Do your husbands gamble on sports?

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Anonymous wrote:Umm hello it’s an addiction idiots

+1 and a very slippery slope into debtors' H...ELL.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

+1 definitely

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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

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.

Don’t let him combine his gambling money with your joint account. Have him keep it separate and only gamble from that account. It will be hard for you to track otherwise.

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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

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.

Apparently if you win often enough you get banned by the app and have to switch.

My DH and I are big sports watchers but do not gamble on it, but we do play blackjack once in a while if available. I think universally available sports gambling is already making society worse - many players in record saying they and their families are getting threats. Even college kids are.

At minimum these need to be regulated so you can’t bet with credit cards.

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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

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.

Don’t let him combine his gambling money with your joint account. Have him keep it separate and only gamble from that account. It will be hard for you to track otherwise.

He only deposits into that joint account.

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Anonymous wrote:My DH doesn’t even watch sports

Same he doesn't watch sports or gamble.

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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

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.

Don’t let him combine his gambling money with your joint account. Have him keep it separate and only gamble from that account. It will be hard for you to track otherwise.

He only deposits into that joint account.

He’s robbing Peter to pay Paul you’re just oblivious to it all

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I love these posts about husbands only making small bets, lol. That's not how gambling works!

+ 1

What does this mean? That the husbands are being dishonest or something else?

I pay all our bills and check bank statements etc. I would know if DH continuously added money to his account.

Yes, the husbands (or gambling wives) are professional liars.

Ding ding and they know of a river called De Nile

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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

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.

Don’t let him combine his gambling money with your joint account. Have him keep it separate and only gamble from that account. It will be hard for you to track otherwise.

He only deposits into that joint account.

Ok, that’s good.

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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

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.

Apparently if you win often enough you get banned by the app and have to switch.

My DH and I are big sports watchers but do not gamble on it, but we do play blackjack once in a while if available. I think universally available sports gambling is already making society worse - many players in record saying they and their families are getting threats. Even college kids are.

That’s terrible that they are hooking the kids.

At minimum these need to be regulated so you can’t bet with credit cards.

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Hope those of you with gambling spouses don't live in a state where you'll be liable for half of your spouse's debts.

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Anonymous wrote:Hope those of you with gambling spouses don't live in a state where you'll be liable for half of your spouse's debts.

+1 Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. DH put in $250 years ago into whatever app and now does 0.25 bets etc, just for the fun of it but not using impactful money. I told him he could set a $50 monthly limit for example and I wouldn’t mind. I spend more than that on my hobbies each month. But he didn’t want to, thankfully.

Unfortunately, it’s a big thing with HS boys. DS uses some site that uses fake money that can be converted into real money when they turn 18. We talk often about the dangers and that he needs to set limits for himself, non negotiable, so it doesn’t get out of hand. In my mind, internet-based addictions are harder to kick than others because it is almost impossible to avoid.

DH never ever talks about his own betting with kids present.

We shall see but I hope we have put the fear into DS.

Are you insane? You realize you are willingly allowing him to become addicted, right? Whatever this app is, it is targeting children. You also realize that most people don’t realize they have an addiction until it’s too late, right? What the actual heck, woman.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. DH put in $250 years ago into whatever app and now does 0.25 bets etc, just for the fun of it but not using impactful money. I told him he could set a $50 monthly limit for example and I wouldn’t mind. I spend more than that on my hobbies each month. But he didn’t want to, thankfully.

Unfortunately, it’s a big thing with HS boys. DS uses some site that uses fake money that can be converted into real money when they turn 18. We talk often about the dangers and that he needs to set limits for himself, non negotiable, so it doesn’t get out of hand. In my mind, internet-based addictions are harder to kick than others because it is almost impossible to avoid.

DH never ever talks about his own betting with kids present.

We shall see but I hope we have put the fear into DS.

Are you insane? You realize you are willingly allowing him to become addicted, right? Whatever this app is, it is targeting children. You also realize that most people don’t realize they have an addiction until it’s too late, right? What the actual heck, woman.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. DH put in $250 years ago into whatever app and now does 0.25 bets etc, just for the fun of it but not using impactful money. I told him he could set a $50 monthly limit for example and I wouldn’t mind. I spend more than that on my hobbies each month. But he didn’t want to, thankfully.

Unfortunately, it’s a big thing with HS boys. DS uses some site that uses fake money that can be converted into real money when they turn 18. We talk often about the dangers and that he needs to set limits for himself, non negotiable, so it doesn’t get out of hand. In my mind, internet-based addictions are harder to kick than others because it is almost impossible to avoid.

DH never ever talks about his own betting with kids present.

We shall see but I hope we have put the fear into DS.

Are you insane? You realize you are willingly allowing him to become addicted, right? Whatever this app is, it is targeting children. You also realize that most people don’t realize they have an addiction until it’s too late, right? What the actual heck, woman.

Well, I don’t disagree. But I guarantee that most boys in his grade are doing the same. So, just because you don’t know doesn’t mean it’s not happening. I really did not see a way to stop a 17 year old from doing this. Communication is better. If you have found a way, I’m all ears. This is a responsible kid who isn’t out partying all the time and has a good group of friends. I was not going to take his phone over this. And anyway, I won’t be able to control him in 10 months. I better educate or he definitely will be addicted! I’m sure there are tons of addicted college boys.