Top 5 Gambling Stories of 2004

assassin

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1. PanAM - Book touted as the next big thing, with bond securing deposit, goes belly up without a buyer. Players lose and certain forums take a hit to their credibility

2. Poker Poker Everywhere - WSOP and ESPN helped fuel the no limit poker explosion. Nearly every book now has a poker room. Next years WSOP may have up to 10,000 entrants

3. Baseball Favorites in August - Seemed like the heavy chalk could not lose. Books cried.

4. NFL Favorite - Mopre stoies about books going under as the piublic teams (Eagles, Pats, etc) cover nearly every game early on, cuasing more losses on teasers.

5. Assassin wins the Skybook $10,000 contest on the last Monday night game as the Eagles decline an interception.

 

TheGeneral+

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Pretty good start Sir. Thanks.

What does everyone consider other worthy stories?

 

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I may be some what biased, but I like the Roenick saga to make the top 5.

 

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The guy who won a 60k bet on the Bo Sox to win the series at Oly after they were down 3-1 to the Yanks. (+1050) :smoker2:

 

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Shrink with his big win streak of posting picks in main hall

 

Hitman26

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1. JJ's return to the RX this fall. Gamblers immediately saw a 26% rise in their bankrolls' across the board after the first week of Coach's return.


2. Ace-Ace having a fantastic season this year in the NFL fourm with his Ex-Bookies plays and winning thousands of people more money than every other "sharp" poster on the RX combined.

 

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Maybe one of the worse pushes in the history of sports gambling.

Detroit Tigers vs. Texas Rangers moneyline for the first five innings.

Detroit up 14-2 going into the bottom of the fifth. Texas scores 10 runs to tie it.

IS

 

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Is that true ? Did the guy actually place a 60K bet on the bo sox? Thats crazy!
That is showing some real brass balls

O.

 

assassin

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6. Presidential Election Betting: Books started with Bush a heavy favorite, but the P2P provided intial scalping opportunities as people wanted Kerry. Leaked information sends the markets into a tailspins as Bush crashes from -180 to as high as +300 based on fualty exit polls. Smart players with quck fingers had a field day.

 

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assassin said:

6. Presidential Election Betting: Books started with Bush a heavy favorite, but the P2P provided intial scalping opportunities as people wanted Kerry. Leaked information sends the markets into a tailspins as Bush crashes from -180 to as high as +300 based on fualty exit polls. Smart players with quck fingers had a field day.

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I agree with that one for sure!

 

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Jan 5th 2004......Pete Rose admits betting on Baseball

 

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I liked the one were Ken could have one a millions bones if those last two mules would have won (think he hit the first 6 legs)