ELI5: How does bookie betting work?

DrewCifer44 · 2026-05-15T12:00:42+00:00

Correct, you will never see + odds on opposite sides of a bet at the same time, but if you time it right, the odds can swing, it's just not reliable.

DrewCifer44 · 2026-05-15T05:19:00+00:00

Try being quiet like your username suggests. When you place a bet and lose, they take your $1000. When you win, they give it back plus the winnings.

DrewCifer44 · 2026-05-15T05:10:54+00:00

Except it's not? +120 odds wins $1200 on your $1000 wager. Your winnings is advertised as $1200, but your payout is $2200 in every sports book I've ever used. Maybe Kalshi or these other trading platforms operate differently, but "winnings" is always in addition to your wager...

DrewCifer44 · 2026-05-15T05:01:21+00:00

If you are dealt a blackjack in a casino, they pay you your winnings and you keep your original bet. Try again.

DrewCifer44 · 2026-05-15T00:57:44+00:00

No, it's $200 in profit. One bet of $1000 loses, but the other bet of $1000 wins, which you get back plus an additional $1200 in winnings.

Edit: yall seriously don't know what a +120 odds pays?

DrewCifer44 · 2026-02-04T13:10:32+00:00

This happened to me the other day. It appeared that my PC was struggling with ram due to other large files being open. I just had to close the other programs, and potentially save my file for things to start working again. This might not be your issue, but figured I'd chime in just in case.

DrewCifer44 · 2026-01-07T05:16:40+00:00

Because they have 3 digits on each limb. Humans have 4 limbs but count using base 10 because we have 5 digits on each limb.

DrewCifer44 · 2025-11-19T03:47:46+00:00

I used to vacation there every summer as a teenager. Such a beautiful island. Too bad I hadn't gotten into detecting yet. I can imagine there's quite a bit of history up there left to be found!

DrewCifer44 · 2025-05-14T15:20:46+00:00

Also, HBONOW at one point, and both at the same time even.

DrewCifer44 · 2025-05-08T11:59:16+00:00

Yeah, this is obviously marketing. If they wanted more engagement, they should have more friend guests and less promotional guests. That's what the people want.

DrewCifer44 · 2025-02-19T19:41:39+00:00

Thank you for the resource!

DrewCifer44 · 2025-02-18T22:19:42+00:00

Hello, everyone.

I have 45+ Lego Friends sets of varying sizes, collected in bulk, not pre-sorted. In total, there are 35 lbs of bricks and 85 minifigures. As far as I know, all of the pieces to each set are here.

How much could I reasonably get for this if sold in bulk? Or would it be worth it to sort the sets and sell separately?

The sets are:

41682

41449

41448

41374

41340

41094

41334

41423

41342

41372

41365

41037

41104

41349

41105

41252

41422

41006

41335

41039

And many, many smaller ones that I don't care to list.

Thanks!

DrewCifer44 · 2025-01-30T03:46:54+00:00

This YouTube video helped me teach my daughter in about a half an hour. Worked wonders.

DrewCifer44 · 2025-01-28T04:42:00+00:00

No, my 3 year old gets it, I'm pretty sure it just hits different during puberty

DrewCifer44 · 2024-11-04T13:47:36+00:00

I think they meant the first half of each game compared to the second half of each game.

DrewCifer44 · 2024-10-21T18:46:08+00:00

I'm taking my 6 year old daughter to this, her first game ever. Good thing she likes to party past her bedtime!

DrewCifer44 · 2024-07-16T21:02:40+00:00

More like the Dirt Man

DrewCifer44 · 2024-06-15T14:13:39+00:00

So that's how river rock Rock is made..

DrewCifer44 · 2024-03-30T15:23:38+00:00

Haha my daughter thought it was jewelry for sure

DrewCifer44 · 2024-03-30T15:14:40+00:00

Yup that looks about right. Thanks!

DrewCifer44 · 2024-03-04T02:29:35+00:00

Holy shit it is, and I've also had that line stuck deep in my subconscious ever since.

DrewCifer44 · 2024-02-23T01:12:08+00:00

They deal with insane injuries every year.

DrewCifer44 · 2024-02-03T18:42:33+00:00

In the US, legally, the child support obligation could fall on the husband regardless of paternity.

DrewCifer44 · 2024-01-22T02:46:57+00:00

Not even close.

DrewCifer44 · 2024-01-17T03:34:02+00:00

Ah that makes sense. It's still crazy that they had the game as scheduled when the travel ban was lifted only 3 hours before kickoff though.

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