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Surprised to see my old thread bumped. I never meant for it to be taken seriously, and thought I made it obvious in my original post. It was a joke parody thread to a " Heritage is buying Wager Web" thread at that time--- and I apologize to anyone that took it seriously. FYI, WW joining the Heritage platform turned out to be a major break for me. I was able to collect my huge WW balance very quickly afterward. Like others, I miss the old WW. It was easy money.

Hillary ordered a hit?

Also relevant to those on the 1V payment plan. September payouts will be less if serious legal fees are involved.

Only if it's not true. It would be helpful if WVU posted his source, even more so if Griff posted his side of this on TGF. I assume his account is still in good standing here.

Bet Cascade. He's Lenny's VP of Finance.

Not sure what you're implying but George runs a legit smaller Book. Admittedly, HRW is not in the same league as 5 Dimes, Bookmaker and Heritage; but they pay just the same and often faster. That said, George has the unfortunate stigma of coming to age via 1-Vice and RDG Corp, working with scum "Griff the Stiff" and "Robbin Robbie MacPhail"--two of the biggest crooks still operating. Tough to wash that stench off of you, but you shouldn't judge via guilt by association.

At least Obama owned up to it, plus I think he had permission to use the material.

Exactly, and if you factor in even a small amount of inflation, your stake plus small winnings would actually be worth less in April 2017 (when the bet is paid) than the stake itself today, which makes the "winning" bet -Ev to me. Not to mention that you could just invest the would-be wager in a decent money market and easily make 3 or 4 times your potential winnings (w/o worrying about when GS eventually loses).

Fair enough, but it's more than just the juice. I should have said the prop is terribly -EV for the better regardless of which side you take. Undefeated at +22500 is a certain loser; GS will definitely lose a game. The other side is a sure winner at -67500, but you'll tie up your money indefinitely. Note that many season long props aren't paid out until the end of the season. So GS could lose the first game they play, but 5D could still hold your money until the season ends in April 2017, citing that at least 80 regular season games must be played. I wouldn't want a Book freezing my bankroll that long.

How is he a moron? The bet is heavily juiced for the house, making anyone who bets it a potential moron. Thread should be: "Tony must think we're morons"

As stated earlier, the bet was finally voided. I have since received an apology from Bovada on their initial response. Also, I believe TGF's Maron had an assist in this reversal. Thanks buddy! .

LPGA US Women's Open. By the way, the bet was just voided--3 hours after the event started. What a Mickey Mouse operation.

I talked to two different people last night, the second being the wagering manager. I'm stuck with the bet at their new odds.

That's fine by me--if they honor the original price of +2500. What Bovada wants to do is declare it a bad line, which gives the right to cancel the bet but not to change it to some line they now feels it correct. Proper protocol is to void a bad line wager, notify the client of it and allow him to rebet it at the new odds if he so chooses. Bovada is wrong to force the client to accept a bet he wouldn't otherwise have made.

According to Bovada yes. I figured fair value at around 15-1 and felt 25-1 was somewhat +EV and worth a play. Their price of 10-1 is -Ev and not worth it. The key point again is that the event doesn't start for several hours and should be voided anyway. What the price should be is moot as the Bet has to be canceled, at least by every book making practice I have ever encountered.

Not worth filing a complaint over a $50 bet. I'll just draw down my account and move on.

I made a golf bet for Top 10 finish @ +2500 for $50, and got a message in my account that it was a line error. No problem since the event doesn't tee off until tomorrow morning, so they just cancel it right? No, they insist on reinstating the bet at the "corrected" price of +1000. I spent over 30 minutes on the phone with them tonight trying to cancel it, because I don't want their price. No dice, I'm stuck with the adjusted price tomorrow. Shit move by a supposed A rated Book. As I understand the bad line rule, bets are always canceled prior to start time and adjusted only if the event has already started. Not so with Bovada as they seem to think it's ok to give you whatever new line they want at anytime.

Marinate your steaks in Preparation H

Good tax advice, thank you. One thing to consider though is that 80% of the retirement funds are in Roth accounts which are tax free. Hoping to grow these funds a bit more (thus the stock exposure) since Uncle Sam gets none of it.

I couldn't agree more. I also live off investment income that comes from muni as well as investment grade corporate bonds in my regular account. My retirement accounts, which I can't touch until age 60, still have a significant amount of stocks in them and I'm comfortable with that. Stocks are a necessary evil if you want any chance at growing your portfolio. I don't think this Brexit situation will be anything like the 2008 Great Recession. Even if were, you just "wait them out" as you say. Case in point, my retirement accounts were worth 275k in '07 and dropped to just under 150k by '09, the worst period I ever experienced. Long story short, I stayed the course and recovered everything and then some, sitting at 465k today. Being a little older now, I've reduced my stock exposure somewhat the past few years. But I'll always have some stocks in my portfolio.

Maybe they deposited by WU/MG then, which is fully reimbursed. Now BC is the rage and deposits are free everywhere except here. No good reason they should be taking 6.5% of your BC deposit.

"When a player chooses to deposit via credit card, debit card, gift card, or BitCoin s/he will be responsible for reimbursing the company 6.5% of the total amount processed at the time of deposit." Pass.

Sounds like the Ref was the one making the big stink.

Yes, see the 1V thread I bumped. Robbie = Zach = Thief.

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