Do your husbands gamble on sports?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, he’s very good at it. He nets $3k - $5k each week.

What a loser you allow it

You sound like someone impossible to be married too. Allow it? He’s an adult

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Someone people make money from it but you have to be very disciplined

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Maybe once or twice a year? He has a friend who (seemingly) is a responsible and financially stable person but likes to gamble, and my husband will sometimes ‘go in’ with him on a March madness bet or something similar.

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Yes. All the time but super small bets.
He keeps $200 in his account and works that.
When we cross state lines he can’t bet and is disappointed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, he’s very good at it. He nets $3k - $5k each week.

What a loser you allow it

Np. You sound jealous.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently it’s a huge problem, especially with younger men and even college age. How widespread is this?

No. I didn’t marry an idiot.

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What is wrong with the name-calling poster? Seriously has issues.

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Anonymous wrote:What is wrong with the name-calling poster? Seriously has issues.

Her husband gambled on her and lost.

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The 20+ year olds do a football fantasy thing that they have been doing for years. I think they each put in $10? We all do a ESPN March Madness bracket and we each put in $5.

As far as I am aware, no one does the online gambling sites.

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Hell no.

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No, thank god. Many of his friends do and they talk about how much they lie to their wives about it. It makes me really sad, because some of them have families with young children, and they are losing (at some points) thousands of dollars that could be going to benefit their children instead.

I agree its a huge issue. They basically target kids and get them hooked early. These apps should be illegal imo.

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Yes but it's like $1, $2 bets. He bets on MMA fights and occasionally "anytime touchdown" parlays for NFL.

It's a running joke in our house, he'll be on the edge of his seat watching to see if the last leg of his parlay hits and I'm talking about how if everything works out, both kids will be able to go to college!

He funded his betting account with $50 or $100 about 4 years ago and just plays with what's in there, it's not an ongoing expense.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently it’s a huge problem, especially with younger men and even college age. How widespread is this?

No
But it is very popular with the MAGA crowd.

My BIL and his buddies and their 20 somethings in college. My sister is now in debt because of this shit. Their son and his BF need gambling anonymous and rehab.

OP here. That’s interesting, I wonder if there’s a cultural element to this. I don’t know anyone who gambles, but I imagine it’s not something they advertise. I also wonder if it’s more popular with the high net worth crowd who are more comfortable with risk.

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Mine does occasionally. He has won some rather large sums.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, he’s very good at it. He nets $3k - $5k each week.

What a loser you allow it

Allow it? He’s a grown man. He’s won six-figures. After building a large balance across apps he now transfers weekly winnings into a joint account. He’s playing with their money now. I don’t understand gambling, but I understand that our account balance keeps growing. You do you.

This is not true. No one actually makes money from gambling in the long run. The margins taken are too high.

Also anyone actually making $3K-$5K per week consistently gets their max bet capped at a ridiculously low amount by the sportsbook almost immediately. They're not in the business of losing money and there is nothing stopping them from getting rid of the customers they don't want.

More likely is that the husband is only telling the wife about the wins and hiding the losses.