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Starting today, I am attempting to go from .15 btc to 30 btc to buy a bike listed on bitmit. It will probably not be listed if I get to my goal, but its worth a shot.

THESE PEOPLE HAVE SENT ME BTC TO JOIN ME IN THIS JOURNEY.  I AM PLACING THE SAME BETS FOR THEM AS I AM MYSELF, SO THEY CAN MAKE SOME MONEY ALONG WITH ME:

SuperBit has sent .8308 btc, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
DebitMe has .8308 btc, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
Optimator has sent me 5BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.
ShooToo has sent me 1BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.
WillThePill has sent me 1BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.
TheTortoise has sent me .274 to use to place the same bets, I will be betting less than my bets for him.  Same games though.
ThisIsGil has sent me .78 to use to place the same bets, I will be betting less than my bets for him.  Same games though.
RavinTavin has sent me 5BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for HER.  Same games though. ALSO, SHE DONATED .1BTC DIRECTLY TO THE BIKE FUND


Current Bankroll:  1.1197 btc

I will post stats and my picks each day here.

Each betting unit will be .01 btc. Feel free to follow this thread, and if you would like to join bitbook.biz please pm me and use me as a referral, and if I make my goal and you place bets with me as your referral, ill transfer you a part of what I make from referrals.

I will be using three different sports books as of now.  They are:

https://casinobitco.in
https://bitbook.biz/?referer=xboxgames
http://bitcoinsports.eu/

Casinobitco.in has graciously credited my account with .1 btc worth of credits on their site to help towards this challenge.  I will be reporting back in this thread during the progress of it as to how fast their payouts are, customer service, etc., good or bad.  I appreciate their rep reaching out to me.

http://bit777.com contacted me and provided me a .10 freeroll, with the stipulation of I got to play three games on their site, if I lost, they would refund me.  If I won, I could cash out and apply wiinings to this challenge.  I ended up winning .12, and they sent me an additional .1, so they contributed .22 to this goal.  Thanks, bit777!


Wins: 36

Losses: 28

Pushes: 1

Total games bet: 72

Total units wagered: 416

Starting btc balance: .15

Current btc balance: 1.1197

6/8/13

Afternoon bets

Oakland athletics moneyline, 1 unit LOSE
Minnesota twins moneyline, 1 unit. WIN

Both of these bets were placed with bitbook.biz

Ill be using casinobitco.in, bitbook.biz and bicoinsports.eu

Link to the bike dude? Best of luck by the way :P

Andy B

https://www.bitmit.net/en/item/35918-2003-buell-firebolt-xb9r

Goal  ;)

Very nice bike. Good luck! It is definitely achievable if you are good with predictions.

Good luck!

I found this very cool ( the aspect of micro-blog).

The rep from casinobitco.in has contacted me after seeing this thread, and has asked me to check out their site.  They were very interested in my concept of building from nothing to something, and have credited my account with .1 btc.

I agreed to report as to their payouts, customer service,  etc during this challenge.  I notified them that although they have credited my account, I will not sugar coat any reviews. 

Thank you for the bankroll boost to help this challenge get completed, and I look forward to testing your new site during this challenger.

Good luck xboxgames - and thanks for the opportunity!

6/8/13

Placed another afternoon bet.

Detroit tigers. Money line, 2 units. WIN

Placed this bet through casinobitco.in

Thread should be renamed!
That's more like it!

Could be. Also could be an epic thread. Stay posted!

Belmont stakes bets to win

Orb, 2/1, 1 unit. LOSE
Palace Malace, 15/1, 1 unit. WIN

Placed through casinobitco.in

best of luck bud if you ever need help with any of the picks my thread is here ! https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=212751.0

btw bro I like the Oakland a's pick alot today also I might take it :)!

Additional Belmont bet

Oxbow 8/1, 1 unit.  LOSE

Placed through casinobitco.in

6/8/13

Kc royals, money line, 2 units. WIN

I find this a very interesting thread. When you make the bets, once the events end, can you also update us with the results (won/lost; current balance), so we can keep track of your progress.

Yes I am updating the op and also the bets.  I just won the Belmont with palace malace at 15/1

Already paid out into my account for Belmont win. So far, so good casinobitco.in

Parlay. WIN

Atlanta braves money line
Arizona dbacks/ LA Dodgers over 7.5

1 unit

Atlanta braves money line, 3 units WIN

After day one, up to .3457 btc.

Looks like an interesting thing to follow! But if you want to go from .15 to 30, you may want to learn math first, otherwise you'll lose everything, :p. For the record, what I'm referring to is your count of 5 wins + 3 losses + 0 pushes equaling 9. 5+3+0 is 8.

Regardless, I'll follow this, and good luck!

Typing on phone and just woke up ;)

The btc amount is right ;)

Updated

I can make 100 bets and none of them have a result yet so I would have 100 bets with 0 wins and 0 losses.

Start day with a small longshot.

D ferrer moneyline 1 unit. LOSE

Ahh, I figured he was only tallying up the actual results. I see where you're coming from though!

Miami heat/sa spurs under 188, 3 units WIN

Texas rangers money line, 2 units WIN
Detroit tigers, money line, 1 unit WIN
LA angels, moneyine, 5 units LOSE
Oakland athletics, money line, 1 unit LOSE

St Louis cardinals -1.5, 2 units WIN
Miami heat -5, 2 units WIN
Miami heat moneyline, 10 units WIN

miami heat ml I like alot tonight!

Lock of the century

haha or close to I will add it to my plays I might take spread though because it is so -

What do you mean when you say that you bet "2 units?" Is this like 0.01 BTC (so 5 units would be 0.05 BTC)?

Yea. Each unit is .01 btc

Got ya. Thanks, :).

St Louis cardinals money line, 10 units WIN

you feeling it huh haha should of put like 30 units on miami heat! lol

Yea better payout here. I'm betting really aggressive, because I'm trying to complete the challenge before bike sells. Huge chance I go bust, lol

Im cheering for you bro!

What is your method anyways? Just going based on stated odds and hoping for the best, or using knowledge of performance to try and evaluate who will win?

I follow sports a lot. I'm def not a pro handicapper though. I will take some iffy picks if odds are there though.

Got ya. I don't follow sports at all, lol. So I've looked into doing the betting thing but I wouldn't even know where to start.

ranlo feel free to follow me xbox or kingofsports is good to.!

Stayed up to late is a better picker than me

Idk about that I just know you are in a hurry to get that bike so you are picking more games then you usually would!

I'll follow you guys for a while and see how it goes,:).

Up to .4947 btc ;)

That is a insane bike.

Started at .15. Up to about .50

I gotta start moving faster or I won't get to goal before its gone. Trying to do something epic.

You can do it! I started at 0.19. Got up to 2.0. Then got busted. hehehe... (not sports betting though, playing dice games.)

I never have luck, so there's no point in me even trying.

Keep pushing!
I'll give you some BTC if you manage to get your goal!

If I get my goal I won't need any LOL. But thanks for the support!

A. Kudryavtseva moneyline, 2 units WIN

hey bro I really like Baltimore today also I might have a play on atl not sure yet gl man I am cheering for you I hope you make it!

M. South vs. M. Rybarikova Under 20, 2 units WIN

L. Hewitt -5, 4 units WIN

Baltimore Orioles moneyline, 2 units WIN

This is awesome, wish you all the best luck! That is a sick bike to aim for too, hope it isn't gone by the time you raise the funds.

Tempted to bet alongside you too lol

good call bro lets hope I am right I will keep you up to date if I find anything else I want to bet on!

Croatia ML, 2 units LOSE

nice did you see I took them +.05 incase of the draw. Portugal is resting alot of there players

I went ahead and jumped on them to win.  I'll risk the draw loss for the extra odds :)

This started terrible.... Hewitt lost first game 4-6.....

He is now up 4-0 in game two, best of 3.  So I have a shot here still.  I want a perfect day today, need to start getting a move on towards this bike before someone buys it :)

You've gained quite a bit from what I'm seeing, keep it up!

Parlay: LOSE

Atlanta Braves ML
Cincinati Reds ML
Kansas City Royals +1.5
Chicago White Sox/Toronto Blue Jays Under 8.5

1 unit

Boston Red Sox ML, 4 units WIN

Cleveland Indians ML, 2 Units LOSE

Los Angeles Dodgers ML, 8 units. LOSS

Seattle Mariners ML, 4 units. WIN

damn bro gl!

Gotta either go broke or get to my bike before its sold :)

Milwaukee Brewers ML 10 units WIN


(Based because Miami is terribad and only beats the Mets  :o )

Dont worry its a guaranteed win

Since its a gtd win, upped to 10 units.  Hope you are right :)

me to.  i bet the same

Atlanta Braves ML, 19 units. LOSE

I am with you guys on MIL

Good call sir 8)

Really need Atlanta to win tonight.

Im hoping they pull through for us bro!

Curious, are you increasing your bets as you go up? Ex. when you hit like 3 BTC are you going to be risking more like .15-.25 per game?

Yes. I'm already risking a lot.  I'm going bust or boom. This is a rush job. Example...have .19 btc on atlanta tonight.

Going bust or boom will never work in the long run. You have to be prepared for a losing streak. No matter how good you are you will still experience a losing streak, especially with sports betting.

This is my thought as well. What you're doing is like the people who go all-in every hand in poker. You may jump up a lot, but you have to know when to slow down.

I was asking your bet amount because I was wondering how you're bankroll management was going.

Agree. And I have good BRM normally.  This is a challenge, I'll slow down and speed up on this. This is supposed to be a fun thing, with a chance to get a bike.  I don't want to drag it on, but get results good or bad.  Enjoy it with me!

Got ya! Maybe putting in good BR management would help when you get half-way to the goal or so. I think that would give the thrill of going fast without the risk of getting most of the way and dropping it all.

Ugh, noticed I changed my last comment half-way through and misused "you're." Was going to say "...wondering how you're handling bankroll..." and then changed it half-way, XD.

not looking good on atl bro :(

No matter what I'm still going to be alive with about .3 bankroll minimum.

New balance. .38834

Go for 1 BTC today, :).

inb4 busto

Awwwwwwwww, come on. Don't say that. He is buying me a car when he gets his motorcycle, :).

Have faith. Its always good to root for something in life ;)

Niemenan moneyline, 10 units WIN

Going for 1btc today. Do or die

Lets do it ;)

C. Berlocq Moneyline, 2 units LOSE

England U21 Moneyline, 4 units. Lose

J. Jankovic Moneyline 6 units. WIN

Miami heat moneyline 10 units.  LOSE

Hercog moneyline 10 units PUSHED

i belive in you xbox lol! even though I like the ps4 more then xboxone haha

xboxone is terrible.  massive fail

New York Yankees Moneyline 6 units. Lose

Whats your current asset count for those of us rooting for you against stats?

started day at .38ish

Most is in play at the moment

Parlay:

Stl Win
LAA Win
Mexico Win

3 units

LOST

Bad night last night.

Topped up bankroll after selling an item listed on bitmit for last 2 weeks.  Current bankroll, .5750

big play for me today on ATL!

Doesn't that mean you loose the original bet? You no longer are starting with just .15 since you already added more in.

I guess this is yes and no.

I did not go busto last night.  My bankroll was about .243 still

I just topped up some, to be able to bet a little bigger, after all, the bike won't be available forever :)

Also, I may have someone who wants to piggy back off of my picks, and they may match my current bankroll.  They will get access to a spreadsheet with all the picks sorted, and will receive their share of the profits either daily, weekly, or monthly, thier choice. 

The bankroll amount shown in this thread though is just MY current bankroll.

If anyone else wants to piggyback, PM me.

Actually, I lied.  I hit a bet I forgot about, that was delayed from yesterday.  So my running balance is .4988, without me topping up.  However, I am going to leve it in there, to boost myself a bit.  So my balance is at .8308

I. Sijsling moneyline, 2 units WIN

I have received a partnership with a member here, who has sent me 5BTC of theirs to bet alongside my bets.  I am keeping this btc out of the running total, and will be placing the same bets that I make here with their BTC.

If the person would like to confirm, they may, if not, they can remain annon.

If anyone else wants in, you can Pm or post.  I have created a spreadsheet for them to follow which shows their current balance, and they may withdrawl their btc at any time.

Good luck on your journey. Watching this thread

You're earning quite a bit now. in gambling I have only earn 0.17 profit. You're doing well, very well.

Join in :)

Plays for tonight:
Pittsburg Pirates moneyline, .08 WIN

Tampa Bay/ Boston Red Sox Over 9, .04  LOSS

Boston Red Sox Moneyline .04 WIN

Colorado Rockies Moneyline .08 LOSS


PARLAY:
STL moneyline
Pitt moneyline
Bos Red Sox moneyline
CHI/BOS Under 5 (NHL)  .02 LOSS

For the record, a few people have sent me BTC to bet along with my bets, and I have opened individual spreadsheets for each of them to track their investments.  Any of them may withdrawl at any time.

SuperBit has matched my Starting Bankroll as of today, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
DebitMe has matched my Starting Bankroll as of today, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
Optimator has sent me 5BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.

Posting this for the public record, that I hold funds for each of these indiviuals.

If anyone else wants to join in, you may.  PM me or post, and we can discuss.  You will get your own spreadsheet to follow, and can cash in and out immediately and anytime you wish (unless I am asleep obviously).

Offer open still, if you want to join the ride let me know, you can get started on today's picks, make some btc, and be a part of this epic journey :)

That's an awesome service! Are you charging anyone for that?

They are providing me a percentage of any PROFIT

Good; I was hoping they would, :). If I had BTC I'd throw it your way too! I like how transparent you are; that's a huge thing for me.

Appreciate it.  If I make it to the bike, I am going to make sure it has some logos of BTC on it, and possibly all the peoples screen names who backed and followed me along the way.  I am hoping this can be like the next btc pizza thing!

lol, and then you're going to get me a Ferrari, right? If you do I'll love you forever!

If you get invested, you might be able to get that Ferrari :P

lol, keep up your winning streak and I'll see what I can do, :). I'm liking the results so far!

Added Game:

Texas Rangers Moneyline, .05 LOSS


PARLAY:

Chicago Blackhawks Moneyline
Miami +1.5
Stl/NYM Over 6.5
Col Moneyline

.02 LOSS

I'll give it a little more time before I invest. People can get lucky in the beginning.

More important to me than investing is watching, and coming along for the ride :)

Thanks for the sweat!

 I'll be here to watch :D I will try to invest as much as possible if you keep on going at it like this :D

Wow, it's a lucky day today. I just won 0.69 BTC. totalling my profit at 0.6036BTC. Dude, it's a lucky day, bet, bet, bet!

You can get invested here if you get in in next 15 minutes :)

Exactly! This is unbelievably cool. To take .15 to 32 btc means you have to double your money 8 times. Crazy hard. The hardest part has to be the start and xboxgames has already doubled his money. To have something on the line makes it more exciting to watch, but it's a great challenge regardless.
 

I have been transparent throughout, plan to keep it that way, that being said:

I agree that the first part is the hardest.  Starting at .15 leaves super little room to wiggle.  I got it to .8 ish....still not a comfort zone quite yet. 

I honestly think that once my own bankroll for this hits 5 btc, that I have a great chance.  However, to double 2+ times already...I am starting to get confident that it is achievable.

Having the bike on the line makes it more interesting, because of the time frame element it adds.  That bike can sell at any time.  So the need to stay at it and keep building adds pressure and drama.

I really appreciate the followers of this thread, and especially those that have joined me by sending funds for me to bet my picks for them alongside mine.  They agreed to donate a percentage of their profits to this challenge, which makes this even more achievable.

I said at the beginning this will be epic.  Keep watching.  Bust or Bike, 2013.  This has me pumped, and thank you all for commenting and following along.  Now lets win these darn bets :)

One more comment.  If I get really close, say 28btc....  It is going to be extremely hard to not just say, as poker players say, ALL IN, and put 4btc on one game I really like, and try to get there.  We will see when the time comes.  :)

do it I will bet with you big that game haha!

PARLAY:

J-W. Tsonga -3
P. Kohlschreiber -3
T. Berdych -4
J.M. Del Potro -3.5

.03

WIN

St Louis Cardinals Moneyline .06  WIN
Miami Heat Moneyline .1  WIN

3 winners so far, just waiting on del Porto for the win.

Investing 1 btc with xboxgames taking an agreed upon % of the profits

Good luck bud

Confirmed, awaiting receipt of btc, and sending a spreadsheet link to shootoo.

Won the first parlay of the day, good start.

Confirmed received. 

Anyone else wanting to get in today let me know. 

NYY moneyline, .06 LOSE

Are you going to lay anything on the US Open Futures?

Shoot - if you hit a 300 - 1 shot, you're money :)

I am going to be checking it out today :)

Just invested 1 BTC with xboxgames.
Good luck with the bike, you can do it. ;)

Received BTC, and sent you spreadsheet copy

At this rate you'll be able to buy the bike from your commission alone from the investors! (if you have a nice win streak of course)

glglgl

Jankovic ML .15  WIN

For the record, a few people have sent me BTC to bet along with my bets, and I have opened individual spreadsheets for each of them to track their investments.  Any of them may withdrawl at any time.

SuperBit has matched my Starting Bankroll as of today, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
DebitMe has matched my Starting Bankroll as of today, and I will place the same bets and bet amounts as what I place for myself in this thread
Optimator has sent me 5BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.
ShooToo has sent me 1BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.
WillThePill has sent me 1BTC to use to place the same bets, but I will be betting more on each bet for him.  Same games though.

Posting this for the public record, that I hold funds for each of these indiviuals.

If anyone else wants to join in, you may.  PM me or post, and we can discuss.  You will get your own spreadsheet to follow, and can cash in and out immediately and anytime you wish (unless I am asleep obviously).

Offer open still, if you want to join the ride let me know, you can get started on today's picks, make some btc, and be a part of this epic journey :)

Here is my pledge, if you get the bankroll to 27 btc, I will "tip" you the extra 5 to get you to 32.  So you end up getting 32 and I get 22 Btc.  I would encourage the others that are "going along for the ride" to make similar offerings, because lets face it, a return of 2550% is amazing and commendable ((22-.83)/.83)=25.50.

That is an amazing goal and I wish you luck and support your efforts (obvious from my "investing" in you).  Personally I have gone from putting $200 on Oddsmaker to just over $1000 or a 400% increase, and was very happy with that.  But I hope that you can blow me out of the water.

On a side note, I have made a pretty good return by betting on the Kansas City Royals against ... it doesnt matter... to score under a certain number of runs in a game.  I usually bet the under when this is around 8 or 9 points total.  This is def a good bet when James Shields is pitching.  I am from KC and love to see them win, but I also make a good return when they win with a low scoring game.  Just something to think about and look at, thought I would mention it as I have made around 200 bucks with pretty small bets (about 30 bucks a game) pretty consistently this year.

I'm right down 70 from you if you are in kc. Never been to Kauffman...lets hit a game later this year?

thats awesome, and too bad you have never been, we are ok this year but have hit a bit of a slump, always fun to attend either way.  I have yet to get out to the stadium myself this year (very busy at work) but always up for a trip to the "K"

Btw im from Johnson County if you know where that is?

I'm in st peters, close to st Louis. But I am down for a roadtrip. The stadium looks awesome, with the waterfalls lol.

Pittsburg Pirates Moneyline .04 LOSE

 8) Dude, I'm just telling ya' :  Don't bet against the Spurs.   8)

Too late.  A gimpy Tony Parker and a pissed off Lebron spells trouble tonight for those pesky Spurs.

I hate the Heat.  But they win tonight.

I think heat win to bud!

I have been perfect so far today, need the Yankees to win to keep streak alive

He'll be getting the boost from me! Barring some unforeseen life event, I'm riding this out. I like the idea of a detailed log on his way to 32 btc from basically zero. Just wanted to help pad his winnings on his way up

 I am in too ! :D :D I could only get in with 0.27 but its still something :D :D

Confirmed.  Spreadsheet link to your personal betting and balance log PM'd, and added to OP.  Anytime you are ready to cash out, just PM me.

Thanks for joining this epic challenge!

I just received a message from the spokesperson from http://bit777.com

They have expressed an interest in trying to help me reach my goal, and have offered the following:

Hey,

We would like to contribute a little bit to your journey. Let's test your luck.

We will let you deposit 0.10BTC, and make 3 risk-free bets on any game. If you win, submit a withdrawal and keep whatever winnings you get, if you lose or your balance is under 0.10 BTC, we will refund your full 0.10BTC.

The risk-free betting will count only for 3 bets, so use them wisely.


I am posting to let the members following this challenge see that this company has an interest in helping me achieve my goal, and to keep my challenge transparent.  I will be doing this now, and after 3 bets, I will add any winnings to my current bankroll.  Thanks!

InB4 you make the cover of Google News

Good stuff bro!

So, I deposited onto http://bit777.com .10 btc, per the terms that was offered by Bit777.  Here are my results, and also my feeling towards this casino.

This is a pretty smooth looking site.  I do not normally play casino games online.  I had not been onto their site before, and I must say, its pretty slick.  Super nice graphics, and very responsive.  I will check them out after this challenge for sure!

Now, the results.

I was given a 3 game freeroll basically.  I chose blackjack, because at least in a real casino, the house edge is the least in it.

.10 btc = 10 chips.  

My first bet I placed was for 3 chips.  I lost.

I then bet 4 chips, and won.

For my last bet, I bet all 11 chips.  I was dealt 10, dealer had a mid number showing.  I hit, got 15, so I stood, and the dealer busted.

I cashed in .1, cashed out .22

Adding .12 to bankroll :)

Thank you bit777.com :)  I will be back to try out more of what you offer after this is over.

Actually, they sent me an additional .1 to go towards this challenge, so adding .22 to bankroll.  Thanks bit777!

How about this Yankee game? lol

Its killing me lol....I've been watching on game center all day. Lol

Me too, this is ridiculous.

You know it's crazy when you're compeled to google "longest mlb baseball game"....

Damn!

What's up with all the long games recently?

Looks like I'm gonna have to double fist it with the heat & spurs game.

AGGGGGHHHHHHH!

That's all I have to say.

I'll be updating spreadsheets after heat games over guys

Were the odds in Jankovic's favor so much so for that Tennis Match that the win on a .15 bet was only .0195?  That seems like very low odds, but I have never even seen odds on a tennis match so maybe thats normal?

Yes.  -769.3

She is number one player.  Playing early round match.  Lock to win.

Ahh, obviouly I watch a ton of tennis, lol!  Man that Yankees game had a stinky outcome and with Pitt getting smashed, but hey, still a pretty good day so far, and will be a great day if Miami wins!

Heat!

I told you!!! lets goooo lol

All spreadsheets updated after todays bets.

how + did you go today bud?

My current bankroll is a little over 1btc, started from .15 btc

You're doing great! Congratz so far. :) Good luck for the remaining part of the challenge!

Nice! Keep it going, :). Maybe you'll hit 32 and decide you'd rather build it up to buy a yacht or something instead, XD.

Yeah if you 32x my bet i will have almost 9 btc , I will be giving 0.9 of it to you by our arrangement which will leave me with 7,8912. I will give the additinoal 2.8912 to you when we reach 32 btc :D

I'm in! Sent you 0.78 and if I make a profit, I will gladly give you 20%.

Enjoy your new bike!

Received and thanks for generosity!  Good luck to us.

If anyone wants to join I'm about to set up bets for the day and send out spreadsheets to the new investors. Let me know!

P. Kohlschreiber -4

.10  LOSS

Nice job so far!
You made me start betting on sports myself and I'm addicted (also tripled my starting amount in 2 days without experience with this hehe)

Make that money!

Tsonga -5

.10  WIN

Does anyone know a good app to track bets so they can be input during the day and followed easily.

I found one called bettracker but it costs money for more then 3 bets.  Maybe a sportsbook app that lets you bet play money would work?

no but that is a great idea for an app

Thanks. Made quite a bit with this one.

If you are interested in this, contact me (for Android and/or iOS)

This is the best so far, but again very limited in how many bets u can follow.  It would be awesome if users could input their picks and other users could subscribe to what handicappers they want to follow.

http://www.bettracker.com/home/

TIPS APPRECIATED :)

That was a good payout from that tennis win, very nice.  Officially over my starting balance!

I have the GF's birthday party to host tonight, so I wont be on at all until very late.  Good luck with any bets tonight, hoping to be over 1 Btc by the time I get back. lol. But seriously good luck.

If I give you say, 0.1BTC, and you win say, 0.3BTC with that, would I get 0.2BTC and you 0.1BTC?

Tonights Picks:

STL -1.5, .06. LOSS
KC Moneyline, .06. WIN
LAD/Pitt Under 8, .08. WIN

yo xbox what do you think about the whitesox tonight the astros lineup is BAD lol

One sec, I will take a look

I like the collaboration!!

If I had to pick anything on that game, it would be the White SOx moneyline, and the under. (7.5)

But bedard is liable to be great or give up 6.

KC Moneyline is full of value.  +155

ya I know bedard worries me I dont think I am going to touch it but I think whitesox deff have the upperhand!

2-1 tonight, nice profit, will update spreadsheet tonight, I'm at friends house.

Are the past couple of days a lucky streak, or you DO get sports? What's your overall success rate in the past? Is it positive?

I used to bet on bovada.  My first year, a few years back I lost money.  Each year since I've ended positive.   Not obscenely huge, but pretty decent.

he knows sports like I said me king of sports and xbox all solid cappers :)

NEW BANKROLL FOR ME:  1.145 FROM .15 A FEW DAYS AGO.....

ALL SHEETS UPDATED FOR MY INVESTORS, EVERYONE IS IN PROFIT, LETS KEEP MAKING THAT MONEY!!!

I have a job and I have some money.  If I make the goal, I will pay cash for the remainder, but I think BTC will go back up anyways, so it'll be ok.  Or, I will just win the extra... .15 to 33.xx :)

I personally don't care about the money. More of being a part of this and the coins

Good job today, man! I was at work allllllllll day so I missed everything =/

I did not expect this one :D

The numbers were there to back up that they should have won. ;). They did

Doing pretty well, I may investing soon. IT'S very entertaining.

Look forward to it

 All I am hoping for is you don't stop at 32 :D Just use your OWN 32 (with our help and all) but than keep making more money for us and for yourself too that way (the %10)

For the record, a few people have sent me BTC to bet along with my bets, and I have opened individual spreadsheets for each of them to track their investments.  Any of them may withdrawl at any time.

If anyone else wants to join in, you may.  PM me or post, and we can discuss.  You will get your own spreadsheet to follow, and can cash in and out immediately and anytime you wish (unless I am asleep obviously).

Offer open still, if you want to join the ride let me know, you can get started on today's picks, make some btc, and be a part of this epic journey :)

Making today's picks soon, jump in while you can :-)

Today's games

Atlanta braves moneyline, .12
St Louis cardinals, moneyline, .12
Texas rangers, moneyline, .12
Detroit tigers, moneyline, .24

Well done! Keep on rocking it!


This should be a great game to watch. Cheers!

You are almost a full coin up :)

Heavy bets today. All these bets against my Jays are killing me....lol

Looks like a good day. 

I'll be late posting results on spreadsheet tonight, taking the gf to hotel for date night and hot tub time

Awesome news. I'll be buying a few hardware & spare Ipods and I will then invest in you. You make me some money! lol.

Good call on the Braves game  ;D

I caught some of the 7-9th at work before dinner service. Good game!

I think he said "wat kinda bike"

 Is everything alright? There has been noone writing here and noone updating spreadshes , I kinda got worried there that someone is hurt :D Is everyone alright?

He's hurt from losing that one :D

 Can someone tell me the results for yesterdays bets. I do wonder about how much I have now :D

Nice to see you're still climbing up! Slowly but surely, :). The higher you go the faster it'll rise I think.

I posted I was gonna be late updating.  We list a little yesterday.  I went into downtown with my family fir fathers day, at a hotel to swim.  I'm on my phone, ill update the sheets and also picks for today this afternoon.

Small loss yesterday 2 of the smaller bets won by the looks of things

Are you still following through with this? I've been waiting foreverrrrrrrrrrrr!

Of course. I spoke those from the womb lol

I say invest .75- 1 btc today, and let me make you some money!

I was pretty surprised when I got the many-year-old letter upon my first birthday too. I thought it was a hoax, until now. IT WAS MEANT TO BE!

mfw I have 0.013 BTC

lmao

It's not nice to laugh at the poor, :(. Unless it's a poor clown. Then it's funny.

Just got home, was a good mini vacation.

Updating spreadsheets now, and also already made today's bets. They will be posted also.

Good luck unto us today!  Anyone want to join in this afternoon, let me know, as I am working on the sheets now and can get the new ones set up.

MIAMI HEAT ML , .06
ATL ML, .12
ARI/SD UNDER 8, .06
LAA ML, .06

I *think* these are the latest results. Feel free to correct me if I got it wrong!

L MIAMI HEAT ML , .06
W ATL ML, .12
W ARI/SD UNDER 8, .06
L LAA ML, .06

That's correct.  We made a profit last night.  Sheets updated in a little bit. New bets going up in a few also.

Cool! Hope you don't feel like I was treading on your toes or anything. My excitement got the better of me :)

Also, we are about to be counting the beautiful ravintavin as an investor.  Welcome Ravin!

Heck no. Feel free to jump in anytime. This is for us all!

6/17/13 Bets so far, may be a few more

STL ML .12
WASH ML .06
TOR ML .12
Pitt ML .06
CWS -1.5, .06
SF ML .06

Also, another one for today:

KC/Cle under 8, .12

Go Royals, my favorite days are when they win by 1 or 2 and keep the total score under 8 or 9.  They have made me a couple of hundred dollars this year by simply betting about 30 to 40 bucks each game on that.  Plus the Royals are my team and they are coming back to hopefully end with a good year!

+ Shields tonight :)

Great line up for today! I see now that hottub sexy time is over for xboxgames he's hitting the bets hard! I like it!

Too bad the games are all late for me, but I'll catch what I can. Luck for us all...

Cheers!

Let out my frusterations in the bedroom, now gonna beat the sportsbooks to death :)

The whole thread is a bit confusing for me, it's not so pure when you have all of these people paying you, takes away from the pureness of the journey :S

They are joining in on the ride :)

Exactly, should be a wild ride might as well hop on board. 

Why cheer from the sidelines when you can ride shotgun.

I've followed the bets for tonight. GL ALL!

Don't take the bets for free, invest a little :)

Help me reach my goal!

Congrats on breaking 1 BTC  ;D

Thanks!  Now to get to 2btc on the challenge !

5BTC sent. Good luck! Don't get to 32 and run away on us ;) I am considering buying the bike for safe holdings ;) just kidding

You so should buy the bike, so no one else does!

Investors, I would like to welcome Ravin to our challenge....hottest memner so far!  Check her out, and jump on the challenge tonight anyone else.  You dont have to invest anywhere near 5btc to join!  Games tonight starting soon!

Can you respond to my PM and let me know what's going on? Been 4 hours and haven't got nothing after you said a few minutes... hoping you are just busy or something.

Bought 3 BTC from xboxgames and he hasn't sent them yet. Figured with people sending him and trusting him with their BTC it would be fine to send first and skip escrow. Last time that happens.

I'll delete this post once I get them. Might just be busy but who knows, going on 5 hours now.

I'm sure there are about a gazillion people in this thread who would vouch for him. Do you have any proof of your accusation? Blockchain transaction perhaps?

I am literally just leaving work. Call centers are busy this time of year.

Will get that sorted for you when I get to computer. On phone now.

Use coinbase

https://coinbase.com/?r=5173937d3f27ef25cc000016

(trade one bitcoin and I get a referral fee)

Good picks for me! I've selected daily payouts, but keep principle of the bets.. Everything neatly organized on a spreadsheet (the odds weren't on it but no biggy!)

Here was the picks:
STL ML   MLB   .6  WIN
WASH ML   MLB   .3  LOSE
TOR ML   MLB   .6  WIN
Pitt ML   MLB   .3  LOSE
CWS -1.5   MLB   .3  WIN
SF ML   MLB   .3  Pending
KC/CLE Under 8   MLB   .6 WIN

Looking like a good win tonight.  Since xboxgames seems to be busy, Ill help him out and post some updates for games

STL      ML   .12  WIN
WASH  ML    .06 LOSS
TOR     ML   .12  WIN
PITT    ML    .06 LOSS
CWS   -1.5  .06  WIN  (FINAL 4 to 2 SOX win)
SF       ML    .06  (Currently in the 6th, SF is winning 3 to 2 fingers crossed)Not Finished
and last but not least, my home team and favorite team
KANSAS CITY ROYALS against Cleveland blah bet was final score under 8 and the final score was KC 2 and Cleveland 1.WIN AKA a win for me and for the money :)

Congrats on the wins tonight everyone!

I bought 5 btc from xboxgames for 490$ moneypack. I send the pack almost 2 days ago. He was messaging me couple times that he will send in few minutes. I still didn't receive my BTC. I will delete this post once I have them in my wallet.

Will delete the posts once I receive the coins.

S*** just got real!

http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/tumblr_ljh0puClWT1qfkt17.gif

This thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236971.0) is heating up. I'd recommend not depositing with xboxgames anymore.

I believed the community has been warned about this kind of thing before. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=106391.0)

damn I dont believe xbox would do that :( please tell me its not true xbox :(

I'm sure he is fine

I wasn't scammed, but bitcoin is a high trust endeavor. Check the second link, bitcoin has seen this sort of thing many times before. Friendliness and cleverness are not things to automatically throw trust in when payments can't be reversed.

Doesn't seem like a scam because why scam when there are still people willing to invest... The scam comes when you pick a few losers and then people want to bail out... Not worried yet. Let's stop bashing the guy and give him a chance :) its only been a few hours and people complaining with less than 20 posts....

lol ya i am not picking so hot right now ravin hopefully we can turn it around :)

No worries, just pick the best you can. If you lose it, it happens. Just do your best and be honest

yup i hated having to post the 1-4-1 though today but when you go to my thread you can see every single pick no lying  from me :)

Any one want to make a bet I get paid out for todays winnings :) jk but I would rather be invested here than BFL :D

People are willing to invest because the accusations are just now coming out, and people don't know better. This is unfortunately common it bitcoin.

One of the people accusing him engaged in an honest and smooth trade with me yesterday. I hate to see people who trade honestly and smoothly get fucked because they aren't jaded enough to be versed in the finer points of making the scammer get caught when they scam.

I bought BTC from xboxgames. PAID but never received them. This has NOTHING to do with this thread or his sports picks. I'm just warning people.

If it does turn out to be a scam, and i'm not saying it is since it hasn't even been a full 24 hours and their could be a legit reason in the delay. Then it's completely my fault. I sent him a moneypak without escrow, trusting he would send me the bitcoins. I NEVER do this but today I was in a rush and took a chance.

But cmon, he said he was ready to do the transfer. Then he kept telling me a couple of minutes, couple of minutes and nothing after 10+ hours. Now RavinTavin, you posted you sent him 5 BTC. You posted this AFTER I sent xboxgames the moneypak. So he can accept BTC, places bets using BTC but can't send me the coins? What am I suppose to think? and then ostr1234 comes forward and basically says the same thing happened to him and he has been waiting 2 days?

so once again, this has NOTHING to do with this thread. I just wanted to give people a heads up. My fault for not using escrow, I know. Lesson learned.

If I do happen to get the BTC, I'll delete my posts and apologize.

I have to finish up some more work and then I will take and post screenshots of the private messages sent back and forth.

I do have to say though atruk I do like your ripple is a scam post hahaha ;)

 All it takes is one woman to fuck up a whole evening of computers :) this maybe the case. Going to bed I feel fine about it though, see you pervs and the payout in the morning  :D

You can thank TradeFortress for that. I had a smaller link to that post of his, but then he had that offer to compensate for signature links. I figured I might as well take compensation from a link I'd have in my signature anyway.

TradeFortress is a pretty interesting dude, had a good chat with him.

This doesn't look good at the moment, not really surprising though.

People were just throwing thier money at him, hopfully this is a minunderstanding or somthing and can be resolved quickly

It's a gamble whatever way you look at it. By investing in xbox, I took a calculated risk in full knowledge that I may not see any coins again. Of course if it is an elaborate scam, that will suck, but I was prepared for a worst case scenario of losing my investment anyhow, so that does somewhat soften any potential blow.

Hopefully, the only btc that people threw into this were those that they could afford to lose. You should never gamble with money you need for living - that's basically gambling 101.

Regardless, I am of the opinion that xbox is legit, and I'm certainly not going to join the mini witchhunt and pointing the finger in this thread. Yes, xbox could probably do himself a favour by at least posting to quell everybody's fears, but I understand that life often gets in the way of things and unlike some people on this forum, myself and xbox are members of the elite having-a-job-and-a-life club ;)

Give it a few days - if you hear nothing from him by then, go ahead - freak out. In the meantime, remain civil and corteous no matter how concerned you may feel. We could all potentially benefit here and there's nothing to be gained by driving someone away who may make us all (slightly) richer!

 Although I believe xbox is legit , the 'wait couple more hours - 1 day' deal wont work on these fella's because some of them says he scammed them 2-3 days ago already , so they have been waiting , this is probably their last stop :D I hope xbox will clear these accusations because I think he build a good rep here

This is so sad. I had high hopes for this thread, it was just starting to get really popular and interesting. Such a shame. Maybe he got enough money to buy the motorcycle and decided to split.

Oh come on! His last post in this thread was literally only 10 hours ago. People do have to work, sleep, spend time with families etc!

Can we give it a good solid 48 hours before we jump into full on burn the witch mode please?

I agree we should give him some more time, but check his profile and trust history. 2 days ago he got 5btc for a moneypak but still hasn't paid. He's also been logged in after the accusations started.

Also very heavy accusations going against him. Still awaiting proof.

Welp - if it helps calm anybody's nerves, I just checked my private betting sheet and he's still on there adding to it and updating - if it's a scam I'm unsure he'd still be going to the time and effort to update the multitude of private sheets he's keeping for us all.

Like I said - please cool off everyone. Give him the opportunity to explain. Innocent until proven guilty, right?

I'm quite surprised that he hasn't defended himself at all today. Seems like he has logged in today but hasn't posted anything. Considering the accusations being put his way it's a bit concerning for any investors.

Fingers crossed this is resolved shortly

 I hate the fact that this topic turned into a witch hunt , I mean shouldnt there be a seperate stuff about this? We here believe in him , hopefully this will change anytime now as he will write here and set things straight . He has almost 10 btc on his name and he still updates everyday , why not run away with it after the accusations if you are really a scammer and just stay and update ? :D I believe he is not a scammer , people who think he is should open up a new topic rather than writing here.

I want to believe! Come on, Xbox! Show us these guys are wrong!

Welsh as you can see my profile I'm new to the community. I had no idea to keep the transaction public for proof. I had to many messages with him and I deleted them. Other than that I would be happy to show them public, Couple of them I have in my mailbox which I reported to Admin for proof. I was hoping for the best as he looked legit. It's been more 55 hours now and still nothing. And xboxgames has been logging in since our transaction. He can't even respond??? Come on.........

Got some bad news guys. I googled some of his account info and it seems likely he is this guy: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=167410.0

We don't normally do this sort of thing, of we'd have warned everyone right away. Really disappointing to see this stuff.

Yep. I PM a member in this thread (he can claim it if he wants) that this is the guy running this scam. I didn't follow this topic so I was unaware he was getting people to send him coin to gamble (why they don't do it themselves I have no clue).

Don't get your hope up on ever seeing your coin again. Moneypak is instant cash from an ATM. There is no excuse to take hours let alone days to complete your end shipping the coin.

Here are the screenshoots of the messages he was sending me. A lot of excuses and dragging. As I said before I deleted most of them so thats not all. It is just part of the conversation, but you guys can tell your self by reading that the transaction took place.


http://i44.tinypic.com/2mhg1mo.png
http://i43.tinypic.com/1zleid1.png
http://i44.tinypic.com/dptj06.png
http://i44.tinypic.com/2jevkf5.png
http://i40.tinypic.com/2vdod9d.png
http://i42.tinypic.com/2rortpe.png

Oh God. I really rooted for this guy... even donated.. What a charade..

 I am not sure how comment as he is a scammer even before he writes anything here , dont you think he deserves a defending statement before all of this?


 

Well that's 20 BTC in 2 weeks between my picks at bitbook.biz, BTCsportsbet.com and this. Enough of that. Still fingers crossed for the guy! (both sites treated me great, just not a good picker!)

 :'(
Come on xbox pull through

Can someone that sent him money just explain to me why you would give him your money to gamble instead of doing it yourself?

 I dont know because we wanted him to buy a bike with that money? We actually did wanted to give him %10 :D at least me.

 It was either give him the money and he will deal with it or simply play them myself and give him only the %10 , the first one sounds much easier :D

 I still trust him . I am as far as trusting enough to say , he will return peoples money , if he sends my money back for some reason for these events , I will send 5 btc back right away!! I write this here , if I fail to deliver this , I will pay all of you debts , otherwise you can count me as a scammer and give me a tittle.

Seriously, this is getting a bit old now.

When he's proven to have scammed us, let the floodgates open. But for now, can you all stop crapping up this thread in the gambling section with your relatively unsubstantiated claims as to the legitimacy of this betting syndicate?

I have no clue what you are all like in real life, but the lack of patience and ability to just wait 24 / 48 hours before launching into a tirade is making a few of you look borderline autistic.

Let it go and come back in 48 hours for an update - this is not life or death; There are bigger things in life to worry about and groundswell of popular opinion does not prove OP's legitimacy either way.

Time will tell and the truth will out. Until then, the only thing you're all doing is adding to the noise to signal ratio here.

It's been more than 55 hours already. He doesn't respond. before he was responding instant. Moneypack got to him instant and he said he has them ready and will send instantly next minute he confirms the mp. He can't even respond like he did before the transaction? I had patience and ability to wait 24/48 hours. i started to write about it after 36 hours since i send the mp with out recieving btc.  So please don't tell me to wait if it's obvious that he scammed us.

No. It's been more than 55 hours already since you had a problem with him. With a trade. My point is that if this all turns out to be a storm in a teacup, we now have about 20 whining posts crapping up this thread that have nothing at all to do with gambling and everything to do with trading.

Start a new post in the relevant section. Link to it here if you must. Just please, stop adding to the junk posts here.

I still cant believe xbox would do that kind of thing :( I talked to him a bunch before he started he was under me at bit book following my picks well if you guys want some picks come on over to my thread ( WARNING) but I am in a mini slump now LOL

He had the perfect plan, from day one. Gain trust by making something entertaining and then taking it all. His IP has been confirmed in the scam accusations thread.(by some dude, don't know if it's really that legit DON'T TRADE WITH THIS GUY until further notice.



I'm starting to wondering if that bike was his, he was trying to sell. He kept on encouraging people to buy it.




DONT INVEST IN THIS THREAD until further notice

Wait... Wtf just happened?

What am I reading :(

we dont know yet :(

THIS. So please, for the love of all things awesome, WAIT until making a snap decision and above all, take a deep breath... and relax!

I haven't really been able to check this stuff for 2 or so days, it happens. Let our bro come and straighten this out

Dude ain't straightening out shit. I guess what they say is true: It's not even worth wasting money on ASICs when there's no shortage to the amount of stupid people on here who will fork over their BTC :D

You guys are crazy. Nobody is going to get their coins back. It's over. Time to move on and just forget about it- Nothing you can do.

I'm starting to think he has more then a couple of accounts here. Including a few that were posting here in this thread ;)

Just wondering if he is going to get that bike with all the stolen BTC and cash.

Put it down to a bad investment. It will surprise me if you get you're coins back. He has linked accounts, asked for a loan when he was a newbie. (couldn't provide collateral I'm guessing).
He has logged on since this happened and many people have contacted him.

all feel free to come follow me my picks are free I wont take your btc and if you want all you have to do is signh up under my book ! :) stuff is in my sig. I will warn you I am on a cold streak right now haha

Best of luck! I think I am a day late and a dollar short on the bitcoin move! Any of you feel free to come say hi or just watch from guest (its free)

Toodles,

RT

Since you're throwing around accusations in want a mod to run an IP check on me to clear my name. I want no part of that aspect

You'll see I only log in from 1, maybe 2 cities depending on where my cell towers hit

Well he hasn't bought that bike.... Yet

I'm not accusing anyone... but if this was a scam, i'm sure he had a couple different accounts or people to play along. That's how it usually works, right?

Anyway, he logged in a couple of times according to https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=126750 . Hopefully others see this thread and know not to deal with him.

He's already got a VERY bad trust rating, plus people are looking for is personal information, email etc.
I really do feel sorry for you who invested.

so sad and so true.

He just pm'd me back after I asked for my money back, he said to give him a few days to "sort out some major life events and ill make sure all are compensated as promised"

I do not know what this means.  If he is going through something big, my condolences to him and his family.  If it is just another ploy and he is leading us on, then it seems that hope is lost and I am sorry to anyone (including myself) who lost on this.

I saw it as a fun ride, I knew the potential that it would be a scam, hence why I only put in .8303, and it was pretty fun.  I am not sure what will happen in a couple of days.  If he comes back and makes things right I will be happy to continue along this roller coaster of a ride to make some profit off of gambling.  Otherwise good luck on future endevours all who lost money here.

Yes, if it's something in his life which has made him have a set back then, I offer my condolences. I have had to delay things before because of real life issues many times. I normally try to contact them and offer additional interest/items.
You don't have to offer them additional things, but I hope everything is well.

I honestly though Xboxgames was legit, he was very transparent throughout everything he has done on the forums. Hopefully everything is well with him and his family and he can complete the orders which he has in the near future.

IMHO this started to become a dodgy scam when xboxgames started accepting loads of BTC from other people, I can't be the only person who saw this coming from a mile away. It went from an innocent rags to riches betting diary, to a massive investment scheme which has ended up profiting xboxgames a nice $1.5k of Bitcoin. Bad luck, guys.  :-\

We will leave 48 more hours for him to show up and put a statement. Afterwards, whoever is interested in his information, contact us and we will provide you with such. We pretty much know who he is. It seems to be the right thing to do given the circumstances.

Got the same PM after I messaged him earlier

We'll wait and see

He is now online  ;D

He has been online... just hasn't posted.

I don't see why he would scam anyone now. He could've milked this cow for much longer and his bets were also doing okay.

So either he is a literally mentally retarded scammer or he is not a scammer at all.

He could of, but his downfall was selling BTC for moneypak's from what I can see. Greed got the better of him (and a potential gambling problem maybe)

hey Ihave a gambling problem :) LOL

Me too. That's why I keep my sports gambling to below $1 per bet. Keeps the fun, removes the risk.

So apparently, the way I see it, is that someone has some urgent and unforeseen personal circumstances, that by all accounts appear to be pretty damn serious, and people are lining up to make baseless accusations and generally shit all over him. What a fantastic community we're building here.

xboxgames: If you're reading this and need any help, drop me a PM. The btc is immaterial at the moment. I won't judge and I'm here if you need me.

Likewise

nickassa, owner of notroll.in, said the same thing and look how that turned out. I say give him some time, but I wouldn't expect getting anything back.

I agree with this whole heartily.


You seem way too trusting, you need to bitcoin moar before making recommendations.


At least you have those MFC coins Tavin. It might be too early for you to abandon bitcoin completely though if this fucker disappears. Head on over to #bitcoin-assets on Freenode IRC. Letting Mircea have some fun with you on there might be a rather profitable activity.

This kid claimed he did this for a living and then PMed me asking to send first to buy coins from him...hes a joke. I saw this coming from a mile away.

smh

He may have personal life issues nobody is disputing this. But the fact he was able to accept multiple moneypaks from people and not send the BTC at the same time is ridiculous excuse to be honest. As we all know it takes seconds to conduct a BTC transfer so I don't buy this excuse one bit.

The guy even said the other day he went to a hotel/spa with his missus for the night, which I'm sure was around the time he was accepting money for coins.

Sorry guys, its reassuring that in this day and age that some people can still think the best of people in situations like this but I can't see you getting your money back, sorry to say.

Pretty much this part is where it is at. If you are selling BTC you better have them on hand, be online, and be ready to send them when you can confirm as soon as possible after you know what you've sent isn't crap.Even if he pays the MoneyPak traders back he has just generally engaged in some horrible practices for a person selling bitcoin.

That has very little to do with the part where xboxgames is being accused of scamming new members out of MoneyPak funds

Lol, I've been registered here a full 16 months longer than you have and you're telling me to bitcoin moar?

Jog on, newbie! Where were you when we were buying btc for under $1?

Not sending money to strangers promising fantastic investment returns simply because they could spin a fantastic narrative.

It was obviously a gamble in more than one way. I sent money to xbox fully aware of the likelihood of not seeing any return. Like I said above, the first rule of gambling is that you never invest more than you are willing to lose.

Don't become petty with one another guys, even if either of you wins this "argument" is it really gonna do anything?

Anyone know his name on seals with clubs.

If so he may be logged on at some point and i can try and get so info from him

Try Xboxgames? lol

it is not ty

Maybe look for something related to Xbox. Or you could look at the scam accusations thread. I believe they listed a few possible alternative usernames.

I will definately try to brainstorm on who he may be on swc. Hopefully I can figure out something, all affected by him deserve an explaination.

I wasn't affected, however I nearly did invest. But, I had a gut feeling. Guess I was very lucky.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=154995.msg2470674#msg2470674

Weird, he claims he won 7 BTC even though he was not even near 2 BTC according to this thread at that date.

And, what was the total invested? or stolen...

~10 BTC

 I am expecting bit777 to reveal his identity , I am not sure how to react anymore , I trusted him all this actions and I still trust he will pay people back one day when his life deals are over but I am not sure anymore , I hope we can find a way to get our money back somehow , it is a disgrace that we all got tricked. Almost 2000$ scam , that constitutes as a legal action if you ask me.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=236971.0


any other comments please post here.

Doubt it. Bit777 seems like the person to keep privacy. I respect him for that.

Email: btctalkspreadsheets@gmail.com
IP: 70.39.176.4 - Midland, Michigan

 This is his information

 Password   hamm2323

 This is his password for someplace.

http://klout.com/Hamm2323

 This is his klout and

https://twitter.com/Hamm2323

 This is his twitter.


 Do whatever you can and get our money back. I trust there are couple of good hackers or someone here that can torture him on interwebs and maybe get our money back by web-torture

sp jason hamm huh hope this is the right guy could you imagine if it wasnt LOL

The email was deleted today by the looks of it?

I hope everyone gets there btc back SMH

Smh...

He's gone, I'm surprised that so many people didn't see this coming >_< It started innocent, but when he starts accepting massive deposits to "help"? No, there's no way this is/could have been legit  :-\

What most likely happened was a kid had a small bit of BTC, nothing else really to his name. When entrusted with everyones BTC he went and gambled off the record to try and win more. Probably ended up losing it all then to continue "degen-ing" he scammed some people in the currency section. Hes now disappeared obviously.

Or just took the coins and bought himself a tv and an xbox.

It's just such a shame people do this, while it would've been so much fun if this was legit. Also, this ruins it for generous people like bit777, who actually helped him out, and I doubt he'd ever trust someone who does something like this again. It ruins peoples trust and ruins the fun. I hate it.

I agree. This thread was exciting to follow. If he had kept going it could have been awesome for everyone involved. And the way his bets were going he could be a lot richer after just a few months.

Makes sense, though he was doing pretty well on here at least (with the bets he claimed), so it's a bit odd that he would throw it all away. I know for a fact more people would have invested in him, and the amount he could have made off this (just by taking, say 10% of profits) would be massive. And if he lost it all, it had no consequence for him. I would LOVE the chance to be in a situation where I can risk other people's money without any risk to myself, and still get paid a portion of any winnings I get.

He was a scam artist. One of the reasons I held back and didn't invest. I was replying in a loan request and he jumped on and asked me. After a few searches I saw he asked a few people in the lending section. Yet, he criticised people when asking for coins. He's a fool. He could of made a lot more if he continued the way he was. Unless, he started to loose a lot of money. Then decided instead of risking it all and pissing people off because they invested in him. He would take all the money he could and run. Then start posting under a new account. I wouldn't be surprised if he has posted here under a alternative account. Just because we wouldn't expect it.

Yeah, this could've been prevented so easily if people used their common sense >_<

I nearly did fall for it. It was lucky that I investigated before going. Here have my monies.

+ xboxgames didn't have much posts or rep, he just had did a bit of betting - I don't know why people rushed to give him so much BTC.

No updates with this, I think if he comes back and tries anything stupid then a scammer tag should be applied. This was a decent sized scam, quite sad that it happened tbh. He hasn't been active for 4 days and hasn't posted for a week.  :(

 I think even tough I found a lot of info on him , 2000$ was a small amount to care for people . I lost all of my mining money whit my horrible 40 mh/s hashing , now they are all gone , I lost 0.27 btc which was as you can calculate takes over a full month of my computer being open. Thats not a lot of work I know :D but still it was my frist coins . I cant imagine people losing hundreds of dollars.

He should get a scammer tag now. I doubt he will be back using this account and most likely is already posting under a different name though so it's probably a waste of time.

So where are the people that wanted to give him more time and believed he would come through? ;D Looks like I saved others hundreds of dollars and BTC after all.

 I am shocked that noone does anything about this . I hoped someone would be mad that this was done and find who he is or even his place , this is about 2000$+ scam , Thats almost 2 months of my income :D I mean thats biiiig. Why hasnt anyone tried to do something about it yet? I mean I have no idea how to hack or anything but there must be something with computers to do so in cryptocurrency forum right ? :D

Google Trendon Shavers. Last anyone heard he was doing just fine.

Yep, no-one did shit about a multi-million dollar scam :-X

 Omg thats so horrible , on the other hand I feel good about losing 0.277 bitcoin :D :D

 How can noone go to court for multi million dollar scam?

 I know admins are not reading this but if they are , keeping these type of scammers here without a tag is couraging others to scam. Just give them an IP ban , thats all we ask for. How can someone with 2000$+ scam still log in? Thats horrible.

The trust system in my opinion works much better. The trust is made by users and therefore much quicker. A scammer tag has to be made by a mod and that could take time.

They don't ban unless they're being very malicious, e.g giving out viruses. You know, "decentralized" structure and all that, as well as the fact that an ex-scammer may pay back BTC one day. Maybe (0.0001% chance) the OP is actually not a scammer.

I've noticed all his defenders have disappeared

Probably because they were all him =\

What a sad situation

Yeah, it really sucks :-\ Although I know, for instance RavinTavin did legitimately lose 5 BTC, which is terrible. :(

ya feel bad for ravin!

 Don't feel bad for people who can get it back quickly , she can webcam or whatever that is and make it back quickly , I have no other way of mine with my 40-50 mh/s . That means I have to mine for god knows how long to make 0.277 back.

40-50 mh/s isn't too bad...can't you do something else to make it back? :-\

Coins per 24h at these conditions   0.0013 BTC

 By this calculation if the difficulty doesnt change for higher I would need 213 days to recoup.

 I dont know what else I can do , I am trying to sell my popmundo cash or my erepublik golds or what not , but its not that easy to do so.

Oh, damn...

 Yeah , exactly my thoughts . So now I am going through all kinds of giveaways :D I feel like someone who lost everything and started begging on the streets , but in a more technological way.

Heh, I know what it feels like ;)

You can use CoinFaucets (http://coinfaucets.tk) to help. It won't make you rich but you can run through all the faucets pretty quick during down time (and it keeps up with the timers/rotates them for you).