Billy Joel is where you turn for gay locker room stuff. Especially when it comes to sports gambling.
I would maybe agree with you… but Christie Brinkley!
Ted Nugent and Kid Rock need not apply! (I think maybe I’m getting my threads mixed up, but it works!)
I went to the Stanford/Washingotn game on Saturday, and I brought a pair of binoculars with me. Apparently the binoculars were enough to convince some (drunken) dudes that I was also betting on the game, and they kept asking me how much I wagered. I had to explain to them that I do not gamble, and they looked at me like I was crazy. Later on, when Stanford got a late touchdown in garbage time, someone else yelled out that we had hit the over.
All this sports betting is irritating. Everything is about the point spread, or the over, or parlays.
That song is one reason I was never a Billy Joel fan. Maybe it’s an east coast vs west coast thing.
I was a big fan in High School (and he put on a great show back in the early 80’s) and even my dad loved Only the Good die Young:
[Pre-Chorus]
Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray
They built you a temple and locked you away
Aw, but they never told you the price that you pay
For things that you might have done
[Chorus]
Well, only the good die young
That’s what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young[Pre-Chorus]
So come on Virginia, show me a sign
Send up a signal, I’ll throw you the line
The stained-glass curtain you’re hiding behind
Never lets in the sun
[Chorus]
Darling, only the good die young
Oh oh oh oh ohh
I tell ya only the good die young
Only the good die young
[Verse 4]
But Virginia
They didn’t give you quite enough information
You didn’t count on me
When you were counting on your rosary[Pre-Chorus]
They say there’s a heaven for those who will wait
Some say it’s better, but I say it ain’t
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun[Chorus]
You know that only the good die young
Oh oh ohh baby
[I tell ya only the good die young Only the good die young]
I was more into metal.
Those lyrics are metal ;)
No, no. THESE lyrics are metal:
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We left as inmates from an asylum
And we were sharp as sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho to lay down our lives
We came in spastic, like tame-less horses
We left in plastic as numbered corpses
And we learned fast to travel light
Our arms were heavy, but our bellies were tight
We had no home front, we had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy, they gave us Bob Hope
We dug in deep and shot on sight
And prayed to Jesus Christ with all of our might
We had no cameras to shoot the landscape
We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes
And it was dark, so dark at night
And we held on to each other, like brother to brother
We promised our mothers we’d write
And we would all go down together
We said we’d all go down together
Yes, we would all go down together
Remember Charlie, remember Baker
They left their childhood on every acre
And who was wrong? And who was right?
It didn’t matter in the thick of the fight
We held the day in the palm of our hands
They ruled the night, and the night
Seemed to last as long as six weeks
On Parris Island
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
And they were sharp, as sharp as knives
They heard the hum of our motors, they counted the rotors
And waited for us to arrive
And we will all go down together
We said we’d all go down together
Yes, we would all go down together
But the music is pop.
BILLY JOEL IS FOR FUCKING SQUARES! HE’S SO BLAND THAT IF HE WERE A WOMAN ALL HIS FANS WOULD BE LESBIANS! HE’S THE AMERICAN JEWISH PHIL COLLINS! FUCK MOTHERFUCKING BILLY JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOEL
Quit watching gay-ass boring sports and listening to shitty boring Billy Joel and listen to THIS
I prefer some Pork Dukes. NSFW
Back on topic…
On any given college football Saturday, Matt Holt will flag approximately five games for gambling improprieties. That’s equates to about 8% of weekly contests raising enough suspicion of game fixing and/or point-shaving that a closer look is required.
“When we send an alert to every operator and regulator across the country, we’re pretty sure there is something happening here that is not good,” said Holt, founder and CEO of U.S. Integrity, which oversees corruption in the gaming industry.
That’s five games every Saturday, approximately 15-18 per month, according to Holt.
“[Improprieties] are going on right now,” Holt said. “Anyone who says that’s not happening is naïve to the marketplace.”
I’m not sure I believe that. If there is cheating and point shaving going on there should be bettors out there that can detect it and make money off of it. Now there are live in game bets that can be made so if someone detected a team doing something like running when they should be passing or slowing the clock at times it doesn’t make sense they could instantly place a bet to take advantage of it.
Live betting amounts almost will never total pre-match betting, except in a few exceptions. On top of that, the amount you’re allowed to live bet is capped at a much lower level than pre-match betting. For the normal better, live-betting odds can be near-impossible to track effectively.
The sheer number of bets that can be made however can make certain bets very profitable for shaving or rigging, though many of those are low-capped as well (like player props), and subsequently may be harder to see.
— Alan
I think if this was rampant or a true problem with some teams you would see Vegas refuse to allow betting on those teams.
Well, it’s not to say that it isn’t a problem–it has been and always will be in sports gambling. But I think books and Vegas are keenly aware of it and are usually–not always–on a keen lookout. But it can be incredibly hard to spot. Sharp money comes in on a game and moves the line–what do they know? Is it rigged, an attempt to move the line in a favorable direction, or just someone who wants to plunk down a lot of money? If the result goes their way, what do you do?
— Alan
Yesterday I placed my first ever bets on sports, betting $10 on the Eagles game. Specifically, using the FanDuel app, I bet $5 on the Eagles to win by 3 or more. Spoiler: they did. Then I bet $5 on a parlay that I devised in the app. Spoiler: I lost.
I came back with $9.10. I lost 90 pennies! I’m a high roller!
Am I hooked? No. Am I likely to keep going? Yes. It was fun.
The few times I have been to a Casino I have just found a table in that sports book, bet small and watched a game while getting free drinks.
In the UK, the gambling industries stranglehold on football has become absolutely hideous.
You can have a fixture in the “Skybet Championship” at the “Bet365 Stadium”, between 2 teams shirt sponsored by Bet365 and Stake.com, with digital advertising for gambling around the full width and length of the pitch for 90 minutes, bombarded with “in play market” odds throughout half time.
I have no idea what any of that means.