Anyone Ever Been Cutoff By A Local?

trackbetsonline · Oct 18, 2005

Win or lose to much?

Fishhead · Oct 18, 2005

Prefer not to wager illegally..........so never given one the chance.

whyme+ · Oct 18, 2005

Absolutely!!Once they catch on that your a middler or a scalper you are toast. Just like the online books. It's every books worst nightmare.

cutacrossshorty · Oct 18, 2005

Always got cutoff betting greyhounds. After a few $20.00-$30.00 winners at 200 a clip, out came the words "no more dogs".

blueedwards · Oct 18, 2005

i was recently told that i can no longer bet baseball.

sherman · Oct 18, 2005

trackbetsonline said:
Win or lose to much?

lose to much? did bookies grow a concious?

trytrytry · Oct 18, 2005

trackbetsonline said:
Win or lose to much?

Cut off? Sure many times, Which body part??

sherman · Oct 18, 2005

Fishhead said:
Prefer not to wager illegally..........so never given one the chance.

A few questions Fish:

1. You have NEVER bet w/ a local? how can that be possible?
2. I have seen you say OFFSHORE BETTING is legal MANY times before. Please, once and for all, tell us how you come to that conclusion...

randyrohm · Oct 18, 2005

I am 44 and bartended for a few years (that explains my affinity for a cocktail:drink: ) where I met every local bookie. Played with them off and on my entire life. Once I got online in the 90's, I started hammering there off lines. I think i single handily am the reason each one finally got Don Best. All cut me off except one that had Don Best and he would alway quote me the line straight from the screen so he was useless. I haven't played with one in about 5 years or so. Damn those were the good ole days. Good for my ego also, they couldn't figure out how I was so good :dancefool

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rjmole · Oct 19, 2005

Cut Off By Book

Hello In The Late 70s When Bookies Took Horse Bets I Got Cut Off When He Figured Out I Was Placing Bets For Guys He Had Cut Off Previously.I REally Could Not Blame Him In Looking Back At The Situation.
WE Remained Friends And I Still Got To Lose My Football Bets To Him On A Regular Basis

Phigment · Oct 19, 2005

Excuse me if these seems to be a naive questions but...

1. Would there be a definitive way for him to know you were scalping?
2. In the long run what harm is your scalping causing him? (assuming your're winning ~50% of the time with him)

volhound · Oct 19, 2005

randyrohm said:
I am 44 and bartended for a few years (that explains my affinity for a cocktail:drink: ) where I met every local bookie. Played with them off and on my entire life. Once I got online in the 90's, I started hammering there off lines. I think i single handily am the reason each one finally got Don Best. All cut me off except one that had Don Best and he would alway quote me the line straight from the screen so he was useless. I haven't played with one in about 5 years or so. Damn those were the good ole days. Good for my ego also, they couldn't figure out how I was so good .

Did you ever play with Carl?

Fishhead · Oct 19, 2005

sherman said:
A few questions Fish:

1. You have NEVER bet w/ a local? how can that be possible?
2. I have seen you say OFFSHORE BETTING is legal MANY times before. Please, once and for all, tell us how you come to that conclusion...

1. Never met a true "street bookie"(remember, grew up in rural Iowa and lived the majority of my life in Vegas).

2. Know of no law that clearly states it is illegal to wager on sports via the internet in a foreign country.

sherman · Oct 19, 2005

Fishhead said:
1. Never met a true "street bookie"(remember, grew up in rural Iowa and lived the majority of my life in Vegas).

2. Know of no law that clearly states it is illegal to wager on sports via the internet in a foreign country.

Amazing that you have never used a bookie....
The telephone act thing there doesnt cover that?

Fishhead · Oct 19, 2005

sherman said:
Amazing that you have never used a bookie....
The telephone act thing there doesnt cover that?

The WIRE ACT law was written years and years ago before computors arrived into mainstream America, therefore it does not specifically cover the use of the internet.

RobFunk · Oct 19, 2005

ha.

ya, I got cut off by a local. When I was 18 and still living at home, once she found out my mom saw to it real quick I wasnt dealing with the local anymore. lol. It was one of the main reasons I couldnt wait to move out.

chanman83 · Oct 19, 2005

I once lost 7k one week from a local and he cut me off and I had to pay atleat half before I could bet again. I've never been cut off for winning but have been told I had a limit on how much I could bet when I was alot.

RobFunk · Oct 19, 2005

chanman83 said:
I once lost 7k one week from a local and he cut me off and I had to pay atleat half before I could bet again. I've never been cut off for winning but have been told I had a limit on how much I could bet when I was alot.

That is scary. Do you remember being in the hole and being tottaly AMAZED you could still bet?! I kept
thinking, isnt he going to cut me off? Arent I down too much to bet? The guy knew I was just a kid making
slightly over minimum thats why I was so suprised.

chanman83 · Oct 19, 2005

RobFunk said:
That is scary. Do you remember being in the hole and being tottaly AMAZED you could still bet?! I kept thinking, isnt he going to cut me off? Arent I down too much to bet? The guy knew I was just a kid making slightly over minimum thats why I was so suprised.

I did actually. I was 23 and still new at my job making like 34k a year. I was like holy shit this isn't good. Became kinda scared but I manged to pull through, even though I still had to pay it wasn't 7k but yep I was like... yeah.. maybe i shlould just stop and pay.

sherman · Oct 19, 2005

Fishhead said:
The WIRE ACT law was written years and years ago before computors arrived into mainstream America, therefore it does not specifically cover the use of the internet.

fair enough.....