Career The Gambling Man

[BatiGoal]

Last career of FMM19, so let's make it an extra wacky one 🤪 

I'm going to, attempting to, recap the thoughts that flew through my mind and the actions that followed. Let's see if you're able to keep up.. Scrolling transfer pages-> Michael Gamble-> Odd name, like it tho-> 🤔 could be a career, no?-> Gamble's a free agent-> No club no money-> Ahhh, got it-> Gamble's going to gamble-> Googling biggest casino in UK-> Found: Aspers Casino (East London)-> Finding East London clubs accepting free agents-> Got one: Millwall-> Gamble goes to ATM to withdraw his last £100-> Hitchhikes to casino to try his luck-> New club: Millwall

Me: I'll play the challenge - the challenge is to survive 1 season with this money-lovin' Gambling Man, and I'm going to need your help. It's simple, he's got £100 on him. He wins money, great, he'll complete the season. We win. He losses money, game over! We lose. He can place one bet at the time only! See info below. The number that 'falls' is simply the minute he scores his goal in. I'll make sure he scores no more than once per game so we'll have just one number to work with per bet 😉 

You: well, you place the bets. Simply post them in this thread and I'll play every match as if it were bets, until Gamble either completes a full season or.. until he runs out of money.

Example: You post £10 on Red, I'll play until Gamble scores, say 33rd min. - > Black, we lose £10. Or you post £20 on Diamond, Gamble scores in 89th min. - > we win £100.

This could potentially be over real quick, after a single match 😂 Anyways, if you have no clue what's going on, just ask questions or wait till someone else posts a bet. If no bets, I'll place bets myself and after a couple updates I'm sure you'll get the gist.

Ready to play? 

 

• Min. Bet: £10
• Max. Bet: £1000

Odds:

• 2 to 1 (Even, Red, Black, Odd)
• 5 to 1 (Circle, Square, Triangle, Star, Diamond)
• 9 to 1 (1row, 2row, 3row, etc.)

 

Michael Gamble: £100

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• Bets: 0
• Wins: 0
• Losses: 0

Edited October 15, 2019 by BatiGoal

[Nucleus]

Awesome 😂

I’ll kick things off with £10 on black please 

[FuddledFox]

I’ll stick my neck out and potentially get what I’m supposed to do all wrong by having the first bet.

Nice and simple to start.

£10 on black.

and as @samhardy will testify that’s the biggest bet I have ever had!

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Just now, Nucleus said:

Awesome 😂

I’ll kick things off with £10 on black please 

Jinx.

[Ian]

Great idea!

I’ll bet £20 on Odd.

[BatiGoal]

Thanks guys. Pending bets:

1. Nuke - £10 Black
2. Fox - £10 Black
3. Ian - £20 Odd

I'll post updates as soon as Millwall and Michael Gamble are ready for some serious casino action 😂 

[samhardy]

You might want to ban me from this 😂

[Mr Tree]

You mentalist

Gimme 20 quid on diamond then, why not

[BatiGoal]

Let's throw in a few updates and see how we did for The Gambling Man.. 

 

1st. Bet - Nucleus: £10 on Black

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Number 62 - that IS black. Thanks @Nucleus delighted with our winnings. 

Michael Gamble: £120

• Bets: 1
• Wins: 1
• Losses: 0

11 Aug - Blackburn 0-1 Millwall (Gamble injured)

 

Next up.. 

2nd. Bet - Fox: £10 on Black

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Number 19 - black again! Sweet. Thanks @Foxy, off to a great start. 

Michael Gamble: £140

• Bets: 2
• Wins: 2
• Losses: 0

18 Aug - Millwall 1-0 Derby

22 Aug - Sheff Wed 1-1 Millwall

26 Aug - Rotherham 1-1 Millwall

28 Aug - Preston 1-3 Millwall

1 Sep - Millwall 2-1 Swansea

5 games no goals for Gamble. That 9-shooting attr. needs to bump up asap. I'll try some tweaks formation wise. 

 

Next up.. 

3rd. Bet - Ian: £20 on Odd

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Number 17 - and it's Odd!! Hehe, we're all smiles at this point, this money smells great. Thanks @Ian! 

Michael Gamble: £180

• Bets: 3
• Wins: 3
• Losses: 0

Nearly doubled our money already. Psyched for the next bets and updates. 

 

Pending Bets:

1. Mr Tree: £20 on Diamond

[BatiGoal]

7 hours ago, samhardy said:

You might want to ban me from this 😂

I know you wanna go ALL IN and end this 😂 😂 no worries, that's the fun of it. Go ahead 👍 

[Kanegan]

Nice little concept. Let's try something.

£20 on Even

[Nucleus]

Excellent start! I’ll let a few others get involved before throwing down my next bet  

Are you sure you’ve worked out the winnings correctly though? 

Edited October 16, 2019 by Nucleus

[broodje kip]

Hmm... Odd number seems so good here so...

£20 for odd

[smoggy90]

Great start!

£20 on red for me please Bati

[BatiGoal]

2 hours ago, Nucleus said:

Excellent start! I’ll let a few others get involved before throwing down my next bet  

Are you sure you’ve worked out the winnings correctly though? 

I did Wiki the 'odds' thing to make sure and as I understand 2 to 1 means £2 profit for the 1 we bet, so £10 bet means double in profit (£20), so we'd receive £30? 

Pls correct me if I'm wrong, it's an easy fix 👍 I'm clearly not a gambling man myself 😂 

Thanks for the bets everyone. Much appreciated, will update shortly. 

Pending bets:

1. Mr Tree: £20 on Diamond
2. Kanegan: £20 on Even
3. Lord Danish: £20 on Odd
4. smoggy90: £20 on Red

[Bluemar]

7 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

I did Wiki the 'odds' thing to make sure and as I understand 2 to 1 means £2 profit for the 1 we bet, so £10 bet means double in profit (£20), so we'd receive £30? 

Pls correct me if I'm wrong, it's an easy fix 👍 I'm clearly not a gambling man myself 😂

No, If you bet £10, then you receive £20

 

[Ian]

Nice start for the gambling man. You’ve got a few pending bets so I’ll hang back for now and let those play out 👍

[Ian]

6 minutes ago, Bluemar said:

No, If you bet £10, then you receive £20

 

Yes plus his stake I think. Say you bet £10 at 2/1 and it comes up you’d win £20 plus you’d get your stake back making it £30. I think anyway.

[samhardy]

45 minutes ago, BatiGoal said:

I understand 2 to 1 means £2 profit for the 1 we bet, so £10 bet means double in profit (£20), so we'd receive £30? 

Yes, £10 on 2/1 returns £30 as you get the stake back as well.

[BatiGoal]

Next couple of bets... 

4th. Bet - Mr Tree: £20 on Diamond

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Number 85 - that's no Diamond, that's Triangle. Bummer @Mr Tree you cost us money 😂

Michael Gamble: £160

22 Sep - West Brom 2-3 Millwall

26 Sep - Millwall 4-1 Man Utd (CC) 

Sweet results but no Gamble goals. 

Next up.. 

 

5th. Bet - Kanegan: £20 on Even

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Number 7 - Ouch! Another wrong bet. It's Odd. Down 20 quid 😂 thanks @Kanegan

Michael Gamble: £140

Next up.. 

 

6th. Bet - Lord Danish: £20 on Odd

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Number 54 - aargh.. 3 wins followed by 3 losses. This hurts. Still got money left, so no worries. Try again @Lord Danish.

Michael Gamble: £120

Next up.. 

 

7th. Bet - smoggy90: £20 on Red

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Number 56 - color...... Red!! Back to winning ways, well done @smoggy90 that brings us to..

Michael Gamble: £160

• Bets: 7
• Wins: 4
• Losses: 3

No pending bets. 

 

Next fixtures are away to Reading followed by home games vs Wigan, Ipswich and Spurs. Place your bets! 

Edited October 16, 2019 by BatiGoal

[Nucleus]

Yeah apologies, I thought the bet was evens, hence doubling your stake but £30 back is correct  

[Nucleus]

Let’s spice things up. £40 on black

[FuddledFox]

If I’m allowed another go I will have...

£50 on RED

[Ian]

£10 on Row 3 please Bati

[Mr Tree]

Uh-oh, £100 on the line - three defeats could be troublesome!

[broodje kip]

Man what a bad luck but I'm going for my lucky number 7

So.....

£10 red

[Kanegan]

10 on circle please. Hopefully this will make it up.

[BatiGoal]

Pending Bets:

1. Nuke - £40 on Black
2. Foxy - £50 on Red
3. Ian - £10 on Row3
4. Lord Danish - £10 on Red
5. Kanegan - £10 on Circle

Thanks guys, will squeeze in one more update later today. If you people have placed the wrong bets this career is nearly over 😂 

[BatiGoal]

Let's see what Michael Gamble's been up to at the casino.. 

 

8th. Bet - Nuke: £40 on Black

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Number 80 - let's see what color we've got.. Oh.. Red 😬 I know this shouldn't be funny but I'm just so glad this ain't my money hehe! So £40 we lose @Nucleus

Michael Gamble: £120

23 Oct - Millwall 1-0 Wigan (Gamble subbed off) 

 

Next up.. 

9th. Bet - Foxy: £50 on Red

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Number 12 - color color color... Red!! Yup, nice one @Foxy that's +£100 👍

Michael Gamble: £220

 

Next up.. 

10th. Bet - Ian: £10 on Row3

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Number 10 - that's Row... 10. Urgh was always going to be tough this one but sweet reward if a hit. Good try @Ian so..

Michael Gamble: £210

• Bets: 10
• Wins: 5
• Losses: 5

 

Pending Bets:

1. Lord Danish: £10 on Red
2. Kanegan: £10 on Circle

Remember to place more bets.. everyone welcome. We'll continue until Michael Gamble runs out of $$

 

Quite happy how things are progressing. Millwall are 2nd in the table behind Leeds. Gamble got his shooting and Movement up, and we doubled our money 👍 

Next games are Norwich, Bolton, Birmingham, Bristol, Hull.. 

[Mr Tree]

i'm gonna steam in with 40 quid on Circle please - yeah, back-to-back circle bets for the Vibe community!

[BatiGoal]

18 minutes ago, Mr Tree said:

i'm gonna steam in with 40 quid on Circle please - yeah, back-to-back circle bets for the Vibe community!

A double circle? 😲 Nice 😜 Thanks Tree-man. 

Pending bets:

1. Lord Danish: £10 on Red
2. Kanegan: £10 on Circle
3. Mr Tree: £40 on Circle

Should be able to get these last bets in on the next update. Next ones will have to do tomorrow.