Gamblers: How Much Money Did You Lose On The SUper Bowl?
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Well, the good ones made money.  It really was a fools bet to take the Seahawks.  Myself, I made 250
524424
So far I'm down $2.  But I'm planning on buying another scratch off soon... so then I'll be down $3. \n\nCheers!
403923
I don't think it's so much a method of calculation as it is a follow the leader thing.  SI did an article a year or two ago in which they talked about the guy who sets the line for one of Vegas' big sportsbooks.  He researched the teams, etc,, but ultimately sort of set it by feel.  An interesting note: his concern was to put the line where the money would flow evenly to each side rather than to actually predict the game's outcome.  After he set his, other sportsbooks followed his lead and came out with similar/identical numbers.  Then, of course, they move it according to which way the action is going so that their odds of losing money are reduced.
301809
Not quite.  Although the figures are correct, these are in fact returns.  You placed £9 worth of bets so you actually won £64.50.
616781
PEOPLE LOSE EVERYTHING FROM THEIR HOUSE TO JOBS BECAUSE OF GAMBLING
267949
I won $4 once, play them again for the next lotto but did not win.  dang should have kept my winnings and went to McDonalds.
729183
11 is a little high especially only coming off of a 3 day rest but the bucs have the same rest. If i was wagering on the game today i would give up 11.
481021
This is beacuse the first man ever to win at 3/1 ( Oliver Corn - Cheltenham 1876 ) was actually betting in order to get enough money to buy a carpet for his lounge . It turned out however that he had been misquoted by some , frankly , mischevious carpet salesmen and had to return the next day as they had only supplied half the carpet - the rest being offered at an extortionate price - You've guessed it - at 33 times the price - hence the double carpet addage .
1073055
I dont play, but somebody has to win eventually! Why not me? (of course I would have to start buying tickets though lol) But I think it seems more logical to take that dollar a day and put it away....eventually you'll have a lot in there....365 dollars a year! That would add up eventually.
27200
Actually, you couldn't write it all off, even if you donated it. Lottery winnings are considered taxable income. Charitable donations are deducted from your taxes at a lower rate. You CAN write off gambling losses, but you have to claim the winnings as income, and you'd better be ready for an audit.
803036
Gambling is not a sin if the money you lose was extra and your family is not neglected. \n\nMost bingos are state run and the money goes to charity, and you get some R & R. \n\nWhat is a sin is getting all caught up in absurd legalisms that come from Calvinism/Puritanism, where you can't have any fun. \n\nHow much risk you have in becoming a compulsive gambler is really between you and God, and nobody else. Keep your spending under contol, and if you can't, then it is a sin.
1133393
If the odds are 5-1, and you win, you get back $5 for every dollar bet,  plus your original dollar back, which is $6.\n\n$5 X 5 + 5 (original bet) = $30.00.\n\nIn the question as it stands, a 5-1 with a payoff of $14.40 is not a 5-1 odds, but 6.20 -1 odds.. A two dollar bet returning $14.40 is 6.20 x 1, and for a return on a two dollar bet would render 6.20  x 1 (odds) and the return of you original dollar, or $7.20 x 2 dollar bet would come to $14.40.\n\nSo, a $14.40 return on a $5 winning ticket would be $6.20 x 5 + your original $5 or $36.00.
591776
Yes & no. They were on Sunday.... Were you the one that 'spiked' their food? \n\nQ.How can they claim to have lost millions in revenue when they didn't have it!  \n\nPoints are accrued over a season not just one game!
624153
the same idiot who lost most of his money in vegas...
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The 2 g's: golf and gambling
478945
Go to Reno.  It's cheaper than Vegas.  Bet big, and win early.  Odds are, you will lose.  You could try cheating, but they will take you out back and beat you for that, or worse.
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I WON 25.OOO.00 ATA CASINO IN LAS VEGAS THE DAY I MARRIED MY WIFE 10 YEARS AGO (YES THIS REALLY HAPPENED)