First of all I am new here, so I hope that wont be in a hindrance in helping me out. I guess I am just looking for input/opinions/suggestions in how to go about getting and securing my money......
On the 30th of last month I got a text from a buddy of mine asking me if I wanted to bet on some games he knew of a bookie who took on high end clients. I do not consider myself a high roller by any means but anyway. I am 26 years old, and basically have gambled off and on since I was 18 but have run into problems with western union and money gram so really have not bet much the past few months. I was out of town at the time and was bored so I decided to give the guy a call.....
I didnt know what to expect because although I had dealt with bookies before it was always through somebody else....I called him up and he was really cool, I generally ask alot of questions and he answered them for the most part, to my surprise this wasnt a setup where I called him up to place all my bets, in fact, after telling him I wanted to proceed, he text messaged me about 5 minutes later with a user name and password that were to be used at a web site he provided me with, also there were toll free numbers to call if I wanted to place the bet over the telephone. I was given a credit balance of 10,000 and was told that you always pay up or get paid mon-weds, never any later.
I told him I generally start off betting smaller bets but am known to increase, he didnt press the issue on that but I figured that is why I was given the 10,000 limit.
The first week went down, and I was up close to 7,000 on that Sunday but ended up losing some big bets on the lakers when they played the spurs, and the clippers when they played the knicks later that evening....oh yeah and the freaking raptors when the warriors beat them at toronto! I ended up being down about 1,500. Of course I was pissed, but I didnt want anybody hunting me down or anything so I immediately made arrangements to pay the 1,500. I met the guy on weds at a location near my house, he seemed appreciative that I seeked them out for payment, telling me are relationship would be good, even asking if I had any other people to bring on board.
So for this next week I began hitting alot of plays and ended the week being up a balance of over 10,500. That Sunday night when all the games were over and the balances were to refresh I called the guy and asked him when we would be meeting, he said Weds would be the day......Tuesday night rolls around and I text him asking him the meeting time for Weds, he tells me he will get back to me on Weds. Weds rolls around, I dont hear from him, he says it will be Thursday, Thursday rolls around and I am getting uneasy, he tells me he is still waiting on money and he will hand deliver the money to me on Friday. A little later that evening I get a call from him saying his boss wants to talk to me......at this point I am owed the 10,500 and am up another 30,000 that week ( I was hitting and betting everything, I figured its house money, why not) I get a call from an out of state number basically telling me that I am not going to get a penny until they fly out to see me on a date that has now passed. They suspected me of being part of an elaborate scheme or.....betting over my head. He said he didnt like the way I paid mixing 100 dollar bills with 20s 10s and 5s, and he didnt like the way I started betting small and ended up being a dime player. Not going to lie I was pretty intimidated at the time, I mean, I have bet alot, but never had I had a problem getting paid. Honestly I thought this was all bull shit, I mean, if they had a problem with the way I was betting why didnt they call me out when I paid the 1,500?
Anyway, he told me that if I stopped betting at the time I would never see a penny, he would be flying out on the later date, and that everything would be cool. soooo, maybe being nieve I trusted him, I kept playing, ended that week up another 24,000 in addition to the 10,500 already owed and I played the following week having a losing week of about 3,000. All in all they owe me 31,000.
So the day came that I was supposed to see the boss.....nothing, no word, nothing. I hit up the local guy who took my money and what not and he says he has not heard anything. Finally today, he hits me with all this bull shit, that they think I am full of shit and am betting over my head, and I just have to wait it out and keep playing so they can feel safe with me.....sort of the same stuff that was said when I spoke to the boss.....
Now honestly, I am not violent, I am a freaking school teacher but....I also happen to be a rapper too (yeah weird combo) and alot of people know whats going on and want to intervene at levels I am not comfortable with, the guy that put me in contact with this dude is heated. At the end of the day, I just want my money, I think I have been patient, but I dont know what to do. I still hold out hope I am going to get paid....but what do they want me to do? Keep playing till I lose it all. And they still have my initial 1,500 which sucks. What sucks even more is, I have bet along time, and I have come up on some nice numbers, but never anything in this range, maybe it was stupid, but I honestly thought I was going to get paid, so what did I do, I ran up my credit card on some electronics, donations to cancer research, and shit to my car thats around 10,000, its all dandy and all but I was doing that with confidence I was getting paid....yeah, I know, big mistake.
Anyways, what should I do? I cant sleep, I am pissed, I just want to collect my money. I have honestly never been so mad in my life, they sure take the cash easy but when it came time to pay, its all bull shit. And I told them.....does it not effen look like I dont have money. I mean damn. If they had a problem, why did they even take my action to begin with. There has got to be something I can do. Alright. thanks.