Such as the kind that exist, in No. America, only in Nevada. Or in Mexico, if one wishes to consider that in No America (as NAFTA does).
Because some bettors lack the discipline to deal with either a credit book or a post-up book.
These type bettors are usually those with a gambling problem - ie they lack control. It's sometimes called "poor money-management," but that almost always a euphemism for a psychologoical lack of control.
The problems these betttors have with credit books is easy to figure. If they bet for the psychological release they get by so doing, they will end up in serious debt to their local.
I know a guy who had to move from LA because four bookies were after him. Betting for some kind of psychic release means you are going to go crazy with money you don't have.
But what about post-ups? That's a control, you may say. You have put up the money, and can't bet more than is in your account.
But -- the money is gone. It's out of your wallet. It's spent - or so think the problem gamblers.
So in the brain of the problem bettor the money is gone, but the thrills are still there to be had. And all discipline goes out the window.
The guy I mentioned before did, at my urging and that of anoehr friend, once open an offshore acccount.
He bets only parlays and teasers (surprised? - no) and hit a 5 teamer off the bat. He now had mid-four figures in his account.
Lucky money! And of course it was gone within a few weeks. If that money is there, gimme the frikkin' thrills! This gent, a high earner in a mostly cash business, now goes into Mexico to bet. And pays the high "tax" when he wins.
I suggested to another bettor, a horse player, that rather than fight the crowds during the summer Del Mar fair in Dago, to post up with a book.
He did so, but after the fair went back to the simulcast center. He's never made a withdrawal from the book, only deposits.
I asked him if it was the "money spent" problem. He owned up that it was -- to easy to bet money that seems already "gone."
Whereas at the simulcast facility, ditto a b&m book, you gotta take the cash out of your pocket. It makes you more conservative; you can fondle that cash. It's a lot more real.
I'm not knocking these players, or pretending to be superior. Posting up does present a psychological dilemma. Because the money is out of your pocket, it does not really seem it is yours anymore.
It takes self-reminding that it is certainly and absolutely your money. And bet it like you can feel the paper in your hands.
Because some bettors lack the discipline to deal with either a credit book or a post-up book.
These type bettors are usually those with a gambling problem - ie they lack control. It's sometimes called "poor money-management," but that almost always a euphemism for a psychologoical lack of control.
The problems these betttors have with credit books is easy to figure. If they bet for the psychological release they get by so doing, they will end up in serious debt to their local.
I know a guy who had to move from LA because four bookies were after him. Betting for some kind of psychic release means you are going to go crazy with money you don't have.
But what about post-ups? That's a control, you may say. You have put up the money, and can't bet more than is in your account.
But -- the money is gone. It's out of your wallet. It's spent - or so think the problem gamblers.
So in the brain of the problem bettor the money is gone, but the thrills are still there to be had. And all discipline goes out the window.
The guy I mentioned before did, at my urging and that of anoehr friend, once open an offshore acccount.
He bets only parlays and teasers (surprised? - no) and hit a 5 teamer off the bat. He now had mid-four figures in his account.
Lucky money! And of course it was gone within a few weeks. If that money is there, gimme the frikkin' thrills! This gent, a high earner in a mostly cash business, now goes into Mexico to bet. And pays the high "tax" when he wins.
I suggested to another bettor, a horse player, that rather than fight the crowds during the summer Del Mar fair in Dago, to post up with a book.
He did so, but after the fair went back to the simulcast center. He's never made a withdrawal from the book, only deposits.
I asked him if it was the "money spent" problem. He owned up that it was -- to easy to bet money that seems already "gone."
Whereas at the simulcast facility, ditto a b&m book, you gotta take the cash out of your pocket. It makes you more conservative; you can fondle that cash. It's a lot more real.
I'm not knocking these players, or pretending to be superior. Posting up does present a psychological dilemma. Because the money is out of your pocket, it does not really seem it is yours anymore.
It takes self-reminding that it is certainly and absolutely your money. And bet it like you can feel the paper in your hands.