Good morning and welcome to rambling gamblin Jack's Cafe.
Can I get you a cup of coffee?
I'm going to recommend something degenerate to you today.
No not that you weirdo...I'm going to promote the virtues of wagering. I think Bill Bennett wrote a book about this already but heh there's still room for us little guys.
Wagering is not gaming. What?
Wagering means you have to use some brainpower to have a chance to beat a system that does not have fixed odds. Gaming means you go to a casino and play any game they have and the chances of you winning are fixed...no matter how hard you try or how great a system you have or whatever.
Gaming is fun. Gaming can also be a high tax on stupid people if it's not fun...for example state sponsered lotteries or scratch tickets and casinos. Man I hate to see poor people waste money on those. If you like it and have fun and can afford it...more power to you though. I love to play craps once in awhile or pull a slot machine or play cards.
I'm going to recommend my young and old friends that you enter the world of sports wagering instead of throwing your money away on the lottery. Okay no one too young should be gambling or doing anything other than learning and having fun and doing stuff young people should do. Actually sports wagering would be a perfect activity (if handled properly) for a retired geeky type who like to read, look at numbers, chat...play games.
You can wager on line at sites in England, Australia, the Netherlands and lots of them down in the South America/Bahama area. These are legit companies. Check out USA Today for names.
Anyway I have come to find being a sports fan is fun and putting a little bit of money or whatever you can afford on games makes it more fun for me anyway. It's basically a way to keep track of how well you are predicting the future.
If you want to win or lose real money stick to the stock market.
Today is NFL day my friends. I have a little dough on a lot of games. I can't go to church because of my "flu" hack cough sniffle...
I think I'll put a little on Agassi to win down in Houston for the good old US of A. or maybe just for the good of anyone in the world who is considered on the older side. Wow...33 is old in tennis.
I have the Rockets -2 over the Raptors in the NBA this morning.
I'm going on these picks for today in the NFL...for some reason the big play is New Orleans over Atlanta. I'd tell you how I came up with these but that would spoil your fun. For you novices the minus number means I'm betting on a favorite to win and cover the point spread. So for the first bet if the Saints win by 10 then I win. If they win by 9 I get my money back, and if they win by 8 or less or lose outright I lose my bet.
Atlanta Falcons v New Orleans Saints take the New Orleans Saints -9
Minnesota Vikings v Oakland Raiders take Minnesota Vikings -4.5
San Diego Chargers v Denver Broncos take Denver Broncos -8
Kansas City Chiefs v Cincinnati Bengals take Kansas City Chiefs -6.5
Detroit Lions v Seattle Seahawks take Seattle Seahawks -10
Jacksonville Jaguars v Tennessee Titans take Tennessee Titans -9.5
St Louis Rams v Chicago Bears take St Louis Rams -6
New York Giants v Philadelphia Eagles take Philadelphia Eagles -3.5
Lastly for all my fellow Virgo's out there our horoscope today at www.theonion.com is
Virgo: (Aug. 23—Sept. 22)
If you, like many Virgos, are a gambler, the stars advise you to bet on the army of horned demons and take the points.
Lets do it boys and girls!
