[META] Request: Gambling options in GDTs.

[Eleven]

If we're listing up to five streaming options, which is a good idea, can we also list gambling options?  I never know where I can blow money betting on a hockey game.  I know it's legal now, but it seems so secretive--whoever is taking the bets isn't doing a good job of publicizing it.  I wish they'd run ads before/during/after games, or have entire segments dedicated to gambling on sports radio, but they just refuse!

 

So can we have something like "GDT:  Leaves at Sabres, 10/24/25, 7pm, MSG, Wankr, Hulu, ESPN+, FukStik, DraftDuel, FanKings, MGM, ESPNBets, guy on corner of Grant & Ferry?

 

Just an idea.

[PromoTheRobot]

I can't see betting on hockey, but I don't mind if you put stuff in the GDTs.

[Taro T]

13 minutes ago, Eleven said:

If we're listing up to five streaming options, which is a good idea, can we also list gambling options?  I never know where I can blow money betting on a hockey game.  I know it's legal now, but it seems so secretive--whoever is taking the bets isn't doing a good job of publicizing it.  I wish they'd run ads before/during/after games, or have entire segments dedicated to gambling on sports radio, but they just refuse!

 

So can we have something like "GDT:  Leaves at Sabres, 10/24/25, 7pm, MSG, Wankr, Hulu, ESPN+, FukStik, DraftDuel, FanKings, MGM, ESPNBets, guy on corner of Grant & Ferry?

 

Just an idea.

Last day of vacation.  Stayed in 2 different hotels just down the street from each other.  A Ceasars is across the road from both.  Pretty friggin' huge casino.  Never bothered to go.  Too bad wasn't aware of how desperate you were to place a bet.  Might've been able to find a guy.  ;)

[Eleven]

35 minutes ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I can't see betting on hockey, but I don't mind if you put stuff in the GDTs.

Wooosh...

[Eleven]

1 hour ago, Taro T said:

Last day of vacation.  Stayed in 2 different hotels just down the street from each other.  A Ceasars is across the road from both.  Pretty friggin' huge casino.  Never bothered to go.  Too bad wasn't aware of how desperate you were to place a bet.  Might've been able to find a guy.  😉

My life experience of betting on hockey is $5 and that's because I wanted the ticket as a bookmark.  My entire life experience of betting on sports in general, not counting a super bowl pool or fantasy football, is $10.  (The other $5 was on the 1986 Mets and my friend never paid up.)

I don't mind a good poker game, and a craps table at the right place can be a lot of fun.

I don't understand sports gambling, but I don't condemn it, either.  And I'm the son of a former bookie, too.

Edited 38 minutes ago by Eleven

[Taro T]

3 minutes ago, Eleven said:

My life experience of betting on hockey is $5 and that's because I wanted the ticket as a bookmark.  My entire life experience of betting on sports in general, not counting a super bowl pool or fantasy football, is $10.  (The other $5 was on the 1986 Mets and my friend never paid up.)

I don't mind a good poker game, and a craps table at the right place can be a lot of fun.

I don't understand sports gambling, but I don't condemn it, either.  And I'm the son of a former bookie, too.

Well, glad I didn't look for the sportsbook at that monstrous casino (probably ain't that big, but seems huge to this kid) if you've got your own bookie right at the end of the Thankgiving dinner table.

[Eleven]

3 minutes ago, Taro T said:

Well, glad I didn't look for the sportsbook at that monstrous casino (probably ain't that big, but seems huge to this kid) if you've got your own bookie right at the end of the Thankgiving dinner table.

FORMER bookie.

I have to tell you the story sometime.

[Pimlach]

 

1 hour ago, Eleven said:

If we're listing up to five streaming options, which is a good idea, can we also list gambling options?  I never know where I can blow money betting on a hockey game.  I know it's legal now, but it seems so secretive--whoever is taking the bets isn't doing a good job of publicizing it.  I wish they'd run ads before/during/after games, or have entire segments dedicated to gambling on sports radio, but they just refuse!

 

So can we have something like "GDT:  Leaves at Sabres, 10/24/25, 7pm, MSG, Wankr, Hulu, ESPN+, FukStik, DraftDuel, FanKings, MGM, ESPNBets, guy on corner of Grant & Ferry?

 

Just an idea.

I have seen gambling do harm to families, so I don't like the whole idea of gambling being pushed like it is today. 

That said, I would not complain about it in a GDT, I will pay no attention to it.  

Ironically, Grant and Ferry was my first neighborhood, which made me comment on the thread.   I have such great memories of the West Side way back then and that corner was once bustling with shops and small businesses.  

Edited 21 minutes ago by Pimlach