2008 NFL Casino Wagering

[Randall Flagg]

A full wagering line is now available for week 1 of the 2008 NFL season.
Please check the wagering rules and bet as much as you would like/can.

Good luck.

Link (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/casino.php?do=sportspool)

[jayson]

Whoo hoo! Thanks Jerome. :)

[Jon]

Now...week 2??:excited:

[Randall Flagg]

Week 2 will be going up soon.

Edit: Week 2 has been posted. Bet away!

[Jon]

Thank you!

Going there now.

[Arthur Heath]

After much reading on Wikipedia on spread betting and over and under, I am ready to dance.

[Randall Flagg]

After much reading on Wikipedia on spread betting and over and under, I am ready to dance.
Excellent. Just check out the Casino rules for sports betting as it is pool betting and a bit different than a Vegas sports bet.


The sports pool works as a pool, so all the money bet goes into a pool which is divided amongst the winners. If outcome "A" has 150 bet on it, and outcome "B" has 250 bet on it there is 400 in the pool. If outcome "A" wins, and you had put the entire 150 in, you would win the entire 400. If you had bet 50 of the 150 you would get back 50 / 150 x 400. Or a 3rd of the pot, as you had placed a 3rd of the bet on the winning outcome.

Payout on the event is always 100% of the pot, divided amongst the winners based on the portion they put in, so there are no fixed odds or odds entered. So if no one bets on the loosing outcome, return is exactly what you put in. On the otherside if someone bets 1 on the winning outcome, and others had put a total of 5000 on the losing outcome, betting 1 gives you a 5001 return.

[Randall Flagg]

I settled the betting on yesterdays games. Since the Raven's Texans game was postponed I settled it as a draw.

[Randall Flagg]

Week #2 payouts are complete.
Week #3 is now available for wagering!!

[jayson]

Thanks Jerome!

Time to drop some beambucks...

[Randall Flagg]

Week 4 games are posted and open for wagering.

[jayson]

Let's see how many beambucks I can blow on the Jets this week. This is why I don't gamble on sports for real.

[Jon]

Let's see how many beambucks I can blow on the Jets this week. This is why I don't gamble on sports for real.


Ha! Try being a Seahawks fan!

[jayson]

Let's see how many beambucks I can blow on the Jets this week. This is why I don't gamble on sports for real.


Ha! Try being a Seahawks fan!

:lol: No thanks. Not this season anyway.

[theBeamisHome]

i have two fantasy teams and this stuff here.. i am in full NFL mode!!

[Arthur Heath]

i have two fantasy teams and this stuff here.. i am in full NFL mode!!

Im with you. Two Yahoo! teams, wagering and the picks. I need to get a life...

[Jon]

It appears that I am the only one to place bets for this week thus far...WTF?:(

[Randall Flagg]

Don't worry Jon, I am sure before kickoff there will some bets in there.

[jayson]

Mine will be in soon.

[Jon]

As I suspected. :cowboy:

[John Blaze]

It appears that I am the only one to place bets for this week thus far...WTF?:(
I bet alot, didn't you see it?

[John Blaze]

is the planet spinning backwards today? I mean, come on! The raiders are beating the chargers? WTF!!!!?!?!?!?!?

[Randall Flagg]

Takes 60 minutes for a game. I was there and knew the Raiders would blow it.
BTW, someone dropped 11K on the Cowboys yesterday in the casino and lost it.

[Jon]

Takes 60 minutes for a game. I was there and knew the Raiders would blow it.
BTW, someone dropped 11K on the Cowboys yesterday in the casino and lost it.

I won some of it. I wonder if it was Spenc.

[John Blaze]

i won a thousand, i think. i forgot how much I bet, but I think i had 15 and some change, dropped down to like 12 after betting, and now I'm 16 and change.

not bad, for my first time wagering.

[Jon]

I'm kina at a loss on bets this week. So unsure.

[Randall Flagg]

All games (except GB Atlanta) are up and available for wagering.

[Randall Flagg]

A full wagering line is now available for this week of the 2008 NFL season.
Please check the wagering rules and bet as much as you would like/can.

[Jon]

Wow...the economy must be bad when folks are holding FAKE money.

[Randall Flagg]

All full slate of games have been posted and are now available for wagering!

[Jon]

This is strange. I was responsible for the mass of the scant betting last week. I really don't understand why it was so active then suddenly dropped off. As of now there are no bets for this week.

I'm kinda inclined to not bet. I just feel it is silly of me to risk 300 or so beam bucks on a given game and someone bets 1 against me. The total possible stake avaliable to me last week was 21 beam bucks. I put up about 700. I don't think I'll incur such risk again, sadly.

[Randall Flagg]

I understand what you are saying. Believe me it sucks to spend half an hour generating the lines and then see little or nothing bet on every game.
I am going to discuss this with Matt.

[Jon]

I understand if you drop it...its just a shame.

[Matt]

We're looking into things we can do but it could be that people just aren't much into betting on it. Not sure.

I suppose a marquee might help, or perhaps a poll to make sure folks even know about it.

[Randall Flagg]

Sorry to be late, but the first two World Series games are up and available for wagering.

[Randall Flagg]

There are a full slate of games up for tonights World series and Sundays NFL games.
Wagering has already begun!

[Brice]

I just bet a few thousand...even though I have little understanding of either game. :lol:

[Randall Flagg]

Thanks Brice. Jon-place a bet!! Others too!!:thumbsup:

[Randall Flagg]

All payouts have been done. New week up by Thursday.

[Randall Flagg]

Some interesting games and bets are up this week!
Drop by, place a bet (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/casino.php?do=sportspool):nana:

[Randall Flagg]

The Thursday night game is up.
Someone already laid $2,500 on Denver:orely:

[Jon]

The rest of the week is inaccessible to me.

[Randall Flagg]

It is up now. Sorry for the delay.

[jayson]

Thanks Jerome.

I put a few thousand beambucks out there this week spread across most of the games to keep things interesting. Looks like some others played as well.

[Randall Flagg]

A full slate of games are ready for wagering!