Had a nice Saturday and made a nice little chunk of change betting Iowa -7.5 in the 2nd half and the clowns -32. Been betting on sports for almost twenty years in some form or another, and yet, I've only started to hear the term "hammer" in the last couple years, as in "you've got to hammer Bama -21.5." Does "hammer" just mean to bet on? I even googled it and the only thing I could find was a Draft Kings promotion called Hammer the Overs, so that wasn't helpful.
I've always just said "I'm taking Iowa and the points," or "I like the Hawkeyes even though they're giving 22.5." Does it sound cooler to say "I'm hammering Iowa at -4.5?" (Kind of sounds douchey to me, but most new slang does. "Hammer" doesn't "slap," as the kids say.) Or is hammer some entirely different kind of bet?
I've always just said "I'm taking Iowa and the points," or "I like the Hawkeyes even though they're giving 22.5." Does it sound cooler to say "I'm hammering Iowa at -4.5?" (Kind of sounds douchey to me, but most new slang does. "Hammer" doesn't "slap," as the kids say.) Or is hammer some entirely different kind of bet?