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- if the wager is followed this is not true belief, and you wont get paid off unless God isn't omnicient

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Not only is it not "true belief", but it's not "belief" at all. Nobody can choose their beliefs. I can't start believing that an invisible pink dinosaur lives in my closet because someone says that if I believe that I'll go to heaven.

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The force of the wager is the infinite upside. Think of practising the religon as a form of brainwashing and there is a finite chance that the practice will lead to belief before you die.

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True. I was just adding to the previous poster's response to the "belief" aspect of the wager.

If anyone ever really tries to get you to believe using Pascal's wager, just counter-offer: If you give me $50, I will believe in your God, and you will be guaranteed to go to heaven; if you don't give me $50, you will be guaranteed to go to hell.