Two
weeks, Eleven games, Twelve bets, Nine Hundred jellybeans
For boom or bust, sports-gambling has sunk its claws
into the online marketplace. In Tennessee, you can bet virtually any game in
the world, all while sucking down Jack Daniels in your favorite watering hole.
This type of availability can be dangerous for some, but played correctly, it
can offer a pathway to easy money. Online gambling aided my longest win streak
of sports-betting.
The sport was NFL and NCAA football and the streak
began in the luxurious confines of the Bellagio Sportsbook, where even there
(perhaps especially there), beautiful women, in tight-fitting MGM gear,
urge gamblers to “try the app.” They want their customers to gamble, and gamble
everywhere. Who needs to walk twenty feet when you can fire up your phone and
plunk down a cool grand on the World Cricket finals?
Now, I’m just a recreational dabbler in games of
chance, and not a pro by any means, but these methods can be profitable in the
world of sports-betting (especially the FREE MONEY part).
1) Online
sites offer great bonuses just for making the first deposit. And
the better ones continue to entice the inveterate sports prognosticators with
odds so good, it amounts to free money. Add free daily pools into the mix and
it’s possible to build a little bankroll. I’m not much of a sports-bettor,
leaning more towards card games like blackjack and poker, so it’s only natural I
still prefer the brick-and-mortar sportsbooks, but free money is always nice.
The
first deposit bonus gave me great odds for Alabama in The National Championship
game and another free NFL bet, each of which lowered my risk and increased my
payout.
2)
Central to this small streak is the reliance upon the moneyline.
Most gamblers stick to the fabricated measure of the “point spread,” but this
imaginary number has no impact on the motivations of players and coaches; they
just want to win. I prefer the moneyline for favorites and usually take the point
spread for the underdogs, which just buys a few points in addition to this
natural desire to win.
Six of the eleven winners
I picked failed to cover the point spread: I would’ve lost nearly every bet if
I took the spread.
3)
Gamblers will groan about the lower payout of the moneyline favorites, so I
offset that with parlays. Sure, a small payout for one easy
winner isn’t much, but stacking a few easy winners can often offer even money. Less
exposure, less stress.
Every team I picked was nearly a touchdown favorite, but three of five parlays paid even money or better.
Bets
and Results
|
Sportsbook |
Date |
Game |
Spread/Result |
WageràProfit |
|
Bellagio |
1/3/21 |
JAC@IND+ |
-15.5/-14 |
|
|
|
|
BAL@CIN+ |
-13.5/-35 |
|
|
|
|
ATL@TB |
-7/-17 |
100à70 |
|
Bellagio |
1/3/21 |
IND/BAL/TB+ |
|
|
|
|
|
PIT@CLE+ |
-10/-2 |
|
|
|
|
TEN@HOU |
-7/-3 |
50à60 |
|
Bellagio |
1/3/21 |
IND+ |
|
|
|
|
|
WAS@PHI |
-6.5/-6 |
100à50 |
|
Bellagio |
1/9/21 |
TB@WAS+ |
-10/-8 |
|
|
|
1/10/21 |
CHI@NO+ |
-11/-12 |
|
|
|
1/11/21 |
OSU@ALA |
-9.5/-28 |
300à300 |
|
DraftKings |
1/11/21 |
ALA |
|
1à100 |
|
DraftKings |
1/11/21 |
ALA |
|
99à27.72 |
|
FanDuel |
1/11/21 |
ALA |
|
5à125 |
|
FanDuel |
1/11/21 |
OSU@ALA |
U79.5/ 76 (LIVE) |
50à47.17 |
|
DraftKings |
1/16/21 |
LAR@GB+ |
-7/-14 |
|
|
|
1/17/21 |
CLE@KC |
-8/-5 |
FREEà56 |
|
DraftKings |
1/17/21 |
KC |
|
127.72à26 |
|
FanDuel |
1/17/21 |
KC |
|
25à5.21 |
|
FanDuel |
1/17/21 |
KC |
|
147.17à30.03 |
|
|
|
|
|
1004.89à897.1 |
After some close calls, the streak was died when Conor
McGregor turned back into a pumpkin. And the bad luck followed when Kansas City
fell apart in the Super Bowl and Ohio St kept up the losing streak, choking in
the first round of March Madness.
Well, can’t win ‘em all.
