Lurker gone poster

Good morning Covers,

Short time lurker, big forum fan, decided to pull the trigger and start posting. Thanks for reading my first post!!! Attempted to post last night before the game but was told I need to be a member for at least 1 day before creating a thread, so, that wasn't an enjoyable moment.

I'm normally partial towards parlays unless I feel strongly about a game, in which case I'll do individual bets. No set unit amount, it's more of a what I feel comfortable with in that moment while also keeping it reasonable by my standards. I know the Forum decorum has transitioned from discussing plays/games to just posting winners, I find it a bit of science and magic so let's see how this season goes! I hope everyone has a great NFL season/rest of the year, let's have fun and make some money (or Ziti, as one Italian individual seems to keep saying). Cheers!

Last nights plays - didn't get them posted in time so I'm not counting them towards anything... went with two parlays

Charges +4/Under 52.5 $200 to win $528.93 and Charges +10/Under 58.5 $300 to win $250 .... felt strongly about this one but not to the brim with confidence so I decided to tease it to hopefully cover myself in case I was off on one of my picks therefore creating a win/win (hopefully) situation, which paid off.

Great first post and welcome to Covers!!  

Welcome bro. I find parlays make sense for possible +EV in MLB with two high money line favorites.

The other use for Parlays for me, is to throw $5-$10 bucks on a 6 to 8 teamer, maybe buying points in a few where it makes sense, trying to get a high payout on a longshot. Especially if there are a few ML dogs in the mix. I've about 4 or 5 times in the past 25 years, usually on the 5 or 6 teamer where I laid -150 on a game or two to buy points over that key number.

It's a total waste of money, but there is that potential before every kick off of a decent payout for very little monetary risk - like a lottery ticket you are paying for the rush of that possible win for a few hours. If anyone plays multi team parlays or buys lottery tickets thinking they are going to make money over the long run(or short run) they are sorely mistaken.

I knew a long time bookie who also worked the phones at times, a guy with 50 years experience in Philly. Said that whenever he heard the word parlay from a bettor calling in that he got a hard on.