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Quote Originally Posted by 666LES:
666LES I agree with you 100% that I should have looked better at the first wager. I kind of assumed and didn't take enough time to look at it. The part 10th point made it even more misleading as if it was lets say 15th or 18th point in such case I would have looked deeper. But, you agree with me that this was kind of a tricky wager? I mean why in the world would a book offer such a stupid coin flip wager and allow a $1000 limit on it, and why would you even favor Houston here. what if the score was like 8-0 Houston that should even favor Minnesota to score next. I mean who would ever bet on that? I have years of experience and rarely make mistakes like that. I try to be very careful reading the wager first and It's been many years since I made a mistake like this that I can't even remember. But mistakes do happen and in this situation the wager was not 100% clear at least the wording and the odds, so I can't prove that the grading was wrong nor can the book prove that a loss is the correct grading, because I can argue that it meant team to score 10th on his own not OF THE GAME and I can also argue the odds not being 50/50.
Quote Originally Posted by jeffreys123:
I did know what I was betting on the FIRST time and the SECOND time. The mistake that I made was that I should have read the first wager 3 or 4 times and analyze it before betting it which most people would never do. The wager gave me the impression as to which team would score 10 first, at first glance. Also the odds were very reasonable as the odds for a 10th point scores would have been -105 or so as a coin flip. Also the wager never stated the words OF THE GAME which makes it very suspect. Overall, a bad experience and a very costly lesson.
Not to Beat a Dead Horse,But you did not know what you were betting the FIRST time...you ASSUMED what you were betting the first time and when you got cold feet and tried to hedge you still didn't know what you had bet the first time and tried to hedge a different side.That you post that this bet was Mis-Graded does not speak well that you still don't understand who f*cked up.Theres a saying about ASSUME but you don't need to hear that crap.Every Gambling Lesson I ever learned I had to PAY for and I'm positive you won't forget this one.I did know what I was betting on the FIRST time and the SECOND time. The mistake that I made was that I should have read the first wager 3 or 4 times and analyze it before betting it which most people would never do. The wager gave me the impression as to which team would score 10 first, at first glance. Also the odds were very reasonable as the odds for a 10th point scores would have been -105 or so as a coin flip. Also the wager never stated the words OF THE GAME which makes it very suspect. Overall, a bad experience and a very costly lesson.
And that's why I am here to get others thoughts and advice as there is no rule that would justify on unjust the grading. Man, I can't tell you how bad it felt that night losing $5600 in a couple of hours, being forced to lose, then losing another $1500 the next day. I know that I should have been more patient and not chased my loss, but it was really painful. I lost a lot more than that in one day many times in years passed, but never felt very bad about it like this time. I don't mind to lose a wager on a team that I actually bet on. It left me very depressed for 3 weeks and I still feel so when I think about it.
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