How many are you guys are consumed by sports betting?

[Enkhbat]

How the Sports Betting Industry Quietly Consumed America

very interesting.

[JIBBBY]

Daily job for me. Not consumed though. I enjoy it.

[pologq]

i love it. my outlet, my fun, my hobby, keeps me happy. all as long as i bet within my means which i 90% of the time do now.

[jjgold]

Not me

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[agendaman]

too much work to make 10 bucks.

[flyingillini]

I love it, I bet 365 days a year, mostly small leagues in Soccer but I bet everything. I do not bet with money I do not have and have never had any issues with my gambling. I just love the action.

[SlickFazzer]

JJ once said that posting, not necessarily betting, should be the number 1 priority in one's life.

Ahead of family, job, religion, etc.

[SlickFazzer]

Illini, and I'm sure that your involvement in the Clergy helps keep things in perspective also.

I love it, I bet 365 days a year, mostly small leagues in Soccer but I bet everything. I do not bet with money I do not have and have never had any issues with my gambling. I just love the action.

[d2bets]

Yes. Feel compelled to grab the extra income while it's available. Requires me to "work" endless hours, but while it is work it doesn't quite feel like other work. Someday I'll rest.

[flyingillini]

Illini, and I'm sure that your involvement in the Clergy helps keep things in perspective also.

i am friends with some monks here and a few of them I know are huge gamblers. Of course the Church comes first but gambling is a must!

[cincinnatikid513]

lots of commercials on tv now

[Brock Landers]

i am friends with some monks here and a few of them I know are huge gamblers. Of course the Church comes first but gambling is a must!

LOL

[JayLA]

Well, I'm not good at it so I can't really be SO consumed. But I really like looking at the odds, seeing what bettors are doing and predicting what might happen. If i happen to have some disposable income, I'll make a small bet to make a match more enjoyable

[pologq]

Not me

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did you become a 15 yr old girl?

[miaplus3]

If you ended up reading this entire post, you're consumed.

[franz555]

did you become a 15 yr old girl?

[pologq]

JJ once said that posting, not necessarily betting, should be the number 1 priority in one's life.

Ahead of family, job, religion, etc.

that was JJ Version C. don't forget there are at least 5 different that post.

[lakerboy]

If you consume yourself in it properly you might be able to create some disposable income from non disposable income. You can do it but it's work.

[KVB]

JJ once said that posting, not necessarily betting, should be the number 1 priority in one's life.

Ahead of family, job, religion, etc.

Never have truer words been spoken.

[stevenash]

Consumed?
No.

I put in an hour or two a day seeking out soft prop numbers, or total numbers, if I find something I see value in I'll bet it, if I don't I move on to the next day and won't wager for the sake of wagering, but consumed?
No.

[Crusherrr]

Gambling all over commercials, social media, in everyone's face constantly. The pressure amongst younger kids especially to bet on sports and gamble now is worse than drugs/alcohol. Casinos/betting at the tip of everyone's fingers.

Companies feasting off addiction and weak-minded individuals. Not good for society- at least when it was offshore many were somewhat cautious either because they weren't trusting, didn't want/know how to use crypto, or thought it was illegal. With legal outs everywhere the flood gates are open. It's actually pretty sad.

[KVB]

Yeah Crusherrr, Chris Christie and company set in motion that which gave us an inch, and the mulitmillion dollar greedy ass marketing companies took a fukkin mile.

[d2bets]

Yeah Crusherrr, Chris Christie and company set in motion that which gave us an inch, and the mulitmillion dollar greedy ass marketing companies took a fukkin mile.

They took a mile and still can't figure out how to actually make a profit. Imagine that.

[Crusherrr]

Yeah Crusherrr, Chris Christie and company set in motion that which gave us an inch, and the mulitmillion dollar greedy ass marketing companies took a fukkin mile.

Don't get me wrong- I've been a professional in some form of gambling my whole life. When I was growing up, we were all playing PartyPoker, Pokerstars, Full Tilt, because we watched World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker on TV.

I'm okay with legal sports betting- but really wish they'd stop running commercials, getting social media celebrities to shill for them, sponsored streams for gambling, all of that. Sports betting and gambling in general will consume many lives, mostly in a bad way. Addiction gambling is also mostly a silent killer. You don't really know if someone is spiraling out of control. Shit- even I have chased losses into nosebleed poker games, fired massive bets on sports/BJ and I'm supposed to be a "responsible" gambler. It's tough as shit.

[KVB]

They took a mile and still can't figure out how to actually make a profit. Imagine that.

They spent hundreds of millions of dollars campaigning in California and failed.

Remermber I said no on both of those props, I didn't like the landscape they were creating.

But that's not why they failed. They failed because in all those hundreds of millions of dollars and attempts to bribe the public with a cure for homelessness, they never even got past the myth that it would turn every electronic device into a gambling device and your child will be exposed.

With all that money spent they couldn't even get past the Republican ethics issue in the state of California. They weren't even close.

No wonder they can't make a profit....lol.

Like customer acquisition, there is just no accounting for the dollars they are spending in everything they are doing.

[miaplus3]

I sorta liked it more back in the offshore cult days. Seemed to be more mystical than todays environment for sure.

[OldBill]

i love it. my outlet, my fun, my hobby, keeps me happy. all as long as i bet within my means which i 90% of the time do now.

and thats the way it is pologg betting within your means if you have like $300 cash then thats it that week

i normally go no more than $250 in nfl taking the games that just glow off the page at me

so far this year winning weekly now i got car bac today but seriuos bad weather goona kill me not able to work even fri heavy rains might turn into ice all over delaware county and philly snow i can deal with ice nmf even turning street i slid into car at idle speed

[OldBill]

but crusher n others they are saving gamblers today because they have to bet with cash no credit bets then lose and aint got a dime to pay bookie $1100.00

offshore books fawk em i only use fn duel online and live in local casinos place bets get ticket secure it away win go get cash next day

or later at night after all games over what local bookie can do that? NONE ZERO

only ones left here are in private members clubs and i do not belong to any of them

[jjgold]

sports betting is chump change for 99% of gamblers

The new landscape is set up for bookmakers not gamblers

[Brock Landers]

Offshore still crushes "legal" state offerings

[SlickFazzer]

Offshore sets the market.

[d2bets]

Offshore sets the market.

That part IS (generally) true. And that is good news for savvy bettors with wide access to various markets.

[lakerboy]

Offshore sets the market.

Yes true but


They are wrong on later on moves ALOT

[SlickFazzer]

Yes true but


They are wrong on later on moves ALOT

[d2bets]

Yes true but


They are wrong on later on moves ALOT

How do you define wrong? Offshore also generally leads on late moves as well.