If you could go back in time would you start gambling still?

You won't know the outcomes of games from the future, but if you could go back in time before you made that first bet, or that first gamble would you still do it?

Make sure to build a nice bankroll for the Super Bowl.

Nice Post -  I would def not gamble,  I have learned that only about 2-3 percent out there really win money gambling.  In the long run-  we all lose or go broke....

The only thing you can really win at is Poker and even that has become hard recently.

I decided to put the whole $300 on the Cowboys + 3.5 Sunday night. Of course I couldn't believe they converted the 2 point conversion, and was drinking watching the game at a friends house. They then get a sack, unbelievable to push em out of fg range!

Such a kick in the behind when your bet covers the opposite half/full game of your bet. Especially when you really need it.. MSU scoring 4 points in 8 minutes when I had a healthy + 7. I wanted Izzo to call a timeout and get his squad together and draw up a good play, but he just let them struggle and get flustered till they were down 5 with 2 minutes left and I felt my doom coming once again.

I know it is not healthy for me, but I love the thrill of the potential win and enjoying the games. Right now I am just so sick of it all, wanting to go back and make all those smart winning wagers I should have. I need to figure out how to move on, let go of the past plays and improve. I have not improved, I have gotten worst.

Coming up on a new year and trying to be hopeful to change for the better and learn something from this. I would not gamble if I could go back in time and start over, but do I have the power to stop now or to somehow manage my money and learn from this? Learn not to gamble what I cannot afford to lose?? I don't know fellas, I don't know.. feeling kinda hopeless at this moment.

Parties going on tonight and I just feel horrible about all the mistakes I have made and just want to go to sleep.

To sho , lifetime degen here, it's how I roll

Just gotta switch things up man..Lose the avitar as it clearly is not working for you..Get a job again and fix the friggin car..Real life and it's a new year..

Wiki Art Schlichter for a dose of reality..

Get your garbage together and play smaller.Good Luck

 

All depends on how you look at it. Majority of people bet on sports for the thrill/excitement in life. Sure you can work and grind paychecks for the rest of your life but what is the fun in that? People want to try and win extra money by betting on something they love to watch which is sports. I don't regret betting ever, just regret some of the bad cases of lack of money management. 

I wouldn't normally reply to something like this, but you sound very depressed. Although I don't know you or what your made out of, unfortunately I know from experience that people do really stupid garbage on nights like this. It's amateur night out there as far as I'm concerned and I'm not going anywhere so I will give you a few minutes while I'm on this site. I am working right now as I have been since 7 o'clock this morning. It is now almost 11 at night. You see, I gamble on sports for my living. with a little poker and craps mixed in once in awhile. I am by no means rich at all, but I pay my bills, have a bit of fun here and there and put some away on a consistent basis for the future. I live in Las Vegas and see people like you every day of my life. Lots and lots of them. I can spot them immediately, because I used to be the same way. I have been gambling on sports for well over 20 yrs and have only been winning consistently for the last few years. I have blocked out what I lost before that, because the amount is so absurd. The difference now is that I worked very hard to LEARN what I am doing. Again,and I stress, the word LEARN. Somebody was nice enough to sit me down and explain that I had to LEARN the things I know now, so I will pay it forward. It's up to you to pay attention or not. I am not a complete professional 'Sharp'. In fact still a ways from it, but I am also no longer a 'Square'. If your not willing to put in hard work, a lot of hard work, to learn what you are doing, just give it up. Throw in the towel right now, because you will never win on a consistent basis. Sell the addiction garbage to someone else, because I'm not buying. ( no paragraph's to save space). The lines that the books put out can be beat,but you have to know what they mean, how they move and most importantly why. I'm not here to try to teach you anything about the craft of it, just to try to tell you if you want to do it, you have to learn what your doing or you will lose in the long run forever. That's the bottom line and it is absolute. You have to know about the teams you are betting on, or against and just as important, the sport itself. Football, basketball, hockey or tennis for Christ's sake. I would never bet on a tennis game, because I know absolutely nothing about it.(unless someone I know who's opinion I highly regard gave me a tip). It takes time and patience and serious work, literally yr's of it, to LEARN how to do it. Would you want a doctor working on you who was basically guessing how to remove a kidney. Think about that. There are plenty of websites, books, etc to read and LEARN. You have to figure it all out for yourself. If your not at least relatively a smart guy, just forget about it. I will leave you with this, the first thing I was told to do. Get the lines on all the games in every sport everyday. They give out sheets here, but write em' down if you have to. Compare the final lines everyday to the posted lines. Everyday !! Consistently !! There is a pattern there on which lines hit at higher percentages. Lay off the parlay's until you can consistently hit straight bet's and even then make them only a small percentage of what you would straight bet. Finally, and most importantly, never bet more than 5 or 10% of your bankroll on any given game. If you feel so confident about a certain game, after you have researched it to death and your willing to bet a LIMB on it. 20 to 25% at the bottom line most. What you do is of course up to you, but I wouldn't have taken the time to write this if I didn't mean every word. Good luck to you and Happy New Year. Buck up !!

Nice.  Gambling your unemployment.  Feel bad you've lost some, but you are betting such small numbers.  In the grand scheme of things, you're down, what, like $15,000?  You'll be fine.  Just go out and get a job.  Don't be reliant on the unemployment.  You'll make more on the job market and be able to get a new car.

Yes, we sure live in a gambling culture.

I'd suggest a full-time job.

Do you have any type of education or training?

Maybe become a cop if you don't. You don't have any charges that would prevent this?

No OWIs?

You could do some type of program at a CC and do what you want too.

Yes.  I would have started earlier with more money.  Back from ~ '99-05 was the heyday.  So much low hanging $$$ to be made.

Absolutely.

 Cali - I just recently stopped betting. I knew I had a gambling problem after going to the casino multiple times and losing a couple hundred every time. It seriously just got the point where I couldnt even go to that place anymore without getting sick to my stomach. I won big on the 4th of July but went back probably a solid ten times since and lost every time. I am a good blackjack player but sometimes you cant control the outcome regardless if you are a good player or not.

I stayed away from NFL betting alI season until I found out through my boss about his buddy who was a bookie. I was hooked from Week 9 on. I started out small ($30-40 bets for fun) and won every single game I bet on the first week to get up to $700 off small wagers. I then tried to get cute and bet big and displayed horrible money management. Basically, I garbage away all the money on some games that I had no reason to put that much money on. $300 on Ohio U -3 vs. BGSU, $250 on a .5 pt miss on Atl-TB, $300 on a Thursday night football game I couldnt care less about normally Bills-Dolphins. Just garbage went completely wrong and I realized I had to back away. The bookie texted me and told me I owed $1330. I had a tad more of that in my bank account at the time.

I hated myself that I was trying to save money (student loans, girlfriend who wants a ring, food, rent, living expenses) but I was blowing it because Matt Bryant couldnt make a field goal or because a random MAC school didnt show up for a Thursday night football game.

I'm a natural born gambler as well. I have been playing poker with friends since the boom in 2005 and always wanted to be a high roller. I've realized now their is so much more to life that worrying about useless games. Sure, I may join a college football pick em or a fantasy league here or there, but I try to completely stay away from betting games. Just WAY too many fishy things happen. I firmly believe I watched some rigged games. When you have money on the games it makes you look at the games in a different light.

Stop feeling like you have to bet on everything to make a fortune. The worst thing you can do is bet 1H in the NFL or basketball. If you don't have money management you are toast in this business. My advice for you: Youre still young. I am 24 and just stopped betting last month and have no intention to go back.
Get your act together, get a job, fix your car, take care of yourself. You aren't putting any time into yourself. You're making yourself feel awful about sports games. There is way more to life man.

Good luck

You need to either stop gambling altogether or figure out what you're doing wrong and correct it. Deposit $100 and use $1 units. Or deposit $1,000 and use $10 units. If you can't pick winners then stop trying. It's all about discipline and money management. If you're looking to get rich quickly you're doomed. Think long term. If you can increase your bankroll by 10-15% every month or nearly every month, you'll have a huge wad of cash in just 3-4 years.

Good luck dude.

Been gambling on sports for two years now and from the very start have set some rules for myself that I believe have kept me out of trouble. 

If you are  relying on gambling to pay rent/bills, then stop.

That is the definition of common sense.

1% of gamblers can do that. Everything that I have read on here(been a few years) there is only 1 person that I have seen that understands what it takes to do that and it is Vanzack. It has nothing to do with his capping ability,it has to do with betting style and shopping best lines and lowest juice. If you use only one book,you have no shot of ever being a winner.

Who do you like in the Florida/Louisville game tomorrow?