When I was thinking of what to write the blog post on today, my mind jumped to a few different things. What those were, I cannot say as I might use them for a future post. I landed on the newest addition to the top of my page, “Sports Betting”. My relationship with sports betting is definitely bittersweet. It provides me that level of adrenaline I crave in life, much different to the adrenaline I get from jumping off cliffs into water or flying down hills on my bike at thirty miles an hour. I get to watch sports and root for aspects and players that I normally wouldn’t ever have cheered for. Why do I care so much that Kyle Kuzma makes two three pointers so much? It’s because I have $10 to say he does, which would get me $30 in return.
I’ve been sports betting since my 18th birthday and was brought to it by some friends. Gambling was legal in New Hampshire when I turned 18, so I started my first account (on DraftKings), and deposited some money to start a new hobby. I always did very low betting amounts because I was scared of getting addicted. I put in $2, $3, and rarely $5 entries with odds to just double the money. I was flipping a coin on random players to perform (as my girlfriend would say, “it’s their jobs”). I even took a trip to the casino in New Hampshire and came out with $75 profit playing only blackjack. It was probably luck.
When I went back to school in Indiana/Ireland, I lost the ability to bet unless I was back home for the winter/summer. I started again when I turned 21 years old. Now, I had the ability to bet anywhere in the United States at any time. It was a dangerous game for sure, now that I wasn’t limited, but again, I assured myself I wasn’t going to do anything insane and continue being safe. However, with a better income, I started raising my bets to $5 on average, but sometimes throwing $10 to a random live bet or something else.
Now where I stand is no man’s land. I’ve lost more than what I’ve bet, probably around -$100 over my lifetime which honestly, isn’t that horrible when you consider how bad a lot of people’s debts to gambling are. But I can be smart enough to acknowledge my bets and my losses. That’s why I started the Sports Betting page. I want to use that page as an accountability to myself to make sure that I don’t lose control and throw $100 on a random live bet. I’m going to slowly build up a positive aspect of gambling and work on my addiction. Yes, it is an addiction. I acknowledge that. I’ll try my best to show every bet that I make, with the money that I spend on each. May the luck forever be in my favor.
Overall Feelings: Okay
Loving the site so far. Excited to see the articles that are to come!