Bookmaker = Fucking Cheaters
homerplayer
Senior Member
Seriously, i can understand if you move a line to equal out the action....what i cannot understand nor fucking condone, endorse or otherwise agree with, is this fucking cheater assholes pulling this bullshit
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imagine how pissed i would be if i had paid for Ed's service. and just so you know, that was at 6:20 p.m. EST or so and the game just started about 5 mintues ago.
please, someone give me a book that won't take a game off the board until they move the line 5 fucking points before allowing any wagers on it.....
the odds are already in your favor with the juice on straight bets and the lousy payoff odds on parlays. you greedy pricks. the field is already tilted in your favor you cocksuckers, but you want to remove every advantage a player might have?
i am just stupid to think sportsbook should display a small portion of ethical behavior? nice customer service. i will never go back to BM....
This bet can not be accepted, because the game has started. Please choose another one: [XXX] TOTAL
imagine how pissed i would be if i had paid for Ed's service. and just so you know, that was at 6:20 p.m. EST or so and the game just started about 5 mintues ago.
please, someone give me a book that won't take a game off the board until they move the line 5 fucking points before allowing any wagers on it.....
the odds are already in your favor with the juice on straight bets and the lousy payoff odds on parlays. you greedy pricks. the field is already tilted in your favor you cocksuckers, but you want to remove every advantage a player might have?
i am just stupid to think sportsbook should display a small portion of ethical behavior? nice customer service. i will never go back to BM....
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I suppose this is their new "method" to combat RAS players........I am researching other options right now.
Anyone know a local that takes CBB totals in the greater seattle area? LOL
Mook, this happened 2 hours before the game time......they were stalling and waiting until they adjusted the line.
5dimes, and I get the released line every single time
Either I'm the faster bettor in the world or something wrong
Ah I got it. Fuckin bullshit.
they already protect their exposure by charging us 10% fee on a straight wager
they already protect their exposure by paying 2.5:1 on a bet that has a 4:1 chance of winning ( 2 tm parlay)
i fully accept the lower odds and the juice prices, that is part of the game. but to freeze lines, within seconds of Ed releasing a play, is just plain cheating. tells me the shifty bastards found a way to access Ed's plays as quickly as his clients and then they take the line off the board.
by the by....holy shit Ed. i know he gets more than enough respect and the props he deserves, but damn. books are not just adjusting lines, now they are freezing them until they adjust.
finally, we always hear about books moving lines to create equal action on each side. engaging in this shady business alters the proper operation of the market place and, in my mind, insults and damages their customers.
the book's job ISN"T to BEAT individual bettors. it is their job to provide a market place where individual investors assign a certain value to a side or a total of a game. those investors than decide the proper price by either buying or selling. yes, just like the stock market.
what do you think would happen if Buffet said let's all buy Coke shares, and before even one share was purchased or sold, the price was artificially inflated by 4%?
it amounts to criminal activity.
locals I have delt with.......Now if they're giving you that message -and the game has not started yet-
then be pissed -- but its common not to take wagers after a game has started...........IMO
That is what i heard as well, and i do, it works sometimes and sometimes it doesnt. kinda wierd
i respecfully disagree. in it's purest and most basic form, Books, offshore or local, are exactly like the Stock Market. and NYSE and NASDAQ are also in it to make money, which they do.
Books merely exist to help transfer money from uninformed and irresponsible gamblers (INVESTORS) to informed, responsible and prepared bettors (INVESTORS)
that is why my biggest advice to new bettors is to not view it as a contest against their Book. Your purpose isn't to beat the book, crush your man, take you book to the bank or any of that other sales pitch bullshit.
your purpose is to study, learn to find value in sides or totals and make an informed decision based on your hard work. your purpose is to INVEST your hard earned dollars on teams (STOCKS) that the public has under-priced. sometimes those under priced teams are favorites and sometimes dogs, and sometimes the public is right and there is no value, that is when you pass.
if you take one thing from this post, let it be a different way to view your Book...isn't your friend....isn't your enemy....just a conduit to move money around between investors (BETTORS)
just happened to me on Ed's morning releases. I tried to place the investment and it told me the game had already started and I could not do it. The games is hours away. By the time I got out and replaced the investment the line had drastically changed. If you buy Ed's plays, stay away from Bookmaker!
Wino, were you able to get the side plays in this morning? I am always on the phone ready to go at release and they are telling me that the game is "on hold" and that I can't bet until they adjust the line.
I asked them if they are going to continue to do this and they said "yes"
I am on the phone with them when the picks are released.