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View Poll Results: What part of the sports betting process would you say you enjoy most?
Researching the games 6 20.69%
Watching the games 8 27.59%
Seeing winnings and withdrawing 15 51.72%
Learning new info, no two days are the same in sports 0 0%
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Old 06-29-2009, 08:40 AM
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Question What part of the sports betting process would you say you enjoy most

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Old 06-29-2009, 05:42 PM
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Im not a huge bettor and mostly do it for fun so having somthing on the game makes it more interesting then it already is
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Old 06-30-2009, 01:38 AM
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neither, i'm at the point where i experience the same emotion on win as I do on a loss

although I do like the fact that when you're in a bar and some insignificant game is on tv and only you and 1 other random loner is going nuts for the game that there is an immediate bond.

Also I like the fact that baseball right now is just as exciting to me as the NBA finals or super bowl.

Everyday is the super bowl when you have money on it

actually I think I've learned to love sports again because of gambling, i retract my statement
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love looking up stuff, whether i think it makes a huge diff always or not, it is a great way to pass time in a way that, i think, has my brain working
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Old 06-30-2009, 07:00 AM
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It's always cool when you find a tidbit of information or a trend or something that fits a game perfectly, then you put money on it based on that information - and it pans out for a win!!

Even if it was coincidental, it still makes you feel like you "earned" that win.
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Old 06-30-2009, 02:29 PM
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While I like researching the games, the bottom line is: "Show Me the Money".
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What part of the job process would you say you enjoy most?

I love my job, I love what I do but if it wasn't for the paycheck at the end of everytwo weeks I wouldn't be at that job, pretty much the same about sports gambling. I love studying the game, I love trying to analyze what means something and what doesn't mean something, I love following along as the games are going on, I love the frustrations and the joys of wins and losses but at the end of the day I am not making a profit from it that love will all go away and I will go and play tiddlywinks, lol!!!
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Old 06-30-2009, 02:49 PM
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Not a big fan of tiddlywinks.....
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Old 06-30-2009, 03:00 PM
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I bet a lot of unders.....and usually do not enjoy watching games I am hopeing that NO team scores

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Old 06-30-2009, 03:04 PM
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I bet a lot of unders.....and usually do not enjoy watching games I am hopeing that NO team scores

wde
I'm with you on the watching part, sometimes I simply don't want to watch esp when I have big money (by my standards on a game).
Now that I think about it though if I'm just following online (and not watching on TV) its much worse. On TV I'll nearly always watch it regardless.

I really enjoy the research aspect, putting my methods in to action, so thats what I voted.
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Old 06-30-2009, 03:07 PM
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I'm with you on the watching part, sometimes I simply don't want to watch esp when I have big money (by my standards on a game).
I am the exact same. If I have what I consider alot of money on the game I very rarely watch it unless I know I have no shot of losing, lol!!! Like my Domers a couple of years ago I pretty much knew whenever I put a good chunk of change on fading them I was almost sure a win so I didn't mind watching, lol!!
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watching the games.. adds excitement
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