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fishwax

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31. you think a Tom Brady will risk losing a game for a partial cut of a far-from-guaranteed 150K?
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 02:41 PM
Sep 2015

Again, I don't find the scenario particularly plausible.

Yes, if you own an obscure RB3 and you know that he's going to get fed the ball on the goal line and potentially score a bunch of TDs and you can reasonably be sure that you'll be the only player who will pick him, then yes, you have an advantage.

But how does one know all this? Aside from all the random and completely unpredictable stuff one would have to know in advance (how do we know there will be goal-line opportunities? how do you know the obscure running back will convert?) there is the even bigger issue of how you will arrange for that player to even be on the field? (That decision isn't in Tom Brady's hands, so I guess you'll also be bribing backups to pretend to be hurt or offensive coordinators to risk losing their jobs by putting an inferior player in during a crucial situation.)


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N.J. wants to get into sports betting. The teams have been blocking N.J. Hoppy Sep 2015 #1
True oberliner Sep 2015 #4
I thought, judging from the ads, that FanDuel was a gambling site. Vinca Sep 2015 #2
Exactly oberliner Sep 2015 #3
While I Completely Agree. . . ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #5
The "so what" is that Krispy wanted to have sports betting in N.J. so he could tax it. Hoppy Sep 2015 #35
Not My Point ProfessorGAC Sep 2015 #42
O.K. agree. Hoppy Sep 2015 #43
Wow---that didn't take long. trumad Sep 2015 #6
Yeah it was pretty overwhelming oberliner Sep 2015 #9
It's just as bad, if not worse on sports talk radio.. frylock Sep 2015 #33
It is gambling but it should be legal Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #7
I have mixed feelings oberliner Sep 2015 #10
I see your point, but I think in a lot of ways the cat is out of the bag Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #12
I see yours as well oberliner Sep 2015 #15
rhis is none of anybodies business. AngryAmish Sep 2015 #8
there is a pretty clear exception for games of skill/knowledge fishwax Sep 2015 #11
Poker is a game of skill, Sports betting requires knowledge oberliner Sep 2015 #16
fantasy sports are specifically excepted fishwax Sep 2015 #22
Right oberliner Sep 2015 #24
I don't think those scenarios are particularly plausible fishwax Sep 2015 #27
Here's the thing oberliner Sep 2015 #29
you think a Tom Brady will risk losing a game for a partial cut of a far-from-guaranteed 150K? fishwax Sep 2015 #31
Probably not oberliner Sep 2015 #34
These sites are clearly exploiting what they perceive as a legal loophole to allow sports betting. Nye Bevan Sep 2015 #13
Gambling or not, I'm fine this. Frankly, I think the UK model of gambling regulation closeupready Sep 2015 #14
Do they allow this extent of tv advertising in the UK for gambling? oberliner Sep 2015 #17
I don't believe the NFL is complicit; to the contrary, I believe it is the NFL closeupready Sep 2015 #18
DraftKings Announces Sponsorships With 12 NFL Teams To Kick Off 2015-16 Season oberliner Sep 2015 #19
You're not gambling on the outcome of games, just that you're better than the next average Joe Baclava Sep 2015 #20
You are gambling on something else oberliner Sep 2015 #21
Yeah, but you're gambling on a collection of players from different teams hifiguy Sep 2015 #23
What about this scenario: oberliner Sep 2015 #25
It's theoretically possible, I guess, hifiguy Sep 2015 #26
There are smaller tournaments that cost over $20K to enter oberliner Sep 2015 #28
You don't bet on fantasy teams, you play your players against others - that's all Baclava Sep 2015 #36
You are betting that your collection of players will score more points than others oberliner Sep 2015 #40
You think it's sports betting? Try calling your bookie to make a fantasy bet. ha ha Baclava Sep 2015 #44
Like the lottery is gambling - why don't states make that illegal? Baclava Sep 2015 #37
There is some hypocrisy there certainly oberliner Sep 2015 #41
IMHO - average person who wishing to win $$$ off these sites benld74 Sep 2015 #30
I back whatever legislation it takes to stop the endless stream of commercials on TV and radio.. frylock Sep 2015 #32
Buy a DVR - I haven't watched any commercials on any programs I want to watch for over a decade Baclava Sep 2015 #38
I have friends that do that.. frylock Sep 2015 #39
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