Interesting Sports Betting News

I’ve always found sports betting news of interest but truly interesting sports betting news is pretty hard to find. For today’s post I’ve managed to source what I believe to be a few interesting sports betting news.

Interesting Sports Betting News – $2.5 Million Winning Bet

Interesting sports betting newsI reckon this first bit of interesting sports betting news is of the utmost importance, especially to new punters! It’s about this bloke that won $2.5 million dollars on a single bet. He did this in 2015 by betting a $100,000 on the Kansas City Royals to win the World Series. He did this by placing the bet at the beginning of the season when the “odds were 30-1 and bet it all the way down to 8-1, as the Royals hadn’t won a World Series in 30 years. Declining opportunities to cash out and make a guaranteed $750,000, Vegas Dave showed his faith in the MLB team by letting the bet ride.”

Apparently ‘Vegas Dave’ has had an up and down gambling career, weathering devastating losses, including a two month stint in Gamblers Anonymous.

I’m stressing this post so that other punters don’t try to duplicate his remarkable win. Unless they have millions that is and can afford to lose a measly $100,000.

Remember not all that long ago when some crazy bloke bet $370,000 on Sydney to beat the Doggies in this years grand final. I sure hope he could afford to lose that bet! :nono:

Remember the golden rule of gambling, if you can’t afford to lose it don’t place the bet!

Banning Sports Betting Ads On TV

I kid you not, England wants to ban sports betting as well as bingo and lottery ads on daytime TV. Why? Because, among other things, “It is feared the rise exposes children and gambling addicts to temptation.” They’re talking about the rise of these ads over the last few years.

Personally, I can’t see how these ads would affect young kids. Also, wouldn’t they be better off banning them in the evening as most kids going to school during the day?

Besides, if you’re a problem gambler I’d say that whether or not they remove these ads isn’t going to do much good.

Sports Betting Losses On The Rise In Australia

Who knows, the Aussie government may go the same route when you consider sports betting losses are on the rise. One expert has “attributed the growth to advertising campaigns and the advent of smart phones.”

I can believe the smart phone angle. I love the ease of placing a bet online using a smartphone. I don’t think that I actually place more bets online because of it.

Online Sports Betting Can Be A Problem

Finally, I feel so strongly about responsible gambling that I want to highlight that for certain people online sports betting can be a problem. If you seem to be exhibiting any of the problem gambling symptoms of this young Aussie then you should consider seeking help.

I hope you found this post interesting. If so, perhaps you could share it around. 😎

Also, it would be great if you could add your personal views about any of the subjects covered in the comments below.

AFL Round 13 Results 2016

AFL Round 13 Results 2016 Fortuna Tipping A Little Better

Fortunas AFL Round 13 Results 2016

Fortuna’s footy tips were a lot better this week than last weeks dismal effort. Unfortunately when placing my bet with William Hill last week I backed Port Power.  :pull_hair: Still, 4 out of 6 is a pretty good outcome for the AFL Round 13 Results 2016

There were two reasons for backing the Power, the first being that the odds were pretty good and a win would have paid pretty well. The second being that I agreed with Fortuna and I honestly felt that they would do well against Freo!

They must have known this was a do or die game for them and that a loss would make their passage to a finals berth almost impossible. Shit, if that’s not enough incentive to pull out all the stops and play your best I don’t know what is. That and the fact that Fremantle has been playing like shit should definitely made this a winnable game. Unfortunately Port Power wasn’t up to the task and couldn’t find the switch to turn the power on.  :tongue_out:

Looking at Ports Official website’s match report it was obvious that nothing they could do to soften the poor match result was really working.

What did I learn from the AFL Round 13 Results 2016? The most important thing was that I shouldn’t be betting on Port Power. They just can’t be relied on. When you expect them to win they don’t and when you expect them to lose they don’t.

Another very important thing the AFL Round 13 Results 2016 has brought to light, and I know I say this a lot but it  is so bloody important for everyone to realise that you should never, ever bet more than you can afford to lose. This way you make your sports betting bankroll last a lot longer and you’re not stressing over the loss of any bet. I know doing this means I enjoy my games and betting a hell of a lot more.

 

AFL Round 11 Results 2016

AFL Round 11 Results Fortuna Rules!

AFL Round 11 Results Fortuna rocks

I bet you wished you took Fortuna’s advice in last weeks tips because her AFL Round 11 results absolutely rocked. Yep, last week Fortuna said she was hoping to do better in her AFL round 11 tips and so she did. As you can see in the image above Fortuna’s AFL round 11 results was a perfect 9 out of 9. That brings her running total to 72 for the year. Way to go Fortuna!

Luckily for me I followed her tips to a tee and that scored me two winning bets last week. You can see my bets in last weeks Round 11 AFL Footy Tips 2016. My biggest winner was my Sportsbet MultiBet! That winning $10 bet returned $55.34 which I am really happy with.

Then there was the $1 I placed after entering last weeks Million Dollar Tipping Competition. Even though Sportsbet’s Million Dollar Tipping competition is absolutely free to all members I always place a dollar wager.I figure, what the heck, it’s only a dollar and it also helps me to keep track of my tips for that week by quickly checking the tips via my Sportsbet app.

As it turns out because of Fortuna’s fabulous AFL round 11 results that dollar wager returned $18.31 bringing my total to winnings to $73.65. Not too shabby for a $11 outlay!

Why Gambling Responsibly Is Important

There are some out there who are probably thinking to themselves that I could have won so much more money if my wagers were a lot bigger. While that is true it’s also true that it would have been just as easy for those bets to go sour. When I first started this blog one of the first posts I did was about gambling responsibly.

Gambling responsibly not only protects my assets and my family, it also protects my sports betting bankroll. Otherwise, at the very least, I would have blown my sports betting bankroll and at the worst it could cost me my family and self respect.

Over to you, how did you go with your AFL round 11 results?