I happened to notice that one can search the SDMB for posts after the current date.
All we need to do is resolve to post the results of various future horse races, lottery results etc, and then search now for our future posts in which we will have given the results, then place the bets/buy our tickets!
We just need to make sure we agree not to all bet on or buy tickets in the same thing so as to avoid watering down the winnings or raising suspicion.
OK, I’m going to buy a ticket in the Australian Gold Lotto to be drawn on 9 September 2023.
Hmmm, I just searched and there is no post by future me after 9 September. This can only mean one of three things has happened between now and then - thermonuclear war wiping out civilisation, my death, or the collapse of the SDMB.
That’d be laying it on a bit thick, eh what? Wanting our luck for your sure thing?
Methinks it would be more egalitarian to offer to cut us in for a minor fraction on the windfall.
As befits the discoverer, you can retain the lions share. Just sayin’.
Well, I’ve made my selections for the 2024 Kentucky Derby. They’re sound selections; I’m confident in them. Only problem is, that if I post them here, everybody would jump all over them, and given the way a parimutuel tote works, the odds would be too short at race time to make them worthwhile. Search all you want; you won’t find them next May, here or elsewhere.
So here’s what I’m going to do. I’ll sell you a tip sheet. Only $10 for my selections, or $15 if you want selections and commentary. Buy two tip sheets with commentary for only $25! The price goes up on January 1st, so buy now!
That’s how you make money on future horse races.
(Just in case it is unclear, this is a joke post. You cannot even get a Kentucky Derby futures line until December, at the earliest.)
I’m surprised I didn’t completely forget about this by October when I will have posted some derogatory statements about the Phillies playoff performance.
It means you won the Australian Gold Lotto and said “Ha! What do I need those Dopers for? I’ve got no time for a message board, I have Lear jets to test-drive!”
I can offer a better deal. I will give you two horses to bet on each week totally free of charge. All I ask is that you send me 20% of any money you win.
This was a real scam back in the pre-internet days. A policeman friend was involved in the arrest.
The scam was simple, much as described above. The scammers checked out all the racing newspaper’s tipsters each week and picked some potential winners. They sent enough different selections to their “subscribers” to ensure that they would at least have some winners. The scam took off because the successful punters wanted more and happily told all their mates. Unsuccessful punters might drop out but many reasoned that it was a “free” service and they would all win eventually.
The scammers were caught when an alert postman realised that there was something fishy going on when he was delivering a lot of bulky envelopes to a council flat. The cops found £thousands in cash just lying around because the scammers had no easy way to launder it.
