Puttering Along
I thought I would do much more sports betting over the holiday weekend than I ended up doing. It's not that I didn't try to do more, but I just wasn't finding many good lines. I found a few, though, and turned a profit.
I busted out of WagerWeb. Then reloaded and busted out again. I loaded up $50 at Bodog to play in the casino on Friday, and quit when I was still even. Put that $55 to work on a sports bet, and won it at Bodog. Then I had someone take me up on my Bodog bonus sharing offer, which put some additional money in my account. I bet that twice and won at Bodog both times. I thought I had met the WR, but got an e-mail from Bodog this morning that I had not, so I guess I'll be looking for some more lines there this evening.
I was going to tackle BetJamaica, but there is some strangeness with my account there, related to me being an affiliate. Basically, I can't tell if I'm logging in as an affiliate or as a bettor, and I don't want the confusion to cost me the bonus. I am waiting on some clarification from BetJamaica before I make my deposit.
Still reading Sharp Sports Betting. It gets more math intensive than I was prepared for, but I can follow it if I focus. There are lots of good ideas for finding regular betting (not scalping) opportunites, and I may put some of these to work when football season comes around. The author has only mentioned scalping once thus far, describing an opportunity he once found on a boxing match between two Las Vegas sportsbooks that was an arb - he could bet $100 on every outcome and be profitable. He finished that paragraph with the remark, "that's not gambling, that's investing." I enjoyed that.
I am inquiring with some other sportsbooks about expanding the free book offer deal. Hopefully I can announce it before the end of the week.