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mookie

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  1. My humble advice is stay as far away from Bonuses as you can.  I've told the story before but I'll give a brief summary:

    On MyBookie, played Baccarat and built up a couple of hundred into several hundred.  Decided to bet on NFL.  Used bonus money and won.  I was warned by @W84it not to do it but I didn't understand.  Well, I attempted to withdraw some money and they wouldn't allow it. Not one red cent!  They said I had to "satisfy" the rollover requirement before taking any money out of my account.  The requirement was that I had to put into action $3,000 to be able to withdraw my money.  AND, I had to bet on sports.  So, I figured out how many days and how much money per day I had to put in action to either lose it all or get some money back.  It took me a month betting on NBA, College basketball and some hockey, about $100 a day to end up having a balance of a little over $300 when I had finally satisfied the rollover requirement.  I immediately withdrew all of my money, basically breaking even, feeling like I beat 'em.  The rules are on their website but hard to understand for a newbie.  Bottom line, bonuses sound great but make sure you know the rollover requirements so you can actually get your money if you win.  And other Casinos might have different rules so find them, read them and understand them!

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  2. 14 hours ago, Scooter said:

    Pip.   How did your recent trip to HR Tampa go?

     

    11 hours ago, barneypip said:

    @Scooter  Next trip is tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday 6/28 & 6/29.   Last trip was a losing one, but I had 4 winning trips in a row before I crashed.  I'll report on this one at the end of the week.  Thanks!

    Please start a new thread to discuss things like this so we don't get bogged down in this "New Member" thread.  Thanks

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  3. I haven't had any issues with My Bookie, Just Bet or Bovada or Stake.com.  Each has there own policies about withdraws, limits, etc.  It's more a matter of how you fund your account and how you take money out.  But unless I can witness the "behind the scenes" activity, I can't say for sure whether or not they're "honest".  My overall philosophy is why would they risk cheating?  Technical issues aside, it doesn't make sense to me that any casino...online or otherwise, would need to cheat.  People beat themselves way more often than not so why would they?  Anyway, as to issues with usernames and such, I would contact customer service.

    Mookie

  4. That's good to know.  The thing I always run into though, is sorting through the "possible" candidates.  In your spreadsheet, you have over 100 on the Call sheet and over 300 on the Put sheet.  That's a lot of research unless your Think or Swim scan narrows it down to a manageable number to follow and actually invest.

    Don't really want to go too far off track here but I do like the fact that you're presenting this information and tools.

    Thanks again,

    Mike

  5. Thanks Eric...very interesting!

    Years ago, I attended a "seminar" on how to trade equities and at the end, they were selling their software that filtered out the "best" buying and selling opportunities.  They wanted A LOT of moola so I went home and created a spreadsheet that basically did the same thing.  I had to enter everything by hand so I didn't pursue that...but in my research, I found a company that has an amazing filtering algorithm and so I subscribed to that service.  It's called StockFetcher and is very robust.  Anyway, I've been interested in Options for many years and will check out your spreadsheet.

    Mike

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  6. On 12/17/2021 at 7:03 AM, Flguy said:

    Do you think there will  be swarms of people doing this and thus taking down any advantage.

    Highly unlikely.  The "swarms" would have to be tens of thousands of players causing the casinos to "notice" a significant drop in Baccarat revenues over a period of time.  And connect an even higher unlikely situation where all those players are staring at a phone or tablet and an even higher unlikely possibility that the casino cameras can identify the BTC App as being the reason all of these tens of thousands of players are winning.

    I know I'm being a little sarcastic and I don't intend on being a smart ass because the forum promotes open discussions and welcomes all questions.  That being said, whenever we talk about whether or not something we do or have somehow creates an advantage in a big way, I encourage a drive down the Las Vegas strip.

    The casinos know the mindset of a typical gambler and they're not using an App. This is my opinion, of course.

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  7. 15 hours ago, Scott said:

    Everyone has a system. Some work some don't. Put it on here. You may or may not like the results. We all ,want to keep learning and get better

    I agree with Scott.  Whether we call it a "system", "methodology", "program" or whatever, it's a set way to play where we think we can be profitable.  All "ideas" are welcome.  The thing about this forum though, is that most of the profitable players use more than one "system", based on the shoe being played.  As you read some of the threads, this is obvious.  So please post your system.  We're always open minded and anxious to see how others are profitable.

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  8. 17 hours ago, kachatz1 said:

     WE ALL RUN INTO SLUMPS, EVEN WE BEHAVE JUST LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

    This is key, IMHO.  At least for me, if I lose a couple of units, it changes my mindset.  It's harder to play with a clear head.  If all you think about is how to get back to even, you might start betting higher and chase your losses.  This rarely works.

    I've actually made a trip to Vegas, lost 4 units the first shoe and stopped betting the rest of the trip.  Maybe come back home early.  That was a drastic move and that was a while ago, but we really need to take breaks and be smart.

    And unless you were just paying attention to what I was doing, you wouldn't notice that I'm in a slump and taking a break.

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