I think it's time for me to give up my gambling obsession and that means giving up my continual presence on this terrific forum. I've lost a fair amount of money in the past year and a half and it has definitely affected my family life.... It's time to face facts and realize I can't keep up with the pros around here or around anywhere else.

One of my favorite retirement fantasies is living in Las Vegas and hitting the sportsbooks a few times a week to rape the casinos for a tidy profit. And maybe some day that fantasy will...

It's been quite a while since I visited the "Movers and Shakers" page and looked at the [B]Top Ten Point Earners of All Time[/B]. Of course, Mex topped the list as always and that Tbill fella is steadily increasing his point bankroll with his new book. And I looked at who was in the 3rd through 10th spots, too.

But a thought struck me: This [B]isn't[/B] a list of the top ten point [I]earners[/I] of all time. This is a list of the members with the top ten [B]current[/B] points in their bankroll. Which means this is a list of the...

Amazing. 1 is the answer. Everyone else is paranoid because they are too stupid to admit they suck at NBA betting.

The Donaghy scandal was an anomaly. He has never indicted any other refs for fixing games, only that he knew the propensity of other refs well enough to predict gambling winners:

"Donaghy began betting on sports with a friend, Jack Concannon. He quickly got involved in more different kinds of gambling, to the point of obsession. In the early stages of his gambling addiction, he avoided betting on the NBA, but, he writes, by November 2003 that line was crossed too,...

Damn, I can't believe no one has talked about dogs and pack mentality. Every dog's natural instinct is to be the alpha dog, which is the leader of the pack. Even a little shitty lap dog will try to be the alpha dog if no one stops it, but they are easily put into their place. And a big bulldog or any physically powerful dog will attempt to assume the alpha dog role in any group setting: whether that is with other dogs or with humans!

You cannot let this happen. If a dog thinks they have it over on you,...

Okay, so I after placing almost all my points on sports bets in the SBR Sportsbook, I took 3 points into the SBR casino and played single-deck blackjack again. This time I played as if there would be a reshuffle after 35 or 40 cards being played. I played 1 point per bet and I was just counting face cards and 10s from the very beginning of play.

After the first 31 cards dealt, the dealer had already dished out 15 faces and 10s. So there are still 21 cards left in the deck, but there should only be ONE face...

About a year ago, I used to play a shitload of online blackjack for real money. I made 4 grand in one night and thought it was easy pickings. If only I had never gone back to it. But I did, and over time I gave back all of that 4 grand and plenty more. One night I was playing until 4 AM and had lost a ton of cash and got so frustrated because I knew the game was rigged. "This is insane," I thought. "I should play blackjack in a real casino instead of throwing my dough away...

Paco, this basically proves you are unfit to become a police officer. Between your threats of killing nigguz, emptying clips on wannabes, and being a trigger-happy dumbshit, you are the last asshole I want on my streets protecting my family.

Sorry paco, you failed the test. If you can't project a strict law-and-order backbone to the clowns on this board, you shouldn't wear a badge.

If you don't believe in true justice (and clearly you do not) and enforcing the laws of this great country to the letter of the law, then get the fuk out of law enforcement and join some...

No, odtw, they don't ever want to "take it all." As Dozer said, they actually want people to win points and have fun and cash in prizes and all that shit. That's what the points promotion is all about. The point system is promoted because SBR wants to develop loyalty from their members and produce high page views and member activity, which drives their advertising rates, referral revenue, and therefore their company profits. It's supposed to be like airline miles or credit card rewards.

Which is why it was dumb to launch a standard rigged casino. Everyone with a brain would...

I had 442 points before the casino.

It took me a couple hours to lose them.

I'm a vet with online casinos, so I knew the risks and I knew the odds were against me. But I've hit hot streaks before and figured the software was stacked for hot streaks when players were survivors...especially in the "testing phase" of the SBR casino. But it turned out I was wrong. I should've known better.

Hell, I know online casinos are a stupid, moronic way to lose real cash. That's why I hardly play them anymore.

But for points? Fukin points? Hell, I'll roll the dice...

You are a dick. But your friend is a bigger dick. Which doesn't really sound right, since I'm saying your friend has a bigger dick than you, which is probably true but damn that was cruel of me to point it out. Either way, you are both dicks and both destined for utter shame and possibly early death from stupidity.

Your former boss is also a dick. But he is one powerful dick, k? He has two businesses to protect and you are just fukin' with his life and his money and his family. He would just as soon have...