GLOBAL PHENOMENON Gambling Problems
by JGD on Feb 11, 2010 1:39 PM EST
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PrintAs I noted in today's edition of Casual Communication I won $100 betting on Georgetown against Providence. Well now I have some confidence, and no one ever loses when they gamble, so I am giving it another go round tonight. Will this end very badly? Most likely. But it's all for our loyal readers' enjoyment.
Tonight's pick:
Two team parlay. $50 to win $130.
Louisville -6 @ St. Johns
Notre Dame +5 @ Seton Hall
Is this a good bet? I don't know. I didn't know what a parlay was until like 10 minutes ago.
After the jump see our Casual Lock of the Night:
Our Casual Connection in Vegas calls this his LOCK OF THE NIGHT:
Pepperdine +9.5 @ USF I wll take Pepperdine +9.5 These are two of the crappiest teams to watch in America. You could not pay me to go to this game. It will be so f'ing ugly. Crap vs Crap game. A D2 game at best. USF does not give a crap and either does Pepperdine. 77-70 USF wins but Pepperdine covers.
Stay Casual, my friends.
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Parlay LOSS
Is Louisville six points good on the road? I think there’s a big drop-off for them when they are away from Louisville and Pitino’s favorite restaurant.
What I feel good about
Is there are no distractions for them. Like, if their coach was rumored to be looking to go to the Nets, or something like that.
It's not you, it's me.
this might not be a good question to post online
but where does one place a bet on college basketball?
It's not me, It's you
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Feb 11, 2010 2:08 PM EST reply actions
how legal is this?
speaking of questions not to post online…
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
Seton Hall is a 5 point FAVORITE against Notre Dame tonight
I can have oodles of charm when I want to.
If JGD gambles
as well as he pays for drinks that he has ordered, this will be a a short-lived feature.
Blip
hahahahahahahahaha
hilarious
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Feb 11, 2010 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
vegas was built on parlays
This is going to be really fun watching JGD go broke over the next couple of months.
Casually.
no such thing
There’s no such thing as a good bet until you have won.
Having said that, I strongly caution against parlays, as even when they appear attractive on its face (as yours does), something usually occurs that ruins everything. It’s hard enough to win one wager at a time, let alone two.
Are you really going to enjoy your evening worrying if that Hazzell lunatic on Seton Hall isn’t going to try to pad his stats by hitting a meaningless 3 at the buzzer so they win by 6? What if Anthony Mason, Jr suddenly gets hot for the Johnnies?
Casually.
your chances
you got a good chance of hitting the louisville bet but ND Seton Hall seems like it would be closer than that. Mostly because I don’t think ND is about much.
good luck though. buy more casual trinkets with that money
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Feb 11, 2010 5:51 PM EST up reply actions
At what point
does this gamblilng thing start impacting the blog? do you hold back on a withering attack on boeheim, or his wife, in order to narrow the spread. do you suppress crucial tweets? there are global implications once you become a global phenomenon. do you think vegas sets a line without checking here first? these are very serious questions.
That's the risk we have to take
And that’s why you and Vegas will never know our actual bets. For all you know I am choosing the opposite of the game and just want to move the line. It’s all a huge mind game.
It's not you, it's me.
He doesn't have a headband to wager
Remember? He’s been banned from the The Irish Channel; the official distribution point for CasualHoya gear.
yeah, right
tell that to the folks at the irish channel
no problem? and you can’t even remember meeting certain people face-to-face?
i’d think about this no problem thing again if i were you
you're right casual
he’s an angry drunk at that
by vivalajolla on Feb 11, 2010 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
love the parlay...
I received some free tickets to that miserable Louisville-St. John’s game tonight. Sure to be a snoozer in front of about 4,000 fans. Any excuse to go out and have a few $8 beers at MSG, right?
I believe they are honoring the 1985 St. John’s Final 4 team at halftime. I’ll be sure to get in a few Hoya related heckles..
Towson
Someone that I, ahem, know has done quite well betting against them regardless of who is favored or the line.
Is Pat Kennedy still the coach?
Blip
by JahidiLikesPie on Feb 11, 2010 5:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions
This st johns Louisville game is historically bad.. 12-0 st johns 7 and a half minutes in.. Louisville is atrocious.. If we don’t beat them by 15 I’d be disappointed.. They are mailing it in here.. Don’t like the parlay that much anymore.
horrible game
jgd learning a lesson
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Feb 11, 2010 7:43 PM EST up reply actions
On the bright side...
The ’ville and ND losing puts a little more breathing room between our heros and the middle of the pack.
Now, excuse me while I go buy some lube.
DO NOT GIVE UP!
You still have $50 left. There is still time to chase the action on that Pepperdime game. It is the lock of the day! Get back to Even!
And now I am having a conversation with myself on this blog.
Where is that bag of double stuf oreos?
in your mom's basement
right next to the KY jelly and inflatable Providence co-ed
The inflatable providene co-ed
is loving this action packed Pepperdine game. neck-and-neck with less than five to go in the first half.
inflatable co-ed calls 'evening over' for lordnick
he can’t focus on driving to the hoop
(similar to calling, oh so often for hoyas, season over)
by vivalajolla on Feb 11, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions
Just two dudes hanging out on a college basketball blog in the middle of the night
nothing to see here, folks
only surfing being done at the channel
was jgd, sh*t faced into the waves, not remembering people he met
by vivalajolla on Feb 11, 2010 11:22 PM EST up reply actions
Are you Merlin Wilson's Sister with a different name?
Speaking of which, where has Merlin Wilson’s Sister been?
It's not you, it's me.
I think he's hiding
ever since Hollis scored 12 points the other day, MWS knows that it is only a matter of time (read: at the Rutgers game) before Hollis scores 18, and MWS owes me a steak.
Either that or he will turn up after his snowbank melts, having been frozen in time on his way to the Nova game.
It's not me, It's you
by SomebodyBuyAustinaSteak on Feb 12, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
MerlinWilson'sSister
I bet mom finally came down into the basement to see what all the noise was and confiscated the double stuf oreo’s and made MWS go out and shovel the walk, where death by heart attack due to overexertion was imminent,
Didn't Casual Tell Him To Jump Off Ledge After USF Loss?
by rimgreaper1 on Feb 13, 2010 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
What sweet action!
Nothing like Pepperdine +30.5. Free money! Oh wait, the line was 9.5? THIS BLOG SUCKS
new day job for JGD
gambling just isnt his thing
Good talk.
by Hire Esherick on Feb 12, 2010 7:33 AM EST up reply actions
If there's one thing I've learned about sports gambling ...
Your money is always most at risk right after you think you’ve got it all figured out.
by John Coctostan on Feb 12, 2010 12:56 PM EST up reply actions
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