My Friend's Insane Sports Pool

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by Trample the Elderly

As a gambler this makes no sense. Most bets are made on the point spread from the outcome of game or match, not the points scored in a small amount of time. It sounds similar but it's really not, at least when my money is concerned. The spread favors the dealer or book maker but it isn't impossible. A spread that's in a good newspaper or from a respected Vegas book maker is usually split even.

If you want to say that a given team will make these amount of points against another team that's one thing. To guess how many points will be scored in a short amount of time, (eight minutes) is just stupid. I could see betting on a quarter or a round for some people but I wouldn't take it. No self-respecting gambler would take it and no smart bookie would offer it. Outlandish stuff exist but then again so do people who like to throw away money.

It's called a prop bet and lots of people do prop bets.

[Trample the Elderly]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

It's called a prop bet and lots of people do prop bets.

That's why there are 12 step meetings for gamblers as well as drunks. Anyone who bets on how many strikes a pitcher will throw in eight minutes, or on how many TDs a quarterback will throw in a quarter is a bookie's wet dream. I had forgotten how greedy they can be.

I would like to go on record and say that Baseball stinks. It has to be the most boring sport ever. At least NASCAR has wrecks.