"And that's when I killed him, your honor."

HeatherKat

novella1186 said:

kat1114 said:

novella1186 said:

I'm sorry, but I think that's kind of cool. I don't even like football and I would LOVE to get to sit in a super bowl box, just because how often in life do you get an opportunity to watch something that huge in person? 

But anyway... Sorry. So much wine to you! 

Super Bowl boxes aren't like luxury boxes for the game. It's a betting thing based on scoring. Otherwise, yeah, if someone offers you $700 to go to the SB game and sit in a suite, you take that shit!

southernbelle0915 said:

I'm sorry, but I think that's kind of cool. I don't even like football and I would LOVE to get to sit in a super bowl box, just because how often in life do you get an opportunity to watch something that huge in person? 

But anyway... Sorry. So much wine to you! 

Hahah boxes is a gambling game. A superbowl box (like a suite) could be a lot more than $700. I bet you could get one for $400,000 and a serious know-someone connection.

oh haha. That's how much I know about football. 

Then yeah, I'd probably be mad about $700 spent on a bet. Yikes. 

Don't feel too bad, I DO follow football and was all like "$700 for box seats? HELL YES GO."

Gambling? Not so much.

emmaaa

I would be pissed. H and I have joint finances and even if we didn't, I would expect him to talk with me before he went and spent $700.

climbingsingle

You know, come to think of it, I know H bought boxes but I have no idea how much he spent. 

But, this isn't something I'd get pissed about with him, because our money is separate and we have no debt. And alternately, if I had spent $700 on something, he wouldn't be angry with me either. However, if that was used out of our joint account and we had bills that needed to be paid, and that $700 wasn't just extra left over money, I'd be hella fucking angry. 

classicalandedgy

DaniBites said:

My FI spent SEVEN FUCKING HUNDRED DOLLARS on Superbowl boxes.

He could have paid off his damn Amex card.

Excuse me while I fume.

Damn girl, I'd be fuming too.  Since that's a joint account and he didn't pay it as promised, I hope you two are having a serious chat.  If he wins any money I hope he has the good sense to put it towards the card.

rockin30ish

$700 on squares!!! Dafuq?!?! Sorry, I'm with OP. This should have been discussed beforehand. That's a serious chunk of change to be gambling on a fooooozball game.

ashley8918

KatWAG said:

So if @danibites H does "boxes" (we call them squares) like we do and wins. Here are the pay outs:

Q1: $12,600

Q2: $12,600

Q3: $12,600

Final Score: $25,200

Note: I assumed the house keeps 10% because that is pretty standard.

Bolded: Yes, same here. I feel like that would have eliminated a lot of confusion.

But re: keeping 10%... what?! I have never heard of that, and would be appalled if someone tried to do that. That is absolutely not standard as far as I know.

jenna8984

@katwag At my work we did $5 per square so the payout is

Q1- $100

Q2- $100

Q3- $100

Q4- $200

I can't imagine he paid $700 for one square...I'm sure they were like $50 squares or something like that. So the payout is probably only $1,000 not anywhere near $12,000.

Regardless, that's fucking crazy lol

KatWAG

ashley8918 said:

KatWAG said:

So if @danibites H does "boxes" (we call them squares) like we do and wins. Here are the pay outs:

Q1: $12,600

Q2: $12,600

Q3: $12,600

Final Score: $25,200

Note: I assumed the house keeps 10% because that is pretty standard.

Bolded: Yes, same here. I feel like that would have eliminated a lot of confusion.

But re: keeping 10%... what?! I have never heard of that, and would be appalled if someone tried to do that. That is absolutely not standard as far as I know.

Yup, everything we do squares, whoever organizes it keeps 10%. Which sucks.

And when a calcuated the winnings I assumed that he bought one square for $700, not several squares at lesser demoniations.

jenna8984

@novella1186 You're adorable. When I checked nosebleed seats 2 weeks ago, they were $2,800 and yesterday they were $7,000. Nosebleed.

KatWAG

jenna8984 said:

@katwag At my work we did $5 per square so the payout is

Q1- $100

Q2- $100

Q3- $100

Q4- $200

I can't imagine he paid $700 for one square...I'm sure they were like $50 squares or something like that. So the payout is probably only $1,000 not anywhere near $12,000.

Regardless, that's fucking crazy lol

H and I are in a pool that is $1,000 per sqaure.

DaniBites

Lol sorry about the confusion, I've actually never heard them called squares!

Yeah he got one that was $500 and then some other small ones.  

jenna8984

@katwag oh snap! good luck!

classicalandedgy

 

ashley8918 said:

KatWAG said:

So if @danibites H does "boxes" (we call them squares) like we do and wins. Here are the pay outs:

Q1: $12,600

Q2: $12,600

Q3: $12,600

Final Score: $25,200

Note: I assumed the house keeps 10% because that is pretty standard.

Bolded: Yes, same here. I feel like that would have eliminated a lot of confusion.

But re: keeping 10%... what?! I have never heard of that, and would be appalled if someone tried to do that. That is absolutely not standard as far as I know.

Here in CT it's actually illegal for the "house" to take a cut unless it's the casino and there are no sports books allowed in the casinos here.  So yes I'd be pissed if I bought boxes and found out the organizer was taking a cut.

cupcait927

jenna8984 said:

@novella1186 You're adorable. When I checked nosebleed seats 2 weeks ago, they were $2,800 and yesterday they were $7,000. Nosebleed.

Today they're up close to $8,000 on StubHub. It's insane!

KatWAG

DaniBites said:

Lol sorry about the confusion, I've actually never heard them called squares!

Yeah he got one that was $500 and then some other small ones.  

So the $500 pay out would be closer to $9k per quarter and $18k for the final score. That could pay for your Amex bill.

I am trying to look on the bright side!

KatWAG

jenna8984 said:

@katwag oh snap! good luck!

 

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Thanks @jenna8984!!! We have won 2 of the last 5 years. So technically we are playing with house money! Its a win, win!

 

Since I dont care about either team, it makes watching the game more fun.

KatWAG

classicalandedgy said:

 

ashley8918 said:

KatWAG said:

So if @danibites H does "boxes" (we call them squares) like we do and wins. Here are the pay outs:

Q1: $12,600

Q2: $12,600

Q3: $12,600

Final Score: $25,200

Note: I assumed the house keeps 10% because that is pretty standard.

Bolded: Yes, same here. I feel like that would have eliminated a lot of confusion.

But re: keeping 10%... what?! I have never heard of that, and would be appalled if someone tried to do that. That is absolutely not standard as far as I know.

Here in CT it's actually illegal for the "house" to take a cut unless it's the casino and there are no sports books allowed in the casinos here.  So yes I'd be pissed if I bought boxes and found out the organizer was taking a cut.

It could be illegal here too. I have no idea. But that doesnt mean that it doesnt happen.

I guess its just the norm with the people H uses.

daria24

I've never heard of the house keeping 10%. I thought the $40 I spent this year was redonk but it's a charity fundraiser-50% to the charity, 50% payout. 

zitiqueen

Squares. Not boxes.

climbingsingle

We call them boxes. 

There's a local bar that charges 5k per box. The payout is huge if you hit the numbers. 

classicalandedgy

climbingwife said:

We call them boxes. 

There's a local bar that charges 5k per box. The payout is huge if you hit the numbers. 

We call them boxes too.  Maybe it's a tri-state area thing.

lyndausvi

I've heard them called both boxes and squares. I  interchange the names myself.

theartistformerlyknownas

We also call them squares.

And I would also kill him. I think my H spent maybe $50-100 on squares, which I'm not THRILLED about, but his gambling always comes out of "his" money, after "our" bills are paid. You drop $700 on a bet you better hope you have enough leftover for a pine box. 

charcoalandblush

daria24 said:

I've never heard of the house keeping 10%. I thought the $40 I spent this year was redonk but it's a charity fundraiser-50% to the charity, 50% payout. 

I've also never heard of the house taking a cut. We just call it a pool. I've never heard it called "squares" or "boxes." 

KatWAG

@danibites did he at least get good numbers? Or is he stuck with 2 and 5?

DaniBites

Haha @KatWAG I'm not sure.  He showed me this morning when I was still half asleep (He leaves for work an hour before me) and he was on his way out the door.  By the time I woke up enough to process how much he spent he was long gone.  I'll update when I get home!  

(By the way I called him and he's 100% paying that bill today)

southernbelle0915

I've got 6 and 4...

What do you have @KatWAG?

KatWAG

southernbelle0915 said:

I've got 6 and 4...

What do you have @KatWAG?

1 and 1, 9 and 7.

So maybe 21 and 31?!?!?

huskypuppy14

I don't know what numbers I have yet. Have to wait until the end of the day. I think 700 is crazy, but if you can afford it and want to gamble, whatever. 

Never heard the house taking a cut. 

photokitty

HeatherKat said:

novella1186 said:

kat1114 said:

novella1186 said:

I'm sorry, but I think that's kind of cool. I don't even like football and I would LOVE to get to sit in a super bowl box, just because how often in life do you get an opportunity to watch something that huge in person? 

But anyway... Sorry. So much wine to you! 

Super Bowl boxes aren't like luxury boxes for the game. It's a betting thing based on scoring. Otherwise, yeah, if someone offers you $700 to go to the SB game and sit in a suite, you take that shit!

southernbelle0915 said:

I'm sorry, but I think that's kind of cool. I don't even like football and I would LOVE to get to sit in a super bowl box, just because how often in life do you get an opportunity to watch something that huge in person? 

But anyway... Sorry. So much wine to you! 

Hahah boxes is a gambling game. A superbowl box (like a suite) could be a lot more than $700. I bet you could get one for $400,000 and a serious know-someone connection.

oh haha. That's how much I know about football. 

Then yeah, I'd probably be mad about $700 spent on a bet. Yikes. 

Don't feel too bad, I DO follow football and was all like "$700 for box seats? HELL YES GO."

Gambling? Not so much.

Ditto this...I reread it 3 times trying to found the word thousand. Seven Fucking Thousand Dollars. I don't gamble on sports - can't afford to after buying the tickets