PREDICTION BETTING FOR THE CLAIRVOYANTS IN THE CROWD

If you listened to a clairvoyant’s advice watching the 4th game of the NBA Finals last night you would have cleaned up on prediction betting.

 

Clair: Sure they’re twenty-nine points down, but just wait.

You: Yeah, okay swami, I’m turning it off. I can’t take it.

Clair: Don’t do that. You’ll be sorry. What you should do is bump your bet for the big payout.

You: Maybe toss in the pink slip on my car while I’m at it?

Clair: Go all in is all I’m saying. Bet your house.

 

‘Click.’

If you’re a betting man with no limits, you would have bet every last nickel in the piggybank on the Spurs winning.

It was an obvious outcome for three quarter of the game.

But you know what they say, “Fall behind early, come back late.”

It makes sense, but who expected the biggest comeback in NBA Playoff history?

No one saw that coming like no one saw the Patriots comeback from 25 down in Super Bowl LI.

 

It’s impossible to really compare any NBA game to an NFL contest, but if one has to, then New York’s comeback and New England’s stunner isn’t a bad place to start.

The Knicks’ made NBA history on Wednesday with the biggest comeback in Finals history and are now one win away from their first title since 1973.

The Patriots trailed the Falcons 28-3 in the third quarter of Super Bowl LI before scoring 31 unanswered points to defeat Atlanta in overtime, 34-28.

New England’s comeback still stands as the largest in Super Bowl history and that record could remain intact for a long time.

 

But Who’s That Clairvoyant?

Who bets that putting a Superman outfit on a dog will make her fly if you drop her?

That’s not a bet I’d make, which isn’t saying much because I’m not a gambler. (Or a dog dropper.)

One time I was on a roll.

I went into a casino with the goal of plugging twenty bucks into a dollar machine and punching the button until it was all gone.

But I kept winning, then winning some more, until I rolled out to over $500.

If I had cashed out and put another twenty in I would have gone home with $480 when I lost that twenty and still been within my goals.

That’s not what happened. Since I was working with house money I kept going until I zeroed out.

I use that experience as a guide to betting.

Did I lose $20, or did I lose $500?

Since the $500 only showed up on the slot machine and I never had it in my hand, I’m still confused.

Which is why I’m not a gambler, and why I don’t drop dogs in superman gear.

 

The Winning Hand, Bet On Yourself

I was inside the history museum at the Oregon Historical Society wearing a red Portland Trail Blazer hat showing my biggest bet:

The more exposure you get to positive things the more likely something good will happen. The earlier the better.

Kids love history, you can bet on it. Look at the picture. It says one book, not one bookie.

Is five years old too soon? No, they’ll have a blast.

 

Call me hopeful in the sense I’m not another delusional old fart spewing platitudes, or a kindly old gentleman offering words of goodness to make up for a life of badness.

If you’re into prediction betting, bet on yourself.

The Rule of Blogging starts with ‘picking a side.’

If you pick a side on anything, then you have something to defend, something to engage with, and most important, something to bet on.

What if you pick yourself? For prediction betting, what would you predict for yourself?

When will a baby boomer blogger on boomerpdx go viral?

How long before a literary agent sends a contract to the blogger?

If the choice is living a good and decent life, or being a writer living on the fringe, at what age do you know the right choice?

My prediction betting on all three: Before 2027, six months, and seventy-one.

 

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But, like I said, I’m not a gambler, I’m a grinder, and I’ll grind out blog posts until the day I die with a weeks worth timed to post afterwards.

Of course, if things take a sudden turn, and no one ever expects that, the bet is off.

 

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