing that, especially in the NFL, you'll be unlike the VAST majority of new gamblers, who almost always start out betting public favorites and teams generally perceived to be crappy non-playoff teams. if you keep doing this, and bet MUCH smaller to your overall bankroll size, then you'll be fine. but you first need to determine what your bankroll size is, i.e. how much you can comfortably lose in a season if you have a flat out bad year (i.e. 'bad luck'). You seem like a young guy, probably not making much money at work, assuming you're even employed (not a knock against you, just know your generation is largely unemployable right now). If that is indeed the case, and your bankroll is about $500, then you need to be betting about $20-50 per game. Lots of opinions on this, but I'd recommend either betting $25, $35, or $50 only...just those 3 flat amounts with -110 juice on top of them. If the first $100 is the only money you have for a bankroll this year, then you need to be betting $5-10 per game. The problem with making a $100 deposit and then immediately risking $81 is you're much more likely to just immediately blow through 5 x $100 deposits like most of the posters/squares at SBR, b/c when you find games where you feel have an edge, you don't have anything left, so you just end u chasing with every deposit.