Let Me Ask A Question ... FCC/Fair Deal

Halifax · Jun 5, 2003

There's currently a thread on Fair Deal and Five Card Charlie, talking about how they get pissed off if you bet their inflated odds on the underdogs.

If this is the case, why don't these type of books just do the following:

If other books have -190 and +170, and FCC wants to really put it to the "unknowing squares" by offering -230 on the favourite, why don't they just put up -230 and +170, for example, instead of -230 and +200 ??

If they do this, they won't be open to scalps, and if the squares really are so dumb as to bet the -230, they probably won't realize anyway that the vig is so high on -230, +170.

PanchoSanza · Jun 5, 2003

I got a better idea, everyone just stay away from these pussies and maybe they will go out of business.

Scoob · Jun 5, 2003

Halifax - I know for a fact that Five Card Charlie deals 2 lines. You will get the "good" lines until they notice that you are only betting their juicy dogs. This took about 4-5 days in my case.

cecil+ · Jun 5, 2003

Stiffs.

JoeyC · Jun 5, 2003

Aye Pancho:

You got the right idea again..

lander · Jun 5, 2003

Scoob, at least you got lines ...

... I got an "account closed" message and a call that went like this - "we don't need your kind of business, we have players that bet 6 games a day" ...

I thought my 11 plays of 4 days was plenty - guess not

At least they paid fast though, i guess.

EveryGamblersDream · Jun 5, 2003

You either have some people help you bet through Fairdeal or you don't bet there at all.

Halifax · Jun 5, 2003

Back to the question that I posed (which I really would like an answer to):

If they really don't want you to bet the +200, why don't they just hang -230 and +170 ? It's an outrageous spread yes, but it will keep people from betting on the underdog.

As gametime approaches, and they truly want some buyback on the underdog, then bring it up to +200 or +210.