But, It's So Much Fun!

While in Vegas I contacted a friend who I know is pretty good at gambling. Unlike most gamblers, he tends to win. He also has a good job and money to spend. In general, he's a pretty good guy and yes we were linked nakedly in the past. He was my first younger guy. I've also wagered bets with him and the past, and lost everysingleone. I've mentioned him on here before and no, we're no longer linking nakedly.

Anyway, I really wanted to do some sports betting. Super-excited about it, actually. So, I contacted him to see how I should bet and asked the exact terminology I should use because all gambling is intimidating if you don't know the language. Plus, there are very few females in the sports book area of the casino. Okay, so I really went to the sport book with a handwritten list and just gave the guy my list, but I digress. The first night, I did what he thought I could easily grasp which included a hockey parlay (pick a number of teams, all have to win for the bet to win) and a few over/unders (if you pick over, the total score of the game has to be over that number, under is vice versa). I won like $20 or $30 and since he had me bet on hockey, I actually took interest in some hockey games. I hate hockey.

But, I love sports betting!

Then I requested more games I should bet on Saturday, because I LOOOOOOVE college basketball. He gave me a handful of basketball bets and some hockey bets. However, this time some basketball included point spreads and I have no idea how they work, so BFF and I thought the most logical way it worked.

We were wrong.

So while I thought I lost about $55, I actually won $153! Exciting stuff this betting! Okay, maybe I put twice as much as he thought I should wager on the games as I'm just learning, but it turned out okay.

He has now gotten me to grasp the concept of point spreads and I'm excited to hypothetically start betting on games! I'm not really willing to bet online as that's not quite legal, and betting on college basketball isn't legal outside of Vegas, and sports betting in general isn't legal in most places, so I'm just going to pretend and see if I can figure all of this betting stuff out.

Today, he also told me about props and I'd like to note it means he's making obscure bets on the Super Bowl with what I consider an unreasonably large amount of money for bets based completely on luck.

And, he'll probably at least break even.

At least I'm learning from a good one.

"So on your lonely nights girl, I'm here for you
Let me come satisfy you for an hour or two
Baby, don't be shy 'cause I'm not judging you
I'm comin' for your love, so let me through"
-Silk