With the NFL season starting, the thought of opening up an online gambling account is back. I have resisted thus far, but now, since I have a little “side cash”, I should right? It’d be super easy to do; it’s not like before… Before I had to make a trip to Vegas to wager on sports, but that wasn’t enough. We found a local bookie to take our action; we had to make our bets. That wasn’t enough either… No, I had to find some offshore gambling place to make bets. I think it was called “Bet on Sports”… I can’t remember. I know they had an address in Costa Rica; I guess it wasn’t legal there either, or something, because my account eventually got shut down. The funds in the account were confiscated. I think I had like $300 in there at the time; my initial deposit was like $500, although I can’t remember if this was the 2nd or 3rd or… whatever time I sent money that way. Although I did have my winners, over time, due to the lack of discipline for one, the betting with my heart over my head, the placing bets after I smoke or drank, trying to “get it all back” in one shot, etc, etc, etc… there was always a reason why I couldn’t keep on the positive ledger of things. Or maybe it was just because I’m some kind of degenerate; surely I’ve changed now… I guess I’m a competition junkie… always need to be involved in something competitive a la fantasy leagues today, or maybe an elimination pool, or confidence picks, or squares, or chess on my iPad, or online poker for “fake money”… The key is, gamble with what you can lose; it’s an “entertainment” expense. Instead of buying a $100 pair of gym shoes, I’m going to have some fun betting on games… as long as it stays fun. $100 ain’t going to matter right? Shit, that’s half a trip to Costco… Yeah, I think it’s time to “live my bet life”… The start of football is the perfect time. The start of a season where my team has been nationally dragged through the mud, and will be seriously undervalued early in the season, like Week 1 vs the Niners. Yeah, a little extra “juice” on the Bears game… that’d be cool… as long as they win… I’m not a very good loser either; I wonder where my son gets it from. I’ve gotten better in my old age; Cubs losses don’t impact me the way they used to… not as much, still bothers me. Any time one of my teams loses, it bugs me. If I had money on the game too… geez, yeah, maybe I don’t need to start doing this. Maybe IF I do, I make a rule I can’t bet on my own teams, but then I think, what sense does that make, considering I know them better than any other team. It only makes sense if I can bet against them when appropriate… we’ve already went over how I can’t do that… Game time is approaching… what’s the verdict???
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