World Cup Fever
Thursday, June 29, 2006
32 teams! 64 matches! The best against the best and only one team will emerge victorious. It is the 2006 Fifa World Cup! Host nation Germany.
Never have I watched that much soccer in my life. I've never really watched alot of soccer in the past but I think I'm beginning to appreciate as well as enjoy watching soccer now. In a matter of 2 weeks, I've managed to double the total amount of minutes watched in my life and this is not an exaggeration. And of course adding on to the cheer and excitement is.. soccer BETTING!!!
But of course we should all bet within our limits and place our bets with the ONLY legal bookie in Singapore.. Singapore Pools!
Frankly I'm quite turned off by all the under-handed tactics Singapore Pools is using to stomp out illegal soccer betting. First the introduction of the Pre-paid soccer betting card where you can CALL to actually place your bets. This of course is to combat the convenience betting with the bookies have as well as to help you control your betting. You see first you buy a prepaid card of varying values $250/500/1000 this way you can set a limit on your betting. After which if you so choose to, you can top up an unlimited times of $100!!!! So much for control *mock*. And the convenience? Pure genius if you ask me because surely this what betting is all about. The convenience. Not the money. The convenience.
Simply put, I'm not going to start placing bets with Pools instead of Bookies now that I can call up Pools too. Duh, the simple reason why Bookie betting is more attractive is simply because of the odds. The payout. If Singapore Pools offer better odds than Bookies, hell, I'll be happy to queue. Frankly after observing the odds Pools offer, I think they are more money hungry than the bookies. They give ridiculous handicaps where you'd have to be insane to give it or you get horrible odds if you take it. At least the bookies give me a fighting chance in terms of handicaps. In similar handicaps, payout is higher. If Pools really want to stomp out illegal betting, I think it would be better if they offered better odds. Odds so damn good that the bookies themselves decide to bet with Pools. Prepaid cards my arse.
Its okay if they got the formula wrong but my God, what under-handed tactics Pools are using. I'm talking about Newpaper propaganda. If you people have read the articles that "encouraged" people to bet with Pools you'll know what I mean. It is so freaking obvious what they are trying to do. They print shit about this guy who lost money because he bet with bookies. Stuff like "... then they let me extend my credit but it was all actually a ploy to get me deeper into debt that I cannot pay! Because the ultimate bookie goal is to make sure I lose money! That is always the first thing they think about! They offer me better odds so that I will lose money! In the end of the World Cup I was badly burnt and I lost thousands of dollars! BooHOoooO!" 5 pages of anti-bookie text was on the Newpaper that day. Not a single line suggested that maybe these dumb fuck losers lost money because they didn't know when to stop. All the blame pushed to the bookies.. like they're the freaking devil incarnate and are tricking people to sin. Let's just say I'm disgusted with the bullshit they try to pass on to us. I'm doubly disgusted that the press prints stuff that are so one-sided. Pools try to make the previous gamblers who lost money to bookies feel victimized and pretends that their own personal stupidity didn't contribute to their loss so that they can lose money to Pools this time round.
Of course the greatest edge the Pools have over the Bookies.. is that they can catch you and lock you up if you don't bet with them. Yar... so.. you know. It's quite and unfair advantage but hey, they're the home team.
Despite my great despise over Singapore Pools, I still bet with them because... the bookies don't take $5 bets. >.<
Bet safe and hope you guys hit the jackpot.
Sprouting Nonsense Since 1984 {2:09 am}
