Inside The Life Of Vegas Dave, The Most Polarizing Figure In Sports Gambling | Forbes Investigates
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- When Dave Oancea isn’t earning millions flipping rare cards (or spending it on Birkin bags), he’s selling suckers pricey betting picks. Too bad it’s a losing proposition.
Oancea is not your typical memorabilia collector. Vegas Dave, as he’s known to his millions of followers on social media, is a notorious gambling influencer, known for selling picks on which team will win a given game. Vegas Dave says he’s the best “sports information consultant” in the world, but if you dig into his past and his picks you’ll find a shady hustler who sells a service that has little, if any, value for his customers.
He became well-known in the sports gambling circuit in 2015 after collecting $2.5 million on a futures bet that the Kansas City Royals would win the World Series that year. In February 2016, he also won a $2.3 million payout when the Denver Broncos defeated the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50.
Despite holding the winning ticket for the Super Bowl, he couldn’t collect the full amount because the federal government was investigating him at the time. The following year, Oancea was indicted on 19 felonies related to his longstanding habit of using other people’s Social Security numbers to place wagers. In 2019, Oancea, who was represented by the well-known Vegas criminal defense attorney David Chesnoff, accepted a plea bargain. Instead of being convicted of nearly twenty felonies, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, forfeited half a million dollars, and was banned from Las Vegas sportsbooks for three years.
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Just as fake as Dan Bilzerian
So true
“Buy my opinion & I’ll tell you who’s gonna win.” If you fall for that, you deserve to lose your money.
People pay for information in all avenues of business buddy
As crazy as that sounds, it's a big biz. I agreed, gullible people deserve to lose their money.
Yall sound like yall dont have no hustle lmfao and in these times we're in THATS ALL BAD!
@@VisualRedemption99 hes not selling information he's selling his opinions, very wrong ones. Is u stupid?
@@Kaninstek its information as far as who to pick. Some people do write-ups for games containing what... you guessed it Einstein, INFORMATION. Go somewhere lil kid
When you look at his Instagram page you can see he has no self awareness. And those pictures with the bags are so cringe.
lol
Yep, sad
IF YOU RIDE ME YOU GOT TO PAY AHEAD IF NOT
beside there are things i am not saying
When 2 teams are playing against each other, flipping a coin will give you a 50% chance of winning. Many of the hits, catches, misses are done by inches.
aye?
He's basically selling dream. Very lucrative!
sooo he’s a scam artist lol who woulda guessed
If picks were ever any good, they would use them to make money - not sell them
Well said
Or do both
he is banned from betting, hence why he sells and doesnt just bet his picks
@@anthonyc1754 if that was true vegas casinos would never ban him because all he does is lose.
While this is partially true, there is one reason that selling picks can be viable to someone that actually does have a winning strategy and an edge: limitations by the sportsbooks. Once you have a method that actually works, particularly one that does the bet selection for you, the great difficulty comes in being able to consistently place those bets. I've been limited twice myself, and now I'm having to hold back my optimal stake size from what's optimal just to not get an account limited in the first few days of using it. As such, I'm definitely considering selling my picks next NBA season. Having to constantly work around limitations can be difficult and annoying. Given that potential profit it's absolutely worth it - but it's effort, for sure. Money from picks would be less profitable (if sold at a fair price, in my opinion) but is so much easier.
We need Coffeezilla to dig into this guy... that would be PPV action at its finest.
He is a fraud
I hope these kids online realize how big of a buisness renting lambos is.
What a piece of work.
Checked out after I seen the 👜 purse
Basically every stock guru
If the dude knew anything about betting he'd make more than enough money doing it, he wouldn't need to sell his tout's for money. Those that can do. Those that can't teach.
I lost $113,000 betting on his plays. Never again.
He dont need you ever again
Not smart, you believed his bullshit!!!!
we need to talk let me help you get it back
What online sports books takes six figures?
I got icecream parlor in Alaska if anyone wants to buy it. LMK
I wish these videos were longer.
Does anyone know if there are full episodes?
Great journalism
Interesting. Thank you for posting this insightful video.
He's a flat out crook destined for prison. Its only a matter of time!......He hustles mushes.....the dopes who don't know any better!!!!
As far as the Mike Trout 1/5 that sold for $900,222 LOL if it was true and it is not "How come the other 4 people that own the card have not listed their cards what they could not use 900+k" Just ANOTHER vegas dave scam
There’s a lot of guys like him on Twitter. Do your own research people
So why is this "reporter" throwing up the Freemason's sign to report an investigation? 😡🤨😏
Someone is trying to advance in his career.
Lol
So basically you pay him money for a pick THEN bet MORE money?
People are so desperate to get rich quick that they don't stop and think. When you buy picks, the picks need to be even more successful than they would otherwise in order to make a profit, because you also have to cover the cost of the picks. You're starting with even more handicap than just the bookies' vig. But despite how successful the picks have to be to overcome the vig and the cost of the picks themselves, people don't ask for evidence that the person is a long time winning bettor. They just... do it.
Vegas Dave is a conman
what a miserable life
Think you’ve got the minerals to place a 100k wager? Yeah right.
Anyone who buys picks needs his brain checked 😂 so u telling me he can read the future 😂
its not always a straight pik, some 'tipsters' are selling value on the line ie the kansas royals were totaly under valued , yor not very smart.
@@1112-g1x dude I am a genius I win money for everyone!!!! I do str8 bets and line value all to make the big money 💴
@@yeshayem6274 dude u dont even understand wht value is in a sports betting context
@@1112-g1x I know it’s the price that some are given very low odd but in reality they are high
I am the best dude I make money on crazy underdogs
@@yeshayem6274 'I know it’s the price that some are given very low odd but in reality they are high'? aye? u write like a 7yr old, u understand nothing
his eyes tell it all.
One of my Handicapping Axioms is " Don't think you know it all ".
That alone puts me furlongs ahead of many PhD's on Wall Street.
I’ve said this since March. If you are a major network/content creator these basement webcam videos are unacceptable. If you can’t get 1080p video with good audio then don’t put anything out.
This did come off as super amateur hour because of the video quality, or lack of
Nice man purse I know I know your purse cost more than my house😂
Vegas Dave is a smart guy and his haters are lame human beings !
At the end of the day, if it sounds too good to be true, then it often isn't true.
it doesn't matter if he didn't know the card was fake the fake card voids the deal
These dudes need to do major jail time
About this time our present cook, George “Rabbit” Daniels, was notified he was to be rotated back to the states. I spoke of him earlier and of his compulsive gambling. He had had poor gambling success in these months but unknowingly lady luck was again to smile upon him. He went ashore at Lybia after receiving his pay and proceeded to the monthly big game, then on to the voter machines at Dominion.
Vegas dave needs to go ....
Am not saying that he good or bad , but only 2 pick can’t really saying anything about he good or bad . You need at least 500-1000 pick to make that conclusion that he good or bad .
So, does he INTEND to dress like Lady Gaga joined the mafia?...
Damn dude got serious legal issues
Loool a classic guru
He's a scam artist.
Vegas Dave ain't shyt
Perfect 60-0 or next year free.... who'd want to get more garbage for free next year
He looks like a chubby Mike The Situation.
Got a guy that can bet in him in this game. #JakeHunter88
He sells both sides so 1/2 his customers win. Always been a conman.
Nah. 100% of his customers lose, guarenteed or next super goat is 50% off
Forbes and Ted Talks have COMPLETELY lost my respect. Any fool with cash can get a profile...
vegas dave is the american dream in 2020. Working a 9-5 habing a wife kids and middle class house and car aint what it is. Its about being rich . Not a 9-5 joe. im a pro gambler guys. follow me the next great one with no scandals lmao
The main issue is he lies about most of his results.... Some are complete fabrications
who ?
Seems to me the reporter of this video is upset he took a lose GAMBLING with vegas dave.
To be fair, if Josh Donaldson didn't get injured I think the Twins couldv'e won the World Series.
Good point.
I knew he was a fake...
Bet the opposite
It's not even that though. By all accounts he's just an average bettor. The issue is that average bettors lose to the vig in the long run. If you bet the opposite, you'll still lose to the vig in the long run.
Damn burned by forbes
I was gonna say lol. Love truth, but tons of this stuff is over 5 years old.
Best Dave Tribute here: ruclips.net/video/OJvo2EGOhxw/видео.html
What happened to this guy
Definitely not the most polarizing figure
HES A SCAMMERRRR!!!
Yeah predicting the future is bs
Is just reading the numbers the oddsmakers give since is all psychological and bingo!!!
He’s a fraud!!! Can’t win a game to save his life!!!
He's grabage
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It's true what they say about him(name above), I finally got back my lost 56,800£ from sports betting scams.
sad little vegas dave.....
I like this
what shitty journalism lol
Fraude este tipo no manda tips ganadores solo colecta. En México lo esperan para las carnitas,
Vive en Cabo. Tiene 3 casas. Aver que le pasa
I smell white privileged
Looks like a nice guy
people are so funny. McDonald’s feeds you poison, it’s $20 dollars to make a iPhone and you paid over a thousand for it. I’m sure some picks wins some picks loses. I tell you this, he damn sure ain’t broke lol he’s in Lakers court side seats and that’s not free or a hook up.
Did you even pay attention? Of course he's not broke. He sells picks to people that are convinced that his lifestyle is the result of being a good sports bettor (rather than the reality of it, that his lifestyle is the combination of his parents bailing him out of bankruptcy, getting very lucky on a long shot futures bet, and now living off the profits of the picks he sells rather than profiting long term off the picks themselves).
If I had heaps of people paying me hundreds, sometimes even thousands of dollars for picks that he probably just randomly selects, I could probably afford afford courtside tickets too.
Fraud
He spoke on that fake card story. I believe him tho
Sir his PRINTS were on the INSIDE of the FAKE holder
GETTINGEVEN GETTINGEVEN think about it. does a millionaire reall have time to make make basketball card for 50,000? he prob bought fake and didn’t kno
@@joshuadarrington. His fingerprints are on it...btw does a millionaire need to sell games for $199...He is BROKE his parents have the money
@@joshuadarrington. you understand they almost killed him in Vegas when he lost more than 1 million his parents paid off the dept ALSO his dad talked about it on showtime
GETTINGEVEN GETTINGEVEN I’m not to familiar with the vegas stuff but as far as the card goes i don’t think he made a fake. he recently sold a mike trout for 4 million
This guy is a prat
he is a fraud
Forbes and these bootleg videos. Make some real videos stop being cheap
scammer dave
Bro your a hater! You dig up someone’s past and want them to be helpful with you to retell a story of who they no longer are. He progressed and is doing well while you are stagnant reporting on his life…..👀👀he’s alive, your watching. Forbes needs better material!!
Lol, what a joke. Admittedly he's hustling well, but he's almost a con man. It seems like his primary source of income these days is his sports picks business, and he convinces people to buy those picks through misrepresentations of his success - because if he actually presented it accurately, they wouldn't sell. Calling people out for their shady behaviour that's very similar to that of a con man is not 'being a hater'.
who ?
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It's true what they say about him(name above), I finally got back my lost 56,800£ from sports betting scams.
Seems to me the reporter of this video is upset he took a lose GAMBLING with vegas dave.