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Stakes are high in hurricane betting

#1 Postby Aquawind » Tue Jul 04, 2006 8:29 pm

During lull in U.S. sports, gamblers turn to watching weather


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/04/hurric ... index.html
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#2 Postby coriolis » Tue Jul 04, 2006 9:33 pm

How much do you win if you hit the tri-fecta? :roll: Some people will bet on anything. Very bad taste if you ask me.
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#3 Postby Patrick99 » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:33 pm

Doesn't bother me at all. I have a little pool going. No money involved...just bragging rights.
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#4 Postby DESTRUCTION5 » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:40 pm

i think the Under 19 storms at 3-1 is a pretty good bet...IMO...LOL
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#5 Postby chadtm80 » Wed Jul 05, 2006 2:52 pm

The safest bets offer 2.25-to-1 odds that at least two Category 3 storms will hit the United States, according to odds posted by BetCRIS.com. Gamblers think the chances of six or more storms hitting the United States (5-to-1 odds) are more likely than no hurricanes hitting at all (6-to-1 odds).

Two Cat 3's I can see.. But when they talk about 6 storms hitting are they including td's Ts's or are they talking about 6 cat 3 or higher?


edit: now I see 3 to 6 hurricanes of cat 3 or higher is 4-1

Hey this just shows you that you can bet on ANYTHING.. However on a side note I did look for lines on the NBA draft that just passed and could not find any.. Go Figure.. Mother nature bigger then NBA I suppose
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#6 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jul 05, 2006 7:59 pm

chadtm80 wrote:The safest bets offer 2.25-to-1 odds that at least two Category 3 storms will hit the United States, according to odds posted by BetCRIS.com. Gamblers think the chances of six or more storms hitting the United States (5-to-1 odds) are more likely than no hurricanes hitting at all (6-to-1 odds).

Two Cat 3's I can see.. But when they talk about 6 storms hitting are they including td's Ts's or are they talking about 6 cat 3 or higher?


edit: now I see 3 to 6 hurricanes of cat 3 or higher is 4-1

Hey this just shows you that you can bet on ANYTHING.. However on a side note I did look for lines on the NBA draft that just passed and could not find any.. Go Figure.. Mother nature bigger then NBA I suppose


next they'll be betting on death, I think it's pretty sad, don't these people have jobs?
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#7 Postby Hurricaneman » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:38 pm

I pretty much think that it is rediculus and betting on death and a possibility of someone or many people losing everything is criminal imo
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#8 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Wed Jul 05, 2006 9:43 pm

So this is what the world has been brought down to? Betting on everything that they can get their hands on? Whats next, betting on the next person to jump off a cliff? :roll:
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#9 Postby Dr. Jonah Rainwater » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:32 pm

I should have bet Ken Lay would never live to see sentencing. :roll:

How macabre.
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#10 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:47 pm

as I said, Dont these people have jobs? Obviously they dont even have lives.
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#11 Postby Regit » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:51 pm

I don't see much wrong with it. They already do bet on death. You can get big payoffs if a young celebrity dies. Dead pools are fairly common too, see Stiffs.com

Betting isn't going to change anything. Sure it may be in poor taste, but plenty of things are.
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#12 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:11 pm

lets bet on how often we see season cancel posts
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#13 Postby SouthFloridawx » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:14 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:lets bet on how often we see season cancel posts


I won't be betting against it.
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#14 Postby Jim Cantore » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:19 pm

I bet we see at least 5 today :cheesy:
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#15 Postby AnnularCane » Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:28 pm

SEASON CANCEL.

:P

(Do fake ones count?)
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#16 Postby Jim Cantore » Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:19 am

sure, it's in my favor
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#17 Postby HurricaneHunter914 » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:30 am

fake SEASON CANCEL!

Now you have two to add to your bet Hurricane Floyd. :)
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#18 Postby AnnularCane » Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:48 am

Saying "SEASON CANCEL" causes Cat. 5's. :P
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#19 Postby Derek Ortt » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:06 pm

There is nothing at all wrong with this, nor is there with the hurricane futures market, which I made money in last year and will likely trade in again this year
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#20 Postby Jim Hughes » Thu Jul 06, 2006 2:54 pm

This is not new people. Millions of people gamble every day on the hardships that mother nature brings along. The biggest betting parlor in the world is located on Wall Street. Freezes, droughts, they all get indirectly bet on. This is what commodities are all about.
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