The World Cup Problem Gambling Support Group Thread

All Quarter Finals to Extra time $1 on, $171 return...

I'm the same as to kiwimalaysia. No gambling here but that is what the Internet is for

I've been up and down with bets. Mostly down. Have Ger to win 3-1 ($22). In normal time($2.40). And Fra red card ($4).

Plus four game multi to advance. GER/NED/BEL/COL @$15

I wish I was a bookmaker

Put some money on Rodriquez to score at $6.50 this morning. For a penalty taker that seemed like free money!

Hats crazy money... Was that at the TAB? He the top scorer so far and to pay that or anytime is crazy. Usually it would e around 2-3$

$6.50 was the live odds at the time, this was when there was 15 to go. I imagine they would have opened at $2.50ish max.

Ah that makes more sense

Something a bit different

Odds on Neymar breaking his back? Bloody long shot that one.

Had money on the Argies to win 2-0. Higuain hitting the crossbar and Messi bombing the one-on-one at the end did not make me a happy camper. Haven't had a single bet come off yet this World Cup >:(

From TAB: 

BIG WIN FOR THE BAY

Another big winner - this time in Rotorua

Where one punter put $100 on Germany 1-0 v France @ $7, Argentina 1-0 v Belgium @ $6.50 and Netherlands 0-0 v Costa Rica @ $11.

The odds were 500 to 1. They collected $50,050

Hopefully they play for Rotorua United and are away celebrating all weekend. We Plains Rangers want to go over and beat them!

Please help with this question:

Just opened a TAB account from here in Malaysia.  Used my NZ debit  card, which is linked to Westpac account  Can anyone please tell me if the winnings are transferred directly into my NZ Bank a/c??

Many thanks

Go Argentina !!

In my experience, there are no winnings, so this question is irrelevant...

What Blair said.

Haha nah they stay on your TAB account online until you draw on them. I thought you had to validate your account though, so not sure how you do that from Malaysia. I've never had the chance to withdraw TAB winnings, so I really don't know what I am saying.

Anyone hoping for some goals from specific people with these quarter finals coming up? My hopes are with Messi and ideally Muller for my golden boot bets, both on 4 goals while Rodriguez sits on 6.

Did any clever bugger put some money on Rodriguez golden boot? Would love to know what his pre-tournament odds were.

I went for Higuain (as I did in 2010 and think he finished only a goal behind) and Neymar which now can't happen.

Dont write off Neymar yet, he may be back for the final!

Pass the ball to Muller!

Had money on a goal to be scored within the first 27 minutes, and Germany to win by 2 or more. Think it's fairly safe to count those chickens before they hatch.

So a win on Germany to make the Final.

Also now have bets on all three remaining teams to win the Tournament.

Germany $2 paying $11

Argentina $2 paying $14

Netherlands $1 paying $34 (Got that on before the Spain game :P)

Guaranteed Profit at the end of the tournament now.

Also have Robben to score tomorrow (Multi with Muller to score), and Dutch or Draw paired with Germany in a Multi too.

4-2 win for Holland 2m 200 buck return for $2 my son chose a 2-2 draw end of normal time $17.50 for $1 and argi/Holland half time full time double $2 for $60 .

so far nothing coming through for me this world cup . and if not by tomorrow morning then I might not put anything on the final and stick to the nix betting haha

got money on both german and the dutch to win the world cup from the start of the tournament. whats the bet Argentina does

everything I have bet on has lost. if you want to make money go against what I think

Please tell me your pick for the final then.....

Germany for sure 3-1

Going to put a $15 bet on the final but am in two minds about who to pick.Think that Germany have a better squad overall and obviously come in as favorites BUT Argentina put everything on the line in their last game and have the added motivation of winning in brazil and a heap of fans arriving in brazil to cheer them on.
What say you?

I'd put my $$ on the Argies.  Time for Messi to weave some Magic....!!

$5 on Germany to win 3-1 with a return of $90 and a fiver on the Argies just in case.

Ended up with a $21 surplus. So went with these for the final

After an up and down but largely unsuccessful football world cup, on Friday a slightly drunk Fitzy finally got too frustrated and thought "f**k this, I'm putting my rent money on the Cheifs to beat the Blues, I don't even care any more."

Moral of the story is that a blind reckless bet on a sport you know very little about is always a better idea than a carefully considered, seemingly sensible bet on a sport you claim to be a huge fan of. Who knew.

I'm pretty terrible at this so I guess it's good I only do it for special events like World Cups. Started with $50 and ended with $17 this time. Last time ended up $100 up.

Put $20 on at the beginning won a few flukey bets but overall lost most bets.Turns out putting $2 on the most unlikely (but well paying options) is a poor technique.Ended up with $21.50 on my account.

So put $20 into an account at the start, and withdrew $50.46 at the end of the tournament. Pretty happy with that.

You don't want to see how much money I lost. I retire from betting

If only I was like that little kid and my dad put our life savings on Germany to win the world cup. I'd have, like, the coolest toys and a brand new bicycle.