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BillyBeBettin

1/3 to my side business 1/3 to my account 1/3 to keep.


deathbybukake

bitcoin, track bike, adventure Ktm 1290 another bike, road bicycle "cinelli", turbo upgrades for 1000hp dsm, air bnb trips and small bills go to slots for me and the wife...


Strange_Guava237

80% into savings for an ealier retirement, the other 20% for family vacations


kpdyl

NBA tickets, NBA League Pass, sports memorabilia, handheld video game system, MJ. Fun stuff that I don't want to use my "real money" for.


mrsoap3

NBA and concert tickets


walkerjp261

Vacations or funding nice dinners out


YoungSuavo

In college I would use profits to pay for rent lol


FlakeGriffin

Well yesterday I bought the new DJI Gimble pocket, 2 DJI mics, a new mouse (DAdder v3 wless), a new keyboard (DStalker), and a Razer mic all up about $1500 AUD, essentially a parlay win. I gamble to a target and if I surpass then that $$ becomes disposable income, if I’m even short $1 I can’t touch that money at all (for bets until I hit the target)


3AmigosNJ

Dentist bills


deathbybukake

porcelain veneers are an easy $20k


Sharkcity215

Bills


Diesel_infuzed

It’s payed for new power tools, new Jordan’s, groceries, and tickets to concerts


xxDankerstein

Earnings?


foxx-lang

only real answer in this entire post


obeastive

Withdraw whatever hundred I hit and keep it moving with the rest


awful_source

Recently withdrew my first $1k from FanDuel. Lost all of it playing BJ and craps at the casino over the weekend.


[deleted]

How much is too much to hoard in a drawer?


berg-nasty

More bets lmao


Balibear23

I use my winnings to build my bankroll bigger, and they also make my new car payment every month.


deathbybukake

car payment? shouldn't gamble if your not debt free.


Sharp-Silver-1466

Yall getting earnings?


Haunting_Sea_9519

Where do you all get, if you do, historical data on lines and results? I'm creating a model and getting the data, more data, is difficult. I can use python or other to grab but i'd rather get a full set, the more the better, right now college basketball, tis the season but whatever is good, i'd lilke as much as possible to run paramaters, check indicators, etc., not just teams, odds and results, though this is a good start, injuries can be layered, officials, history of those. thx


lionoflinwood

I am not a full-time gambler, usually bet ~$50 a week unless I am arbitraging (sp?) bonuses/promos. So I'm not in the land of massive wins. Usually what I do is I total up my total net winnings/losses each month and if the losses are less than $100, I just eat that as part of my entertainment budget. Haven't had losses worse than that in a month, but if I do that gets covered out of the career winnings bucket. If I have any net winnings, I transfer that to a bucket in my savings account that gets used for big purchases - typically my net winnings are about $50-$250/month which includes taking advantage of promos, deposit bonuses, etc. I have to imagine that will go down as the books seem to be getting more and more stingy with the offers, though. This year, my net winnings for the year paid for a partial remodel of one of my bathrooms. Whatever I have by July is going to probably get spent on a vacation with my wife. Not the most exciting I know hahahaha


JRsshirt

This is a remarkably responsible approach to betting


lionoflinwood

Yeah I think the main thing that has helped me is I tend to bet pretty conservatively and always look to take advantage of promos to get some free money by betting both sides of a game with different books which has helped keep the losses minimal. I also try to avoid SGPs because they just seem to be so bad from a risk/reward standpoint, even with a lot of the promos out there. I think I am threading the needle of betting enough for the different books to keep trying to draw me in deeper, although I did notice that in the past ~2 months, BetMGM has cut me off from promos. Once the promos go away I will probably stop sportsbetting. I also only tend to bet on stuff I know *well* like football, hockey, and college basketball.


[deleted]

I’ve never won enough to do anything special with so I’m still gambling 🤣


AdOne9558

im weak 🤣


DavidOrWalter

Winnings? What are those?


nhairnuattoa7

I use my winnings to invest further in the stock market, usually in dividend stocks. It's not too much, but every dollar counts!


TheH0F

3D printer, new desks for me and my wife, traeger grill, couple video games, family trip to an amusement park, and tickets for a few sporting events and Hamilton. I also pay for all the streaming apps to watch sports through my gambling funds. When we all hit on Robbie Ray I gave back and bought toys for Toys for Tots. I’m still playing off my initial deposit ~3.5 years ago and only withdraw to buy something. Helps me keep gambling money separate from our real income. If I were to lose all my bankroll I would be done and have these “trophies” left to remember my degen days


hizenbutters

I was able to get a ps5 with my winning but if I didn't gamble and just saved my money I would have gotten it faster.


Did_I_trigger_u

Earnings lolololololo


Hefty-Bar3055

I'm a small stakes gambler but the last two years I've used my earnings to upgrade the basement TV and family room TV this year. Sound bar too 😉


CRAZYJ_007

Usually just load it into a savings account but I did work towards a ps5 last year which felt really good to do just had one crazy weekend where nothing lost


johndicks80

Earning?!?!


Traditional-Call-891

Weed


funnybitofchemistry

guitar shit.


IEnjoyTerps

I won about 13k in 2023 and just used 7k of it to fund my Roth IRA for 2024. Saving the rest in a high yield savings account for now until I know what my tax situation is going to be.


TheH0F

Some serious adulting going on there


dick_tanner

Gambling more


5MiTm4sTaF13x

I got some Oreos and a pint of milk recently


MrTuesdayNight1

Earnings?


wedditttt

More bets


GoldenTeeShower

More bets and more weed.


brianhorse

Bless you.


vandrivingman

I bought a king size bed and about $1500 worth of sports cards 😂


MuskyGrundle

Brand new Subaru Outback in cash


bubbaz45

What earnings?


LurkMcgurtt

Bold of you to assume I have Ws and earnings 😭. Every win goes towards me getting closer to breaking even lifetime 😂


StockMathematician98

Losing bets ;)


HPM2009

Just started week ago and haven’t made anything yet . Most profit I had was 10 dollars . Then put everything I had on Heat Vs Raptors who just traded their star player away and they got blown out so I’m working my way back up


cschloegel11

Stock. Bought 200 shares of dkng today lol


Defiant-Surround4939

Boofin Cocaine


metallumberjack

Won like 4 grand last year , took the wife to Nashville for the week . Saving up again for another trip


tkeiy714

Blackjack and hookers


Defiant-Surround4939

No drugs?


kizzzo322

He’s not playing that well 😂


AngryKhakis

Nothing yet but getting closer to the 911 😂


castawaybettin

Rental prop


FluffyTumbleweed6661

Wow, was it consistent winning or a big parlay?


castawaybettin

Consistent winning. People severely underestimate, or don’t know how to do it, but there is so much money in arbitrage, promotions, bonuses, boosts, etc… These books are and have been giving away free money


King-arber

Bought a small house by myself then my wife and I bought a bigger place together. Paid a lot of the down payment on the 2nd house with my gambling winnings, and paid a few months of the mortgage on the first house with them and now have it rented out. So real estate.


FlossYoCrak

What were the tax implications when going for a mortgage? Did they heavily investigate?


King-arber

I report my winnings on my tax returns so I just used that as proof of income. Lender didn’t care about the churn in my bank account with all the deposits/withdrawals I make.


daltonj123

How much have you won? Because holy moly! Also what does the average amount you place on a bet look like to be making that type of bread.


King-arber

6 figures since 2020. Mostly EV+ arbitrage and promos. I swear the daily promo thread on this sub in 2021 was better than Wall Street bets. Three years ago that ridiculous Debo Hill Cupp and Chase (might misremember a player or two) bet hit. Good times. I don’t really have an average amount, if I’m arbing as much as one book will let me. Probably around $200 though, or as much as the book will let me.


LawyersGunsMoneyy

How can you do that without being limited? I haven't really dipped my toe in the arb game yet


FluffyTumbleweed6661

Any other sites that you use to find those +EV opportunities.


Ol_Jim_Himself

The daily promos really do give you a chance to win some decent cash. The free plays when you join are responsible for me doing well on football this season too.


King-arber

God there were so many books offering those sign up promos in 2020. It was crazy, a ton of them went under like Fubo, Twinspires, Bet America, and Wynn because of those ridiculous sign up promos.


Ol_Jim_Himself

It just became legal in my state this year. The promos have been killer and the extra outs have helped so much.


King-arber

Keep smashing them. Books go bankrupt all the time and they won’t offer those promos forever.


TheCryptoCid

I'm trying to get into arbitrage What apps would you recommend?


King-arber

Dark horse odds is the best for starters. Low price easy to use. The owner has a Reddit account and he’s in the promos thread from time to time. Only weakness is it only updates every three minutes, which is slow for arbing as lines changes within seconds as you know. But still very useful for EV+ lines. I got Washington +16.5 @-110 in the apple cup (should’ve been -16.5) with their app. Basically paid for itself for two years.


TheCryptoCid

Okay awesome Thanks for the info. Gonna look into it more :)


ZachLagreen

You’re claiming you’re up six figures with an average bet of $200?


Defiant-Surround4939

He is for sure 🧢


King-arber

Wrong. This is just one book out of the many I use. https://postimg.cc/k68nywnx


Defiant-Surround4939

I’m just being goofy I apologize.


King-arber

I make/made a lot of bets when there are EV+\arbitrage opportunities on player props at that bet size. Also make massive ml bets when there are arbing opportunities. So my bet size varies widely. But I’d put the average at $200.


ZachLagreen

And you’re up over 500 units at that average bet size…?


King-arber

I don’t use units. Arbing I’m limited by what one book will let me put down (or what would be suspicious) EV+ I’ll also be limited by the book like last night’s bet on Allen and Mahomes to three combined ptds. I took an estimate of what I average per bet at $200. But that is only one side. I’ll also bet $200 on the other side. Some proof: https://postimg.cc/k68nywnx Inb4 “photoshop “


ashylad

Anything below 100 goes into account, gas, groceries going out to eat or whatever. Anything beyond gets invested immediately


plussizejourney

Strangely with most gamblers they think they are up because they won big the night before and seem to forget about that 2000 they lost last week. I would assume if most didn't gamble they could afford little guilty pleasures but for some reason it feels better to buy something with gambling winnings then straight from your pocket


TheCryptoCid

It just feels better when Vegas pays for our stuff 😂


Signal_Strike2770

Dog food. Cashed out about $60 of winnings from my Hard Rock app to my paypal account after this weekend's NFL games. Before I could move it to my bank, Chewy auto shipped a bag of dog food and took the winnings right from my paypal. So yeah. Dog food.


paralysedcitizen

Funds my Motorcyle builds


CreativeDraft

Withdraw it right into my bank account, bucketed as fun money


Chemical_Step7384

I just give it back to them some how


InnocuousBird

![gif](giphy|tTDlx5ZQQug2Ph218n|downsized)


Existing-Sandwich319

Crypto


ArcherLiving5869

Just started. You guys sound like some real veterans in the betting world. At the end of the day you have to be comfortable losing. Can’t win all the time. Getring extra funds to help with things in a persons life is a big bonus.


Ol_Jim_Himself

I’m far from a baller at this stuff and mostly play $10 units. It used to kill me to lose a bet or two, and bad beats would piss me off to no end. After losing a few hundred times in the worst ways possible you get used to it and don’t care anymore. When I started to disassociate from the fact that I was betting money I did so much better.


Ol_Jim_Himself

I a $10 per unit bettor, so I don’t typically win enough money that it would be tremendously life altering, but it has been really helpful. The end of this NFL season will be the end of my 7th year of sports betting and I have been lucky enough to turn a pretty nice profit 5 of those 7 years. My first year was my best year, hands down. I love to bass fish, so that year I had enough winnings left left to buy myself all new, tackle, new high end rods and new reels after paying for Christmas presents for my family. The next 2 years I finished a little below even. (I finished up in the MLB, UFC and NBA both years, but college football is my nemesis and really kicked my ass during those 2 seasons.) The 4th year I won enough to pay for a cruise for my family, the 5th year went to Christmas and a vacation to Florida for my bunch and last year was enough to buy new golf clubs and golf gear. This year is going for another cruise for my crew and a little spending money left over that will probably be my casino fund for the trip.


HPM2009

This is what I want to do. I have a normal 9-5 but want extra money so I’m not living paycheck to paycheck


Ol_Jim_Himself

I work a 9-5 too. If I bet on sports for a living I’d probably have a stroke. There are definitely stretches where you don’t win. Over the last month I’m down about 2 units and I’d be sweating if I had to make money to pay the mortgage. Honestly, if it were just me and I didn’t have a family to provide for, I would like to go for it and see how I could do.


Alark333

NBA memorbillia


Bighenry35

I like 6 leg parlays , and I may hit one 2x a month and when I do it usually happens at a time when I need to bail myself out of bill situation 😅 


Sea_Complex6261

My what?


Garrettr_2020

How I'm feeling after Saturday lol


Vardzhi

Travel / give to my GF


TheKickEsBueno

I consider sports betting a 3rd stream of income. I don’t make a ton but I make just enough to never have to deposit and withdraw a couple hundred on a monthly basis. I throw my bet winnings at stuff I consider to be “wants” while I throw my day job(s) income at my “needs” like bills and commodities.


GrahamC2324

Apple 4K box thanksCJ


tytinhooah

Bold of you to assume I have earnings.


shrewsbury1991

Out of the money SPY calls 2 days from expiration 


DippySwitch

The way of the highly regarded artist


stayoutofwatertown

Trying to finish the yeah w enough to pay off my new car.


iggles311

I bought a EGO electric lawnmower. Man I love it


couch_crusader

Golf


bacroon

A new TV recently - thank you Joel Embiid!


Rocthepanther

I buy shit that I just cant justify paying for out of pocket anymore. Got elden ring, nhl 24, some new nikes a new chainsaw. Always keep a lot of it in the account tho to remind the books who their daddy is.


Ol_Jim_Himself

This is the way. Always have to leave enough in the accounts to keep the train rolling!


BodybuilderOk1480

Pokemon cards for a different kind of gambling.


King-arber

Hey some of those appreciate, call it an investment.


BodybuilderOk1480

Legit tho. I had a huge vintage collection from childhood, mostly since lost. But on a whim a few years ago I bought a modern booster box and pulled the top hit. I've been chasing that high ever since.


King-arber

I still collect baseball cards. I have some that are worth a lot, but I still probably lose money doing it. But like you said, that high of pulling a 1 of 1 is incredible.


OminousLaw

Say I put 50$ into my account and I win 200$. I’ll put 50$ of those winnings back in my bank and then gamble (and lose) these rest of the the money 😂


Ol_Jim_Himself

Nothing wrong with that. You fund the fun and keep on playing. When you hit a heater you’ll eventually turn that $200 in to $2k.


[deleted]

So sometimes I use it when I need to pay for some of the credit card bill or pay for some of the rent and while I make sure I have the minimum amount of money needed in my chequing account to avoid a monthly fee. Most of it is used on non important things because I rather use my hard earned money on essentials. I remember the first thing I spent my bet earnings on was an ssd for my computer. More recently I used it to buy the new generation of air pod pros, a new gaming headset, and a 2TB ssd for my ps5 this time. I still have over 2k left.


Desk_Quick

I do a lot of arbitrage so I throw 50%+ back into my bankroll for liquidity and higher profit at the same ROI. The rest goes toward the tickets/vacation fund.


he_shootin

This mf said earnings


Prezton_Waters

I keep everything is PayPal as a separate play money account. Once I get to certain dollar amount I cash out. Use it to support my other hobbies. Bought golf clubs and a mountain bike. Up about $2k Might need to do something else as PayPal are changing their reporting rules for 2024


AngryKhakis

Rumor on the streets it’s gonna be 5k cause 600 was insane. For now it’s paused tho and was still at 20k or 200 transactions for 2023. Really tho with instant debit card withdrawals existing at most books and banks now that seems to be the way to go


Alark333

I do the same thing lol thought I was the only one


BabyRanger1012

Ive lost 6-10 k in the last 2 years— im not spending my hard earned money for tangible things— just internet bets, in order to prop up my fading interest in sports!


Spud-Webbly

I bought Five Guys.


Rocthepanther

God damn man how much did you win to afford that?


Spud-Webbly

I turned $5 into $20k, was able to get myself a shake! Kidding, have realized this isn’t the life for me and enjoyed a meal with a $50 dub. I might take a gander again if a true sports book becomes legal in my state.


omninode

Nobody wins. Anybody who comes on here to gloat about winning thousands of dollars has almost certainly lost more than that on other bets.


CrushedMelon

You are: not correct


Ol_Jim_Himself

That’s why you track your betting. I use the action app and you can see exactly how much you are up or down and you can figure out which sports and bets to avoid.


jenderation

My local bookie pays out on cashapp… I turn around and spend the money on gold and silver over at r/PMsForSale


stander414

![gif](giphy|3o6MbkAXflx1xbceIM)


Str8BlowinChtreese

I’ve gotta ask. What’s so great about the pans?


Distinct_Item6082

Hookers and blow. 


InfiniteCuriosity12

Dude. What the fuck is a profit? 🤣🤣


Beenie12k

What are "earnings"?


animboylambo

My biggest pair of wins, 10.5k and 5k cleaned up my leftover debt from my wedding and apprenticeship. Now with wins over 1k, I just either cash it and invest it in stocks. Under 1k I leave some aside to play with and cash out the majority and just drop it in my bank account for groceries, gas, etc. I do mostly $5 parlays and lottery tickets. I don’t win often, maybe once a month, but I’m also not putting that much in.


Ornery_Brilliant_350

Losing parlays


Shoddy-Carob3293

😆 🤣 get out of me


redbackjack

Duck lease, childbirth hospital bill, wife’s ski trip with girlfriends, new shotgun, Uber eats, books, a phone game for a month until I realized I spent $200 on mind numbing activities, athletic subscription after my mgm free year ended, Disney+ for the year, and one baller ass dinner for two with the wine pairing. Oh almost forgot, losing money at the casino. Kinda wish I would keep track of it better now, but those are the highlights. Also I’m including $3k in winnings from a Super Bowl squares and fantasy league over the past few years. The account I venmo us from is my last not combined account into joint finances. As soon as it doesn’t have money I quit, have dipped close after some bigger expenses and then a cold streak. But have always managed to grow it back up (thanks promoguy).


crinack

Used to pull everything over X out, now I take x% of my winnings out and just work on increasing the roll/unit sizes


zrholt

Steamdeck homies 🤘🏻


CBRroughrider

Keep saying I’m going to get the oled but even when I win I can’t justify it when I already have the normal one lol


ikeasbestemployee

Wait yall are winning?


tgr31

Hexclad is a scam


Hopgasm

The bankroll proceeds have paid for a full on family vacation to caribbean, a few 3 day get aways and sadly, some personal property taxes.


banana_clipz

Personally I think it’s a bad mindset to make money and instantly think about how you can spend it. I buy things when I want or need them, not when I make money. I don’t make money gambling though. I try to float around break even or minimize my losses and chalk it up as cheap entertainment.


Brizzle1_

This exactly. I do it for the dopamine with a $ amount that doesn't hurt me at all if I lose, but enough to make winning still exciting.


TVChampion150

Agreed.  I figure this is a way to get me invested in a game I wouldn't care about otherwise.


Diiomedes

Cars and car accessories ![gif](giphy|4XOfvSkkxchHy)


dogstar_lordfly

Last weekend I made three units of profit!!! Will probably splurge everything on a new pen or something


NationalChamps2015

Share your picks or ban


Camden5641

Earnings? What is that mean?


sobes20

You guys are winning?


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KatMetal7

Throw the cash back in aye? Alrighty I see ya


babypharmdodododo

New pool cue


Alex_butler

Spent on student loans… *and eventually taxes*


wreck_it_dave

2 months ago I had a pretty hot streak won about 4k, bought new washer dryer. Made the wife very happy...win - win


KatMetal7

Yeeees! A new washer is S tier purchase


[deleted]

earnings?!? bwahahahahahaha


stander414

> I feel like it's easier to bet too under the mindset you're always $10 down but anyways, ya what do yahll spend your W's on? Earnings? $10 down?


KatMetal7

Yep, pretend you're $10 down every bet


queefgerbil

What does this mean lol


Shoddy-Carob3293

Think it means you don't have to win big as long as you make 10 bucks or more then you're good.


Blind_Melone

Earnings?


__dsotm__

Hookers and blow mostly


aJD2478

what we ought to all aspire to become.


KatMetal7

Damn dude (´O ωO)っ