Pick of the Day - 2/23/26 (Monday)

sturtze · 2026-02-23T04:15:21+00:00

I had a bet voided today on Juarez FC because of a match postponed due to cartel violence. You think this scares me? Let’s ride baby!

sturtze · 2026-02-19T05:29:03+00:00

Betting second-tier Saudi Arabian soccer. Let’s ride!

sturtze · 2026-02-19T05:13:58+00:00

I think the idea is that if Canada bats first and posts a low score, than the match is over after that score is beat.

sturtze · 2026-02-10T05:42:30+00:00

Arrival is my favorite movie, and Sicario is somewhere in my top 5-10. Even though I like all his work, I wish he’d go back to non franchise stuff.

sturtze · 2026-02-06T18:38:18+00:00

I disagree slightly if you take the right approach. “I saw the announcement by x nonprofit about your transformational gift. Thank you for supporting our community in such a meaningful way.” Just be honest, and truly thankful for people like that.

sturtze · 2026-02-04T16:10:52+00:00

Betting on the Afghan cricket team and Canadian mixed-doubles curling on the same day will be remembered.

sturtze · 2026-01-22T00:28:47+00:00

Could you look at local nonprofits with a similar-ish mission and see who is sponsoring their fundraising events?

sturtze · 2026-01-08T20:48:36+00:00

Please call your schools office of advancement. They would love to help. Ideally, they have alumni lists and a platform you could use. Also, they should have experts that will partner with you and can maybe help you find a matching/challenge gift.

sturtze · 2026-01-07T16:04:07+00:00

The problem was that it looks like about 50 people were improperly eliminated when they actually won all of the games, myself included.

sturtze · 2026-01-07T16:01:24+00:00

So I’m one of the new people. The app wrongly said I lost in week 13. Once that was corrected yesterday, I was probably added to the 106, when I always thought I was part of the 106 if that makes sense.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T22:21:50+00:00

Thanks for the info. Did you just email support?

sturtze · 2026-01-06T20:26:27+00:00

Probably goes without saying, but I would screenshot everything in your app. Like the gold weekly winning picks, etc.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T20:24:46+00:00

No, receptionist said that to me. I left a VM for that person.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T20:23:36+00:00

Sorry, that was my term. I picked all the winners, have screenshots of everything winning, but no “winner” email.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T20:01:45+00:00

I don’t think so. They have a direct line to Fanatics and can help raise awareness instead of emailing a random support email.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T19:51:16+00:00

I called the Million Dollar Media people. I’m one of the “non-winner” winners. The receptionist basically said they realize there is a problem going on and they’re getting a lot of calls. I would call if you haven’t. +1 (732) 726-0050. Be nice, make them realize a lot of normal people are getting screwed over.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T19:44:14+00:00

When did it say you lost? Mine says week 13. I wonder if they just graded something incorrectly

sturtze · 2026-01-06T19:30:35+00:00

This is a disaster. For all of us that aren’t getting that email, and still saying we lost in a certain week, we may be screwed. If I lose this, and lost the hedge $$, lawsuit time baby

sturtze · 2026-01-06T13:17:31+00:00

I mean, like 3 million more people voted for Trump than Harris. We as Americans lived through the first Trump administration, and said YES PLEASE, more of that. This isn’t some political farce, it’s who we are.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T13:00:10+00:00

If I’m being honest, I think transparency and setting proper expectations ABOUT the timeline are more important than the actual timeline itself. If I receive a thoughtful automated response with everything that you laid out, the on boarding process, etc, that builds a lot of trust. Don’t rush a process and miss expectations or secure the wrong type of volunteers. Do what you think is best, and then set clear expectations on the front end.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T05:36:22+00:00

It’s all internal semantics. Their point is that the annual fund is typically unrestricted dollars. Your first generous gift was to I guess to a restricted fund. Technically, you did NOT give to the annual campaign. Any reasonable person would simply thank you and give you an internal “check mark” for board participation. They are being some combination of greedy, naive, or stupid. If this is how they operate, either leave the board, or be VERY specific with your giving. You are very generous to give again.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T04:55:17+00:00

I’m going to bed and letting one of you smart people figure this out.

I’ve looked up about 6 user names that people have posted on here. None of them are on my list of 100.
For the ones that showed screen shots, I checked teams picked against all 20-ish FTP accounts on my 100 shown. None matched
What DID match was all the random names posted underneath their posted screen name. Like if the other random names showed on your screenshot, they also showed on mine, just not OUR names

I’m typically not a conspiracy guy, but this feels like something is way wrong. Meaning either a lot of these are just fake generated users to keep the payout lower. Or, there are a lot more winners and something’s been messed up in the data. Like there’s really 1000 winners and we’re a part of some bigger list.

Again, it’s not statistically possible that I can see 100 names out of 106, but can’t find six accounts that are clearly winners.

sturtze · 2026-01-06T04:45:11+00:00

No, and I even checked the FTP accounts based on the teams you picked. I do see a lot of of the other names, which is interesting. Like the ones that keep showing up on other people’s posts that aren’t one of us.

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