How many of you here making money from gambling?

LOL...the really question here is who actually bet for fun???????? i honestly cant do it!!!!!!!!!

I won 37000 last month. I lost back 27 within 2 weeks. I bet on average 1K per game. I think games are rigged. That is my opinion. The books  are probably owned by sport owners behind the scene. They let you win to make you addicted to sport gambling and thinking it is easy to win. Then they will take the money from you and more. 

I lost 27000 on almost every game I wagered last two weeks, especially with 1K bet. However, when I wagered 200 or 300 I won

everybody that wants to win at sports I tell them the same thing: to become a bookie, hard to lose when you get +110 on every bet

Yes you can make a living sport betting.  But like anything you have to work hard at it.  Also it takes experience in my opinion.  And by experience I mean years of losing trying to figure things out.  It also takes nerve, patience, and persistence.  It is a grind.   Also a "living" is different to everyone.  I have made more than say a 40 hr a week job that pays minimum wage, sports betting over the last 5 years.  But I make much more money with my business and playing Poker.  So for me, It is a piece of my living......A stressfull yet fun piece

I'm sure if you would write down in excel file how much you spend on this "fun" activity you would get to a few hundreds if not thousands over the course of a year, for me - gambling made me treat money lightly as something that has no value.

Don't be sure of that.
I was like you, I got to a point where I had over $20,000 from gambling. I felt like it's a 2nd job, something I "enjoy" to do.

Long story short I lost it all and got into debts of over $20,000! I have managed by now to repay it all, but I can tell you, I tried using all the discipline in the world ... betting only on what I'm sure would be a winner - it didn't work for me.

Why destroying chairs after losing if you claim you make around $50,000 a year from gambling?
And is it $50,000 US Dollars or Russian Rubles? ($1400 USD per year?)

That's sick man .. I would say just live below your means (if you have to!) - in order to save every penny so you can use it for living ... not for betting!

Trust me ... I do have a bankroll and if I wanted I could place some bets of $50,000 on "Sure" winners at odds of 1.20 or so making "Easy" $10,000.

I would never want to get into that. Never.
Why?
Because it won't stop there.
And you still take a risk no matter what!

The point is you might make $10,000 or $20,000 from gambling ... I was in that position in the past - however - you won't stop and you would lose more than you can afford with or without a system - the longer you play the more damage it causes to you, not only talking from financial perspective but also from time perspective as well.

I need to submit a very important assignment to University by next Monday and all this gambling just made me do other things.

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And about discipline and bankroll ...

1) I so wanted to bet on Oklahoma Money Line to win tonight against the Clippers. I was SURE about this, it looked like a good bet (risk $1000 to win $440) but I gave up on it as I want to give up on gambling in general.

2) I also thought the UNDER 183.5 between Pacers and Washington was another SURE bet! So many games lately in the Playoffs went OVER the line, so it's time for an UNDER now ... just like an idiot thinking 10 BLACKS in the Roulette mean it's time for a RED now ....

If I have taken those bets I would have lost big time.
Discipline wouldn't have helped me.
My bankroll wouldn't have helped me here.
Nothing would have helped me.

It would have been inevitable that I would lose.
And now if I wanted to place another bet, continue spending my bankroll, I would still only win 90% of what I risk! That's 10% off!

So this entire system is designed for me to lose.
Yes, some of you would might say "you made the wrong picks, should have bet on Clips or the OVER" but everyone's smart after the game was over.

Where is LeagueCapper, the one you said is an excellent capper who said Oklahoma -5 is a good bet for tonight?

Same way you could pick winners, same way you can pick losers - the problem is each time you bet you AUTOMATICALLY reduce your bankroll because of the 10% takeout!
Yes, some of you might win for a while, make a 25-10 record, so you are on the top ... but don't think this could last forever ... the guy with the $12k profits in NFL ... I wanna see him 5 years from now and then we talk ...

Gambling cannot be a "job" and you can't make money from it.
Some might do for a while, but most people, the vast majority of people - get only debts from gambling, it's not an income ... at least not for the gambler anyway.

No one does ... except for those maybe putting $10 on a team just for "fun" but trust me, they can be exposed to this kind of activity if they win or win big ... so those who started with just a small $5 bet can end up losing much more.

That's why UK bookmakers are even willing to give new members a FREE BET (no conditions) of 5 - 10 pounds, just to try it ... why? because they know those who "bet for fun" and try their luck would be very tempted to try with bigger amounts next time.

So you start with 5 or 10 pounds now, then deposit 100 and when you lose it - chase it or not - you're already a problem gambler without even noticing it.

Gambling is a problem nowadays and people got their families destroyed because of it.
Yes, some people can contain it, I might be a person who can contain gambling right now ... but I won't even try it... I prefer to disconnect myself from this habit once and for all.

Don't blame yourself.
It might be difficult to understand this but the system is designed in a way for this to happen.

I made $20,000 profits from gambling ... called it quit for a while, but lost it all ... and I didn't lose it in 1 day ... I tried to bet as smart as possible... it didn't last.

Yes, sports are rigged, of course they are.
If you read BetRadar.com description you would notice how those people who set up live bets for bookmakers such as Bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes, and more - they are in touch with the coaches, officials and more.

Be sure of that. That's a fact. Not a myth. Read it on their website.

I feel sorry for those of you for instance who had a bet on the UNDER 183.5 tonight between Washington and Indiana ... only 32 pts in the 3rd quarter ... 131 pts in total by the end of Q3 ... the line was 183 ... so it's 52 pts for the 4th quarter to get that line ... all factors point out this game would go UNDER ... not sure what was the line by then but probably it was around 172-173 or so ...

And then ... disappointment for so many bettors, and a surprise ... game went OVER with 67 pts in the 4th quarter ... now who could have known that? Live bettors definitely got crashed ... maybe only the OVER bettors can "smile" but this is not something most people can afford ... I'm talking about the fact probably some of you had $2,000 on the UNDER, maybe even through live bets .... some of you "remember" Washington in their last game scored only 75 pts against 69 by the bulls (144 pts in total) ...

So whatever information you have ... you had no way to foresee this, no way to know it in advance .... there is no skill, and not even "luck" ... a "luck" exists for something that can be beneficial for you ... here there is no luck ... there is automatic destruction of your bankroll no matter how you look at it ... and I would say it can also destroy your life ... fact is and that is a fact - it happened to so many people in the past.

That is indeed correct.
But I personally wouldn't want to make money by taking it from people and give them nothing in return.

The gambling industry tries to portray gambling as something fun, entertaining, recreational ... what exactly is fun, entertaining and recreational about losing money or even losing what you can't afford to lose?

I wouldn't like to be part of it, either way ... not as a gambler and not as a bookie, just stay out of it and try to make money by other means, and there are so many other means which are much better if you ask me.

Trust me,
I have all the "experience" in the world, I've seen teams winning, losing, tennis players who are underdog beating favorites, favorites beating underdogs in easy 2 sets, under over trends fluctuate...

What exactly is "working hard" here?
Trust me, I tried to cap Washington-Indiana, if I would be betting on it or watching it I would cheer up after a low score in the 3Q ... be so glad I took the UNDER ... and then ... poof ... the bubble is burst, welcome to the real world.

Now let me ask you.
What sort of experience of "working hard" enough would have helped me to know the 4th quarter would be full of 67 pts? They had 178 pts scored where 1 minute is left ... (check NBA.com for "play by play" if you don't believe me) ... a similar game between Indiana and Atlanta went UNDER when 1 minute was left.

Scoring 20 pts in the first 3 minutes, then slowing it down ... then going OVER the line in the last minute ... who could have guessed it?

• What is there to work hard?
• Where experience could have helped me here?

Maybe Poker has more advantages but I personally can't play Poker, I can't play something where I see how I am taking (or losing) money from someone else, it's just too cruel ... but I guess sports betting is not much different ... just the bookmaker is the middle so you don't see you're actually taking or losing money of other bettors.

So you're up 100 units of $50 which is $5,000.
Very nice.

I was up $20,000 betting in similar patterns like you ... I lost it all, and no, I didn't chase ... I treated gambling as something I wanted to analyze and pick the right ones ... always "waited" for the perfect moment ... didn't work for me.

Maybe it will work for you, but I can tell you winnings in gambling can never permanently last, it's a fact.

Good luck!

Yes, that's a good advice not only for me but for those who feel the same.

   

everyone turns into a fkn degenerate sooner or later. or what I like to be called a fkn action junkie.

live by the action die by the action
action action action

That is not an action.
It's an addiction.
And a very expensive one.