Horse Racing Forum - PaceAdvantage.Com - Horse Racing Message Board

Go Back   Horse Racing Forum - PaceAdvantage.Com - Horse Racing Message Board > Thoroughbred Horse Racing Discussion > General Handicapping Discussion


Poll: Which best describes your gains or losses, from race wagering, per year.
Poll Options
Which best describes your gains or losses, from race wagering, per year.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 3 votes, 5.00 average.
Old 11-18-2010, 08:49 PM   #1
raybo
EXCEL with SUPERFECTAS
 
raybo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 10,206
How much money do you make or lose each year on racing?

I think I may be losing touch with reality, after seeing someone say that making thousands of dollars on racing wasn't worth their time. Here's a poll on gains and losses, please set me straight so I don't go to the grave wondering if what I've been doing for half my life was a waste of time.

Oh, if it's possible for you, be honest.
__________________
Ray
Horseracing's like the stock market except you don't have to wait as long to go broke.

Excel Spreadsheet Handicapping Forum

Charter Member: Horseplayers Association of North America

Last edited by raybo; 11-18-2010 at 08:53 PM.
raybo is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-18-2010, 10:20 PM   #2
cj
@TimeformUSfigs
 
cj's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Moore, OK
Posts: 46,816
I will say per year is tricky. It is still, after all, gambling.
cj is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-18-2010, 10:31 PM   #3
raybo
EXCEL with SUPERFECTAS
 
raybo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 10,206
Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I will say per year is tricky. It is still, after all, gambling.
Yeah I thought about that after posting the poll. Maybe an average would do.
__________________
Ray
Horseracing's like the stock market except you don't have to wait as long to go broke.

Excel Spreadsheet Handicapping Forum

Charter Member: Horseplayers Association of North America
raybo is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-18-2010, 10:35 PM   #4
raybo
EXCEL with SUPERFECTAS
 
raybo's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 10,206
Remember guys/gals, this is about wagering only, no other income counts.
__________________
Ray
Horseracing's like the stock market except you don't have to wait as long to go broke.

Excel Spreadsheet Handicapping Forum

Charter Member: Horseplayers Association of North America
raybo is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 12:50 AM   #5
Cubbymac26
Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 168
I figure I lose around 15000 a year...I figure this based on I make 750 take home dealing cards...I leave early usually after 6 hours so that's 36000 cash my rent is 1250 a month tv is 125 electric 100 food gas 100 a week and say 300 a month on everyday expenses so 36000 minus all expenses the fact I have like 700 in my pocket equals me being stuck 15000

U can't win I hit a pick 6 at hol for 16500 me and my friend partners...I won 5400 last year but before that I walked out losing 82.6 percent lol...

Now I win playing cards so that offsets it


The moral of the storie is if god never invented/created horses I'd have a ton

But if god didn't create horses it would mean more time with the woman....worth losing
Cubbymac26 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 01:34 AM   #6
bigmack
Registered User
 
bigmack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bird Rock
Posts: 16,697
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cubbymac26
The moral of the storie is if god never invented/created horses I'd have a ton
How do you expect to stand a chance in this game if you don't have the wherewithal to spell story?

You might like horses but I'd avoid plunking money on 'em.
bigmack is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 01:42 AM   #7
Cubbymac26
Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 168
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigmack
How do you expect to stand a chance in this game if you don't have the wherewithal to spell story?

You might like horses but I'd avoid plunking money on 'em.
Anytime u wanna have a spelling bee or any kind of iq test we can arrange that...obvious spelling mistake guess u have nothing better to do then to bust balls at 132 am...

I'm trying to be active in a gambling forum now I'm getting nit picked by a $2 bettor..maybe the occasional $5 bettor
Cubbymac26 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 09:08 AM   #8
serp
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 155
Has anyone done about the same in multiple years? I've only really sunk money into it for 2 years now but both years have been completely different in results (I tell my wife I just got better at it the second year).

Maybe those that have done it for a long time can average it out for a per year number.
serp is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 10:02 AM   #9
eastie
Double Secret Probation
 
eastie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Luxurious Orient Heights
Posts: 1,293
nothing grows there

Quote:
Originally Posted by bigmack
How do you expect to stand a chance in this game if you don't have the wherewithal to spell story?

You might like horses but I'd avoid plunking money on 'em.

the wherewithal ? and a spelling lesson too, from a pedant in the middle of the desert at 1:30 in the morning. If you told it to a mule, he'd kick you.
You spelled your name wrong too. Shouldn't it be Big Mac ? or is too many of them what made you Big Mack ?
eastie is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 12:01 PM   #10
therussmeister
Out-of-town Jasper
 
therussmeister's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,363
Quote:
Originally Posted by serp
Has anyone done about the same in multiple years? I've only really sunk money into it for 2 years now but both years have been completely different in results (I tell my wife I just got better at it the second year).

Maybe those that have done it for a long time can average it out for a per year number.
I do about the same most years if I play about the same number of days. This is because I don't play the pick 6, and I play enough races every year to effectively reduce variance.
__________________
“If you want to outwit the devil, it is extremely important that you don't give him advanced notice."

~Alan Watts
therussmeister is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 12:10 PM   #11
Exotic1
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,084
Just saying ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by eastie
the wherewithal ? and a spelling lesson too, from a pedant in the middle of the desert at 1:30 in the morning. If you told it to a mule, he'd kick you.
You spelled your name wrong too. Shouldn't it be Big Mac ? or is too many of them what made you Big Mack ?
That is very funny.
Exotic1 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 02:41 PM   #12
bigmack
Registered User
 
bigmack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Bird Rock
Posts: 16,697
The depth of stupidity.

Some rube who spells story, 'storie'

Mindless goofs who talk about the time of day and can't figure out time differences. A workin' stiff dealing cards and pissing away $15K on nags. And a Teamster trying to connect the spelling of a moniker to a fast food sandwich.

Some big brains goin' on here.
bigmack is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 03:53 PM   #13
Cubbymac26
Veteran
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 168
Lightbulb

Quote:
Originally Posted by bigmack
The depth of stupidity.

Some rube who spells story, 'storie'

Mindless goofs who talk about the time of day and can't figure out time differences. A workin' stiff dealing cards and pissing away $15K on nags. And a Teamster trying to connect the spelling of a moniker to a fast food sandwich.

Some big brains goin' on here.
Classic scum.....so I guess ur blasting everybody that works here....I'm sure ur buried in your parents basement the last 40 years

Your the asshole that prob takes up 2 spots at the racetrack bar and drives away would be players like a true degenerate know it all

Can't believe wasting my time with this reply but with no harness or no football and your wife not at my house yet I got a few extra minutes
Cubbymac26 is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 04:31 PM   #14
GaryG
Unreconstructed
 
GaryG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Appalachia
Posts: 6,640
Just keep betting....you are a dying breed...
__________________
Deo Vindice
GaryG is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Old 11-19-2010, 04:50 PM   #15
johnhannibalsmith
Registered User
 
johnhannibalsmith's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 12,402
Annual Income - Annual Expenses = amount I lost
__________________
"You make me feel like I am fun again."

-Robert James Smith, 1989
johnhannibalsmith is offline   Reply With Quote Reply
Reply




Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

» Advertisement
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3

All times are GMT -4. The time now is 05:44 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Copyright 1999 - 2023 -- PaceAdvantage.Com -- All Rights Reserved
We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program
designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.