PatsFaninAZ
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You didn't hijack the thread.
Thanks pP. The redemptive power of the message board!
I felt like I was rambling a bit.
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Pats were 10-1 two weeks ago on Bodog.com I almost bet it but missed the board. Doh!
I did put $250 on the Patriots at 10/1 to win SB the day they signed AD,also Denver $100 at 15/1.Good value there,IMO
Pats were 10-1 two weeks ago on Bodog.com I almost bet it but missed the board. Doh!
Um Don't you guys realize making us the favorite to win the Super Bowl is a Jinx?....Can anyone remember the last time Vegas had a team favored to win the Super Bowl and they actually did?
I can't remember any year in recent memory of at least 15 years that the favorite team on the board actually won it all....and that includes the 2003 Champion Patriots who won again in 2004,That year I believe they were 8-1
I did put $250 on the Patriots at 10/1 to win SB the day they signed AD,also Denver $100 at 15/1.Good value there,IMO
Can anyone tell me how you guys can bet on places like Bodog if online betting is illegal in the US?
Because it's really hard to enforce. These gaming sites are run outside of the US, so the US government can not force them to shutdown or to turn over their records. The only way to get anyone is for them government to go after those placing the bets. But how do you find people in a manner that makes it worth while? It's kind of like Napster, but you can't go after the people with all the records.
All the US accounts were closed with funds returned....how can you open up a new account with no funding options available unless you live in Europe/Asia/Canada?
Because it's really hard to enforce. These gaming sites are run outside of the US, so the US government can not force them to shutdown or to turn over their records. The only way to get anyone is for them government to go after those placing the bets. But how do you find people in a manner that makes it worth while? It's kind of like Napster, but you can't go after the people with all the records.
This is an interesting question -- by betting on two mutually exclusive outcomes, did you actually decrease your odds on each bet? I'm tempted to say yes. It seems to me that since you can only win one of these bets but never both, your odds on each have gone down. Basically, you have $350 at stake in the game now and you can't possibly win both bets. If the Patriots win, you've won $2500, but it cost you $350 to get there, so your pay off is really 7/1. If the Broncos win, you've won $1500, but it cost you $350 to get there. So your pay off there is really about 4/1.
That said, on the other hand, you've increased your odds of winning some amount of money (either $2500 or $1500) by now having two horses in the race instead of 1, so maybe it all evens out and doesn't change anything. Not sure. I'm no good with probabilities. But I guess the question is whether your odds stay the same when you make these two bets as if you'd only picked one. Probably they do, although it seems to me almost like making two inconsistent bets on the same black jack hand or something.