Topic: Will you put money together with friends to bet on sports games? - page 2. (Read 1428 times)

You need to trust your friends to be able to do that and the money can be a bit on the high side too, just as long as nobody is cheating. I'm not greedy and if I won 10k with my friend I'd surely split the money. I've often been given valuable stuff by my friends, for instance cars to go somewhere, keys to the house and I never even thought about stealing from them.

It's very simple really and can be described in a short phrase.
I like this quote from Billy Butcher: Just don't be a cunt.

Whether the betting is with your friends or strangers (as you like it), it still doesn't matter. It could even be safer in the hands of your friend than the stranger you know little or nothing about. Among friends, anything can happen truly, which i why you should know the kind of friend you entrust such money to their hands and know the amount you can trust with them. You can also fight to be the custodial of the money if you have a trust issue, so it's nothing serious at all.

My main concern is the bad influence of friends on betting, you might have a lot of arguments before you guys align with a bet, but this is not so convenient. At times too, you might want a certain option and the majority voted against it, but in the end, if it happens to go your way, you will be hurt. These are the reasons I will always advocate personal betting, and if at all I want external advice, it will be at my sole discretion whether to use it or not. Nothing like being independent, bro.

I can only say that a person must know his friends. But for me it looks childish. Then what stops a person from running away with collective money, instead of risking and placing a collective bet? I see only risks or negative aura in collective bets. (2*2) + (2*2) is the same as 4*2. Perhaps it wont be so pity to lose, when you and your friend both have decided to place that one specific bet, but nevertheless a loss is a loss.

If the money is small it should be fun, mind you it is all about your friends, people do this to enjoy times with their friends.

Some people will end up been betrayed by one Judas in the group, when money is involved it is possible that you will be betrayed, this is why knowing your friends is important, i won't dare go with this idea if the money is big.

To have some fun money doesn't have to be involved and if it is a must to use money then it should the amount that is much affordable by you and your friends.

Well, that the main concern that can also cause split in friendship or kinship, just because of certain amount of money from gambling wins, have to be willing to experience such problems.
But actually it is still very rare for one party to claim victory and run away with all the money because in betting with money collected everyone will definitely gather and wait together for the results to come out.
In my opinion, what often happens is in the division where there is one party who feels they deserve the most from the amount of victory, this will be debate that could possibly lead to fight.
Moreover, if this kind of bet is made with an offer to join people who are not known, then it can be much riskier, there will be something that might be much worse when victory is achieved and I agree with you that it is better to refuse such an offer.

it is undeniable that people will change when they have a lot of money, just like in gambling where someone can change when they win a large amount. and if we bet by combining our money and our friends' money, there will likely be conflict or a sense of selfishness and greed between each other. therefore it is better for us to use our own money to bet, and it is true what you said not to trust someone in terms of money must be considered, even though we trust someone but it must be remembered that someone can change at any time.

when greed arises between the betting parties then gambling is no longer about winning but about the relationship where the relationship is at stake, to prevent this from happening I think we should be able to bet using our own money therefore looking at yourself is important, do not force yourself to bet because there is no guarantee that the results will be positive.

Betting in this way can cause some problems, one of the biggest ones is that in the case of a big win one of the players may claim the prize money and run away with it, something that it has happened many times on the past and it has even make the news, that being said, whenever we receive an offer like that from someone that is not a close person to us, the best thing we can do is to reject it, because the problems such a decision can carry do not outweigh the advantages we receive from it, that in this case are nonexistent.

Well your case example seems good but still that doesn't deny the fact that whenever money is involved in something especially among friends who are gambling, there is definitely a high tendency that one person might turn greedy and make the whole thing sideways so I have learnt through my experience although the kind of friends too matter but I would stand my ground that I would rather meet someone different than play be in same feat as my friend.

These happens almost in all circle of friends. There are people that would not download casino app on their phones but would prefer friends to help them bet on sport bets and other games too. Maybe the reason could be to prevent them from gambling too frequently especially if it is someone that has experienced gambling addiction before and they are trying to prevent the reoccurrence so that it will not affect them again. There are many ways we could help ourselves not to have growing urge in gambling. Their are d bets I do ask people to play for me especially when I don't have yhe opportunity to play the game or I'm not just interested playing bets at that particular time.

Hahaha, you already know the outcome of this act, and still, you want our suggestions. I think that the case you mentioned will be a good lesson for you, but yeah, you are looking for fun over your money and relationships.

There is no doubt that gambling together will provide you with more fun than usual, but this will increase the risk of money being stolen or ruining your relationship with your friend. Mostly in this situation, a greedy nature starts to arise when your friend sees profits again and again, and the chances of your money being stolen will increase significantly. In fact, I recommend that you gamble at your own risk, and you will be responsible for your own profits or losses. There is also no chance of your friend being responsible for your losses or wins.

What happens when he loses the bet because he can not win all the time as anybody that has gambled knows that you can win or lose anytime that you play. There is no guarantee in gambling and it can cause problems between friends. When I win, I will share the profits with you but when I lose, I will be the only one to take all the losses. If this continues, the next time that I win, I might decide that I do not want to share the wins with my friend that help me to place the bet but just tell him thank you and that friend will be offended and might decide to not help me the next time that I need help or he might do something different from what I asked him to do. I think placing our own bets on our own is better than using friends to avoid them getting jealous when we win and do not give them enough share of the win

On the moment if someone would really be getting a hold of an amount that they havent been able to expericence for the rest of your life then high chances or tendency that you would really be running with those funds. Just like on what some people been saying on here that never ever trust up someone when it comes to money because it is really that something that will really be giving out that possible urge for someone to commit such bullshit action just because of money. Speaking about in between friends then it wouldnt really be that consider to be all something like this or for it to happen precisely. It is really just that there would really be those possible instances that could happen and we've seen this one on where there would really be those winnings that been ran off into of someone specially if the amount would be significant.

Relationships would really be that turning out to be broken on the time or moment that money greed would be kicking in.Also, why would really be trying out to make those pooled funds on making betting if you could
really that actually be able to make yourself bet on your own. There's no added fun when you do make out bets in together with other people on which you could be actually be able to enjoy and feel up the
thrill on the time that you are the ones who would really be doing such stuff.

It must have happened before, maybe even in the neighbourhood where we live now there are things like this happening even though most of them are done on online sites.

That is the point where it would be better if we gamble independently with our own money because in the end when we do that, all forms of possibilities that occur regardless of whether it is a defeat or a victory, we will definitely bear the risk ourselves and will not blame others because we lost ourselves who made this into consideration.
Collective gambling although it can be done but the risk in terms of disputes between friends is still very large. If you feel that it is okay for some people, then it will definitely be done, but for me it would be very silly if we disagree and blame each other just because of gambling, especially if it is done with our own friends or closest people.

What problems could "group bet" cause? Everyone makes his own decision to place a bet or not. Or your idea was that if a bet looses, one of the bettors will blame the other because he believed in his prediction or decision? It is a matter of trust then. Again it will be silly to blame someone for a loss. Personally I dont like the idea of a "group bet" because I see no benefit from that. The size of a bet does not impact on odds or win chance. Everyone still will receive same amount if everyone would have made an individual bet.

I agree. If it's fun for everybody involved - why not? And if there no brawls afterward due to the bets put

it is true that no one does not know what will happen later, even though they have an agreement at the beginning that does agree to share their winnings fairly and evenly, but that does not guarantee that they will not experience conflict considering that everyone is sensitive to money so there is still a possibility that they can experience conflict with one of them having thoughts or feelings of greed that suddenly appear when they have succeeded in winning.
It is true that gambling using your own money is more comfortable because we are the only ones who will bear everything, whether we win or lose, but what is wrong is when we lose and get emotional and then take it out on other people. This is also something that must be prevented from happening because it is unethical when we lose and take it out on other people.

Well, a friend and family that understands how money works will pay back the money that was lend to them but the smart looking like scammers wouldn't pay back and when you complain about the money lend to them, they have you altitude and become emotional and family pity card game which is very bad, that's emotional blackmail because of your own money that you lend to them, this is why you should not give up your money to them.

However, there are some people that are friends that you don't have choice that you must give them the money and they worth it, they always find a way to pay back the money because they know how they struggle to make that amount of money.

I'm not sure why someone would need to do this kind of gambling strategy - but I'm sure some gamblers have tried it. It's not usually done by experienced gamblers, who tend to gamble independently - but it is very possible for novice gamblers who just gamble for fun.

It is better to gamble independently with your own money rather than gambling together. This allows gamblers to avoid problems that may arise due to misunderstandings. Believe it or not - gambling together on one account with such an approach will disrupt the relationship between friends, even if not in the near future, then problems may arise over time.

I am just coming acrosss this thread, and i find your question interesting, so i'd give my own two cents.

I don't like the idea of a "group bet", it can cause problems. That being said, if i must do it, it has to be with family or friends that are as close as family, that way i am almost certain that problems wouldn't arise and if problems should ever arise, i'd not blame myself too much, because of the people involved in the whole thing.

If it doesn't go beyond ego in the sense that someone bets and commiserates with their mates and splits the results regardless of losing and winning equally then maybe it can be done but then again it won't guarantee that there will be friction or envy when it is done.

I personally choose the option of not doing that because for me this indicates that the friendship situation will become divided especially when it deals with finances so I would rather avoid this. But that does not mean that this should not be done because it can still be done by anyone as long as there is great trust and we must have a big soul to accept all forms of things that happen later. Because in fact something like this must have been done by several people and I am quite sure of that even though I personally avoid this.