Comments on: A Fantastic Super Bowl Sunday? You Can Bet On it.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:21:21 +0000

Oh Melody, trust me. I’m an Eagles fan. We want to know what it feels like to root for a winner, too. Fortunately, we have our brothers across the state to cheer for.

By: Melody

Melody — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:18:39 +0000

It was one of the more exciting Super Bowls I’ve seen (and I’ve seen quite a few). I’m a Cleveland Browns fan (yes, we’re a deluded bunch), but I decided to root for Pittsburgh this season (except when they played the Browns) just to find out how it feels to root for a winner! For awhile there, I thought I jinxed them, but they came through in the end. Next year, who knows, maybe some terrible towels in the house?!

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:00:30 +0000

Actually, you probably know a lot more than me. Ever since the 49ers fell apart a few years ago, my interest in pro football has diminished considerably. It was a great Super Bowl however.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:48:43 +0000

Michael – You have to be careful with statements like that.
I will never forget being teased by a group of grad school boys for watching college sports in a bar. We challenged them to a trivia contest and left them speechless. Some chicks know A LOT about football (although my strength used to be college hoops, not football).

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:33:09 +0000

“This year, no Manning will win the Super Bowl”
Who said chicks don’t know anything about football?

By: D

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:20:47 +0000

If you do gamble, always use one of the casino frequent flier (?) cards (sorry, don’t know the correct term), or some other way to document one’s losses. I had a sad case of a widow who gambled away a half million settlement from her husband’s wrongful death. Then she got hit with a huge tax bill based on a sizeable pile of 1099s for all her “wins.” Problem was we had no documentation of the losses incurred along the way, which more than ate up the small gains, other than to show a before and after picture of her finances. Ultimately she decided not even to try that: she “folded,” sold the family home, and relied on family to take care of her. Client blamed the gambling on a prescription. “Yeah right,” I thought, until I checked the FDA approved listing of side affects that disclosed “irresponsible behavior, including gambling” and something about indiscriminate sex. So not only should one keep track of gambling losses, also look after your parents when the Bingo Nights get out of control.

By: skip

skip — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:44:50 +0000

As to reporting gambling winnings – important if you get a 1099 as I found out last year – forgot to report $1,200 I won in Las Vegas – and I did honestly forget about it – and I did report other winnings which were quite a bit larger –
On that subject tho – I found out something in Las Vegas that I thought was interesting – I played in a poker tournament – not the WPT or anything like that but kinda sorta a large one – anyway I came in second (which really bothered me but I learned real quick that AK loses against pocket K’s most every time). When they paid us they paid us in chips. Then we took the chips to the cashiers cage and turned them in. No 1099. I reported my winnings on my tax return because it was pretty easy to remember as it kinda sorta made a difference to my income for the year (not like the $1,200) and also because I can’t afford to lose my license for tax fraud or whatever and further I don’t trust what someone else tells me about taxes and the reporting requirements or how I can get around them. But the concept at that casino of paying in chips rather than cash or a check I thought was rather interesting. Going to a tournament in Reno this year – unless I win a spot on the tornament cruise (sure I will) and maybe, just maybe, one day that really good looking lady on the WPT will be interviewing me. I don’t care if I win – I just want her to interview me.

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