Lol that's also true it'd be pretty tough to win these bets without even knowing basketball yet I'm kinda dumb going for darts bets when I don't actually watch / have a clue BUT somehow I've been able to do aight with it anyway

Ahhhh DAMN @ your parents getting the invite but not you! SHADY Like surely they could've added one more or changed up the invites so they could ask you as well.

Idk I've had a few losing sessions too but true I've been doing pretty well lately after that previous streak like a few weeks back where I felt like I was losing almost every time & a few times pretty big L's. Also limiting it a lot more with NBA on now & maybe even more limited with BBUS starting (I CAN'T WAIT FOR TONIGHT!). I mean yeah the limits I play at you can EASILY lose at least $100 in a very short time so it's all risky but as long as it goes well overall I'm so here for the ups & downs even

That's the team that has my fave NBA player Carmelo Anthony and I really wanna see him do well (I also like the team in general, their main jerseys are black which I like and there's a lot of players I like on that team). There's also a story behind Melo that's kinda a lot to get into but basically: Melo has been a top tier player for like a decade & a half in the league but he's never been able to win a championship & also had some teamwork issues / basically got blackballed out of the league for a year+ just recently until he made his return this season. He's always been a bit underrated for his talent because of his limited big-time playoff wins but that also has to do with the teams he's been on (including my Knicks). Unlikely the Blazers win it all but I would LOVE to see them do well

Lmaooo as long as you have that article link handy then you should be able to remember it more easily after a while It's seriously SUCH a better betting format tho imo so if you did get used to it & started feeling good enough about it then you should take a chance with it in the future Today the point spread could easily screw me over as I'm going with all favorites that have negative points, and some quite a bit -, but I'm hoping it works out, I feel ok about it. Always aiming for a 3/5 type of day at least tho & I'm hoping that's the case with my 5 NBA today after so many underdog picks won yesterday (and kinda the day before too).

Gahh I might not even mind going to more distant family/people I know less tbh The last one was gonna be one of my cousins' and she legit invited my parents but not me so my parents didn't go & tbh I was kinda confused because we got on pretty okay before that. I asked her why and she was like "I only had a certain number of places" like ... nice lol

Omg nooo that sucks @ losing on poker </3 But yeah def keep them separate because you've done SO well on poker lately like pretty much every time for a WHILE & it ultimately doesn't effect how you're doing on the sports. It's crazy how you can just win/lose that much in a session of poker though ahhh

Lmaoo yeah I'd def need something to like follow/compare it to at first because I get it when reading about it but in my head I'm like trying to remember ahh

Portland I didn't even know which state that was in till I looked online. I have seen/heard of it before tho. But is there a reason you like them next or just cus of the team/their play etc like others? Nooo @ the Grizzlies flopping </3 Still maybe they'll have a surprise win one of these days And YES I knew I chose good in OKC

Yeah exactly that. Some darts games are even worse too depending on the players at like those 1/9 odds or whatever. I dooo think the spread is good though from what you've said but I feel like to use it I'd have to even understand the game for a start Yeah in darts it's not as good, the odds are still alright to bet on but just too difficult to decide which way to go.

Oh yeah I lost like just under $100 late last night pretty quickly so that sucked & totally ruined the decent profit day I was having from sports betting ugh I feel like the slow winning process with sports betting is making me hate losing any amt in poker now because it can reverse the winnings so fast ffs But I gotta think of it separately tbf because I did have a NICE winning day with poker just this past Sunday. The betting is like my side gambling grind. that hopefully results in a + overall too

Yup it’s the same for NBA too, like games that seem like an obvious win will only get you $1-2 return or less for a $5 bet & then many times they’re not as obvious as they seem. Just totally not worth it which is why I got into spread bets a looong time ago I think spread betting might be tougher with darts tho because of how it’s +/-1.5 & games tend to be close from what I’ve noticed so it’s so hard to call

Ahhhh yeah I’ve turned down some invites too even but only during certain busier times in my life when I was trying to finish up college & stuff like that. I mostly go tho & feel bad turning it down. It’s weird but I even get invites from distant family that I’ve barely talked to as well but it’s kinda like a +1 invite with some other family member(s) that they know better

Lmaooo it’s like so simple but tbf yeah having never done it before I could see it being really confusing / complicated NOT you having an article ‘cheat sheet’ around for point spread betting ahhh

Blazers from Portland & they’re just aaaaight, just similar level to the Grizzlies before the NBA restart, both right on that edge of trying to make the playoffs, but the Grizzlies have been pretty bad so far in the restart while the Blazers have been solid. (Blazers beat the Grizzlies in their first game back) But yeah OKC is just kinda one of those teams idc about Most people were expecting them to be pretty bad tho so they’ve overachieved which is cool to see

Maybe that's where Grizzlies come in for making an upset win happen But nah idk how much I'm into going for those ones. But yeah I thought the first couples of days it was going averagely/expected but now...

Yeah parlays are **** tbh. I only go for them in darts because otherwise you'd be betting on game for £5 with like £3 profit But honestly... probably still works out better in a lot of situations since just ONE of my parlays have been losing lately anyway Your profit is really slaying though rn

Omg 10+ Yeah idk I guess I would just turn down invites/not bother if I didn't care/wasn't interested but aside from cousins who I don't even talk to there's nobody else anyway

Gahhh idk if I do either really, I think I DO get it when I have like that article next to me telling me exactly what it is/how it's done lol, but otherwise it just requires like a LOT of thinking about. Maybe cus it's new or maybe just cus it's confusing af. I do actually know/get what ur saying though, but I think it only applies if you fully understand/have done it before, like if I tried it for first time I doubt I'd have much luck tbf

Hmm not even sure if I've seen Blazers yet Are they a good team/average or what? Lmaooo I def saw Houston though but I didn't notice the others. And where are that Blazers team from?? Yeah sometimes it's nice to watch without having a bet on it though, makes it stressful MESS NOT a boring team But idk I guess there are a bunch of teams I just don't care about in football or whatever too lol