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Wed Feb 10
18 posts in the last 24 hours

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Bad Beats: It's Only Teenage Wasteland

Your weekly gambling column, featuring smart plays, oddball propositions, all your tales of woe — plus, betting advice from a 13-year-old boy! Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats. More »

02/05/10

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By Jack, Age 13

#gambling

Bad Beats: Kiss The Girls

Your weekly gambling column, featuring smart plays, oddball propositions, all your tales of woe — plus, betting advice from a 13-year-old boy! Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats. More »

01/29/10

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By Jack, Age 13

#gambling

Bad Beats: Why Your Betting System Sucks

Your weekly gambling column, featuring smart plays, oddball propositions, all your tales of woe — plus, betting advice from a 13-year-old boy! Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats. More »

01/22/10

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By Jack, Age 13

#gambling

Bad Beats: And A Child Shall Lead You

Your weekly gambling column, featuring smart plays, oddball propositions, all your tales of woe — plus, betting advice from a 13-year-old boy! Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats. More »

01/15/10

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By Jack, Age 13

#nba

The NBA Tackles The Real Problem

The Nets take the lead in what could be a league-wide crackdown on gambling on team flights. Remember kids, guns don't kill people; Boo-Ray kills people. [NYT]

01/08/10

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By Barry Petchesky

#soccer

Landon Donovan Wants You To Win The Mexican Lottery

I'm pretty sure this commercial is racist, but I'm not certain who should actually be offended. Landon Donovan's Spanish teacher would be a good place to start. [SportsRubbish]

01/06/10

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By Dashiell Bennett

#ingenuity

Finding Treasure In Trash

See that pile of paper slips on the floor of your local OTB? One man's made it his full-time job to go through every single discarded betting ticket and cash in the winners. He's doing better than you are. More »

12/08/09

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By Barry Petchesky

#nba

Tim Donaghy's Gambling Buddy Would Like To Imply A Few Things

Bryant Gumbel's "Real Sports" caught up with Jimmy Battista, the recovering drug/gambling addict who bankrolled Tim Donaghy's awesome NBA bets and went to jail for it. He now has a few sinister insinuations he'd like to get off his chest. More »

11/25/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

#gambling

Finally, A Championship That Could Actually Save Detroit

Joe Cada, a 21-year-old from Shelby Township, Michigan, won the World Series of Poker's $8.55 million Main Event prize. That's like half the state's GDP. (By the way, 21 is also Michigan's legal gambling age, so....beginner's luck, right?) [Detroit4Lyfe, Freep]

11/11/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

#wakeupdeadspin

He'll Never Be Banned From The Gambling Hall of Fame

Got an image you'd like to see in here first thing in the morning? Send it to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Morning crap. More »

11/10/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

#gambling

Bad Beats: The Bane Of The Bookie

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. Send your stories to tips@deadspin.com. Subject: Bad beats. More »

10/31/09

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By Nash Landesman

#espn

Now You Can Make Money On ESPN's Sexcapades

Online gambling house Bookmaker.com has a prop bet on the "Next ESPN Personality Involved In A Sex Scandal." I'd go big on the underdog. Just sayin'. Despicably. [Bookmaker.com]

10/28/09

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By DAULERIO

#nba

Antoine Walker Did Not Manage His Money Well

In 12 years, Antoine Walker made roughly 55 million NBA dollars (after taxes, but not counting endorsement deals.) Yet, he has over $4 million in unpaid debts and faces felony check fraud charges. How the hell did that happen? More »

10/26/09

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By Dashiell Bennett

#gambling

Bad Beats: The House Always Wins

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. More »

10/24/09

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By Nash Landesman

#watercoolerfodder

Ole Miss Has A(nother) Sensitivity Problem

Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »

10/23/09

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By Barry Petchesky

#gambling

Bad Beats: Can Subliminal Messaging Lure Browns Bettors?

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. More »

10/17/09

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By Nash Landesman

#gambling

Bad Beats: Do Not Bet This Man

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. More »

10/10/09

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By Nash Landesman

#badbeats

Bad Beats: Listen To Peter King At Your Own Peril

A weekly look at smart plays, oddball propositions and all your tales of gambling woe. More »

10/03/09

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By Nash Landesman

#picks

Important College Football Picks

College football! Do you root for the school you attended? Or are you just some asshole who likes to root for some team you have nothing to do with? I don't follow it because I hate indentured servitude and polls. More »

10/03/09

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By Pareene

#mlb

Shawn Chacon Even Worse At Gambling Than He Was At Pitching

Las Vegas authorities have issued an arrest warrant for former Astro Shawn Chacon, after he allegedly passed $150,000 worth of bad checks at Caesar's Palace. Even worse, he always tries to split face cards. [Las Vegas Sun]