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Old 05-09-2012, 03:20 PM
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If hes Plus 700, each 10 is 70. If hes minus 700 each 70 is 10.
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Old 05-09-2012, 03:58 PM
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Puff - Puff - Give, Jon. Puff - Puff - Give.
looks like he forgot to "give". Just puff puffing.. Especially when he is explaining the + / - odds
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Old 05-09-2012, 04:00 PM
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>>>But win or lose, I am backing my Triple Crown prediction with some of the money I collected for having bet on I’ll Have Another at 23-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool Two. I am playing “yes” in the Triple Crown proposition wager offered by the Wynn Hotel Race & Sports Book in Las Vegas. “Yes” is plus 700, meaning you have to wager $70 to make $10. “No” is minus 1,000, meaning you have to wager $100 to make $10.<<<

I don't think he meant to say this, did he? I don't bet sports, honestly have no idea but I would think plus 700 means you get 7-1, which is a horrible sucker bet in my mind.
He had to have been confused and clearly wrote it backwards. If casinos could get those kind of odds on every prop then they wouldn't be looking to replace sports books with slot parlors.
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Old 05-09-2012, 04:11 PM
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>>>But win or lose, I am backing my Triple Crown prediction with some of the money I collected for having bet on I’ll Have Another at 23-1 in Kentucky Derby Future Wager Pool Two. I am playing “yes” in the Triple Crown proposition wager offered by the Wynn Hotel Race & Sports Book in Las Vegas. “Yes” is plus 700, meaning you have to wager $70 to make $10. “No” is minus 1,000, meaning you have to wager $100 to make $10.<<<

I don't think he meant to say this, did he? I don't bet sports, honestly have no idea but I would think plus 700 means you get 7-1, which is a horrible sucker bet in my mind.
Yeah, I was going to comment on that too. That was the highlight of a pretty ridiculous article.
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:19 AM
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So White's system paired the race down from 20 to 14? Hard for a system not to work year after year if it includes so many horses.
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:30 AM
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a poster said white would be the best handicapper on this site if he joined....i disagree. that article hasn't changed my opinion one bit.
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Old 05-10-2012, 11:32 AM
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a poster said white would be the best handicapper on this site if he joined....i disagree. that article hasn't changed my opinion one bit.
Some of the folks on here are remarkable at times.
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