2010 Off topic thread(basketball,movies,etc whatever)

[Svino]

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And if they're known and reliably successful, can't the betting houses find them and kick them out? It must be a legal nightmare, on top of that: no wonder at all they're not taking involvement from the US.

Why should the bookies care, considering the whole "the books don't care who wins" situation?

A huge player tossing around the kind of cash it sounds like they have (and being consistently successful at it) could easily overwhelm the lines and start costing bookies money. Hence the bet limits.

But like MMAscientist said, maybe there are just so many little houses there, they can get away with it.

[SPX]

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Fucking fascists.

[Luke]

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Still sounds like a horrible idea to me. No way would I invest in it

[SPX]

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Still sounds like a horrible idea to me. No way would I invest in it

Horrible why? I mean, sportsbetting is what we all do here.

Are you saying that you wouldn't want to trust their skills?

[Luke]

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Still sounds like a horrible idea to me. No way would I invest in it

Horrible why? I mean, sportsbetting is what we all do here.

Are you saying that you wouldn't want to trust their skills?

Why would I invest my money into someone else's plays?

Think about it ,if these guys are so good why wouldnt they just bet their own plays?

If they were so good why wouldnt they already be filthy rich?

If they were so good why would they need to raise money for a fund?


This is way to new to trust

[SPX]

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Why would I invest my money into someone else's plays?

Think about it ,if these guys are so good why wouldnt they just bet their own plays?

If they were so good why wouldnt they already be filthy rich?

If they were so good why would they need to raise money for a fund?


This is way to new to trust

I don't know shit about hedge funds, the stock market, or investing. So I'm not going to pretend to. I can't answer these questions, obviously.

As for this though--"Think about it ,if these guys are so good why wouldnt they just bet their own plays? If they were so good why wouldnt they already be filthy rich?"--I can at least say that we should know this from experience. I feel like most of us are pretty good at betting MMA . . . why aren't we filthy rich? Obviously it takes a lot of time to build up that bankroll to the point of making serious money and that doesn't really have to do with skills, but time. I don't think these guys are claiming 100% ROI per year or anything . . . I think they're just claiming to be able to match (or better) the stock market, and I do know that the average stock market return isn't that great.

[MMA_scientist]

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^ you can use that same rationale with fund managers. If they know so much about trading equities, why arent they Warren Buffet? Well they are. And Warren Buffet has a fund too, managed by him (and now his prodigy) so other can get rich off of him (Berkshire Hathaway). So they do invest in it, and they also get an income managing the fund.

[Svino]

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Obviously it takes a lot of time to build up that bankroll to the point of making serious money and that doesn't really have to do with skills, but time.

Yeah, it's the same concept behind all investing:

Person A has a profitable idea, but not much money.
Person B extra money lying around.

Person B lets person A use their money in exchange for a share in the profit.

Shady investment schemes are all over the place though, not saying you don't have to be careful.

[doublearmbar]

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Ok guys i was sideloaded, I really have a problem with



anyways, I'm getting help now and really sorry for all the problems.

[MMA_scientist]

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^^ everyone already knew you were sideloaded.

But not sure if serious about the rest...

[doublearmbar]

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^^ everyone already knew you were sideloaded.

But not sure if serious about the rest...

I forced to post that by a mod, not trying to or anything.

[MMA_scientist]

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I forced to post that by a mod, not trying to or anything.

I don't really think you can hijack the OT thread. I think the whoel point is to try to hijack it.

I still don't know if you are serious about it though... in any event, if you really do have the monkey on your back, I hope you get that shit straightened out. Seen too many people throw their lives away...

[Luke]

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I still don't know if you are serious about it though... in any event, if you really do have the monkey on your back, I hope you get that shit straightened out. Seen too many people throw their lives away...

[Luke]

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Ok guys i was sideloaded, I really have a problem with



anyways, I'm getting help now and really sorry for all the problems.

[doublearmbar]

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Man it's great that a betting forum can help me keep my mind straight about stuff. Does one vice cancel the other out? I say that because betting and winning gives me a way better feeling.