What sport started your gambling ways

[CarolinaKid]

With all the sports across the world, what was the very 1st sport you ever bet real money on.Here for me it was baseball............ck

 

[shdw01]

football....easy

 

[Iceman]

harness racing

 

[CarolinaKid]

I bet a lot started with them little parlay sheets in football, where you have to pick at least 3 games on it.they kept a lot of small time bookies in business...ck

 

[Dante]

it's a tie for me between rock paper sissors
and pitching quarters I'd lean to pitching quarters

 

[billhill999]

Baseball
1980 Playoffs.
NLCS - Game 1.
Wagered 85 to win 50 on Steve Carlton and the Phils.

Hit that bet, and 28 years later, I'm still at it.

 

[Doug]

jai-alai

 

[trytrytry]

bets on paper horse racing

real bets football "boards" we made up in 4th grade.

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Horses...

 

[steaktartar]

horses age 13

 

[Day_Trader31]

Jai alai

 

[kingbill]

Boxing...

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

horses age 13

You obviously got a late start...I was 9...:lol:

 

[steaktartar]

You obviously got a late start...I was 9...:lol:

sheltered.....lol........hey i got something for you and judge pm me when u can

 

[Hookandcrook+]

football or jai-alai about the same time

 

[Railbird]

5 years old

1972 LA Rams preseason

 

[oldmanTED]

Horse Racing

 

[whalewager]

A trainer in Chicago was my first recollection of money being passed to me. He told me he would give me some money if this horse won and it did. He handed me a handful of cash and I followed him around the entire rest of the day.

Horses first then foots.

probably 8 or 9

 

[bellyputter]

I booked a bet of a buddy of mine($25) on Super Bowl I(1967). He took the Chiefs +14 and Green Bay covered easily 35-10.

 

[miamiboy86]

superbowl party 1996, 10$ into a large pot, pick a piece of paper with the spread of the game's outcome, if your the closest you win

p.s. I lost