Doctor C

Sports betting. Maths. Coding. Linux. Complaining.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

1/n Several months since leaving my last employment in order to focus on gambling full time, I am starting to really feel the cracks in doing this for a living. Often given respectable labels such as "sports trading", never forget that gambling with an edge is still gambling.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@betangel @HarryHindsightS @Golfpunter1 Doesn't help that there is no unity among those factions on the same overall "side". The liberal all-rounder says "leave me alone its my money". The racing punter wants racing treated separately. Sports bettors want RNG treated separately. Slotters want the opposite.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@HarryHindsightS @betangel @Golfpunter1 Bullseye. A trader's results will exhibit lower variance than the outright bettor's results. Long term winners need loss flow to maintain that status. Winners can dodge AC but it matters little if losing players who are required to deposit regularly are unable to do so.

[~ @7why__ydm]

Twitter is such a goated app, it feels like a psych ward with no staff

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@chrisgambler247 "Fans exist only to have their passion and emotional investment exploited, and converted into staggering profits for the money-men."

More apt to throw that accusation at football clubs and Sky sports. Yet another anti-gambling grifter spouting horse shit.

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

It's been decades since Rainbow finished on ITV. We've had massive scientific advancements in so many different areas of life, and yet there is still no explanation for why Bungle used to walk around bollock-naked all day long but then go to bed in pyjamas.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

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[Bjimmyk @bjimmyk]

@nickwhite1995 Errors like this will rise in the age of LLMs with poorly built out bots

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@Steven_Swinford As usual, no comprehension of the second order effects of such stupid ideas. That this scheming imbecile is lauded as one of the rising "stars" of the Labour party, along with the dearth of talent in opposition parties, illustrates how grim the next 10 years will be.

[Epic Gobshite @epic_gobshite]

Oh, spare us the sanctimonious drivel, Andy. Ten years ago you flounced out of Westminster because the 'system' wasn't working for you personally after failing upwards for 16 years. Now, after using Greater Manchester as your personal branding exercise - racking up debt, rebadging buses, and claiming credit for growth that predates you - you're bored of the Mayor gig and want back in Parliament for your own opportunistic gains. 'Deeply care about Makerfield'? You couldn't even be bothered to stand there (or anywhere) last time. This is just the latest chapter in your serial loser saga: you got absolutely trounced in not one but two Labour leadership contests, first to Ed Miliband, then to Jeremy Corbyn, before sulking off to Manchester to play regional 'king'. Now you're back chasing the top job again, positioning yourself as the saviour while the North crumbles under the very government you helped enable. The people who actually voted for you as Mayor get their mid-term rug pulled for your ego trip, costing taxpayers another expensive election. The 'man of the people' routine is ancient history, especially after Labour's national meltdown. This reeks of desperation, not principle. Good luck explaining to voters why the 'change we brought to Greater Manchester' requires you abandoning it halfway through for another shot at the prize you already proved you can't win.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

A system that allows any sitting government to manoeuvre an unelected individual into a safe seat so they can subsequently insert them PM via the back door is a disgrace. It also confirms that they realise how shallow their talent pool is to consider Burnham as a solution.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Former Starmer enforcer Josh Simons gives up his seat in parliament so Andy Burnham can fight a by election, to return to parliament and displace Starmer as leader. Simons lost his ministerial job over a scandal afflicting the Starmer vanguardist campaigning organisation Labour Together. This is the stuff of Greek tragedy

[Sergey Nazarov @sergeynazarovx]

We used to go to a special website, ask strangers for help with programming, and get humiliated in return

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@Chumastic1280 @fullgoracing Deposit limits are no issue - not made one in years. The switch to short term £1k+ losses without reference to profit over a longer time frame is the issue. I will read what you suggested. If what you say is true then chances are this has been applied to me previously already.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@Chumastic1280 @fullgoracing Can you provide a link to where this is set in stone? I've already scaled back staking significantly, but if what you say is true I will need to roll that change back.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

This is like "evaluating" whether an egg will crack by dropping it on the floor. Breathtaking imcompetence and lack of vision and a great example of sunk cost fallacy.

[Chris Fawcett @chrisgambler247]

'A senior Gambling Commission executive has said that affordability checks cannot be evaluated until they have been implemented.'

What was the point of the 2 year pilot then if it cannot be evaluated?
https://t.co/GisYPe0sUC

[Fuck off @Get_effed]

Been watching a lot of daytime telly lately, and by far the worst thing about it is the series of travel insurance adverts featuring these two utter bastards. Never has anyone been so undeservedly smug. Fucking awful cunts, the pair of them

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@chrisgambler247 Lack of clarity is the most frustrating element here. Assuming these checks are enforced, as an exchange player if they tell me precisely what will trigger, I can change my stake/exposure and increase hedging to reduce the chances of setting one off. But we get zero detail.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@CanningtonCaz @UTD_Hickoo @chrisgambler247 You'd hope but common sense left the room a long time ago on this topic.
I've kept a large balance for years now to avoid deposit based ACs but £1K+ down in a day is not unusual.
If asked to consent to an AC I'd refuse as all of my income is from gambling and failure is certain

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@StuartAndrew The coefficient of friction of checks is not the issue - it is the EXISTENCE of them. No sane person will hand over sensitive financial data to a 3rd party for "permission" to spend their own money. Focus on identification of, and support for problem gamblers.

[David Marcus @BlueBoxDave]

50 is when you start having flat out no idea who most celebrities are.

[SimonNott @SimonNott]

I’m never giving my financial details to a bookmaker or an app in order to have a bet. I doubt I’m in the minority, I never did like being told what to do, certainly not with my own money.

[Doctor C @oddsvantage]

@chrisgambler247 Do we yet have cast iron definitions of what is "affordable" ? Also what date does it officially become policy? Probably good time to scale back staking to avoid this shit and try to stay alive while I work out how to get into prediction markets.