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People bet on the U20 match between Fiji and Honduras?

You know you have a gambling problem when....

Is it a gambling problem or a great way to make fast cash when the outcome is pre-determined

 

[BGDave]

Is it a gambling problem or a great way to make fast cash when the outcome is pre-determined

Rampant poverty + bookies so stupid that they will actually post odds on this = Recipe for scandal

What exactly are the bookmakers thinking to offer odds on these kinds of matches? The only people who would put money down on it are (1) the inveterate gamblers I referred to, and (2) people who know the fix is in.

Apparently there is a market for this amongst the inveterate gamblers, else the bookmakers would not risk losing their shirts. That was where I was coming from in the earlier comment.

 

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Gotcha

 

[esls79]

Good thing I'm a degenerate gambler and not an inveterate one.

 

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I liked BGDave's post for using inveterate...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Youre only a degenerate gambler if you ever put money on an Uzbekistan Jordan qualifying game ... or Canada v Dominica

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Juventus signs M Khedira from Real Madrid - Article - TSN

Decent signing, but I don't know how much Khedira has left in the tank. He was not very good when called upon after Modric went down.

 

[BGDave]

I liked BGDave's post for using inveterate...

Thanks. No idea where that word I pulled that word from

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

Youre only a degenerate gambler if you ever put money on an Uzbekistan Jordan qualifying game ... or Canada v Dominica

What about if you go to that game?

 

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Plenty of good seats available for the Women's World Cup game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal:

 

[BGDave]

Plenty of good seats available for the Women's World Cup game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal:

Did they go and put "Expos" on the tickets again?

 

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What a cracker by this Columbian for their first goal at the Women's World Cup:

 

[sabresfaninthesouth]

John Oliver is a man of his word

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Plenty of good seats available for the Women's World Cup game at Olympic Stadium in Montreal:

But they have real fans, unlike that Toronto place. Remember?

/How sad is that 76 Olympics symbol? It's like a reminder of everything that has gone wrong.

 

[BGDave]

What a cracker by this Columbian for their first goal at the Women's World Cup:

Cracker? Who you callin' cracker????

 

[BGDave]

But they have real fans, unlike that Toronto place. Remember?

/How sad is that 76 Olympics symbol? It's like a reminder of everything that has gone wrong.

Yes indeed. A death spiral for sure, but unfair to pin it all on the Olympics (not that you were). The french language silliness is more to blame......

What I remember about the Montreal Olympics is: Greg Joy in the high jump and Nadia Comeneci, my first crush.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yes indeed. A death spiral for sure, but unfair to pin it all on the Olympics (not that you were). The french language silliness is more to blame......

What I remember about the Montreal Olympics is: Greg Joy in the high jump and Nadia Comeneci, my first crush.

I think some lady named Caitlyn was there, too...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

But they have real fans, unlike that Toronto place. Remember?

Ill step back from the edge on this one ... yes ... Toronto would have drawn better than that ... and better than what Moncton drew ... AND certainly better than the attendance at the Mali/Ghana u20 game in New Zealand

even friends and family failed to show up to that one

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Ill step back from the edge on this one ... yes ... Toronto would have drawn better than that ... and better than what Moncton drew ... AND certainly better than the attendance at the Mali/Ghana u20 game in New Zealand

even friends and family failed to show up to that one

I bet the inveterate gamblers did, though

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I do have to question the organizers - I get they wanted the whole country to be involved, but the east coast is so unpopulated that to think they could get anything approaching a decent attendance was foolish. Maybe if the France-England game (involving two favourites) was in Montreal the O wouldn't have looked like a late 90s Expos game.