Originally Posted by
AxelWolf
only having to run 100k on 21k worth of 50%-100% deposit bonuses is pretty unheard of on offshore joints nowadays. Just flipping coins would make that worth around 16k. It's not 16k is some huge amount but if you're just clicking a few buttons in your underwear and you enjoy watching sports that's great. Imagine if you got paid 16k just to watch some Netflix.
Axelwolf, are you not understanding, or just trying to give me a hard time? I am not going to keep explaining what I do every time the trolls and KJ haters (including MaxPen) get their panties all twisted up over me.
I have been betting sports for many years. It is not +EV for me. I like watching sports. It is what I do for entertainment. And I like having a little money on games that don't involve my favorite teams. Makes it worth watching for me. Despite being -EV activity, the true cost of wagering $50 or $100 on 20 games a week is a few dollars. Basically what it would cost to go to a cheap restaurant and movie. ENTERTAINMENT type money!!
Now because of this history of being a losing sports bettor for a number of years, I get offers that are better than the offers on the websites. Higher bonuses and lower rollovers. Just the same way brick and mortar casinos work. Based on player history, some players might get better offers.
So I have known for a while, a number of years that mathematically, the offers that I was receiving, with higher bonuses and low rollovers was mathematically +EV. Very strong +EV. But I have never wanted to get involved because of my distrust of online casinos and actually getting paid.
This year with all the sports betting chatter, including YOU saying that at least some casinos were reliable and trustworthy, I decided to give it a go. Based on my bonuses and low rollover, my math, which was similar but not exactly the same as mickeycrimm did for my play, had me turning the 21k bonuses into about 17-18k as long as I didn't run really bad.
So that is what I did. I decides to use some of these angles that were being talked about, Half Smokes NFL plays, Dan Druff's NFL play, some picks from some shows I watch and listen to and some of my own picks, playing +3 and +7 points. Add to this the half juice Fridays a t one sportsbooks, and additional free parlay bets and other extras at two more and I was very confident I could make 17k. Turns out I managed to come in below that at 15k.
Still good. Still +EV. Still profit and basically free money, based on what I was receiving.
Now like I said, I got better offers than you will see on the websites of the books I used. Not because I am some kind of high roller, or even negotiated a great deal (which players can do), but simply because of my history as a losing player. I am not particularly proud of that, but it worked for me in this case.
Now I am not going to presume to get the same offers and deal, when I try this again at these sportsbooks. As I matter of fact, I am expecting that I won't. And if the offers are not good enough, I won't do this again. This will have been a one and done deal for me. Because I am not going to go searching bonuses and researching sportsbook, trying to figure out who is legit and trustworthy and who isn't.
I took advantage of what was offered me, that was very +EV based on my history. and although on the negative side of variance, did well and am happy with the results, assuming the final couple withdrawals go through with no issue. End of story. Except for Maxpen and the KJ haters and trolls, foaming at the mouth.