[jhause13]

Was everyone on here when they started gambling?? And how much did you bet on games when you first started?

[ipickwinners]

16.... not a whole lot.... $20 here, $40 there... $100 the most probably.... wasnt till i was 18 till i really started to bet some bigger money and more on a consistent basis. when i was 16 or so it was like 2 or 3 bets a week

[jhause13]

i'm 18 now and don't have the money to bet big amounts.. how did you do it haha

[Doug]

I was definetly gambling at about 13 or so, on :

jai alai, pool,badminton,NFL, Monopoly,Battleship,lottery,etc.

I made good money at 13 with my paper route.

By 16 , I made more money working PT at a union grocery store than my mother did working FT as head teller at a bank. I made over half of what a school teacher did at the time, part of the reason why I never really went to college.

[ipickwinners]

had a part time job since i was 14 and full time during the summers, saved me some cash

[jhause13]

yeah i mean i saved a grand from working at a grocery store over the past month and a half after i took a break from gambling but damn you guys bet that on games alot

[jhause13]

any advice on getting a better start than i did last go around? or should i save more money

[ipickwinners]

dont bet, its bad

[jhause13]

haha. i like to bet though. i love the rush

[ipickwinners]

do cocaine or something, betting is real bad

[jhause13]

lol alright. why don't you do cocaine with me then?

[ipickwinners]

because id rather gamble.

[jhause13]

me too, thanks for all the quality advice man..




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[Matt23]

I starting betting on games with friends at like 13, starting betting with spreads at 15, and offshore at 16.

[guitarjosh]

I started betting with my dad and grandfather when I was 9 or 10 to get extra money in my allowence or get out of chores or something. Really got into sports bettingin my early 20's at work. Went offshore a few years later and found it was a bit tougher then beating people at work, took a step back and learned to cap and beat the books.

[Willie Bee]

Made my first bet in first grade, so put me down for six years old. Got no-paid by my classmate I made the bet with and beat up by his older brother to boot. Have hated the Cubs ever since.

[thezbar]

Age seven I created a craps layout on the back of my mothers sewing board. Ran the game using marbles as betting units {mostly cat eyes and bolders**. Age nine I was grading parley cards for my father's side operation. By fifteen I was betting horses at the race track [I looked old for my age]. I started very early in life ,as the saying goes "You should make at least one bet a day. You could be walking around lucky and not know it"

[michael777]

i am 47,dad took me to the track when i was 12,i have bet almost everyday since

[Bullajami]

Started when I was 41. or maybe 40.

[BuddyBear]

Around 16 when a guy in highschool use to pass out betting slips. It was just $10....

[eidolon]

my sister taught me craps when I was 11 (didn't like it). I guess you could say I started betting on sports in Jr. High with the NCAA tournament bracket, and guess what, it was rigged, haha. He had one of his good friends win, and then they cut the winnings.

[pico]

22

240 dollars....lost...damn iowa

[Bigcrank23]

my sister taught me craps when I was 11 (didn't like it). I guess you could say I started betting on sports in Jr. High with the NCAA tournament bracket, and guess what, it was rigged, haha. He had one of his good friends win, and then they cut the winnings.

Thats funny, my buddy and I would pass out March Madness brackets in high school, then tell all the chumps that got in that his cousin or someone outside the school won and we would pocket the money and take it to the race track Messed up but we had to make some money somehow at that age

[Bigcrank23]

To answer the thread, I was about 11 or 12. I lived very close to Laurel Race track and I worked there on the weekends walking or grooming the horses. Started betting other groomers there on whos stable would win more races

[THE HITMAN]

I don't have time to elaborate more, but truthfully, I was 8. I bet on the World Series (winner).

[jjgold]

10

parlay cards

[Sportsgirl]

I haven't started yet, but I'm thinking I might in August.

[JimmyG]

Started first year in college at 18...betting sports...lived and breathed Pro Football Weekly. Use to pick it up at a 7 eleven every week with a coffee and pick my teasers in the parking lot...Im sure everyone knows how well that went

When I was 19 my Dad took me and 2 roommates to Vegas for my bday

We used fake ID's and played BlackJack at the Mirage and then went across the street from Caesars to a little irish casino that had $2 tables...lol

Had a great time and as soon as we got home we started doing night missions after 2am to AC...this went about as well as the sports picks from Pro Football Weekly lol

[Wrigley]

First time I used a local I was 18

[stump]

8 - started pitching nickels against the church wall in catholic school, got in trouble for that one and the nuns took my winning and gave them to the missions. first time i got stiffed by a book.

[mmarino]

I don't consider little bets with friends and family members real sports betting, so the first time I gambled was off-shore when I was 15 (using my parents CC). The CC company called my parents, thought the charge was fraud, and I had to come clean to them. Took 2 years off from that until I got my own account, and took it back up. Haven't looked back since (only 20 now anyway though).