Why are Bonus Plays calculated like this?

sherman · Nov 9, 2005

Let's say you have a $1000 Bonus Play balance....
You bet on the Eagles -2.5 110/100...
the Eagles cover, it now shows your balance as:

Balance $100 - Bonus Play Balance $890

Why take the $10 away? I don't get it!

Can someone please explain this to me....

tooran · Nov 9, 2005

That's bogus man. You should demand monetary compensation for the emotional trauma you are suffering for this.Whoops, wrong thread

Fishhead · Nov 9, 2005

Your Bonus Play is the EXACT amount.......most places do not include the vig.

-FISH-

Tip- If you have a Bonus Play, you should use it on an UNDERDOG.

Christian · Nov 9, 2005

sherman, when you have a $1,000 freeplay balance, that's basically the book saying "ok, here's a $1,000 of our money to play with....you can't keep this $1,000....but you CAN use each dollar of it 1x to try to make money off of it. the winnings you CAN keep."

your first play you risked $110 on PHI to win $100....

you won...so you were given $100 balance (the money that you can keep)

but now your Bonus Play is down to only $890 because you risked $110 of that starting $1,000 Bonus Play balance

if you had risked $100 to win $90.9 on that 11/10 bet...

then you're balance would have shown $90.9 and your Bonus Play balance would show $900.

you didn't get shorted $10, you risked $110 to win that $100 and you can only use each dollar of your Bonus Play balance one time.

hope this helps.

Christian · Nov 9, 2005

oh, sorry. fish beat me to it.

sherman · Nov 9, 2005

Fishhead said:
Your Bonus Play is the EXACT amount.......most places do not include the vig.

-FISH-

Tip- If you have a Bonus Play, you should use it on an UNDERDOG.

so you are saying it should be a Bonus Play balance of $900, correct?

sherman · Nov 9, 2005

Christian said:
sherman, when you have a $1,000 freeplay balance, that's basically the book saying "ok, here's a $1,000 of our money to play with....you can't keep this $1,000....but you CAN use each dollar of it 1x to try to make money off of it. the winnings you CAN keep."

your first play you risked $110 on PHI to win $100....

you won...so you were given $100 balance (the money that you can keep)

but now your Bonus Play is down to only $890 because you risked $110 of that starting $1,000 Bonus Play balance

if you had risked $100 to win $90.9 on that 11/10 bet...

then you're balance would have shown $90.9 and your Bonus Play balance would show $900.

you didn't get shorted $10, you risked $110 to win that $100 and you can only use each dollar of your Bonus Play balance one time.

hope this helps.

thanx....yeah that makes sense......

Fishhead · Nov 9, 2005

sherman said:
so you are saying it should be a Bonus Play balance of $900, correct?

Only if you bet a dog and risk $100.

The Bonus Play is whatever amount one is RISKING

assassin · Nov 9, 2005

Sherman,

Scalping the largest dogs you can find (think boxing) should net you 70% return on the freeplay. If you don't scalp much then just look for returns of 65%.

later.