Originally Posted by
wantitall4moi
LMAO some guys in this thread trying to sound like big shots. I took THOUSANDS of dollars worth of bets a week for people when I lived in vegas. 5 figures most weeks back in the early 2000s when guys were printing money doing real estate deals and refinancing everyone, and had money to burn ut didnt want to go to vegas for the weekend. Some I would put in some I would hold. 30-40% of them were on the opposite side so just had to balance them off.
Some guys did want to see the tickets if they lost, so those guys I would put the bets in for. But after awhile I just told them piling all those losers up was too much of a hassle and if they wanted me to go through the trouble of putting bets in for them they would have to deal with it. Most stopped caring, thsat is what being a degenerate with a massive disposable income will do for you.
I did that shit for years, I think I had to make one 'special' trip back to California to give a guy money that really needed it and my buddy didnt want to give him them money for me. Most of them just let what little bit they had ride. Most of the time I was having to track them down. But since I knew them all and most worked in the same building it wasnt an issue. If it was their boss was my buddy and he would hold commissions on them. But I generally never got worried.
Most of the time guys that understand money and business get it. If you are putting bets in for a guy then youre doing them a service. Not a favor. They also know youre a gambler as well, and thus have to have some notion you might not put the bet in. As long as you dont stff them there isnt any problem at all.
I think the guys who protest the much are just stiffs who wouldnt pay regardless, they would just pocket it all anyway. I knew a guy like that that put horse racing tickets in. An old guy would bet the double everyday and if it lost no big deal, but if it won the guy would claim he didnt get the bet in half the time. He would give the guy his 20 bux back and pocket the rest. Until we beat the shit out of the guy one day once we found out the old man wasnt getting paid everyday. But who knows how long it went on.
A lot of guys are scum, and that is obvious, but for the most part a lot of guys try to do the 'right' thing. Holding bets a guy makes if you pay them off isnt even close to being not right.