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Old 08-21-2006, 08:19 AM
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How many years have you been betting on sports ?
Not starting this for anyone to brag, just thought it would be interesting to see the range as well as get to know each other a little better. When I say bet on sports I mean from the day u placed your first sports (Not including horse racing) bet for money with a sportsbook or local. Not with a friend or associate.


16 years here (I think give or take a year either way).
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Old 08-21-2006, 08:38 AM
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including those parlay sheets, I go back to junior high school (well over 25 years). First bet with an actual bookie was in college (over 20 years ago).
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Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?
Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. Pssh, how many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called f*cking strategy, alright?
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Old 08-21-2006, 08:40 AM
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2, still wet behind the ears here.
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:19 AM
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19 years
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:22 AM
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With an actual book or local, 20 years. If you count the little parlay cards, made my first one in 5th grade, so that would be 30 years ago.......
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:39 AM
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:41 AM
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At the risk of showing my age or showing my juvenille misgivings....first bet with book was 17 years ago
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Old 08-21-2006, 10:45 AM
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Betting with Jake the bookie at 15 - which was 21 years ago.... ugh....
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Old 08-21-2006, 11:00 AM
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With an actual book or local, 20 years. If you count the little parlay cards, made my first one in 5th grade, so that would be 30 years ago.......
LOL--someone else who started out with those parlay cards. I do recall one time hitting a 7 for 7 parlay which, for $5, paid a couple of hundred (BS odds for sure, but still alot of $$$ when you are 15-16 and the year is 1980).
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Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?
Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. Pssh, how many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called f*cking strategy, alright?
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Old 08-21-2006, 11:07 AM
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I remember putting $10 on 4 teams on a parlay card and winning on a 52 yd Morten Anderson FG. $100 baby!!! That was awesome for a 14yr old kid
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Old 08-21-2006, 11:10 AM
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Its kinda cool hearing about the days when you guys actually used to win bets.

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Old 08-21-2006, 12:19 PM
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Ive been in the buisness for 6 years now.
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Old 08-21-2006, 12:25 PM
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About 17 years and a million gray hairs later.
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Old 08-21-2006, 06:23 PM
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Its kinda cool hearing about the days when you guys actually used to win bets.

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It was easier before all this information was available.
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Old 08-21-2006, 06:31 PM
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betting with a book for the first time....about 3 months

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