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Message: [QUOTE="Fireball Jr., post: 2381976, member: 404"] I placed my first sports bet with a bookie in the early '70s and I was amazed then and am amazed till this day how freakin' close or spot-on the oddsmakers consistently appear to be. 'Tis eerie. A buddy had the Cavs minus 5 vs. the Knicks the other night. They come back from 23 down and are up 3 with seconds remaining. LeBron, who says he's set out to improve his ft percentage, is at the foul line to give my buddy a push. LBJ, who came into the game making 82% of his free throws this season and was 7-for-8 against the Knicks, misses both free throws -- and then gets the rebound and misses a putback at the buzzer. Cavs by 3, my buddy loses bet. I swore off sports gambling awhile ago, along with cocaine and amphetamines. They're all part of the same family. However, I did come outta retirement to put down 2 hunge on the Cavs to win it all. I'm already thinking of ways to spend the grand I'll get for that wager. :) [/QUOTE]