Quote from: GxSTxV on July 05, 2024, 08:27:41 PM

Quote from: Fivestar4everMVP on June 25, 2024, 04:12:59 PM

remembering one incident that happened last year where two friends put money together in a bet, bet won, amount was really huge, the other stole the ticket ran away and cashed the entire money from a very far place, leaving the other guy with nothing.

What do you guys think, is this concept or idea a good one? Will you accept such request?

If you don’t trust that friend, it is better to not risk your money with him while having many other choices to bet on that event. When you think about it wisely, betting alone with a single bet, or sharing the same bet with a huge amount among friends, the outcome for yourself will be the same, however, the risk of cashing out the profits is different. When you settle a bet all alone, in case your bet is a win, you will go and cash out your money in a very safe way. The only reason that shared bets exist are for more fun especially when you are watching that game or event.

Personally, I would rather set a bet alone, tell my friends about it, but I will never share my money with others to put a group bet. It is just a way to add more risk and possibly losing a friendship due to some money.

It is that simple, sometimes for the sake of fun people do something that just complicates things up, and while in the majority of the cases this is not a problem, whenever there is money involved we need to exercise as much caution as possible.

Because even if we are incapable to sacrifice our friendship over a few dollars, I have met several people that did exactly that, so you never know when you may encounter a person like that and that may steal the money you won together.