Tab Content
  • redietz's Avatar
    Today, 11:48 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Mickey, I apologize if you've never taken exams or passed interviews where you actually were evaluated and given a score of some kind. I understand...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Today, 11:39 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    The third quote above is from the "coach belly perspective." The term "backed off," according to the dictionary, refers to leaving something alone...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Today, 05:10 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    So let me get this straight. You think that I think that getting a $1.50 limit is "not getting backed off." LOL. Did you even grasp the gist of the...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Today, 04:53 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Un-Professional Sports Betting in Sports & Sportsbetting
    "Never Pass Up a Free Breakfast." Old Wise Jungle Saying Actually, I have an issue with this proverb, as a vendor at the Chicago airport offered...
    see more
    12 replies | 189 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 06:59 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    You don't seem to grasp the fundamentals, coach. Sports books rarely "back off" someone. They prefer to put stringent limits on them. So if a famous...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 05:29 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    How banal. I already told one story here ages ago. I was informed I was not customer material for one particular offshore. I honestly don't recall if...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 04:10 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    So what exactly is the question, coach? I said I never got an email from bet365 regarding "being a professional." What's the question, exactly? ...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 03:34 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    I never took a MENSA test, coach. I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member (that's a Groucho Marx line). I suggest you check out my...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 03:31 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Coach, are you nitpicking again? What do you think? I defer to your expertise. And no, I didn't get an email from bet365. So technically, coach, I...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 03:22 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Self-proclaimed!?! I beg to differ! My mother had me tested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjluRCKL8R4 As I said many years ago here, many...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 02:58 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    LOL. Mickey, people get these all the time. The idea is to avoid getting these. If folks get pissed off, you get these. If, however, management is...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    Yesterday, 09:22 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Un-Professional Sports Betting in Sports & Sportsbetting
    Honestly, this is why I keep saying that these are not coin flips. No formula/estimation/best guess merits this kind of "precision estimation." I'm...
    see more
    12 replies | 189 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-06-2024, 10:07 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Un-Professional Sports Betting in Sports & Sportsbetting
    I would fire, although Betonline may have a modest limit. One thing to check vis-a-vis Tyson are the disqualification protocols at each book. There...
    see more
    12 replies | 189 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-06-2024, 05:21 PM
    redietz started a thread Un-Professional Sports Betting in Sports & Sportsbetting
    Since I doubt that anyone on this forum (other than me) in the "Professional Sports Betting" thread has filed federal income taxes as a professional...
    see more
    12 replies | 189 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-03-2024, 05:35 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Rob had to verify in advance that his wife would be part of the interview on site. He had to provide a phone number where I could verify that...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-02-2024, 12:28 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    And you'll have the opportunity to demonstrate that. First week in June -- you and your wife nice dinner on me in LV, probably Vic and Anthony's. Or...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-01-2024, 06:34 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    They've left me behind, I sob. Yes, the days of some poor tortured soul (you know, the guy who tested in the top half of a percent in any kind of...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    05-01-2024, 03:48 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Actually, you're wrong. How many times do you think Billy Walters filed his taxes as a "professional sports bettor?" LOL. The idea is to get to...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-30-2024, 03:30 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Just so no one is confused by mickey, Driving Southern features essays and stories that are all non-fiction. The stories are all true, and anyone...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-30-2024, 11:36 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    LOL. If you can't afford the book, mickey, I'll be happy to send you an autographed copy gratis. Just PM me your address. I made about as much as...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-29-2024, 06:21 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Circa Sports director Jeffrey Benson accused of unfairly banning sharp bettor, Benson accuses player of past posting in Las Vegas
    I agree with kewlJ on much of this. The "past posting" -- if it's 30 seconds or less -- probably doesn't accomplish much except possibly in baseball....
    see more
    4 replies | 277 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-28-2024, 12:09 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Mickey should probably read my origin story, "The Car Makes the Man," featured in the collection of short stories in the book, Driving Southern. I...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-27-2024, 07:16 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    No, mickey, I didn't say I was gambling since a teen. I said I was gambling serious money since I was a teen. Note the difference.
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-27-2024, 08:29 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    See, the problem with the above is that it should be past tense, as in "Redietz, regarding posting pics, WAS computer illiterate." I mean, since I...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-26-2024, 11:07 AM
    redietz replied to a thread Professional Sportsbetting in Las Vegas
    Q: What's the dead giveaway that a sports bettor is a square? A: They call themselves a sharp. Nothing says "expertise" like picking your own...
    see more
    2264 replies | 248350 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    04-08-2024, 06:34 PM
    redietz started a thread Smoking the Seeds Summary in Sports & Sportsbetting
    https://theskepticalgambler.blogspot.com/2024/04/smoking-seeds-2024-summary.html
    see more
    0 replies | 414 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    03-26-2024, 05:04 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Bill Benter in Las Vegas
    According to the theory of cognitive dissonance, there shouldn't be. I heartily recommend, as a starting point, Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive...
    see more
    108 replies | 7857 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    03-25-2024, 12:30 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Bill Benter in Las Vegas
    Garnabby, the person who told me this was a casino administrator who worked with an administrator of the property involved. I think they all...
    see more
    108 replies | 7857 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    03-25-2024, 12:27 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Bill Benter in Las Vegas
    Here's a fun thought experiment. Try to figure out how many people are capable of doing what was done in this case. We'll say just in the U.S. ...
    see more
    108 replies | 7857 view(s)
  • redietz's Avatar
    03-25-2024, 12:24 PM
    redietz replied to a thread Bill Benter in Las Vegas
    Oh, say for someone like MGM caught rigging drawings, I'd say half a million fine and a couple of firings would be acceptable. Especially if those...
    see more
    108 replies | 7857 view(s)
More Activity

1 Visitor Messages

  1. james0014
    View Conversation
    hi
Showing Visitor Messages 1 to 1 of 1
About redietz

Basic Information

Statistics


Total Posts
Total Posts
8,500
Posts Per Day
1.81
Visitor Messages
Total Messages
1
Most Recent Message
11-15-2022 10:51 AM
General Information
Last Activity
Today 11:49 AM
Join Date
07-04-2011
Referrals
0