Question of the Day: Inherited bankroll

[Beyond the Bets]

So, a Detroit man's bank made an error and gave him a bottomless bankroll for a 15-day period. The man withdrew $1.5 million despite only having hundreds and blew all of it at three Motor City casinos.

Made me wonder:

If I gave you $1.5 million and told you that you had two weeks to turn it into more money, all of it at a casino, how would you do it? Would you play high-stakes poker? Blackjack? Martingale system? Slots?

I can tell you how I'd spend my first $100,000: By purchasing every roulette chip on the table and scattering them everywhere. Wouldn't even care what numbers they are on. I would just want to cover the entire motherbleeping board and make the dealer count out the plus/minus after the spin.

Then I'd tip him $20k for his troubles.

[ChiefZilla]

First, I'd find these guys...


(Ben Mezrich & Jeff Ma)

Then I'd pay one of those Hollywood film crews to give them three to five masterful disguises.

Then I'd send them to Vegas with whatever money was left and tell them to give me half the winnings. Guaranteed system.

[illadelphia]

(06-15-2012 10:24 AM)ChiefZilla Wrote:  First, I'd find these guys...

Then I'd pay one of those Hollywood film crews to give them three to five masterful disguises.

Then I'd send them to Vegas with whatever money was left and tell them to give me half the winnings. Guaranteed system.

I like where your head is at ChiefZilla but don't waste your money on a disguise for Mezrich...he is just an author not part of the MIT blackjack team. If you want to hire an author so bad, try finding "Stanford Wong" aka John Ferguson. That dude is an author and a blackjack legend.

With my $1.5 million, I would hire an above average poker player from the WSOP tour to play poker for me. Should cost about $100k max to hire him for 2 weeks. I would then use some money to transport my WSOP player to some of the smaller casinos where he would be more likely to crush the average player/competition.

While he is doing that, I will be with a chunk of the $ at the sportsbook tailing VV on his WNBA plays.

That is a can't lose plan

[BetThemDogs]

15 days? Easy. It's baseball season. But any sports season would do. I'd bet both sides of all the pickem games until I had doubled the bankroll. Then I'd inform the bank of their mistake and give them back their money. Then I'd head to a beach in the Islands.

But, the real question is--- why does this type of thing only happen to morons?

[ChiefZilla]

(06-15-2012 11:15 AM)BetThemDogs Wrote:  I'd bet both sides of all the pickem games until I had doubled the bankroll.

[Sandlapper]

I was scratching my head too ChiefZilla.

I don't really bet baseball, but wouldn't that just net you zero?

[ChiefZilla]

(06-15-2012 11:33 AM)Sandlapper Wrote:  I was scratching my head too ChiefZilla.

I don't really bet baseball, but wouldn't that just net you zero?

Also: Why does the size of the bankroll matter? Couldn't we all be doing that?

[SkyBlues42]

Lost me at the "bet both sides of the pick 'em games." Wouldn't that lose money, every time?

[gynecologist]

yeah I tried wrapping my head around that one too.. then read the replies after and saw that I wasnt the only one.

[Weebay]

I assume he is talking about games close to even. Line shop hoping to get both teams plus money. With the limits the books take on MLB it would not happen in 15 days.

[mount187]

Hookers and blow.

*I realize that wouldn't make me more money, but you might as well head into prison the right way.

[ChiefZilla]

(06-18-2012 09:09 AM)mount187 Wrote:  Hookers and blow.

[illadelphia]

(06-18-2012 09:09 AM)mount187 Wrote:  Hookers and blow.