I tilted my life away this month and was done gambling in my mind. I booked a small vacation for my girlfriend and I to see her family in Mexico. She deserves that much, and then..

At lunch today I hear my coworkers arguing over the upcoming Mayweather vs McGregor match. This black dude is calling Mayweather the greatest ever, this Irish dude is saying McGregor proves everyone wrong, etc.

I joined in on Mayweathers side and my coworker asked if I wanted to put my money where my mouth is, he'd bet me $2,000 that McGregor wins outright. I ask what odds, and he looks puzzled. He says if Mayweather wins, I get $2,000. If McGregor wins, he gets $2,000. Even money holy **** this has to be the greatest bet ever for me. I say I'll bet him, his friends, whoever. By the end of lunch I have $17,000 on Mayweather winning outright. 6 guys bet me $2,000, one bet me for $5,000. My $17,000 vs their $17,000. I'll write more later I'm still on clock typing on mobile this is too hard. This bet feels surreal, I could hedge it but I'm not going to...

Looks like you've got a great bet.
But, winning is one thing, and collecting is another...

My thought exactly.

Where are you working where people have this much money and that little sense?

Assuming it's legit it's the bet of the century (I feel like I'm getting a steal at -450). But good luck collecting when they see how easy Mayweather wins and/or they realize how much they got screwed with the odds.

He's right. Make sure they can put the money up or don't accept the bet. Do not trust people who aren't regular gamblers (that you've had history with) with these amounts of money.

I'm a longshoreman, and three of the guys I'm betting are union, a big deal here at least. The $5,000 bet is with a foreman, and that guy makes insane money. In the sea of trucks, he shows up to work in a brand new R8.

Anyways, some people backed out upon thinking about it or lowered their bets. The $5,000 big bet still stands though. In total I have $11,500 on this, all at even money. Don't do me dirty, boxing...

No ones posting money so far, but I don't expect a problem collecting. Most of the guys I'm betting are just proud and Irish, willing to burn a little money on their hero. We will see.

I didn't know dock workers made that much.

I wish you well. You are on the right side of the bet, no matter what happens.

LOL Mayweather vs McGregor is so fixed, it's even more fake than WWF wrestling

The way your luck us at moments Connor McGregor wins.

Thought about what happens if that happens? Another 11k in hole

Even if you think you will only get a quarter of what is own to you, still good bet

Think Connor McGregor is at 7/2 which is lol bad for Connor McGregor backers.

Even if you think they will kill you if you can't pay still take the bet, that's how good your side is.

Watch out those guys could be levelling you

What will happen if they lose they will say you knowingly ripped them off with those odds and they won't pay you. if they win well of course they won't say a thing. Good luck

Action changed again, it's back up to $12,000.

$5,000 bet vs my foreman, and 5 other guys are pooling together their money for the $7,000.

Everyone is posting half the money tonight, rest on Thursday. Watching the fight at my foreman's house. Winning side pays for the drinks, food, PPV. I felt bad and tried explaining odds to these guys, but none of them seem to care, like at all. Just want to have fun betting on their hero. God, this bet feels like so much of a lock it's scaring me, **** sports betting...

They insisted, there's no shame in it, for them it's a fun bet. Especially if you tried to explain.

Enjoy the fight.

I'll take some of your action if you're scared

If any of this is true then congrats. Pay off your debts, loands, everythin and quit before its too late.

Posting again after winning. . I wanted to post pics of my foreman's house, the first 3 rounds were insane in there. Everyone was telling me they were gonna start counting my money, asking if I wanted to just settle up then before Mayweather got knocked out. A whole lot of shouting!

We all know how the rest went. It felt good to win, the smart move is to pay off some of the debt I've racked up, buuuut. I self excluded from the casino and banned myself from all worthwhile sites. I've been in such a downward spiral with no regard for money and I'm hoping this trip will change that. When we're back it's time to bunker down and work, counselling, and start tackling my mountain of debt.

Easily the most corrupt union there is, and that's saying a lot.

This is the second time this year I've burnt 10k of the liferoll (last time was 15k) over the course of a month. The degen part of it is, I really don't even remember how I did it. Those nights you're chasing a loss and not counting how many times this week you've smacked the ATM for 300-500 add up so quickly it's impossible to keep track. Luck/Variance or whatever you want to call it is the worst it's ever been and you just keep telling yourself, "I just need one hit to get myself back on track and I'll be smarter this time."

Junkies and addicts say that to themselves all the time too.

I would have a small fortune if I didn't love having fun so much. These "mornings after" I'm always reminded of the end of Kanye West's verse on "No Church In the Wild"

Just tilt my poker stars money was playing one table zoom the whole time thinking wtf am I doing waste my time , not like win much. 1 table zoom so relieve the bore of playing for something to do when you know should be mowing the lawn or something start try getting all in pre which harder then sounds get calls 5 people when quarter stack gone in just miss flop then have ing fold due be about 5% on flop

Keep going up in stakes till busto.

Open up betfair and place my betfair balance on my home team Tranmere rivers @1/2 0-0 when bet them in play they win 2-0 away to sohihill hill

So no money on stars and must of won about 50$ risking it all .

More money on betfair then real live so was big arsenal sweat for me.

Today is the day. I'm done...

I worked like **** the last couple of weeks, only sunday off.
I have 5k debts, 6k health insurance to pay at the end of the year and around 10k taxes.

So I worked like a mother****er the last 4 weeks, saved 4k till today before taxes.
Plan was to make some small 100€ bets to eventually win some extra money and also play some Poker.
So 2 weeks ago I went after work to a poker room. Took 500 bucks to play 5/5 Omaha. Game was juicy. Bad players and a lot of money at the table. 1 hour and 2 suckouts later I drove home.
I told myself, ok no problem, I will win it back with some sportsbetting. 2 Football Games and 1 Golf Tournament later, I lost another 750. So I'm 1250 in the hole. ****...
And today I ****ed my life up again. I deposit 250 to make a combo bet at the USOpen.
But wait, lets play some Roulette before. I mean I only lost 27k lifetime at this ****ing site, why should I stop playing? Smh! Of course I lost it in no time.
So 1.5k in the red. Lets deposit 500 more and only place some tennis bets.
No of course I can't accept my losses and went straight to the roulette table again. 15 Minuts later, I deposit my last 1.5k just to lose it aswell.

Tennis bets would have won. And I would be even, instead I have 40€ left in my wallet and a big amount of upcoming payments.

I'm close to 30k in roulette losses only at this site. It feels so fkn unreal. I guess I lost over 100k already overall. The funny thing is, I can only win when I accept it and stop.

Had the idea to start a diary from this day. I know it sounds childish, but maybe it helps.


I feel you!

I thought it would be a good time to give you guys an update. Things spiralled out of control for me badly. Put it this way..for the month of August..I needed to win 15k to cover all the transactions I ran on my supplementary credit cards. I failed. The AMEX bill was due on the August of 4th and on August 1st I sat there thinking what am I going to do. It was time to come clean. Before doing so I called my friend who is a money lender and asked him to save me one last time. I said please give me 15k..if I win this 15k all I have to do is win $38k next month and then I am in the clear. My dads AMEX has no limit on it..so I use my supplementary at gas stations and have unlimited betting roll.

When I started posting a few months ago..6-7k used to be my problem every month. Now I bet that in 2 days. Crazy. Anyways back to the story..I offer him a deal he can't refuse interest wise. I won't even say the terms because you'll think I was senile. He ships it over the next day and I buy myself time.

Now by Sep 4th I need to win around 40k. My bill tallies go as follows:

37.7k Amex Bill due Sep 4
About 20k additional which will be due Oct 4
13k on my Visa
5k on another VISA
4k on another MC

Plus all the interest I owe every month. Basically doomed. So I bet all of September. What roll do I have? None - all I have is the AMEX charge card so I'm thinking if this is the last month and I have to come clean to my family that I am a degen in a 200k hole I am just going to smash big parlays every day. First week of August I win 16k off a 5 gamer. All I need now is about 30k and I am in the clear for the month. If I can win 60-70k I am in the clear permanently with a ****ty life but at least I don't have to pay credit cards by the end of the month.

MIGHT I ADD *** Just before the August bills were due I asked my boss for anotehr work advance and instead of giving it to me he fired me. So there goes my lucrative salary. Most of you predicted this would happen and it did. I did not perform at all the last few months and got fired.

Back to this months bills...

So I decide why win 30k more and be good for hte month when I can just blast this on 2 four gamers and try to win 80k if I can bink 1. I miss both. I try all ****ing month..every day I would go home depressed. I had heart to hearts with several friends telling them I am coming clean..I am ****ed I am going to ask my parents to get a loan on the house and pay them back slowly etc etc. Everyone keeps telling me..stop your time is over just come clean you won't win.

The degen in me would not stop. IT is now August 20th..bills are due in 2 weeks. I need to win min 40k..withdraw in time and pay the bill. Literally my last day to win time wise would be the 22nd or 23rd. I bet on the 21st..$1k on a 6 gamer. 5/5 are through and 1 game left. Payout is $53k. I am literally shaking as Boston holds a 4-3 lead over the Indians. I'm thinking Kimbrel will come in for a 4 out save and save me. Cleveland ties it in the bottom of the 8th. In the 9th Boston comes out with a lead off runner on base and a 3-0 count to Jackie Bradley. I'm thinking I will win!

Boston comes out of that inning with no runs. We go to the bottom and Cleveland leads off with a double. I'm thinking I am toast..then with no outs the catcher lays down a bunt but it's horrible. It goes right to BRock Holt who is playing 1B. The guy running from 2nd to 3rd is a dead duck and I'm literally jizzing thinking he's going to get the lead runner out and I still have a chance. Instead..Brock Holt makes a massive error..ball goes into foul territory and the runner comes home. I was completely finished. I wanted to die I literally did. I knew it was all over.

The next day it was time to come clean..it was the 22nd of August and time had basically run out. Max I have is 1 day. I miss a 6 game parlay for 1k. I think I went 1-5. At this point I am totally delusional. I know I need to tell my parents so that we can start planning our next steps and so that they can get the money in order to pay off their CC Bills. Loans and all take time to get from the bank. I was really screwing myself and my family every day that I kept betting and not winning and delaying the inevitable.


Now it is August 23rd. August 21st was the lunar eclipse..when you're in such hole you start looking at things for signs. The day Boston lost that 4-3 lead which cost me 53k was the lunar day. I figured it was my day, I guess not. August 23rd is Kobe Bryan't birthday. June 23rd was the day I won my last bailout parlay for 22k which set me free. 23 23 23 23. I'm thinking okay this is my last bet of the day. There was a day game at 3pm..Baltimore vs Oakland. I wanted to start my day off with Baltimore -1.5. I go to the gas station to get a paysafe voucher for $1250 (that's how I deposit you can google it). The attendant charges me..AMEX approved as always. SHe goes to print.. "SOrry sir it looks like we do not have enough paysafe today as we have hit our limit for the week. All I can give you is $150".

ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME MAN. I AM A DEAD MAN FOR 200k AT LEAST LET ME BET MY LAST $1k BEFORE I DIE. IT'S KOBE'S BDAY AND BUNDY IS A LOCK TO COVER THE -1.5 vs the OAKLAND ATHLETHICS!!!! YOU'RE COSTING ME MONEY!

It was literally 2:55 at this point and the game started at 3. I sprint to the other gas station in my car..get the paysafe and I check the time - 3:09. Missed the cutoff. There goes Balty game.

So now I have to re-design my completely degenerate parlay. ALl in the meanwhile my girlfriend is calling me to tell me that her sister and her husband and her best friend and boyfriend and me and my girlfriend are going on a road trip for labour day weekend. ARE YOU ****ING KIDDING ME. I DO NOT HAVE TIME OT GO ON ROAD TRIPS. I AM ****ING DEAD. I HAVE TO ADMIT TO THE WORLD I AM A DEGEN AND I NEED 200k I DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GO ON ROAD TRIPS. But since I hide my problems I said okay babe awesome so excited!!!!

Now that the Balty game is out of the picture the next game starting is San Fran vs Brewers. I already had San Fran on the ticket..but I have to add another game on my 6 gamer because I did not get Baltimore in. I add in another game and the odds are ****. I would only win $36k on my 6 gamer..and I need minimum 40k to transfer balances and etc and cover my problems. So I jack up San Fran to a -1.5 and my payout goes to $56k.

San Fran is so **** that they had a guy on base every inning with no outs and did nothing. It's a 1-1 game in the 7th with 2 on for San Fran and the guy check swings a pitch but somehow it makes contact with the ball and SOMEHOW stays fair and goes down the line for a double. 3-1 San fran. They end up covering and I win 4-2.

5 games left. But I already know I won't win. How can I? But I figure let's see what happens.

Game 1 - easy win
Game 2 - easy win
Game 3 - easy win
Game 4 easy win



Game 5...KC ROYALS VS COLORADO ROCKIES.

It is the bottom of the 7th. Royals are down 3-1. ALL MY GAMES HAVE COME THROUGH. And I'm thinking well I can't win when I'm up with the lead so may as well be down. Royals cut the lead to 3-2 end of 7. Nothing happens in the 8th. Onto the bottom of the 9th down 3-2.

Batter 1: walk
Batter 2: robbed of double
Batter 3: linedrive out
Batter 4: single

Batter 5: So this is it. IT all comes down to this for 56k. A single ties it. A double maybe wins it. I just want a single. Just hit a ****ing single Eric Hosmer PLESE.

Ball 1: Ball (ok good)
Ball 2: SWING AND A MISS (NO OMG HOW DO U MISS THAT HOSMER)
Ball 3: SWING AND A DRIVE DEEP RIGHT FIELD...GOOOOONE!!! ERIC HOSMER HAS DONE IT THE ROYALS WALK OFF 5-3!!!!

Yup I did it. This was 6 days ago. The best feeling. I am posting the ticket below so you guys don't think I am lying. Long ways to go..I am working my ass off to get my job back..Right now I am on commission but with good performance I should get it back. I need to win about 25k this month to be free of troubles. Let's see what happens. SOrry for the long post..wish me luck!




Forgot to add: The intitial parlay that had baltimore -1.5 which did not get in on time..got Rivered in the last inning. If the first gas station had paysafe I would not have won 56k. Funny how things work.

Well done Snipes and good luck for your further parlays.
Scores like that giving us fellow degens hope.

**** me that was one of the most real degenerate posts I've read on here and I've been lurking a while.

Holy ****ing ****, I feel kinda sick after reading that

WoW... Nice score and very wel written. Was on the edge of my seat

Way to go snipes,all best of luck