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Single, less than or more than $2 grand, and wanting to hit Vegas for a change of scenery. I am in Vegas for business and pleasure about 6 weeks out of the year. I have often thought of doing the same thing. My thing is parlays and blackjack. Two years ago, I stayed for 9 weeks (stayed at Fitzgeralds for $32 a night) or Binions at that time, and overall just stayed in Old Town, and not the strip. Lower table stakes, and less expensive overall. Took the deuce when I wanted to go on the strip, or drive to Red Rock or South, or whatever. The idea was $100 plus a day in winnings on 3-pick parlays for $20 each (baseball and college BB). I was lucky and was able to keep it going . In the mornings, I would go down to the blackjack table and bet $20 on one hand, and if I hit it, I would let it right for 3 hands. One bet only though. If you go to Vegas, you need to be disciplined in what you do. Since I was retired military, I went to Nellis AFB and played ball for a few hours each day. You will get burned out quickly if you stay in the casino any longer than 2 hours or so a day. Good luck in your endeavor, or in whatever you decide. Vegas is a ball buster, and if you set a reasonable standard for losses each day, et cetera, you have a chance. But I read where people wil strike it big at poker in vegas, and all of that, and the only thing I can say is when I drive my five year old car down the strip I see them everywhere sitting and sipping.
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wizg3279 | 50 |
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I went back and checked the game Purdue won by 2 pts against a team they should have blown out. They led by 4 at the half, but were 6 for 19 from the foul line. That was the difference. Still going with Purdue today
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stingpsi | 4 |
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NROPP - GLAD TO SEE YOUR IN-DEPTH ANALYIS AS USUAL: DIDN'T POST BUT DID WELL YESTERDAY ON 24-HOUR MARATHON ON TV. BASED ON WHAT I SAW I WOULD SAY DUKE WON'T BE LIFTING ANY BANNERS AT THE NCAA, NOR MICHIGAN, NOR OHIO STATE. KENTUCKY HAS IT 'DIAPER DANEES" WITH THE EMPHASIS ON DIAPER (YOUNG BUT WILL MOVE UP THE DIAPER CHAIN IF THEY GUARD PLAY IMPROVES. KANSAS IS NOT THE KANSAS OF THE PAST. LOUISVILLE, SYRACUSE, AND THEN SOME OF THE MID-TIER TEAMS WILL MAKE IT AN INTERESTING YEAR. OKLA STATE TONIGHT BIG, ALONG WITH THE CADETS TO COVER, AND INDIANA TO BREAK THEIR LOSING STREAK EARLY IN THE SEASON FOR ONCE.
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nropp11 | 69 |
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Back again for a good season. First posting this year for BB. Nothing like good foreplay to start off a winning 4-parlay: 1-Unit equal $100. FOREPLAY: Where is Ernie DeG when you need him. Buffalo needs that type of player at the PG, but they still cover the -9. 2-unit 2 UNIT FOUR-PLAY: INDIANA -- all the hoop about not winning on the road, et cetera true, but really look at the Aces and what they bring.....I'll take the 3-1/2 at the half. CITADEL: The cadets bring the run and gun to its true meaning. Defense? That's the other team's problem and hopefully forte. They stuck with a good good first game and lost 103 - 101 or so. High scoring affair tonight. I'm taking the 17-1/2 points and the over (130). OKLA STATE -- ALMOST LIKE THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM, UP AND DOWN AND A LITTLE DEFENSE......THEY USUALLY ARE SLOW TO START......14-1/2 FOR THE GAME. AS ALWAYS, TWO UNITS ON THE PARLAY, AND ONE UNIT INDIVIDUALLY PER GAME AND O/R IF PLAYED.
THANK GOODNESS I HAVE THE BB PACKAGE ON TV. NO GAMES TELEVISED TONIGHT. LAST NIGHT, THE CHANNELS WERE MOVING FASTER THAN MY FINGERS.
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stingpsi | 4 |
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First posting this year.
Foreplay: Purdue. Purdue? Yep. Take the points.
4-Play: Western Michigan. Take the +1.5. NI has the offense, and not defense. Should go over the PT, and WestM plays defense (well, MAC defense.) N. Tex - take the +9-1/2. Love the pt gods when they give you a gift from the Cajuns. Oklahoma....poor Kansas.....will get get bombarded again? Yep. Okkie and the 35-1/2 and hopefully it won't be that at the half. Boise, first half -18.5 It won't be high scoring but they will cover first half. Getting ready for next year with their second half performances.
2 units ($100 per unit) per team, and one unit on the parlay.
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stingpsi | 1 |
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Pay the bum and make sure your nephew reimburses you on a week or monthly basis until it is paid. Involving the police opens you up to other factors that you may not want to get involved with, like testifying in court and having knowledge of a continuing criminal enterprise. If he indeed has organized crime ties, all the better to just pay it. Some would say that's not the manly thing to do, but I think the smart thing to do. I get the impression there is more to this than meets the eye or that you are telling us, but be that as it may, the smart thing is to pay the $1,100 and be done with it. It will only get more complicated as it continues to roll down the hill and you are at the bottom of the hill when the crash comes.
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TrentHarvey | 180 |
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First posting for the year. Usually I start earlier but there is so much parity this year. March madness may indeed be "madness" for bettors this year. On to the 4play.
MEMPHIS - +4.......Basically two evenly matched teams, and Georgetown does not blow out good teams. Two athletic squads, and I'll take the points. San Diego - +10 This is not a great year for SD, but Miss State looks a mess, especially after last night's drubbing. Sidney suspended indef, and +10 seems just the right spot to take SD. Ohio State -17.5 -- who needs Turner when you have probably a deeper squad than last year and less turnovers from a squad that relied too heavily on Turner. Freshman pg making good strides and then there is that freshman that is living up to his billing. New Mexico - 5 Interesting matchup, but N. Iowa is not the squad of past years and NX is hungry. Could easily e a double digit win. $100 on parlay, and $100 per team individually. NOTE: Going with a second parlay for 1H: NX-3 OHIO ST. 9.5 $200 ON PARLAY AND $100 EACH TEAM INDIV. |
stingpsi | 2 |
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There is not much of a choice in Tahoe. Reno is a little better (silver legacy I really enjoyed), but both cities are really hurting casino wise.
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JW1LS | 5 |
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The strip hotels add the "misc fee" of $12 or so for each day. Your best bet is in old town. Actually that is where I always stay. During the week (Sun through Wed) you can get the Golden Gate (actually the rooms are small, but all new furnishings, including flatscreens), and Fremont, and Fitzgeralds, and these two are actually good compared to what you might find on the strip for more and get less there. There is no extra fees added from the old town fremont street hotels. You can take the Bus down to the strip for $5 all day. The Nugget is the best downtown and goes for about $49 a night Sun-Wed. Rooms in old vegas jump to about $65 or so Thurs-Sat. As I said, it depends on what you are coming to LV for. If it is for the glitz and girls, then stay on the strip. If you want to gamble and the sportsbooks, then I would recommend staying in Old Town. Nugget and Fremont's books are not bad. If you are a BJ player, then low tables are in abudance 24-7.
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hollywoodundead | 17 |
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HARRAHS OR PARIS
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DirtdogJD | 17 |
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It is not so much the bookie's greed as the player's stupidity. Sports betting and on-line casinos arranged by your bookie should tip you off right there. Any casino in an on-line atmosphere is crazy to play. Either drop your bookie, or drop your pants, because between the two things you are waging on is going to cause a massive insertion and a major pain.
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shootzbra | 15 |
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WU visa is the wired plastic visa, and I have had it for 6 years and never a problem using it on-line at the different off-shore books.
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thaking3412 | 11 |
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Take the shuttle from the airport to Red Rock. It is $8-$9 one way. They leave every 15 minutes, fully loaded or not. There are two different shuttle companies that do that. Just go out from baggage and you will see shuttle van signs.
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SatNightFever05 | 11 |
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I guess I hit a nerve with smallfry. First time I ever heard IRS showing up at someone's door asking about online activity. Unless you are claiming gambling losses as a pro, and hence the inquiry by the IRS on a return that has been pullled for further review, you don't have to say anything to them. It all depends on what you are claiming in relationship to that activity. Since overseas books don't send out IRS 1099s, et cetera, it is indeed strange that they would come to your door.
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smallfry | 29 |
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Smallfry, you are well nicknamed. I was stating my opinion on WU and MG. As far as other subjects, that is my choice. Not yours. If you have such a horrific problem with knowledge, then you are well named, Smallfry. That's why I don't post much. Too many immature "pros" with the same questions that a Pro would not be asking.
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smallfry | 29 |
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If you are "blacklisted" it usually is because your transactions are over a certain limit in a certain period of time. But if you go to a western union facility that is strictly western union, you probably won't be able to send, but if you go to a grocery store or other such facility, they usually don't ask for your ID. If you are so paranoid about this, then have a friend send it for you. If you are such a big gambler with such high amounts, why not just fly to vegas on friday night and fly back on Sunday night or whenever the times that you can. Dealing with off shore sites has become a waste of time. People are so frigid with fear about the IRS, and worrying about ways of depositing or ways of receiving winnings that it has become a joyless ride on the internet with these sites. More worried about bonuses than playing the game, and then worrying about sending info on ID. Believe me when I say anyone can get anything about you these days and giving up the last four of you SSAN, or checking account, or credit card numbers is really something that you just deal with.
Nowadays, I catch a flight out every thursday night from the east coast, and catch the last flight out from Vegas back to the east coast. So I have 3 days of sportsbetting and also for Mondays games, if any. I stay in Old Town (cheap and meets my needs) and it is usually $350 round trip, and I build up enough mileage for free trips yearly, to where I don't pay for for all the 52 trips I make. I get comped from the 3 hotels I stay at usually in Old Town (Fremont, Fitzgeralds, and Nugget). I am here to gamble, not sit in my room and oogle the decor. I play a little $5 blackjack and and when all is said and done, I never bet more than $200 on a game, or on a parlay, and I don't worry about IRS because it is under the limits for forms. Do I always win? No. But by the same token, I am quite comfortably ahead without all the headaches of offshore. But then again I don't break my wallet to break the bank. I like my style of going every week (over 60, widower, and retired). Can everyone do this? No. Stop complaining about this or that about off-shore sites. |
smallfry | 29 |
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My son works in IT as well and had moved to Vegas for a year, and during that time, the only IT work he could find was contract work 30-60 days only, nothing permanent, and that was 3 years ago, and I hate to see what it is now. He finally gave up after a year. Nice place to live in Summerlin, but I am there 6-7 times a year for work (legal) and one week for March madness, and between the gang activity and other problems with the economy there, I wouldn't recommend moving there until you have a job, unless you have enough cash to last you for 6-7 months for basics without any additional seed money for gambling.
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legwand | 9 |
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Seems people have asshole problems, high roller problems, internet problems, when in reality you have only one problem: The new vegas v. the old vegas. I have been going to vegas since '61 and have been all the changes (family oriented even), and the biggest factor now is all the casinos opening up everywhere. Ohio is opening up four (columbus, cincinnati, Cleveland, and Toledo) around late 2011. Everywhere you go, there is a casino now. Delaware and sportsbooks, which is my main gig when I go to Vegas, that and BJ.
I don't need $400 rooms and the strip. I stay in Old Town at the Nugget, Fitzgeralds, et cetera. Why? Rooms are not the greatest, true, and the crowd there is not all glitz and glamor, but it is cheap. Usually $49 for Nugget on a weekday, or $30 something for the rest. Binions closed their hotel part, but I like gambling there. Why pay a large amount for a room when that is gambling seed money or SB money? If you want to be on the strip, stay at Bills for $100 a night on the weekends, and $45 during the week. How much are you actually in your room? Oh, staying on the strip is to impress some hook-up if you get lucky and not pay for it? I got to Vegas 4 times a year (3 times on business and then 10 days for the last weekend of CBB league playoffs, and then the start of March Madness. If I want to go to the strip, or Summerlin (Red Rock), I can walk the 3/4 mile to Sahara and begin my trip down the strip. But as I said, I go for the SBs, sit, relax, get there early, and take it all in slowly. I went down to the Mandalay with my four sons early (like 7:00 a..m. last MarchM, and couldn't find a seat. Went back to Nugget and found a nice seat, and the four of us drank, did our think, played BJ for 8 straight hours at the same table, and enjoyed ourselves. Nothing big, 10-20 a hand, but took Vegas for what it is, a dream of winning, the actual stage of coming home a few bucks ahead and or few bucks behind, and hitting a jackpot at the airport as i have done so many times waiting for my flight. Vegas will always be vegas, good or bad. I will continue to go because I enjoy it, whether it be shows, the buffets, steakhouses, et cetera. The old Vegas is gone. I lived in Vegas in Summerlin for 18 months on a case I was involved in, and I used to head to the local casino, place a SB bet, get comped for breakfast and other things, and it was great. 7 years later, comps are basically a thing of the past overall. Sure, you save on plane fare and hotel costs on other casinos popping up, but it's not the same for me. Detroit? What a joke. WV? Small, but okay. Connecticut? Nice. ATLC? No way. Calif and Indiana casinos? No thanks. So all you youngsters who have visions of living in Sin City and making a living cambling, and living the high life, well, your vision is clouded from the dry heat of Vegas, and your own stupidity. If you have a 56 percent winning percentage the SB every day, and you wager $200/300 a day, figure out the money you made for the day. So much for the high lifestyle with your meager winnings. Gee, then you will be able to live on the strip or in old town at one of the motels there that used to rent by the day and by the hour.......oops, most of those are gone, and so are any insane ideas about making a living in Vegas gambling over the long term. An old gambler's view of Vegas........ |
crazycarlstud | 40 |
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I am in vegas 7 times a year for the Tax Court and am on the road 40 weeks a year in tax court cases. They will give you the same advice, plus the fees for that info. If you don't receive any tax forms from casinos for winnings over a certain amount, then you only have what you will report as truthful winnings, and then the losses, and expenses. I would have to say I know of very few who will report their winnings, sans, losses, expenses as a professional gambler, if they don't receive anything from casinos. Poker professionals who enter tournaments will receive a tax form and their earnings reported. Sports betting is another matter. Winning $50 thousand from sports betting is an excellent income for that endeavor, but without something else backing you up financially, it is a long trip down the road to nowhere.
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sidewinder333 | 37 |
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Let's say you make $50,000 after bets and winnings, and that is your net $50,000. Did you receive any 1099s from casinos for wins over a certain amount? If so, then you will have to report that on your tax return, and not necessarily what you can't prove in writing about other winnings or losses. Expenses are another thing. If you are living in Nevada and are a Nevada resident, then there is no State taxes. If you are living in another State, you would have to pay the approximate taxes. I have seen too many people declare a loss on their taxes year after year as a professional gambler and employed as well, and then are completely taken by surprise when they can't declare expenses and losses from their "professional gambling."
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sidewinder333 | 37 |
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