• Confessions of a Small-time Gambler – 10.61

    Another week of football and the first week this season that I am starting in a real hole from the previous week. Not that there is any pressure, but a couple of wins would be sweet to get at least to even  . . . and beyond. Saturday started off with a friend of mine

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  • Confessions of a Small-time Gambler – 9.290

    Oh, how I feel the agony of defeat. Last weekend was a terrible display of bad beats and wagering miscues. The weekend all started in an innocent and winning way. I have a friend who went to Penn State and I know that secretly he has a cardboard cutout of JoePa in his house. I

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  • Confessions of a Small-time Gambler – 9.221

    This week I managed to turn the tables on the bookmaker, only to give some of it back on both Sunday and Monday Nights. This week’s SNF game was one that I am afraid will haunt me the whole season. All Peyton Manning had to do was take 3 knees to run out the clock

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  • Getting the Best Line0

    It is hard to quantify the half-point. Sometime you lose a game by half a point and sometimes you win a game by half a point. But, over the long haul, getting the best line for your wager is a betting strategy that successful gamblers use everyday. “Shopping the line” as it is commonly called

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  • Confessions of a Small-time Gambler2

    Every week, I pony up to the window with my $20 parlays and $33 win bets. I don’t have much of a bankroll to wager with, but I more than relish in the action. Part of it is just beating the bookie, being the smart guy and bragging that “I had that winner”.  Oh Yeah,

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  • Las Vegas Football Contests1

    Every year the sportsbooks in Las Vegas offer contests both big and small for the football season. This year there are a few college and pro football contests, including one that has a $100,000 entry fee at the M Resort! Since we don’t know too many people with that kind of dough, we will focus

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