back in 1998 (when offshore betting was relatively unknown) i hooked up with a local who went out of the newspaper for his lines. i lost about $800 during the entire football season. when i met him to pay him after the superbowl, i asked if he would do basketball the same way. he said "sure" (he was very lazy...i never even talked to him, just got a chicago tribune and called his voicemail to leave the bets).
well, as you can imagine, i absolutely killed him. i would wait until 5 minutes before tip, call the offshore book and get a run down of the lines. then i would check the paper and bang every line that was off by more than 2 points. i bet $500/game and went like 25-7 over a three week period. he called me up and told me he was done taking my action. i met him at the mall to settle up. he handed me an envelope with 9 dimes in it. then, we went to hooters and i bought him a beer and chicken wings.
that was sweet.
well, as you can imagine, i absolutely killed him. i would wait until 5 minutes before tip, call the offshore book and get a run down of the lines. then i would check the paper and bang every line that was off by more than 2 points. i bet $500/game and went like 25-7 over a three week period. he called me up and told me he was done taking my action. i met him at the mall to settle up. he handed me an envelope with 9 dimes in it. then, we went to hooters and i bought him a beer and chicken wings.
that was sweet.
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