Stupid Effing Cubs Fans: They'd rather have a worthless stub than money

[Rock Strongo]

Vegas wins on Cubs fans' uncashed bet slips

 

[Rock Strongo]

Thousands of bets were placed on the Cubs to win the 2016 World Series, more than double the amount of bets on any other team, sportsbooks said. Bookmaker CG Technology, which operates at the Venetian, Cosmopolitan and several other casinos, took roughly 4,000 bets on the Cubs to win the World Series last year.

In May, when the 180-day deadline to turn in the bets passed, more than 30 percent of the tickets on the Cubs had not been cashed.

 

[williewilliejuan]

Thousands of bets were placed on the Cubs to win the 2016 World Series, more than double the amount of bets on any other team, sportsbooks said. Bookmaker CG Technology, which operates at the Venetian, Cosmopolitan and several other casinos, took roughly 4,000 bets on the Cubs to win the World Series last year.

In May, when the 180-day deadline to turn in the bets passed, more than 30 percent of the tickets on the Cubs had not been cashed.

How do you know that they wanted the stubs as souvenirs rather the more obvious options that they are either not smart enough to know how to cash them in or were so drunk when they made the bets that they don't remember they made them? Remember, these are Cubs fans.

 

[richig07]

How do you know that they wanted the stubs as souvenirs rather the more obvious options that they are either not smart enough to know how to cash them in or were so drunk when they made the bets that they don't remember they made them? Remember, these are Cubs fans.

That's what the article is saying. They'd rather keep them as souvenir.

However, sports books always have a number of winning slips that go without being cashed. This is just far and away the most they've seen. It's creating a surplus that is noticeable enough, where they have had to go back and double check all of their numbers. They thought they f'd up.

 

[msgkings322]

That's what the article is saying. They'd rather keep them as souvenir.

However, sports books always have a number of winning slips that go without being cashed. This is just far and away the most they've seen. It's creating a surplus that is noticeable enough, where they have had to go back and double check all of their numbers. They thought they f'd up.

I'd be curious to know the average value of the uncashed slips. If you laid down $5 or $20 you may say screw it I'm framing this. If you laid down $500 or $1000 I bet you are cashing it.

 

[richig07]

I'd be curious to know the average value of the uncashed slips. If you laid down $5 or $20 you may say screw it I'm framing this. If you laid down $500 or $1000 I bet you are cashing it.

Yeah, exactly. It's likely a lot of small slips that added up to a very big number. I'm sure somebody serious enough about sports betting to bet a big number, is going to cash their ticket. It's probably casual bettors who threw a few bucks on it for fun.

 

[broncosmitty]

I'd be curious to know the average value of the uncashed slips. If you laid down $5 or $20 you may say screw it I'm framing this. If you laid down $500 or $1000 I bet you are cashing it.

It's not like those stubs won't be worth a shitload in the future.

And by shitload, I mean like fiddy bucks.