Stress & Gambling

Anonymous1 · Jan 3, 2007

THE VEGAS PRO
Rich Baccelari, odds setter, Palms Casino race and sports book
"We get crazy on Sunday mornings during football season. But we lessen the pressure a few ways. First, we do our homework. We're very prepared. Oddsmakers have access to the same information and come up with the same number for a game. The house advantage also has a way of taking the pressure off. The gamblers have to hit almost 53 percent of their bets to win."
The takeaway: Use whatever advantage you have to win, but don't let that stand in for proper preparation.

Thought this interesting as an overall view of capping...

Iceman · Jan 3, 2007

Grab great numbers(giving you the same edge as the house) concentrating on beating the closing number, with games you have a strong opinion (being prepared) on and you may be able to overcome the 52.8% win pct needed.

TTinCO · Jan 3, 2007

All this stress & gambling stuff is BS.

I'll elaborate later, but this game is giving me heart palpitations so bad, I need to go find a Vali.

uppy:

MrJ · Jan 3, 2007

you may be able to overcome the 52.8% win pct needed.

Wouldn't expect this coming from you

randyrohm · Jan 3, 2007

Preachin to the choir Iceman. Handicap the number not the game. On some numbers if you get 1/2 or a full point better than the finishing number you are already in the plus. It is not hard to do or I couldn't do it.

rugby · Jan 3, 2007

Gambling and stress is a self fulfilling prophecy. Don't overthink things, cap a number and go with it. If you don't like the number, stay away.

Toodles......................Rugby !!!

Anonymous1 · Jan 3, 2007

Rug...can you flip that avatar on her back please...

Mr.Jones · Jan 4, 2007

Hitting a losing streak in games however bad it is ain't nothing...been there oh so many times. You can always stop for awhile until your luck changes.

Hitting a streak of such bad luck, for whatever reason even bad weather, when running a string of race horses ....well now, that's stress. The bills just keep on coming and you can't stop them. That's when you gotta dig deep, search your soul and just believe.