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    It's been a fun run...

    For 3 years, I put a lot of my vanilla plays in the SBR spreadsheet. Mainly sides and totals where the market allowed at least 1k for a single click. My goal in doing this was to show that anyone could beat these mid-sized markets who 1. handicapped, and 2. did a minimal amount of line shopping. After almost 1600 plays, it has shown an ROI of over 3%, which I consider a success. If you focused on props, futures, derivatives, you can do much better than 3% (but with smaller limits). In 3 years, I'd guess I've also answered perhaps a thousand questions on sports betting via pm or email, which I have always tried to do promptly.

    I am no longer putting plays in the spreadsheet. In the past, chasers were likely to win going forward, even at slightly worse numbers. Changes in my betting arrangements mean that anyone chasing these numbers is no longer likely to win going forward. This makes the picks useless to followers. My time commitments have gone up also.. I'll still answer questions, but not provoke as many with posted plays.

    Best of luck.

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    justin7dotcom...

    we dont tout...

    we advise...

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    Sorry to hear this Justin you will be missed.

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    never knew you posted those plays, , i guesss imissed out , my bad as usual

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    sbrjohn can no longer afford to pay justin7.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LVBOUND View Post
    Sorry to hear this Justin you will be missed.
    Quote Originally Posted by sideloaded View Post
    sbrjohn can no longer afford to pay justin7.
    He is not leaving

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    U wont be a moderator as well?.....or just stop posting plays?

    SBR has literally sucked the life out of me. I used to go out with friends, meet new people, see new places.

    Now all I do is sit in front of computer and post at SBR

    Good for you justin if you plan to quit SBR. Thanks for everything you have done to the forum

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extra Innings View Post
    He is not leaving
    did I say that?

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    He never said he was leaving. Justin is still a part of SBR and that is not changing. He is a great asset to SBR.

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    good luck with your new betting arrangements justin , im sure you will do great

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    spreadsheets are like freerolling...

    if you win, you say "hey, look at me!!"...

    if you lose, no one notices...

    Try posting Royalty Plays and Lock Threads directed at Corbin on a daily basis Pal...

    You'd be bald in a month from the stress...

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    Not to be a jerk off but 5year CD's yield 2.4% / 2.5% with no risk/effort. What saith you?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sideloaded View Post
    did I say that?
    It was an inference..."sbr-john can no longer pay justin7"...if they stop paying the guy he will no longer work here...he will leave.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extra Innings View Post
    Not to be a jerk off but 5year CD's yield 2.4% / 2.5% with no risk/effort. What saith you?
    EI, just invested in something that is paying off 12.5% but has a 5 year hold and a large minimum investment with an insane potential guey!

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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingillini View Post

    EI, just invested in something that is paying off 12.5% but has a 5 year hold and a large minimum investment with an insane potential guey!
    well im talking zero risk...yayo from Bolivia has risk.

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    Best of luck on your future Justin!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extra Innings View Post
    well im talking zero risk...yayo from Bolivia has risk.
    Orale, completely legal with minimal risk but I always take risks.....Lots of opportunity in the "Ya Area"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Extra Innings View Post
    Not to be a jerk off but 5year CD's yield 2.4% / 2.5% with no risk/effort. What saith you?
    u can get much higher % with no risk.

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    soooo....what? i mean, what does this mean?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vyomguy View Post

    u can get much higher % with no risk.
    true...im just talking cd's but even the best gamblers are going to have down years unless Justin thinks he is Billy Walters

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    Quote Originally Posted by vyomguy View Post
    U wont be a moderator as well?.....or just stop posting plays?

    SBR has literally sucked the life out of me. I used to go out with friends, meet new people, see new places.

    Now all I do is sit in front of computer and post at SBR

    Good for you justin if you plan to quit SBR. Thanks for everything you have done to the forum
    are you crazy ? i used to run the roads ,drink licker and whorehop so bad. and you would be to if it wasnt for sbr & friends. hell i even can spell a little better now , god bless sbr . . .an texas

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    Quote Originally Posted by sweethook View Post
    are you crazy ? i used to run the roads ,drink licker and whorehop so bad. and you would be to if it wasnt for sbr & friends. god bless sbr . . .an texas

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    Quote Originally Posted by vyomguy View Post
    u can get much higher % with no risk.

    How is this? where do I go?

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    Justin7 you do too much already, thxs pal

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    Nice to see you realized the fact

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    3 percent hardly seems worth the effort,let alone the possible loss of bankroll

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    Quote Originally Posted by frankzig View Post
    3 percent hardly seems worth the effort,let alone the possible loss of bankroll


    my savings account is getting 2.5% and I don't have to waste time trying to pick a winner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin7 View Post
    For 3 years, I put a lot of my vanilla plays in the SBR spreadsheet. Mainly sides and totals where the market allowed at least 1k for a single click. My goal in doing this was to show that anyone could beat these mid-sized markets who 1. handicapped, and 2. did a minimal amount of line shopping. After almost 1600 plays, it has shown an ROI of over 3%, which I consider a success. If you focused on props, futures, derivatives, you can do much better than 3% (but with smaller limits). In 3 years, I'd guess I've also answered perhaps a thousand questions on sports betting via pm or email, which I have always tried to do promptly.

    I am no longer putting plays in the spreadsheet. In the past, chasers were likely to win going forward, even at slightly worse numbers. Changes in my betting arrangements mean that anyone chasing these numbers is no longer likely to win going forward. This makes the picks useless to followers. My time commitments have gone up also.. I'll still answer questions, but not provoke as many with posted plays.

    Best of luck.
    All that money you invested and only 3 percent is not really good and plus add the time in

    Use all that money and invest in real estate or Dow Stocks and in long run and your way ahead of the game compared to sports betting

    Sports Betting is a good hobby but as far as making real money it is chump change

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    Thanks justin: Learned a lot from your posts.....brilliant mind

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    LOL I love all the investment advice in this thread.

    I will just give generic reasons as to why people wouldnt invest in these so called 'you can get better rates on XXX' options. The 'safe' stuff with the best returns usually have minimum deposits amounts that 99.999999% of anyone that posts on a forum board has never seen let alone owned. Most of them lock it in with the inability to get at it, or if you do withdraw it you pay massive penalties, and lose much of if not all of the interest accrued. And then of course there are taxes, which will have to paid in a lot of these so called good investments. At least if you profit from them.

    Those are just the basics. Obviously the more intricate you get them ore intricate the issues become. But if there were any safe option that would provide a lot more than 3% return most people would be doing them. Since there arent then it is safe to assume that the ones that are either arent legal, a scam, or require much more than the average person could provide.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sideloaded View Post
    did I say that?
    Sideloaded...is that really your sister in your avatar? Incest is best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wantitall4moi View Post
    LOL I love all the investment advice in this thread.

    I will just give generic reasons as to why people wouldnt invest in these so called 'you can get better rates on XXX' options. The 'safe' stuff with the best returns usually have minimum deposits amounts that 99.999999% of anyone that posts on a forum board has never seen let alone owned. Most of them lock it in with the inability to get at it, or if you do withdraw it you pay massive penalties, and lose much of if not all of the interest accrued. And then of course there are taxes, which will have to paid in a lot of these so called good investments. At least if you profit from them.

    Those are just the basics. Obviously the more intricate you get them ore intricate the issues become. But if there were any safe option that would provide a lot more than 3% return most people would be doing them. Since there arent then it is safe to assume that the ones that are either arent legal, a scam, or require much more than the average person could provide.
    No investment advice...10k to 100k for most of those rates quoted (guaranteed). If you don't have that than the 3% achieved with anything you would have done via sports betting is useless from a "value" standpoint (time invested in developing models and researching plays). Trust me, the big books are rolling their profits into the market, business ventures, and real estate...they're not gambling with it even though they are ahead of the curve.

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    There's no such thing as a guaranteed return in double digits with zero risk. Doesn't exist. Regardless of how large or small the initial investment is. I know people who are investors in some of the most successful and exclusive hedge funds in the market, and while these numbers are certainly expected and often greatly exceeded, none of the fund managers would dare to utter the dreaded "guarantee" clause. The men investing the type of capital it requires to even join would run for the hills if they heard that.

    With the amounts Justin claims to be wagering, 3% annual return in the current climate would have investors lined up to join.

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    Why 3% ROI per bet is not the same as a 3% annual return.

    If you have an ROI of 3%, and make 1600 plays, you more quadruple your money with 1600 plays (if you risk 3% of your bank per play). Over 3 years, that is an annual yield of about 62% on your capital. If you have bonuses, even better. I haven't found any CDs that do that, that will actually pay.

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