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Odds to Win Super Bowl LIV

hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

New England Patriots+800

Los Angeles Rams+900

Kansas City Chiefs+1000

New Orleans Saints+1000

Cleveland Browns+1400

Los Angeles Chargers+1400

Philadelphia Eagles+1400

Chicago Bears+1600

Indianapolis Colts+1600

Dallas Cowboys+2500

Green Bay Packers+2500

Houston Texans+2500

Minnesota Vikings+2500

Pittsburgh Steelers+2500

San Francisco 49ers+2500

Atlanta Falcons+3300

Baltimore Ravens+3300

Jacksonville Jaguars+3300

Seattle Seahawks+3300

Raiders+4000

Carolina Panthers+5000

Denver Broncos+5000

New York Giants+5000

New York Jets+5000

Tennessee Titans+5000

Buffalo Bills+6600

Detroit Lions+6600

Tampa Bay Buccaneers+6600

Arizona Cardinals+8000

Cincinnati Bengals+10000

Washington Redskins+10000

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  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,653 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2019 1:27PM

    Hate to keep bagging on the Chiefs but they will not be close to doing as well next Season, nor will the Steelers

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,653 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Colts & Cowboys are up and coming

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would hope the Cowboys have a better chance than some listed above them.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,026 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2019 2:50PM

    Someone walked in to a Las Vegas bookie with a suitcase full of cash and said, "Give me 1,000 dimes (one million dollars) on the Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl."

    Because of the way he stated the bet, the bookies are referring to him anonymously as DIMEMAN.

  • erikthredderikthredd Posts: 9,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 28, 2019 2:55PM

    @stevek said:
    Someone strolled in to a Las Vegas bookie with a suitcase full of cash and said, "Give me 1,000 dimes (one million dollars) on the Dallas Cowboys to win the Super Bowl."

    Because of the way he stated the bet, the bookies are referring to him anonymously as DIMEMAN.

    Those same bookies are still laughing at the guy that came in last offseason and bet the house on the Philadelphia Eagles repeating. Poor Fluffy lost her home and has been living in an alley ever since then. It got so bad she started getting kicked over fences in Youtube videos just to feed her kittens.

  • JoeBanzaiJoeBanzai Posts: 11,800 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seems to me the Vikings should be a little higher.

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  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Seahawks and Falcons stick out to me as good bets, but I know little about betting.

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thisistheshow said:
    Seahawks and Falcons stick out to me as good bets, but I know little about betting.

    Believe me when I say this: you are far better off not knowing about betting.

    I coulda bought the Farouk collection. :'(

    *maybe not all of it.

  • coinpalicecoinpalice Posts: 2,453 ✭✭✭✭✭

    the rams are too high at 900

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hammer1 said:

    @thisistheshow said:
    Seahawks and Falcons stick out to me as good bets, but I know little about betting.

    Believe me when I say this: you are far better off not knowing about betting.

    I coulda bought the Farouk collection. :'(

    *maybe not all of it.

    I know. And I agree. Thank you

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @hammer1 said:

    @thisistheshow said:
    Seahawks and Falcons stick out to me as good bets, but I know little about betting.

    Believe me when I say this: you are far better off not knowing about betting.

    I coulda bought the Farouk collection. :'(

    *maybe not all of it.

    To me it's still fun to observe the odds and it provides an indication of a team's chances of winning.

    Your comment about "better off not knowing" reminds me of an old Buddy Hackett story he used to tell in his stand-up comedy act about a gambler and his wife.

    They go into a casino and she wanders off to play the slots, and he goes off to the blackjack and craps tables. Sometime later, she comes back and says she lost a hundred dollars. He starts yelling at her for losing all that money. After listening to his tirade, she asks him how he was doing. He says that he's lost a thousand dollars. His wife says to him, why are you screaming at me because you've lost much more than me? He retorts, yea but I know how to gamble.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,653 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Agreed about the Browns, I absolutely like what they have done but the hype is getting to be too much.

  • BrickBrick Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don't see anyone able to defeat the Browns. Put your money on Cleveland. It's a sure thing.

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  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,254 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I also know very little about gambling, but seeing the Chiefs up that high seems a mistake. It sure seems they are about to loose their top receiver.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • PatsGuy5000PatsGuy5000 Posts: 671 ✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    Colts & Cowboys are up and coming

    Totally agree on the Colts, I have to see a little more consistency with Prescott throwing down field for them to move to that next level.

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @PatsGuy5000 said:

    @perkdog said:
    Colts & Cowboys are up and coming

    Totally agree on the Colts, I have to see a little more consistency with Prescott throwing down field for them to move to that next level.

    I would like to see that as well. B)

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,653 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    I also know very little about gambling, but seeing the Chiefs up that high seems a mistake. It sure seems they are about to loose their top receiver.

    The only thing you need to know about NFL Gambling is in the long run it’s s losing proposition. As fat as the Chiefs go they lost a lot of players and are looking like Hill will be gone as well, it will be hard in my opinion for Mahomes to have another season like he did this past year.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @craig44 said:
    I also know very little about gambling, but seeing the Chiefs up that high seems a mistake. It sure seems they are about to loose their top receiver.

    The only thing you need to know about NFL Gambling is in the long run it’s s losing proposition. As fat as the Chiefs go they lost a lot of players and are looking like Hill will be gone as well, it will be hard in my opinion for Mahomes to have another season like he did this past year.

    I've never seen properly documented evidence of anyone beating the bookies in the long run. "Properly" documented evidence would have to be publicly posting their game pics over a long enough period of time to account for variance.

    Of course some may say that the "real" folks beating the bookies aren't going to publicize it. That's a valid point if in fact there is anyone doing it.

    However for sure, anyone who claims to be the ultimate handicapper or whatever title they give themselves, but for say $19.95 a month is willing to share their genius with you, is absolutely nothing more than a clever fraud.

    With the growing number of states legalizing sports betting, these self-called "professional sports gamblers" will be coming out of the woodwork like bedbugs wanting to sell you their "can't lose" system or sign you up to their affiliate commission program. They should be avoided like the plague, but sadly, they will lure in too many people, especially young people, who will learn the hard way what pathetic con artists they truly are.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,254 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it stands to reason that if there was a way to consistently beat the house, there would be no more casinos/sports books. it seems gambling is in the long term a fools journey.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:
    it stands to reason that if there was a way to consistently beat the house, there would be no more casinos/sports books. it seems gambling is in the long term a fools journey.

    Actually it's funny that someone could possibly believe that they can handicap sports events, based on past performance and anticipated future performance, and beat a bookie in the long run.

    That someone could anticipate how all the players are feeling including their injuries in which the players themselves may not know the extent until they start playing in the game how they will actually perform. And on top of that figuring out all the mistakes that are made during a game, not only by the players, but by the officiating crew as well.

    Of course there are good teams and bad teams, and teams have tendencies, but all of that is already built-in to the various odds and point spreads. The big problem say for football against the point spread, is you only make 100% of your bet if you win, but you have to pay 110% of your bet when you lose. Like you say a "fool's journey" for sure.

    I say put your hard earned money into buying cards and coins. Collect, invest, or even use these great collectibles as a business. If doing it as a business, yes, sometimes you may lose money on a card or coin purchase and sale. However that's risk, not gambling - there's a fundamental difference.

  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    @craig44 said:
    it stands to reason that if there was a way to consistently beat the house, there would be no more casinos/sports books. it seems gambling is in the long term a fools journey.

    Actually it's funny that someone could possibly believe that they can handicap sports events, based on past performance and anticipated future performance, and beat a bookie in the long run.

    That someone could anticipate how all the players are feeling including their injuries in which the players themselves may not know the extent until they start playing in the game how they will actually perform. And on top of that figuring out all the mistakes that are made during a game, not only by the players, but by the officiating crew as well.

    Of course there are good teams and bad teams, and teams have tendencies, but all of that is already built-in to the various odds and point spreads. The big problem say for football against the point spread, is you only make 100% of your bet if you win, but you have to pay 110% of your bet when you lose. Like you say a "fool's journey" for sure.

    I say put your hard earned money into buying cards and coins. Collect, invest, or even use these great collectibles as a business. If doing it as a business, yes, sometimes you may lose money on a card or coin purchase and sale. However that's risk, not gambling - there's a fundamental difference.

    The only way you could beat a bookie is if you found a sports journal like the guy in the movie "Back to the Future". Wouldn't that be great!

  • hammer1hammer1 Posts: 3,874 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @stevek said:

    @craig44 said:
    it stands to reason that if there was a way to consistently beat the house, there would be no more casinos/sports books. it seems gambling is in the long term a fools journey.

    Actually it's funny that someone could possibly believe that they can handicap sports events, based on past performance and anticipated future performance, and beat a bookie in the long run.

    That someone could anticipate how all the players are feeling including their injuries in which the players themselves may not know the extent until they start playing in the game how they will actually perform. And on top of that figuring out all the mistakes that are made during a game, not only by the players, but by the officiating crew as well.

    Of course there are good teams and bad teams, and teams have tendencies, but all of that is already built-in to the various odds and point spreads. The big problem say for football against the point spread, is you only make 100% of your bet if you win, but you have to pay 110% of your bet when you lose. Like you say a "fool's journey" for sure.

    I say put your hard earned money into buying cards and coins. Collect, invest, or even use these great collectibles as a business. If doing it as a business, yes, sometimes you may lose money on a card or coin purchase and sale. However that's risk, not gambling - there's a fundamental difference.

    The only way you could beat a bookie is if you found a sports journal like the guy in the movie "Back to the Future". Wouldn't that be great!

    Fade my bets. Same thing as the movie..

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,026 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DIMEMAN said:

    @stevek said:

    @craig44 said:
    it stands to reason that if there was a way to consistently beat the house, there would be no more casinos/sports books. it seems gambling is in the long term a fools journey.

    Actually it's funny that someone could possibly believe that they can handicap sports events, based on past performance and anticipated future performance, and beat a bookie in the long run.

    That someone could anticipate how all the players are feeling including their injuries in which the players themselves may not know the extent until they start playing in the game how they will actually perform. And on top of that figuring out all the mistakes that are made during a game, not only by the players, but by the officiating crew as well.

    Of course there are good teams and bad teams, and teams have tendencies, but all of that is already built-in to the various odds and point spreads. The big problem say for football against the point spread, is you only make 100% of your bet if you win, but you have to pay 110% of your bet when you lose. Like you say a "fool's journey" for sure.

    I say put your hard earned money into buying cards and coins. Collect, invest, or even use these great collectibles as a business. If doing it as a business, yes, sometimes you may lose money on a card or coin purchase and sale. However that's risk, not gambling - there's a fundamental difference.

    The only way you could beat a bookie is if you found a sports journal like the guy in the movie "Back to the Future". Wouldn't that be great!

    Yes, those sports betting touts with their ten star, can't lose winners, perhaps could also offer a time machine service as well. Maybe charge by the hour, with a price discount if you stay for a full day. :D

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