Another Fan Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Well as a XMas gift my uncle bought me a box in his work pool for $25. Then I bought two boxes at an office pool at work for $5. Some people in my opinion have some fetishes when it comes to this stuff. For example one relative bought a box in a pool for $200. He probably may have spent more than that as well. A bit too much for my tastes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Had a friend last week that was in a $100 a box on the probowl ..not that is a degenerate at his best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) 35 bucks, so far. A sawbuck that the two teams would be the Chiefs/Rams (lost, obviously) and a $25 square. I may spend more tomorrow, depending on availability of squares when I get to my local sports bar. Back in the day, we’d have pools for the over/under, final score, how long it would take Dick Enberg to say “Oh, my”, how long it would take Enberg’s color guy - (Buffalonian) Don Criqui to say, “Looks like it’s a little short, Dick!” - really some crazy pools. . Edited February 2, 2019 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Years back, we had a plant and office pool that offered quarter payouts, along with ‘side touch’ and ‘corner touch’ payouts. That resulted in fairly low returns on investment, but just about everyone got something. “Hey, here’s your $3.33!” Another fellow at a later employer would openly offer $900 in total payouts on his $1000 grid. His explanation regarding having to chase four different shifts for their $10 entry was accepted by most. The pool owner was still chasing deadbeats in March for their $10 long after payouts were made. Edited February 2, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 This year 300. That's usually about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Zero sadly. I don't work in good betting environment like in the old days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Typically $10-30. But this year no one I know that usually does pools is doing them. I might do one for the relatives coming over tomorrow, but keep it small, say $1/square. That'd still pay out $25/quarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 $100 and my numbers suck. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Got two $500 squares and another 500 on Rams +2.5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 $5-10. Not much of a "high roller!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 10 meadcoins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, mead107 said: 10 meadcoins. I didn't know you could buy half a square in a pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 3 minutes ago, mead107 said: 10 meadcoins. Believe it or not, you can bet on what will happens to the price of bitcoin during the Super Bowl... https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/cirque-du-super/ Haven’t seen anything yet about meadcoin ? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Zero. Not exposed to any opportunities. Now, how much did I spend on food and drink? That’s embarrassing, since there will be only two of us. I should invite the neighborhood, and still might. . Edited February 2, 2019 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 $150 so far. Plus my wife is in for another $1-200 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said: $100 and my numbers suck. ? Has there been any studies about this over the years? Be interesting to do an auction for squares too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 26 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said: Has there been any studies about this over the years? Be interesting to do an auction for squares too I once charted all the final scores of Super Bowls. For the most part it's what you'd expect. 0, 7 and 3 were the most prevalent. What was interesting (but not surprising in hindsight) is that for the losing team 0, 3 and 7 are really common but the distribution for the winning team isn't nearly as skewed because they tend to score more points and get off the common numbers. As for me, I'm in for $100. I split a $100 box with a friend, I have 4 $10 boxes in two other pools and I have $10 on a prop bet pool that I run. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 I haven’t gambled since someone here convinced me to bet on a horse because he was named Shady. I may or may not still own a certain poster a beer or two, but he owes me for robbing me of my sanity, so who really lost more??? But I’d buy a few squares if I had an easy opportunity. (Venmo would be excluded under the “”easy” requirement.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 13 minutes ago, Augie said: I haven’t gambled since someone here convinced me to bet on a horse because he was named Shady. I may or may not still own a certain poster a beer or two, but he owes me for robbing me of my sanity, so who really lost more??? But I’d buy a few squares if I had an easy opportunity. (Venmo would be excluded under the “”easy” requirement.) hey, he got 7th out of 8 horses...whats not to like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 1 hour ago, plenzmd1 said: Has there been any studies about this over the years? Be interesting to do an auction for squares too Boy, that is a good question. This was a blind pick a square number, reveal the square numbers when full. I ended up with craptastic numbers. Oh well (I'll laugh if I win something after crabbing about them). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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