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We only talkin site bets in here??

Or can we talk about some real shit, I'm hitting the Nugget in lake charles this weekend to blow off some steam and some bucks for sure.
 

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Came back with a couple extra hundred this trip... Not bad for 2 full blown days of degenerate gambling and drinking.

I'll put it in my pocket to lose next time.
 

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The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams won't kick off Super Bowl LIII until Feb. 3, but Las Vegas sportsbooks are already prepared for the big game.

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Thursday night released 442 prop bets and over 1,000 ways to bet on the game, with several Vegas books putting up a smaller menu of props in the previous days.

Early betting on the Super Bowl spread has been overwhelmingly on New England. Several books opened with the Rams as a 1-point favorite or with the game a pick 'em on Sunday night. Those spreads lasted a mere 17 minutes before the market settled with New England as a 2.5-point consensus favorite. As of Thursday morning, MGM had taken nine five-figure bets and two six-figure bets on the Patriots and zero of that size on the Rams. Over 96 percent of spread money was on New England at MGM and over 86 percent at William Hill US.


Biggest Super Bowl LIII bets
Over $158 million was wagered on Super Bowl LII, a total that will likely be eclipsed at sportsbooks across the U.S. for this year's game. Here are the biggest bets.

Tom Brady opened as the favorite to win the MVP at the SuperBook at even odds ($100 bet wins $100), with Jared Goff at 2-1 as the only other player in single digits. Running backs Todd Gurley II and Sony Michel have the next-best odds at 16-1. Aaron Donald (20-1) has the best odds of any defensive player.

There are plenty of less traditional ways to bet the game as well, including total touchdowns (over/under 6.5), total combined yardage of all made field goals (O/U 122.5) and who will commit the first turnover.

There are also a variety of cross-sport proposition wagers that involve other games going on before Super Bowl LIII, including Premier League contests, college basketball, NHL and NBA games.

A couple of fun ones:

  • James Harden points on Feb. 2 versus longest touchdown of Super Bowl LIII (-9.5)

  • Kevin Durant points on Feb. 2 (-2.5) versus Jared Goff completions

  • Zion Williamson points and rebounds on Feb. 2 (-5.5) versus Patriots and Rams first-half points

  • Phil Mickelson fourth-round bogeys or worse on Feb. 3 versus Josh Reynolds receptions (-1.5)
The total for Super Bowl LIII is currently at 57.5. If it gets above 58.5, it would mark the highest total in Super Bowl history (58, New England vs. Atlanta in Super Bowl LI).

Last year, a record $158.5 million was bet on Super Bowl LII across Nevada sportsbooks. With eight states, including New Jersey, now offering legal sports betting after the Supreme Court's decision in May, that record is expected to be shattered.

In just three hours Thursday night, the SuperBook took in over $400,000 in wagers, according to Matt Youmans of Vegas Stats & Information Network. The limit on bets was $2,000.
 

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7-figure bets show up on Rams in Las Vegas

A flurry of big Super Bowl bets, some greater than $1 million, showed up on the Los Angeles Rams late this week in Las Vegas, the largest ones coming from a bettor who shredded sportsbooks for millions on last year's Super Bowl.


MGM Resorts reported taking a $2 million money-line bet on the Rams late Thursday. Bookmaker William Hill on Friday said it took a $1.5 million money-line bet on the Rams, and hours later the sportsbook at South Point Casino in Las Vegas reported taking a $300,000 money-line bet on Los Angeles. The bets were made at +120 odds and first reported by the Vegas Stats & Information Network and RotoGrinders.

Sources told ESPN that those bets were made by the same customer who last year went on a remarkable gambling run that stretched from the 2017 World Series through Super Bowl LII between the Philadelphia Eaglesand New England Patriots.
 

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You guys help me out... What was that 2 card "poker" game... Where you just get your 2 card hand.

And the bet would start at like 5 cents.. then to stay it was 10 cents, then to stay again, 20 cents. And it would double until only 1 person did not fold, or 2 people agreed to the show down?

I used to play it all the time back in college.. It would add up quick. I think there were some other rules to it, but that was the jist of it, just 2 cards and stay as long as you can afford it if you think you had the best 2.
 

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You guys help me out... What was that 2 card "poker" game... Where you just get your 2 card hand.

And the bet would start at like 5 cents.. then to stay it was 10 cents, then to stay again, 20 cents. And it would double until only 1 person did not fold, or 2 people agreed to the show down?

I used to play it all the time back in college.. It would add up quick. I think there were some other rules to it, but that was the jist of it, just 2 cards and stay as long as you can afford it if you think you had the best 2.
Texas hold em
 
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