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Please Give It Some Time Before You Call Me A Stiff.

With A -450 Carryover I Call My Local Wed. To Check Totals Knowing Damn Well I Lost Another $900, I Say Johney What Ya Got? He Say's Plus 380 Is This Possible? Boom I Say Hell Ya And He Say's O.k. $70 Rides.

I Then Panic And Call Him Back And Say Johney I Cant Cheat You, I Think You Have The Totals Wrong But I Didnt Do Good Book Keeping So Im Not Sure (me Lying) Re-check And Get Back To Me.

6hrs Later, Teddy You're Right I Was Wrong You'r Minus 305, That Sounds Right Johney And I Didnt Want To Cheat You.

No Problem Teddy Thanks For Being Honest Let The Money Ride Thru The Super Bowl.

Im Now Up 200 This Week And Feeling Good That I'll Wipe Out The Rest But Feel A Little Guilty But Not Half As Much As I Was Feeling I'll About Paying 1350.

Was I Right Or Wrong?
 

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Right. Its his job to make sure your # is correct.
 

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Damn I havent used a local in over 15 years! Hell, I WAS A LOCAL 15 years ago!!!


I may need to start booking bets again. I dont need a bookie as of now since all of my books are still accepting credit cards
 

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I have been on both sides of the fence. Are you the most honest guy in the world? No. Is your book claiming his winnings to the IRS? Probably Not.

In my opinion it is the local books job to give you a total and your job to agree or disagree. I always made the palyer tell me where he stood first.

If you can live with yourself - then fine. Mosy likey, you will end up losing that money and more anyway.

I'll say your fine. He should know he own business.
 

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Damn... I try to be honest and pay what I owe...

But honestly, the guy is running a business and should keep a more accurate record. His only job is to make sure that the accounts are correct.
 

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Teddy kgb said:
Please Give It Some Time Before You Call Me A Stiff.

With A -450 Carryover I Call My Local Wed. To Check Totals Knowing Damn Well I Lost Another $900, I Say Johney What Ya Got? He Say's Plus 380 Is This Possible? Boom I Say Hell Ya And He Say's O.k. $70 Rides.

I Then Panic And Call Him Back And Say Johney I Cant Cheat You, I Think You Have The Totals Wrong But I Didnt Do Good Book Keeping So Im Not Sure (me Lying) Re-check And Get Back To Me.

6hrs Later, Teddy You're Right I Was Wrong You'r Minus 305, That Sounds Right Johney And I Didnt Want To Cheat You.

No Problem Teddy Thanks For Being Honest Let The Money Ride Thru The Super Bowl.

Im Now Up 200 This Week And Feeling Good That I'll Wipe Out The Rest But Feel A Little Guilty But Not Half As Much As I Was Feeling I'll About Paying 1350.

Was I Right Or Wrong?




sounds like a game turned around? only problem is someone may have had other side and then it will be corrected? if you can live with it i guess it may be o.k. like the other guy said you will probably lose it all back and then some. sometimes karma's a bitch.


not passing judgement on you.as i was a book many years ago and i know it probably happened to me more than once but in the end i always came out smiling.however if i ever found out i had a game turned around and someone did not tell me i thought of them as the biggest piece of shit in the country and put a voodoo hex on them and it always worked(never failed one time):lolBIG:



hey and always remember he could have written one of your bets wrong or you may have called it wrong and you just happened to come out on the good side this time:toast:
 

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I wish I had a local. Where do you go about finding these guys? The last time I used a local was 10 years ago and the reason I knew he was a local was because he worked at my job. It was kind of cool because at the end of the workday every friday everybody in the company sorrunded this guy like he was the president to get that weekend action in.
 
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listen u gave the guy a heads up and a second chance to get your figure right, and he is lucky for that....morally that was very respectable of u to bring it it his attention but u would be an idiot to argue with him over money he's wrong about.
 

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maybe u forgot a game Teddy, I have noticed you have been making those free money bets and seem hot.
 

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Journeyman said:
maybe u forgot a game Teddy, I have noticed you have been making those free money bets and seem hot.

SPEAKING OF HOT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE OF CAPTIAN OBVIOUS?
 

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theticket_22 said:
listen u gave the guy a heads up and a second chance to get your figure right, and he is lucky for that....morally that was very respectable of u to bring it it his attention but u would be an idiot to argue with him over money he's wrong about.

Agreed.

First off, it's his job to make sure your figure is correct, not yours. Secondly, you were nice enough to point out his error, which was going above and beyond IMO.
Now, he's still wrong, and that's that. You have done your part and then some.

PS Honestly, I suspect that you are the one who miscalculated, or left something out.
 
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You Shouldnt Have Said Anything And Took Thr + 350. If You Had To Say , Or Give Your Balance First And It Was In His Favor With You Making The Mistakes, Do You Think He Would Have Said Anything?
 

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I always find these threads so hypocritical. It is pretty simple to me:

Treat your bookie like you would want him to treat you.
 

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Don't feel bad when you do win he aint gonna pay you anyway. 1st sign of a bad bookie is one that can not add or subtract good chance if your balance is off everyones is becuase of this bad bussiness he probally won't be able to pay you when you win. Sounds like he don't even write it down.
 

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My opinion of the situation is that your actions are very scumbaggish in this instance. The way to handle it is tell him what you have yourself at and then work together to find out what the mistake is. Cannot believe people can live with themselves lying cheating and stealing. That being said I only have one local currently, and I respect him very much and he does me as well.
 
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Clip Joint said:
I always find these threads so hypocritical. It is pretty simple to me:

Treat your bookie like you would want him to treat you.


EXACTLY! I was overpaid by my bookie once by a couple hundy and I called him as soon as I realized it. The reaction from him was MAJOR SURPRISE. He use to ask me my total first every week up until then, now he most usually gives me his total first.
 

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