You ever root for the wrong bet? (entered wrong wager)

[Journeyman]

I made a bet late last night on Atlanta (small) for today's game and today I thought I bet the Atlanta Braves again for much more...



Atlanta breaks out early 2-0 and I'm pretty pleased with it, til I realize I accidently bet UNDER 7 instead ...

:sad3:

 

[coconutman]

3-0 Atl 5th starting. It looks alright but baseball is so damn unpredictable.

 

[aceduecetrey]

I have some systems that I use and the other day I had LA and Colorado in the same game at different books.

 

[Journeyman]

I think the -115 which was basically the same wager for both plays today must have been where I screwed up...long way to go!

 

[Rainbow]

I dont remember the year, but it was along time ago. I had a $30 Exacta and it paid around $200. I was happy till I looked at my ticket after the race and realized the teller had made a mistake or I called the wrong number out. it cost me like 3 dimes. that was the last time I left a window without double checking.

 

[Brock Landers]

For some reason i called in a play on INDY this past january vs New England...the whole time i was rooting for New England and when i checked my wager, it won on Indy, i could have creid casue that game wasn't even close!

 

[-Slim-]

I once bet a college basketball game with Wake Forest..dont remember if I took em or against them, accidentally,

I won the wager

 

[Rainbow]

Sorry I misread the title, just got back from the beach yesterday.

 

[Journeyman]

Welcome back Rainbow.

 

[GreenDoberman]

Last year in basketball I had a sure thing bet. Well, I went out to the bar afterward came home and bet 100 on one game and 4000 on the "lock".
I mixed up the bets and bet 4000 on the lean and 100 on the strong play.
This time it turned out in my favor, I woke up hung over, checked the scores and found out I covered the big bet in OT by 7.

 

[BoZZi]

game 3 of the miami/nets series....i thought i had the under and i was rooting for kidd to make that shot....well after the game finished i checked my balance and there was 2 extra bets in it.....pretty good feeling lol even tho i got pretty lucky with OT there.

 

[assassin]

More often than I would like to admit.

I got burned bad on that smae Mia/NJ game. I meant to bet the under 12.5 3 pointeers made in the other game that night, but the total and line (-115) were the same at linesmaker. Not realizing, I bet the under in the Miami/NJ game (460 to win 400). Linemaker would not allow me to cancel the wager, but I was able to make the wager as well on the other game.
2 OT later total 3's was still stuck on 12 until Vince Carter hit the meaningless 28 foot 3 pointer off the backboard with 2 seconds left. $860 swing.

 

[cincy_]

About 6 years ago, Easybets had a line that looked like:

UNDER 41.5 +120
OVER 41.5 -140

Do you see the problem?

The problem was that the UNDER was above the OVER, and we tend to get so used to thinking that the upper total is the OVER and the lower one is the UNDER.

Anyways, I accidently played the under with my entire bankroll. I played it SUPER FAST because I didn't want the line to change. It was a nice scalp (or so I thought) because I thought that I had the over at +120 at Easybets and I got the under somewhere else at +120 as well.

Then I realized my mistake, and since I had no money anywhere to buy it back, I emailed Easybets RIGHT AWAY - before the game even started.

Even though they didn't admit that the line had been put up like that (and I could not prove it) they did refund my wager the next day based on my email.

 

[Tulsa]

Three or four different times! Wrong side was selected. I was so focused on time limititations that somehow, I picked the wrong side!! Wow. Three or four times over ten years isn't bad but they stick in my mind. What is funny is that I won two of them. I felt stupid but really good which is an odd combination of feelings. tulsa