The new generation of gamblers don't know how good they got it

[bigboydan]

You young pups just don't know how good you really have it nowadays.

In the day and age of the internet bettors have access to everything imaginable about any game, however old school gamblers had to hunt down info all on their own. Heck, most of the youngsters don't even know how vital a sports pager really was back in the day.

[5 star bomb]

lines are way tighter now days danny

[DevilDog]

The comment about the lines being tighter is true. But things are so much easier now today compared to the "old" days. I mean easier as far as getting numbers, trends, info...things like that. In fact it is amazingly easier.

[ryanspeer2001]

Even with sharper lines I hand's down agree that things are way easier now than before. I have friends not much older than I and they still have their sports pagers around the house and would rush out in the morning to get the lines from the daily paper.

[MJFtheGenius]

Yea but the industry has grown so much

now a days games are rigged

and alot more parity in college and pro sports

[diogee]

Good to hear BBD...I wouldn't have made it back in those days. Way too lazy.

[Tsoprano]

Yea but the industry has grown so much

now a days games are rigged

and alot more parity in college and pro sports

You honestly don't think games were rigged in the "old days"??

It was probably way more corrupt than it is now.

[MJFtheGenius]

forget the first two post

but alot more parity now

games are coin flips on whos going to just win the game SU these days

I remember back in the old days we already knew who was going to win

[diogee]

forget the first two post

but alot more parity now

games are coin flips on whos going to just win the game SU these days

I remember back in the old days we already knew who was going to win

Then take the pts on the dogs blindly.

[Tsoprano]

True, but corruptness existed as long as the human race.

Now players are making millions and millions...no need to throw a game for quick $$ like players back in the day might of been tempted to do. But who knows with the dumb fukks in all these "professional" leagues.

With this new age and several materialistic revolutions, i'm sure that has a part of side tracking a players frame of mind day in and day out.

[jjgold]

Harder to win now

Sports way more unpredictable and way more parity

Young guys go all in too much also

[Mudcat]

This topic brings back memories of the early 90's and the hundreds and hundreds of hours I used to spend at the library gathering research data - using a microfiche. Do people even know what a microfiche is any more?

I put in my time.



That is a negative of the "good old days." On the positive side I remember arbing - over the phone. Like I would literally phone for lines from two different books - and jot them all down in a shorthand I developed.

That may sound like a great big hassle but books weren't all locked in to each other and it was common to find arbs of, like, +110/+115. You'd get those lines and you'd want to phone in and place the bets really fast in case the lines moved - and often they would actually get even better.

You don't see that nowadays.

The first three weeks of baseball every year, before anyone had a solid read on the pitchers, were an insane free-for-all. You could earn your bankroll for the whole year (which, in those days, I would go on to lose pretty efficiently).

[Chi_archie]

good thread... new vs old and youth vs age/wisdom...

that's why i'm here, to glean the info from older sharps