Non Footy Chat Thread

[Gronk]

Face palm moment for everyone's future PM Malcolm Turnbull after his staffer was arrested today. :lol:

The Australian Federal Police has confirmed Stephen John Ellis, 48 was wearing a bondage mask and allegedly engaged in an obscene act in a public area of the airport shortly before his arrest.

The ACT Magistrates Court heard on Friday he was allegedly in possession of LSD and amphetamines.

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/05/15/turnbull-staffers-bondage-mask-rampage/

 

[strider]

Face palm moment for everyone's future PM Malcolm Turnbull after his staffer was arrested today. :lol:

http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2015/05/15/turnbull-staffers-bondage-mask-rampage/

oh ffs gronk - who hasn't done that?

:lol:

 

[Twizzle]

At least I normally wait till its Saturday night

 

[The Elephant In The room]

oh ffs gronk - who hasn't done that?

:lol:

Unless I've missed something, Malcolm for one.

There would be a few politicians that might be up for it though.

 

[Bigfella]

I bet Tony is upset about this.

 

[Joshuatheeel]

Interesting Abbott reckons it is unfair for mothers to double dip (costing approx $11500) yet reckons it is unfair to tax super earnings above $75k - can't have it both ways.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

No risk bet of the week: StanJames paying $2.20 on Richmond, easily covered with any number of other bookies. Best is Sportsbet as they have cash back up to $100 if your team leads at any break but loses. So 90 on richmond and 100 on Collingwood could see $108 profit. (Or a $2 loss. )

 

[strider]

they said there are 16 different betting agencies in NSW taking bets on NRL .... I was shocked there were so many - I did this :shock:

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

What, joined all 16?

Oddschecker.com.au and Oddsportal.com are pretty handy sites.

 

[Avenger]

Just watched that 60 minutes about the MH 17 tragedy. They with some computer nerd can now prove who shot the plane down and at the end they displayed a picture of those poor Aussie kids that died in the tragedy with a close up of Putin immediately after. What shit television. The investigation isn't even over yet but they know who did it. Gutter journalism at its highest.

PS. I don't have an opinion on who did it. I suspect it is the Russians but FFS let the official investigation conclude what is fact and what is just a leap of faith mixed in with propaganda.

 

[TheParraboy]

they said there are 16 different betting agencies in NSW taking bets on NRL .... I was shocked there were so many - I did this :shock:

I thought there was a lot more tbh...

 

[Suitman]

Just watched that 60 minutes

Seriously mate, why bother. You know already it is gutter journalism. What more did you expect?

Suity

 

[TheParraboy]

Just watched that 60 minutes about the MH 17 tragedy. They with some computer nerd can now prove who shot the plane down and at the end they displayed a picture of those poor Aussie kids that died in the tragedy with a close up of Putin immediately after. What shit television. The investigation isn't even over yet but they know who did it. Gutter journalism at its highest.

PS. I don't have an opinion on who did it. I suspect it is the Russians but FFS let the official investigation conclude what is fact and what is just a leap of faith mixed in with propaganda.

I stopped watching 60 minutes 15 years back

Actually, commercialised television is the last place to look for decent journalism and reporting

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Well StanJames has now closed my account. BetVictor refuses to allow me to bet on any sports. Marathonbet has reduced my max. bet to 1 euro. And Ladbrokes and its clones will no longer let me make promotional bets. It's a good thing there are lots more bookies.

 

[strider]

so they close u down cos u figure out the odds to makes sure u do well? .... they're offering it! - their own fault ffs! ... merkins

 

[Gronk]

Allways troubled me how a casino can ask you to leave if your killing it. Counting the cards sounds like cheating, but your just good at it and you're not supposed to win in their business model.

Gambling is for mugs BTW.

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

so they close u down cos u figure out the odds to makes sure u do well? .... they're offering it! - their own fault ffs! ... merkins

It certainly is their own fault. But they are pretty clear in their T&Cs that they reserve the right to decline any bet, terminate accounts at their discretion. And there is usually stuff about abuse of bonus offers (not that that is what has happened here). Their main concern is organised groups trawling through combinations of bonus offers to generate arbitrage profits. If they think that might be happening they cut you off.

 

[Twizzle]

yay, subsidised drugs

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

It certainly is their own fault. But they are pretty clear in their T&Cs that they reserve the right to decline any bet, terminate accounts at their discretion. And there is usually stuff about abuse of bonus offers (not that that is what has happened here). Their main concern is organised groups trawling through combinations of bonus offers to generate arbitrage profits. If they think that might be happening they cut you off.

That's just not true - I abused the hell out of the Ladbrokes promos. (well, perhaps not in a legal sense)

Anyway, just did some figures and am up $1820 in the last four or five weeks, about 3/4 of which was arbitrage profits. Would have been significantly better if I'd paid more attention to deposit/sign-up bonuses and promo codes.

And I found this site: http://www.fartbet.com/#/ which is at least good for a snigger. :lol:

 

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

That's just not true - I abused the hell out of the Ladbrokes promos. (well, perhaps not in a legal sense)

Anyway, just did some figures and am up $1820 in the last four or five weeks, about 3/4 of which was arbitrage profits. Would have been significantly better if I'd paid more attention to deposit/sign-up bonuses and promo codes.

And I found this site: http://www.fartbet.com/#/ which is at least good for a snigger. :lol:

Backin the day my Border Collie had 2 accounts and a separate credit card to the one i used to use.