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CharlieMaxwell · Sep 1, 2005

While the traditional football wager requires a bettor to risk $11 to win $10 - a reasonable 4.5 percent cut for the house - the percentage number on a Super Bowl future book wager usually is equivalent to Tony Siragusa's cholesterol count.

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Fishhead · Sep 1, 2005

There is definetly "gold in them there hills" regarding futures!

Many astute gamblers profit from them greatly.

Personally, I do not give enough attention to them as I should and probably should be disgusted with myself that I don't.

One negative factor with futures is sometimes your money is tied up for a long period of time where it may be making a better return someplace else.

My most memorable future wager ever was taking the Minnesota Twins at 40-1 to win the AL pennant the year they did so in 1987. The added bonus was that I had a few of my friends on the same wager.

All in all, a nice article on futures and one that should stir some renewed interest in posters here to take a more serious look at this avenue of wagering.

-FISHHEAD-

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