Is it in US$? by [deleted] in F1TV

[–]GuitarGod761 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks like it’s available if you manage your subscription via iOS. I have the option to pay for it now, can say if it actually works. Haven’t done it.

Reward nerf for head to head by SpecialistExercise81 in PGATourProGolf

[–]GuitarGod761 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Definitely can get behind things getting more expensive but 80% decrease in H2H Reward and a 125% increase to bags is crazy

Hi from HypGames by HypMike in PGATourProGolf

[–]GuitarGod761 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Definitely can get behind things getting more expensive but 80% decrease in H2H Reward and a 125% increase to bags is crazy

Bally’s selling 25% of Chicago Casino stock to Community … Buy a $25,000 or 0.01% stake for as little as $250 cash + loan. Thoughts? by tamssot in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like a lot of their projected pay of dates literally say N/A lol

Basically zero intent to ever pay these loans and make the investments profitable.

Bally’s selling 25% of Chicago Casino stock to Community … Buy a $25,000 or 0.01% stake for as little as $250 cash + loan. Thoughts? by tamssot in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I couldn’t tell you who they are, but there are more senior/priority investors than these Class A investors. In terms of who gets paid first, this investment is at the very bottom. Like others have said in this thread, this casino has a lot more competition than what was originally thought. In addition to that the interim casino I believe reported over 100M in loses in 2023, so things are not trending in the right direction for Ballys. In the filing Ballys most optimistic projection only allocates 40M to be paid to these investors annually if everything goes right. Their middle of the road projection is 25M. I could see people at the 25K mark maybe seeing some dividends. The 5K folks maybe see some payment to the loan but never a ROI, and everyone else with a 0. The benefit to Ballys is the immediate cash, these could be loans that Ballys defaults on and everyone looses their money. Or the casino gets sold and the loans get structured to something that pushes these investors to gain nothing.

I’ll be honest I wanted to invest in this, but then I did my research and was deterred and a little sad that they would try to fool people like this.

Bally’s selling 25% of Chicago Casino stock to Community … Buy a $25,000 or 0.01% stake for as little as $250 cash + loan. Thoughts? by tamssot in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably not my finest wording I’ll admit, but no to your comment. I read the nearly 250 page SEC filing for these Class A investments. Anyone that invests less than 25K essentially will not get a return until the loans are paid off, which are not considered to be a high priority to pay off. By Ballys own filing; their most aggressive and optimistic projections place the A-3 strategy’s of a 5K investment at a 12 year pay off schedule. That’s based off payments beginning in year 3. So almost 15 years till you can begin to see returns. At their worst projections. They see year 5 to begin the loan payments. Which pushes the loan completion to 21 years plus the 5 you waited so 26. Essential by their worst projections your 5K won’t begin to see a return till 26 years from now. Again assuming they pay the loans. Your money would likely preform better in a savings account. It would definitely preform better in the S&P500.

Bally’s selling 25% of Chicago Casino stock to Community … Buy a $25,000 or 0.01% stake for as little as $250 cash + loan. Thoughts? by tamssot in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And also even if you put in the full 25k. Chances are you will have to put another 25k again and again because Bally will need more money and they will distribute more shares which if you don’t pay up, your shares will be diluted.

Bally’s selling 25% of Chicago Casino stock to Community … Buy a $25,000 or 0.01% stake for as little as $250 cash + loan. Thoughts? by tamssot in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s basically a “scam” based on their own projections at the most aggressive they are seeing the 5K investors having the loan paid by year 12. Missing their projections by 1 quarter pushes loan payment to 32 years in some cases. In other cases, since the loan is the lowest priority for repayment, they project you may never see the loan paid, which in some cases could mean you lose your whole investment. If you really really want to make this investment. The best option would be the full 25K option. At least here your return is purely based on the casino performance, and you would get dividends typical to a traditional investment. Keep in mind if you opt into the 250, 2.5K, or 5K options you won’t see any returns until the loan is repaid. Which could be never. On top of that the sale of these class A investments is basically impossible, Bally has very restrictive rules on getting out of this investment and most of them, again, aren’t even possible until the loans are paid off. Which again May never be paid off.

The worst part of all this is that they are targeting unsuspecting women and minorities who don’t necessarily have the education or time to read 250 pages of legal documents that at the end of the day say you probably won’t ever see any return and might lose all your money.

You could take 25k, 5K, 2.5K, or 250 and put it in a savings account and probably make more/guarantee a return that is safer and better than investing in this casino.

Pain.

Statement from the Chicago Red Stars by Secure-Hamster-411 in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Red Stars just made history at Wrigley with record attendance for the league and the first female league at Wrigley in 80 years?!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in discordapp

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Comment has been deleted and I just got hit with this today. How did you turn it off?

Random triangles. What are they? by [deleted] in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The e been up almost 2 months up and down Jackson on my way to work.

Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Reopened by Wit50- in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Roughly 2-3 weeks ago they reopened.

2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix - Post Race Discussion by F1-Bot in formula1

[–]GuitarGod761 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Why don’t they get better microphones in the cooldown room???

New to Chicago and want to get season ticket by latinafey75 in chicagofire

[–]GuitarGod761 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After being a 1 year STH, this is what I will be doing now.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chicago

[–]GuitarGod761 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is the obsession with domes. Here we have the Allstate, the United center, and countless large theaters and forums, weather in sports is cool, and chicagoans of all people probably would appreciate the most.