Why its Good to Have a Local

[Alejocruz+]

Took the words out of my mouth general, keep your locals for favorites, rip sportbooks for your underdogs.
Also, i don't like locals because i like having just an account number to get related to, instead of a face

 

[buddym]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by playersonly69:
YOu dont guys dont worry about betting with locals?? I mean it is illegal and I have seen many a better in Texas get arrested for such.


I had to stop bettign with locals after winning and not getting paid. Maybe someone can send me some info on locals near Houston. I never hear of any anymore<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[buddym]

To playersonly69.Houston for some reason has always had a bad reputation. However there are quite a few great locals in that area, that i have known for over 20 yrs

 

[VaultedTreehouse]

Of course, I lost today since I was so happy to lay -110 on Dallas at 3. They get their ass handed to them. Ho hum.

 

[Alejocruz+]

Exactly what i was saying, take the juice on the Dog, sweet +105 on Miami

 

[VaultedTreehouse]

Hey DOn, if you like a 3 pt dog, you should be betting the moneyline, forget plus money at 3.

 

[TTinCO]

Well, I have a local who now owes me over 7 dimes.....he's trying to sell his BMW.

[This message was edited by TTinCO on November 28, 2003 at 08:51 AM.]

 

[bigboydan]

i haven't had one problem at all collecting from my locals accept 1 time and the reason was very understandable too because it was a holiday and he didn't have enough cash on him to pay me. but as far as the lines go with my locals is alot of them are different and some of them don't update there lines half the time so you can burn them sometimes well for example just today i got miss st. +21 earlier today with one of them and noticed the line went off at kickoff as low as 18.5 i seen.

 

[Alejocruz+]

You couldn't be any more right Treehouse, but i'm just to chicken, I'll take any kind of advantage i can take

I know, i know, that way it will take me ages to make money, but i do it for fun, and i hate loosing, and Washington is just a reminder why i stopped taking money lines

, loosing by 1 point just plain sucks.

 

[Alejocruz+]

TTinco, that sucks, why don't you just take it and tell him to put it as an advance of all the money you still have to win from him

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[HacheMan]

Best thing about having a local is, at least if I lose my money, I'm keeping it much closer to home, and to someone just a little bit more "honest", that doesn't change their rules as they go along to benefit themselves, much like, well, you know.......

 

[TEASERGURU]

hache, my local guy changes his rules more often than i go to the liquor store for more Old Style. I guess you have had good luck, but I think many will agree that most locals suck when you consider their hours, always getting busted, changing phone #'s, no internet. Just my opinion.

 

[harrington]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Vaulted Treehouse:
Today, you have to lay -125 to -130 to bet Dallas at 3. Locals that I have don't shade off numbers like that. So I'm betting Dallas at -110. That's when it pays to have locals.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I found this game in many places Dallas -3 -110
I guess I'm in the minority with having a local out. I hate all the hassles associated with them, or at least all the ones I have dealt with.