The last of the football gaming … for now

by | Sep 7, 2008 | NFL Gambling

LAS VEGAS – Despite yesterday’s brutal showing in the sports book Zoneblitz.com was back at the Golden Nugget this morning plopping down more cash on the opening weekend of professional gridiron action.

We put some action down on several individual games and then we each took a couple parlays as well. Parlay cards are generally seen by professional gamblers as sucker bets due to how they make bit players like us light up because of the progressively large payouts – people think they are smarter than they are and when they put down a few bucks hoping for the big immediate payoff they usually get themselves beat.

So we did it anyway.

Here are the games we picked together:

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Drew Rosenhaus and Anquan Boldin should shut it

by | Sep 6, 2008 | Contract Squabbles

On the eve of the beginning of the 2008 football season for most of the league Drew Rosenhaus has taken the opportunity to reiterate that his client, Anquan Boldin would like his employer, the Arizona Cardinals, to trade him.

Despite having three years left on his current deal he wants a new one that would put him among the highest-paid receivers in the league.

Rosenhaus emphasizes that he hopes Boldin is traded by the Oct. 14 trade deadline and adds that Boldin won’t re-sign with the Cardinals. “Essentially that bridge has been blown up,” Rosenhaus told the Arizona Republic. “He’s looking to play as hard as he can for the club, for his teammates, but the sooner he is traded, the better.”

That’s a great message for his teammates to hear as they prepare for San Francisco. “Hey guys, I’ll be out on the field with you, but it’ll be grudgingly. I really don’t want anything to do with this team anymore.”

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Sixth and final fantasy draft is in the books

by | Sep 6, 2008 | Fantasy Football

LAS VEGAS – All of the fantasy league drafts and auctions I participate in each year culminate in the Power League auction. It’s the highest stakes league I play in and it’s the most competitive with nine players that are all skilled in football and trash talk.

This year the Power League gathered in Las Vegas for the auction at 10 p.m. Las Vegas time in an abandoned hallway/lobby area in the Flamingo hotel.

The participants had been in Vegas for varying amounts of time and many were clearly on the tired side as the night got underway. But everyone was also clearly stoked for our annual football get together and my brother did yeoman’s work in his debut as a fantasy auctioneer.

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College football action

by | Sep 6, 2008 | NCAA Gambling

LAS VEGAS – Well, the Blackjack tables haven’t really gotten any kinder yet despite heroic – or perhaps desperate – efforts that lasted until 3:30 a.m. Las Vegas time.

Despite the late night my brother and I did manage to hit the Golden Nugget’s Sports Book before kickoff of the early games this afternoon in an effort to get some money on something besides 21.

We ended up with a collection of picks that included betting against our alma mater and a couple that, frankly, didn’t look all that great as halftime approached. Our selections were as follows:

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Redskins to win a low-scoring game

by | Sep 4, 2008 | NFL Gambling

LAS VEGAS – Not that I’m going to post my thoughts on every game but this is the opener.

The Washington Redskins will defeat the New York Giants … well, they’ll beat the spread anyway in a game that will end up under the 41 point total posted for the game.

As Tony mentioned the Blackjack tables have not been friendly. In hopes of having something to play with during college and pro football on Saturday and Sunday I didn’t put money on the Giants/Skins game tonight.

But I did separately put sizable individual bets on Washington +4.5 and under 41 at CentSports.com … at least sizable based on that site’s standards anyway.

Everyone getting excited? As some baseball fan once said, “Life begins on opening day.”

Cheers. Now, off to the sports book for some Beam and some real football.