***Week 4 Betting Game*** Dingleberry Casino

[Dingleberry]

Welcome to Week 4!

Thanks to @Ian, we are now competing for a beautiful brown betting champion banner for the season winner. Here are some updates and rule changes. This has been a work in progress trying to iron out everything. Thanks to suggestions from some of you guys, here is how the game will proceed moving forward:

* Betting lines will now include Over/Under numbers as well. If you are going to bet an O/U, simply type something like -- Jags/Bengals (Over) $5000
* Moving forward, everyone with a bankroll must be at least 10% of his bankroll each week. I am NOT going to be an anal DIngleberry and calculate the 10% exactly. If your bankroll is $40k to $49k, make sure to bet at least 4k. $50 to $59k, bet at least 5k...and so on. Obviously, you can bet more including your entire bankroll if you choose.
* If you do not make any bets in a week, your bankroll will be deducted by 10%. I know this sounds harsh, but it is a way to keep people betting and encourage fluidity to the competition.
* The 7 players who already went bankrupt are invited back to the game with a bankroll of $10,000. To keep it fair, all of you currently in the game will see $10,000 has also been added to your bankroll below. Any of those folks invited back who do not bet with their new 10k this week will be out of the game going forward.
* This will be the final week I will allow new players. Anybody new this week will have a starting bankroll of $40k rather than the $50k we all started with. So next week we will have our final group of bettors competing for the brown banner.
* I am going to keep this game going through the playoffs--not just the regular season.

Thanks to all of you playing. I hope this has been so far and continues to be so.

Week 4: Home team is listed last.

Jaguars/Bengals (-7.5) (46)
Redskins/Falcons (+1.5) (47.5)
Texans/Bills (-16.5) (47)
Lions/Bears (-3.0) (42)
Panthers/Cowboys (-5.0) (50.5)
Colts/Dolphins (-1.5) (42)
Browns/Vikings (+2.0) (51.5)
Giants/Saints (-7.5) (43)
Titans/Jets (+7.5) (45.5)
Chiefs/Eagles (+7.0) (54.5)
Cardinals/Rams (-4.5) (55)
Seahawks/49ers (-2.5) (52)
Ravens/Broncos (-1.0) (44.5)
Steelers/Packers (-6.5) (45.5)
Bucs/Patriots (+6.5) (49)
Raiders/Chargers (-3.5) (52.5)

I will post the current standings and bankroll in the next post.....

 

[Dingleberry]

@Chevy $70,000
@venecol $69,000
@mgcolby $63,000
@BaconGrundleCandy $61,000
@Pat the Pats Fan $59,000
@pazrul72 $58,000
@everlong $58,000
@ArchAngel007 $57,000
@Ring 6 $56,500
@irishfanatic $56,000
@borisman $56,000
Dingleberry $54,000
@The Trickster $51,000
@Froob $50,000
@JarOfMayo51 $50,000
@Calhoun44 $49,000
@Ford Prefect $35,000
@1960Pats $30,000

@Boston Boxer $10,000
@sb1 $10,000
@masterbouncer $10,000
@Dragda $10,000
@borg $10,000
@Sfpat $10,000
@Brotherblues $10,000

 

[sb1]

Chiefs laying 7 over Eagles $3K
Saints laying 7.5 over Giants $2K
Bucs laying 6.5 over Pats $2K
Texans taking 16.5 over Bills $3K.

 

[pazrul72]

Texans (+16.5) 1k
Titans (-7.5) 4k
Pats (-6.5) 1k

love this game so thanks for running it but the biggest thing I have learned is I need to be a bookie. 4/25 people who ”know” football have won money and none of them large amounts. Betting real money is for people who are bad at math.

 

[Guts]

Falcons/Washington U 47.5 $1000
Chiefs -7 $2000
Titans -7.5 $2000

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Panthers +5, $4K
Saints -7.5, $2K
Titans -7.5, $2K
Ravens/Broncos Over, $2K

 

[Boston Boxer]

thanks for the invite back in!


Ravens $1K
Packers $3K
Bucs $6K

 

[mgcolby]

The Picker’s Picks:

The Picker will bet every game ATS, even money on each game. Might do the same for O/U starting next week as that is the official kick off of the Picker. I just wanted to get the picker in at 40k before it is shut out completely.

Each game for $2500

Bengals (-7.5)
Redskins (-1.5)
Bills (-16.5)
Lions (+3.0)
Panthers (+5.0)
Colts (+1.5)
Browns (+2.0)
Saints (-7.5)
Titans (-7.5)
Eagles (+7.0)
Cardinals (+4.5)
49ers (-2.5)
Broncos (-1.0)
Steelers (+6.5)
Patriots (+6.5)
Raiders (+3.5)

 

[Dingleberry]

The Picker’s Picks:

The Picker will bet every game ATS, even money on each game. Might do the same for O/U starting next week as that is the official kick off of the Picker. I just wanted to get the picker in at 40k before it is shut out completely.

Each game for $2500

Bengals (-7.5)
Redskins (-1.5)
Bills (-16.5)
Lions (+3.0)
Panthers (+5.0)
Colts (+1.5)
Browns (+2.0)
Saints (-7.5)
Titans (-7.5)
Eagles (+7.0)
Cardinals (+4.5)
49ers (-2.5)
Broncos (-1.0)
Steelers (+6.5)
Patriots (+6.5)
Raiders (+3.5)

This will be fun to track!

 

[Dragda]

@Dragda $10,000

I’m busted. I spent the whole shebang on the Atlanta Falcons. Clearly, I deserve no second chances.

 

[Dingleberry]

I’m busted. I spent the whole shebang on the Atlanta Falcons. Clearly, I deserve no second chances.

Read the first post. You have been gifted 10k. But all your money on the Falcons????

 

[1960Pats]

Texans (+16.5) 1k
Titans (-7.5) 4k
Pats (-6.5) 1k

love this game so thanks for running it but the biggest thing I have learned is I need to be a bookie. 4/25 people who ”know” football have won money and none of them large amounts. Betting real money is for people who are bad at math.

One of my closest friends is a bookie and he does very well. He says that he makes a real lot from football.

 

[Brotherblues]

Remember I said I wouldn't spend it all in one week?

I LIED

10k Pats whatever the spread

(forgive me for I am weak)

 

[1960Pats]

@Chevy $70,000
@venecol $69,000
@mgcolby $63,000
@BaconGrundleCandy $61,000
@Pat the Pats Fan $59,000
@pazrul72 $58,000
@everlong $58,000
@ArchAngel007 $57,000
@Ring 6 $56,500
@irishfanatic $56,000
@borisman $56,000
Dingleberry $54,000
@The Trickster $51,000
@Froob $50,000
@JarOfMayo51 $50,000
@Calhoun44 $49,000
@Ford Prefect $35,000
@1960Pats $30,000

@Boston Boxer $10,000
@sb1 $10,000
@masterbouncer $10,000
@Dragda $10,000
@borg $10,000
@Sfpat $10,000
@Brotherblues $10,000

Thanks for the extra 10K. After last week I need it.

This week I'm putting 25K on the Bucs. IOW I'm putting most of my stack on Brady.

 

[Dragda]

5k on the Bucs to win and cover

thanks for doing this.

 

[Dingleberry]

Bengals (-7.5) $2,000

Wanted to go Jags +7.5, but bad team on the road Thursday night....

 

[mgcolby]

Remember I said I wouldn't spend it all in one week?

I LIED

10k Pats whatever the spread

(forgive me for I am weak)

Folks like you keeping local bookies in business for a century!

(But I hope you're right!)

 

[venecol]

Posters banned from GDT: 3 (over) $69,000

 

[Dingleberry]

Posters banned from GDT: 3 (over) $69,000

Hehehe, you said 69.

 

[Dingleberry]

Posters banned from GDT: 3 (over) $69,000

Wait, is that actually a thing? People are banned from the GDT?