[supra23]

....it seems that having a couple bad beats these last couple days, I slowly but surely am starting to break even.

It annoys me to the point where I see myself spending all this time and energy looking for that right pick and in the end it never comes through. Instead I could have used all that time and energy doing other productive things in life. Its unfortunate my cousin got me into this gambling thing because if it had not of been for him I would never have taken this long and endless road to nowhere life

And to think at the time I began this my life was smooth sailing with my gf and finish up my bachelors degree, now ever since this sportsbetting thing me and my gf broke up and now it seems that my grades are also being affected.

Sometimes I think back to when I first never laid eyes on a sportsbook or gambling for that matter, and I know for a fact I would never have gotten hooked to it, but now as you all know wuts your in you get addicted quick. So my question is after seeing so many of you guys here on a day to day basis, are any of you actually up a significant amount from when you began and is it even at all possible, because most posts on here also talk about similar situations of being in the negative and never the positive

[ForgetWallStreet]

Just quit man. 99.9999% of people that play are going to inevitably lose. Sports wagering is not the solution to all of YOUR financial needs. Get back on track in school son.

[buztah]

Most posters here are compulsive gamblers who've pissed away thousands, if not tens of thousands, over the years. Anyone who says they are up over the long term is either a liar or could be making more money in business.

Personally, I'm down a ton and would need to hit a monster parlay to break even overall. It's a sickness.

SICKYGAMBLAHHHHHHHHZZZZZ.COM!

[nep1293]

Since I stopped being an idiot I am up. Overall I am probably even or down a little. When I first started betting I was pretty much betting everything that was out there with no real plan. Lost a lot, mostly on Tennis, MLB, and NBA. Since then I haven't bet those sports and have just stuck to football and some NCAA BB. I don't bet big amounts, a lot of 10 and 20 dollar bets. Between football and NCAA BB I'm up around 3K lifetime but all the other sports kicked my ass enough to be around the break even point.

[Tchocky]

I'd like to think I'm up overall but I don't really know. I don't keep records of all my winnings and losses and most books don't save all your graded wagers for very long.

[rake922]

Originally Posted by buztah

Most posters here are compulsive gamblers who've pissed away thousands, if not tens of thousands, over the years. Anyone who says they are up over the long term is either a liar or could be making more money in business.

Personally, I'm down a ton and would need to hit a monster parlay to break even overall. It's a sickness.

SICKYGAMBLAHHHHHHHHZZZZZ.COM!

Define "a ton"

[durito]

Originally Posted by buztah

Anyone who says they are up over the long term is either a liar

Nonsense.

Originally Posted by buztah

or could be making more money in business.

That's debatable, but you can probably say that about tons of smart people in all sorts of professions.

[JoeC]

Man i tell you, I once thought gamble was really fun, but now as my job its nothing but a grind. I laugh when my friends and family come to me looking to bet a grand to make a quick buck, thinking i never lose. I really think they will never understand what i real sports better goes threw everyday. I myself have up and downs throughout just one single day, from not getting in at a certain line or betting on a team and finding out later that there best player is out. As for example kevin garnett not playing against the magic this past weekend, thank god i play at matchbook and had live betting and took the magic late in the first quarter. Anyway I spend all day evryday with my face in my computer looking at this website, espn, matchbook, sportsinsights, covers, teamrankings and a ferw others. I have a very stressful life at times but u would never know it, evrybody i know thinks i live the good life paying my bills gambling and i will be the first to admit it is pretty sweet but going on tilt after a few bad days to get it all back is the worst thing to do, even though it seems so right. You must have a bankroll to play another day. We go through 2 stages betting. The first stage is getting the best line for the team you believe is a value play. Weather that means your up at 4:00am in the mourning (i am)waiting for betcris to drop there lines and take advantage of value plays before they change the line.(As for example Toronto vs washington last night, tornoto was -5 but evrywhere else at the time was -8.5.Even though it didn't matter toronto blew out washington, every real gambler knows evry point in your favor counts. 2. Is the actual game itself and the hopes the team you pick will cover. We have know control over that but live betting could be the answer. Anyway as for your question i am currently down 700 dollars this week, but im up overall. I seen someday today decide to quit gambling, it's really sad to here that because of losing, shit i wish u said you were quiting because you hit it big. My best advice for anybody is to not try and get it all back in one shot, if it took a month to make some good money dont take a day to give it all back, grind it out, grind it out and good luck and god bless. Oh by the way all 4 of the games today suc, weather it's a team playing back to back or injuries to some really good players i will be on the sidelines today but never say never there may come some value on these lines later on. By the way does anybody know where to go for the quickest injury udates. Time after time i see a line move like crazy only to find out that there was a late scratch from the lineup card. The line moves like crazy, then 15 minutes later i get an injury update alert from sportsinsights.com but it's already to late. any help in this area for me would be much appreicated. Thanks

[shasso]

Since starting in october im around zero, +/- 3 units. And i keep track of every cent. I was once down quite a bit but bounced back, now im playing smarter and won't go down again

[ChuteBoxe]

Home from work early, figured I'd chime in before I go to sleep. I'm actually up pretty big so far myself. 53 NFL units is huge for me, since a unit is $1000. NBA units for me are only $100, due to the fact that I've never been that great until around playoff time, and I play a lot of games compared to the NFL. So let's see, +$53,000 on the NFL, -$10,000 for the NBA, and -$10,000 at the Borgata on blackjack is +$30,000. I played a few NBA games at $1000/a play for the first time this year in the beginning, but i wised up quick when I lost $20,000 profit in roughly 3 days, and then another $5000 extra. Overall I don't feel that's too bad for roughly 6 months work, and I only started with a $10,000 total bankroll 4 years ago. I have all my paperwork in the filing cabinet, but i'd say i'm probably up close to $100,000 in those 4 years. It's not impossible to win. Just do what I do, pick a sport you're really good with, and go large. Every other sport, go smaller. It's also very important IMO to have a bankroll over $10,000, and be strict with your money management. Don't get me wrong, in the past I was down $35,000, and the wife was ready to divorce me, but I always pull my way out of the hole before the end of the season every year. Let's hope that continues.

[DukeJohn]

JoeC --

I also searched for a good injury reporting site and well sportsinsights is good, but I would suggest sportsnetwork if ya haven't checked them out. I compared the two and sportsnetwork seemed a little better. But see for ya self...

supra23 --

I am down thousands over the last year or so. I just got through monitoring a tout service, which I posted at SBRforum where I lost $7344.44

Anyway, Good Luck out there...

Duke

[jjgold]

You need paid line services for quciker injury updates or watch espn news all day and night

Most guys are down in life period. I might be down like 175,000 or so in my lifetime. 2007 I was down like $30,000 or so. I varies daily due to my large volume plays.

[Sportsgirl]

I am. But I don't gamble.

[JoeC]

Hey duke thanks alot, I really appreciate it. Looks like a good site.

[Poker_Beast]

Bet for the thrill - if you win it is a bonus!

[RageWizard]

From 2001, I'm up almost $10,000. This year I sucked like a fluff girl saving up for implants. This year alone I'm down over $12,000.

[rm18]

Am up overall, no way I would be more successful in business that in sportsbetting. Might be harder this year a lot of cut limits, restrictions, and delays though, and don't really have as much bankroll saved up as I would like.

[RageWizard]

Originally Posted by Sportsgirl

I am. But I don't gamble.

You have to explain how your up from sportsbetting but don't gamble. Is this some newspaper syntex thing? Or is there other rewards other than money from sportsbetting that you aren't sharing.

[rm18]

Originally Posted by RageWizard

You have to explain how your up from sportsbetting but don't gamble. Is this some newspaper syntex thing? Or is there other rewards other than money from sportsbetting that you aren't sharing.

contests/arbitrage/bonii is what she probably means

[supra23]

...JoeC, I think your post made my eyes bleed!...spaces people spaces!lol...but neways ya it seems by your responses that some of guys are actually up, but then there are some of you that are down a great deal too, and when i mean down i mean you guys are like "timmy stuck in the well", "im gonna run in front of a train", "dont ask questions just pull the trigger"...type of down!lol

For the people that are up are you guys betting daily or once/twice a week...because what I figure is from now on im betting just one or two games a week...that way I dont take the fun out of sportsbetting, which i think we ultimately do if we bet daily and lose.

Cuz the way I see it, if i was to lose that one or two games in the week compared to betting daily and experiencing all the ups/downs, i dont think it would hurt as bad to my roll as well as my sanity!

[rake922]

Originally Posted by RageWizard

From 2001, I'm up almost $10,000. This year I sucked like a fluff girl saving up for implants. This year alone I'm down over $12,000.

In 6 years you had a 10k profit and then in 1 month you had a 12k loss

[MoneySportsGuy]

good thread guys very interested and goodluck to everybody !

[brock]

Originally Posted by ForgetWallStreet

Just quit man. 99.9999% of people that play are going to inevitably lose. Sports wagering is not the solution to all of YOUR financial needs. Get back on track in school son.

[harsh506]

took me about 2 months to stay up consistantly. I would always ob over then under then over, but now im up and im risin

[rm18]

Originally Posted by supra23

...JoeC, I think your post made my eyes bleed!...spaces people spaces!lol...but neways ya it seems by your responses that some of guys are actually up, but then there are some of you that are down a great deal too, and when i mean down i mean you guys are like "timmy stuck in the well", "im gonna run in front of a train", "dont ask questions just pull the trigger"...type of down!lol

For the people that are up are you guys betting daily or once/twice a week...because what I figure is from now on im betting just one or two games a week...that way I dont take the fun out of sportsbetting, which i think we ultimately do if we bet daily and lose.

Cuz the way I see it, if i was to lose that one or two games in the week compared to betting daily and experiencing all the ups/downs, i dont think it would hurt as bad to my roll as well as my sanity!

I am a huge volume bettor. I don't play that many full game bets but a lot of props, 1st halves, 2nd halves, 2nd half parlays, and also I do make over 100 bodog live bets a day on average.

[RageWizard]

Originally Posted by rake922

In 6 years you had a 10k profit and then in 1 month you had a 12k loss

Well it was more like $22,000 for 6 years and then in 3 months, it pretty much went down.
If you do a search, I posted all my picks in the NFL ( that is all I do ) for the season.

If you have been fading my picks this year, you made out big time.

[supra23]

Originally Posted by ChuteBoxe

Home from work early, figured I'd chime in before I go to sleep. I'm actually up pretty big so far myself. 53 NFL units is huge for me, since a unit is $1000. NBA units for me are only $100, due to the fact that I've never been that great until around playoff time, and I play a lot of games compared to the NFL. So let's see, +$53,000 on the NFL, -$10,000 for the NBA, and -$10,000 at the Borgata on blackjack is +$30,000. I played a few NBA games at $1000/a play for the first time this year in the beginning, but i wised up quick when I lost $20,000 profit in roughly 3 days, and then another $5000 extra. Overall I don't feel that's too bad for roughly 6 months work, and I only started with a $10,000 total bankroll 4 years ago. I have all my paperwork in the filing cabinet, but i'd say i'm probably up close to $100,000 in those 4 years. It's not impossible to win. Just do what I do, pick a sport you're really good with, and go large. Every other sport, go smaller. It's also very important IMO to have a bankroll over $10,000, and be strict with your money management. Don't get me wrong, in the past I was down $35,000, and the wife was ready to divorce me, but I always pull my way out of the hole before the end of the season every year. Let's hope that continues.

...very true, I think a huge starting bankroll, for example what u said $10,000 is a must to begin sportsbetting.

I'm sure anyone will agree depositing $500 or any amount close to it, as a starting bankroll will not last long because no one im sure is going to stick with the 1-3% of your bankroll betting technique because betting amounts are not exciting, instead we are looking for the quick hit to double up that low initial deposit.

With $10,000 I feel gives room for error and "LOOKS" like alot when it is in your account and wagers of 1-3% day in and day out of this amount is alot more resonable in terms of the long run

[idontlikerocks]

i think if you are losing and you do not learn what mistakes you are making , then you should quit. Give yourself some time to figure out what you are doing wrong. Come back to it later with a new plan. you can make money at this consistantly, but probably not life changing money.

[rjt721]

Originally Posted by ForgetWallStreet

99.9999% of people that play are going to inevitably lose.

Not true at all.