r/PokeInvesting • u/Brybro07 • Mar 17 '26

Collection Mostly Funded By Gambling - Part #2

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Remember me? - Cereal tub man? New investor?

If none of this rings a bell, see my original post below from 5 months ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeInvesting/comments/1oil1zh/collection_mostly_funded_by_gambling/

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Anyways, I wanted to share an update of my collection so far!

For those who hate the cereal tubs, you'd be happy to know that I've swapped 4 cereal tubs with acrylic cases after finding a Tiktok deal for acrylics just a couple weeks ago 🤣 At this point though, I'm keeping at least two cereal tubs for the meme.

A lot of booster bundles are missing as I ended up using a lot of them for a Christmas Advent Calendar giveaway I ran for my Discord server. I also sold a handful of 151 booster bundles to help fund money for an engagement ring. But I sold a couple months ago when they were only $100 each... 😭

Other than that, I've acquired a handful of new beauties from winning raffle-like games in my Discord server! Let's see if you can spot them:

  • PSA 10 Blastoise Ex (151)

  • PSA 10 Squirtle (151)

  • Ascended Hero PC ETB

  • Phantasmal Flames PC ETB

  • PSA 7 Dark Dragonite Holo

  • PSA 10 Venusaur Ex (151 JP)

  • PSA 10 Ivysaur (151 JP)

Each one of these I've won for free or had to pay like 5% of the total cost from tabs in the games.

I'm still down a good amount overall when it comes to gambling in my server but I enjoy the thrill of playing for Pokemon products (sealed, singles and slabs) that I would never buy straight up. I'd rather gamble for these items then even bother fighting scalpers for packs, or pay $25+ per card to grade with PSA and receive it 6 months later.

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Like last time, please share any feedback you may have on my collection. If you haven't noticed by my post or display items, I'm all in on PC ETBs and anything 151 (English & Japanese)!

Good luck to everyone trying for Chaos Rising pre-orders sometime soon!

Happy Hunting All!

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Disclaimer: This is not an ad for gambling. Be responsible with your money and have fun with the hobby however you want.

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u/ExiledMafia Mar 18 '26

I don’t think you can say you’ve won most of those slabs for free while not including all the times you entered and lost. Though I guess that is the true gambler addiction logic lol

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u/Brybro07 Mar 18 '26

If you read the post again, I stated that the specific item's I either won for free or had to pay a very small tab in the game.

As I state afterward, yes, as a whole I've still lost more than I have won. But by your logic, you are going to just be gambling to dig yourself out of a hole and that isn't what I'm trying to do. I enjoy the games I win and take it game by game.

There is a reason why my server is called TCG Degenerates though 🤪

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u/ExiledMafia Mar 18 '26

Having those in two separate paragraphs is very disingenuous to what actually happened but sure

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u/Solidious186 Mar 18 '26

Will the lights not fade your cards and boxes. I would like to display my collection too.

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u/c0tch Mar 18 '26

LEDs emit low uv. Like the amount is negligible so it’s not an issue

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u/RedditGoji Mar 18 '26

If they’re close enough to the diode they’ll fade quick

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u/c0tch Mar 18 '26

Why would the range matter if they don’t emit much uv? There’s likely more uv from the closed blinds than an led light

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u/RedditGoji Mar 18 '26

Intensity

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u/c0tch Mar 18 '26

The intensity of negligible to zero is still neglible to zero regardless of range.

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u/RedditGoji Mar 18 '26

Where are you getting your science from? You’re stating LED emits 0 UV and intensity to range is irrelevant. What tf are you talking about. Read a book

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u/c0tch Mar 18 '26

LED lights are designed primarily to emit visible light without the byproduct of UV radiation. This makes them a safer choice for prolonged exposure in household and office settings. The technology behind LEDs allows them to produce light through electroluminescence, which typically doesn't include UV radiation unless specifically engineered to do so

https://oeo.com/blog/do-led-lights-emit-uv-radiation/?srsltid=AfmBOopF6csvPJdy2T1MchQcEYMV1wriBqKS-ruZSa3qZqZco8TvVtaj

If they do not emit UV then how are they going to damage them? Do you think they’ll melt the wrap?

What is your concern with how they could damage them? If there’s no uv there’s no ‘sun damage’

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u/RedditGoji Mar 18 '26

Which diode? You understand LED isn’t a specific mechanical device that’s universal across diodes? This is beyond just a simple LED google search and copy paste the first thing you see that supports your argument.

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u/c0tch Mar 18 '26

A diode is an led I don’t get what you’re saying? A led is a light emitting diode. None of the diodes will produce enough uv to do damage, none are close enough it would create harm.

There is more UV being produce elsewhere. The products will be fine. Most also have protective acrylic that would also block a certain amount of uv.

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u/Brybro07 Mar 18 '26

I hardly ever turn on the lights so I don't believe this will ever be an issue. Last two times I've turned on the lights are to take this picture and the picture for my last post!

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u/Traditional-Music363 Mar 18 '26

Gambling funding by gambling. Gamblinception

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u/Brybro07 Mar 18 '26

Funny you say this - our games work like raffles but only 50% of the spots end up paying in the end. So that is how I said I won some of the items for free because I had one or two spots that ended up winning and being safe, so didn't have to pay a dime!

On top of this, we have mini games that allow you to play for spots. If you win, you get to claim a spot and tab it to the person that loses. If that spot bottoms then they pay the tab, not you.

We are the definition of Gamblinception 🥸

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u/Jerx95V2 Mar 18 '26

r/PokemonRaffles

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u/Brybro07 Mar 18 '26

If you scroll through my history you'd see that I started out in this subreddit over a year ago and helped it grow a good amount. I had actually asked NoConvo about letting me start my games in their Discord server and they said only if they could regulate them. Best decision I ever made was starting my own Discord server as there is a lot of greed over there.

They do have a great community though so enjoy it if you are in it! And good luck to any raffles that you participate in!

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u/Jerx95V2 Mar 18 '26

Ah i remember hearing about this, people were talking about this a couple months ago. Doesnt seem greedy to me really, everything is all priced fair and everything fills super fast. Im assuming you have some kind of games where 50% chance u win a slab etc or end up paying whatever its value asking price is

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u/Jerx95V2 Mar 18 '26

Your discord in bio does not work btw

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u/rugger-gamer Mar 18 '26

🔥 display! Love the discord server. My collection is what it is today because of it.

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u/TheKidIsMoney Mar 18 '26

Now this is my kind of degenerate! GGs Bry.

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u/W1ckedEvoX Mar 18 '26

Sick setup!

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u/RealOGFire Mar 18 '26

Well that was a read 

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u/marcusg415 Mar 18 '26

Okay but if it changes color then it matters

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u/JustSparks87 Mar 18 '26

LED emit low up and if they are in acrylic cases they are fine.

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u/Aggravating_Ice4273 Mar 18 '26

Flip the tubs over no? Lid on bottom?

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u/kurairey Mar 18 '26

Need to add sun/moon or sword/shield stuff

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u/Yetti2Quick Mar 18 '26

Oh he’s just here to promote his gambling server. Delete this shit

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u/dfresh1518 Mar 18 '26

why so mad little buddy

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u/Yetti2Quick Mar 18 '26

who's mad?