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As stated in the title, is it possible to run a game here in forum?
Here is the idea, let's take the example of Noona and Mismar (they are my turtles), if i can publish a live video (in youtube for example) of the tortules competing in a course for many times and offer bets for users here in a live thread by the help of one of the known escrows here, as we see in auctions or ruffles. (is this against forum rules?)
This may look dumb for many of you because i don't take it seriously so i can't explain it well.
I want to know if this is possible here in btc forum or not. And if anyone can suggest more ideas on how to realize this.

Sorry for the bad english.

I guess it is allowed,you can create a thread with your requirements and also hire an escrow for keeping entrance fee and wining rewards.

Don't forget to add the rules as well.

Yes you can really do that easily by the help of this forum because we also do something like changing everything if your project is different from the nothing then it will definitely been successful for you when compared to the normal time the possibility is more increased in this forum.

OP, you can. But you must make the thread of your game on "Games and round" thread -> https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0

Everyone like to play games, who doesn't want the prize?  ;D

Man, i've found a lot worse than yours.

Well, people do all sort of games here anyway: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0
But if you're not already a well known member of the community, I'm afraid you wont have much success since people won't be quick to trust you.

Alternatively you could use a well known member as an escrow, but that would require a payment which will probably offset any gain you might hope to make from this game.

You mean like this one? Man I'm not even sure if it's a real person or a robot! Or maybe a cat? Cats should be at about this level in English! ::)

You can make a game here in the forum but you have to be transparent. Be sure to post everything about the game including the mechanics and the prizes. You can make your own thread regarding the game you want but be sure to make a great plan to pursue it.

You can do so in games and round section (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0).  You will be using your money and send it to the one who will won these bets . The main thing for starting such game is  to think what will be your benefit in started such a game ?

That is possible.

But before proceeding, what are you really trying to achieve here? I mean how the game will perform? What's the "literal" meaning of turtles competing in a course?

Way better to discuss it here so that once you open your game, there will be few questions that will ask.

Basically, my experience on this type of game here on this forum is likely to not to scale through becasue of some reasons that has to do with forum members. When you create thread here for your games, many questions will definitely tray into your thread, and most of these questions will definitely drive away some of your potential customers.

Yeah, it is much better to hire an escrow. It really possible to make a game thread since I also have seen few members here in forum do the same. He just only need an escrow for his assurance and for the players at the same time. There is no problem about it I mean game thread here in Bitcointalk is much more alive and trusted with an escrow.

I don't see any reasons why such game may be not allowed here. You may try to start your competition in Games and rounds section. It's just question how many people will be interested in this game. And don't apologize for your English - it's not bad.

- Yes, it is possible to start such a game on the forum in the Gambling section.

- Since you've chosen to use an escrow, you will be pretty much trusted with the money and everything. However, you will have to escrow the win amount for every round.

- For making it into an actual game, I'd say host it on a website on your own. That is much organized than a thread here.

Yes you can do such thing but take a look for this example https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5125196.0.

You should consider on how to set things up because that mice race didn't even somehow succeed to gain interest.
I don't know if that turtle race would end up the same.

Yes you can. People in the forum are also wants to have fun with a game or something. Just dont forget to hire some escrow which will manage the funds and will make your game legit and make unconfusing rules which are easy to understand. A youtube video can prove the win or a live version is better.

The forum has no featured for games but you can see that users here are promoting different kinds of games and you cab do research depending on what kind of game you like to play. In some cases, gambling games are most common thing that you can find by the users promoting it in this forum. Usually, it is integrated to bitcoin block chain where one user could bet. So, there is no really nothing to worry when betting because of block chain that can assure funds deposit to be safe.

That's possible. Actually, I've already seen couple of games/bettting games conducted here inside our forum particularly on our local board (e.g. Senatorial Elecetion Betting Game). But remember, the prize for the winners is your responsibility of course but you could at least implement a fee for entry and use it for the prize pool. Well, it's up to you any more.

Good luck for the game you plan about your turtles. Honestly, I can't understand what you really mean by that one.
That's okay, keep on practicing :). You will make it!

You should transfer this thread to meta section so that the thread will be visible by the mods controlling and maintaining the forum. You can also mention theymos in the forum because theymos is the only admin known here in the forum.

For now, there isn't a game running in the forum but there are users here promoting the games to which it could lead you outside into the forum.

Yes you can start making gambling games on here, i mean you can offer your service of gambling games on here, mostly games developer promote on here via signature campaign. But it will takes alot of time and money and you must have good team to building your own businesses related with cryptocurrencies, but in my personal opinions you can join in gambling games which has been already it will be more easy, fast way to making gambling games than you make your own gambling games.

It's possible as long as it is transparent, similar things happened on social media, you need an escrow for this and set of rules to avoid confusions among bettors, why not do a dry run first before running an official bet, that way you'll know what could go wrong along the way.

I think many of us will be curious about the game and I am curious about the prizes ;D

It is allowed to start the game here, and I wonder when you want to start the game as I think that will help many people will watch the video for the turtles competing.

Perhaps, later you will get a sponsor from other members to support the prize to the winner so they can get in the game by choosing the right turtles that can win the competition.

I can't remember seeing a similar thread before and there is nothing in the rules that prevents members to create their own games.
I am curious though how it will work? Winners take all, the house gets a cut.. will you try to prevent people from making multiple bets etc?

You are offering gambling game in the right section(gambling section)in which made this eligible at the same time that you are willing to use escrow so what should be the problem?actually I will be one of the bettors if ever you wanted to pursue this one.goodluck mate and looking forward for the final decision from you mate

For sure the game will still be the same with other platforms. What else do we expect? Of course the owner should earn from the users of the game. However, if it is possible to make a p2p platform when betting. This is far better knowing that the match or game is being done with a real user as an opponent.

There is childboard under gambling called games and rounds which may fit this kind of competitions I guess.And the one who is running the games need to set all the rules and it is people's choice whether to join on not.

As far as I know, you can host games over here in the forum as long as its on the appropriate board. I have seen people hosting lotteries over here. You can probably make a thread on the gambling section, but to be more safe the "Games and Round" board seems to be more suitable. Just read the sticky on each board to make sure you are following the rules.

But how to make sure that others will trust to that escrow? So, its means he need to hired a popular escrow to make sure other will deal with that?

That's sounds very interesting.
I think that it is possible to run a game here in the forum but you will need a lot of help from trustful members in there.
I hope you will manage to do it and I would be happy to participate in it!

Yes, you can start your own game in this forum. It is not stated in the forum rules that it is not allowed to start a game in this forum. Actually, it also happen in my local board. Anyway, the game is about predicting the price of bitcoin and he/she will get the reward to whoever predict the exact price or the closest answer.

As long as its still associated with gambling its permissible, you can start and run the game but all must be arranged neatly so that gamblers can join at your game. Automatically there must be escrow yeah dude and all your games are done fairly whatever rules you make but the game must be open to gamblers of course.

Just a normal thing for you to think off that he would need up for an escrow which had been trusted on this forum or simply by the entire community
to build up trust regarding on the game that he would host into this forum.Its possible but I do see it would be hard on gaining attention on most gamblers
here.

Did you visit the Games and rounds (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0) section already?
I think there is a similarity there of what you are proposing here.
You can look at the previous thread there as an example since there is no sticky there.

Brilliant idea mate but you need to put your project at the proper place section in the forum, I think place your project at games and rounds.


That's right mate for the convinient of the users need to make fair rules and security of the players.

I've seen people starting a game here in this forum and it's ok to everyone since you are not a newbie and already knows some of the forum rules, just make it as transparent as possible, and if possible use an escrow to gain trust from every players and good luck to your game, hope it'll be fair and profitable to participants.

Even if OP still newbie, it doesn't matter with the game as long as the game is legit. OP also has said if he is gonna use reputable escrow for his game, so you shouldn't worry about it i think. Use escrow isn't used to gain trust actually, it's just a way to guarantee the winner will get the prize when they won.

Yes you can do that. Many users had and have been running different kinds of games and contest in the Games and Rounds section of this forum. Whether people would like and participate in your game are a different issue. Being transparent would attract further interest and a neutral escrow would provide sense of security to the participants.

I doubt in success of this or any other game here on forum. As I remember some people tried to make some games here on forum, but without success, not enough people interested, or simple bad ides, what ever, all I know that nothing ever happened.My advice to people who have idea is to gather some group of people, rent some site, and try to make something on that site. On this forum, or any other, someone will steal your idea. If you are going to do something do it right, invest some money.

If you come up with any game on this forum, people will start criticizing it and will not encourage it. Some may call it a scam etc. Obviously if you planning to develop a game and give people money on gambling on it, you should have the funds for it. So it is better if you buy a domain and develop your gaming / gambling site and then introduce that site on this forum. This will have a much positive impact and many people will join there provided you do not intend to scam anyone.

If the op is going to basically torture his/her own turtles, making them race or whatever for the sake of organizing a game people get to bet on - I don't want the price, and I believe there will be more people like me who believe that it's unjustified to use animals this way. Moreover, it's not like this way the game is 100% fair. For instance, how do people know the op did not give one of the turtles a substance to make it faster or slower or something like that? Why use real animals with senses and flaws of reality if you can just make a perfectly fair code for turtle competition simulation? This way people can be sure they are not deceived, the thrill is still there, the odds are purely mathematical and the real turtles are no part of it.

Thank you all for your participation in this topic, i really appreciated reading all of your posts. I chose some quotes to reply but the doors are always opened for more ideas and critics.

In my opinion, we can't host a game here in BTT without hiring one of the known escrows to manage the funds. To be clear, i still don't know how much it may cost, but everything should be calculated before even to suggest this to an escrow. We will see :)

Of course i should think about my benefit by running this game, but as a start, i want to focus on understanding more details about how this may function in a forum (always comparing to other successful/failed experiences) and what kind of rules should be set for such a game. This is the main reason why i started this thread.

By starting this thread, and after get confirmation that this is possible in the apropriate board of the forum, i hope read about what kind of questions i will have to answer, and if there is a good example which i can follow.

Thank you, you are a kind gentelman  :-*

To realize this in a website, it will consume all my time preparing the code (am not a coder) + graphics and layouts, then start working on getting traffics (promotion/marketing). I think it's more easy to start here before thinking to make more management.

Thank you for this example, but this initiative looks dead despite it has some few enthousiasts. It's a nice idea to make bets using mice.
I will spend more time checking details of that thread.

Sorry, i can't understand what do you want to say here by "Usually, it is integrated to bitcoin block chain where one user could bet." .

Please let me know more about that game in your local board, and help me understand it if possible. Thank you.

The idea came into my mind about a turtles course, but it's just a kinda of "brain storming" to find such a funny idea. Indeed, am opened to all kind of suggetions and may find better ideas to realize this. The mice competetion mentioned above can inspire me prepare for something similar.

This is a good idea, and by reading different answers here, i think the idea is interesting and may succeed if finding the right tools to run it.

Am also curious to find the best answers to your asks. What do you suggest? :)

It is so important what you are saying here. Thanks for your honesty. Am still discussing the idea and nothing is surely to nearly happen. Please let me know if you have more concerns about this kind of games being running in the forum.

I also believe that it's unjustified to use animals this way. It was just an imaginary idea to start officially thinking about required steps. Am still collecting information about other similar projects and hear from different attitudes from the community (as you here) .
Am not ready to kill my animals for money benefit, i spent a lot of my efforts/time/money to save them from hunters; in exchange, my turtles inspire me all the time to try new things and to positively think. Don't expect me to be unhuman just to make benefits or let others have fun. (I really wish you can understand my point) .

Following the exemple of using my turtles, i still don't have answers to your questions. But, i would ensure that community has all the garantees that am not a scammer or use pain for animals to get benefits.

This may not be against the forum rules but it is probably better to let the moderators intervene on it than go ahead and get penalised afterward.

I would like to see stuff like this on the forum to be honest. It would be more engaging than typical gambling.

Games and rounds (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0) is the right place you can post about this.
OR if it is an investment-based game, post it in Investor-based games (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=207.0)


It is actually dumb for me to bet over turtles (unless they are Ninja Turtles)  :D
I think I'd prefer betting on DOTA 2 and CS:GO challenge more than what you proposed, but if it's not a crime in your country you can promote and ask people to bet upon them. I prefer a fight between chickens instead of turtles.  ;D


If you don't take it seriously yourself, how will you convince people to bet and play what you want them to play?

Let's talk about it. Am supposing if it's not against forum rules, then how to host a betting game here?
If you are not convinced by my supposition, please, feel free to suggest any idea you think it can lead to a good result. This is not an announcement thread, am just discussing the subject.

The House usually takes a cut so that is normal and OK I guess. You can't really prevent people from making multiple bets or using alt accounts without asking for some type of KYC and doing that would not work, nor would users accept going through a verification of some sorts.
The winners divide the entire pool between themselves, I think that is the best way to go.

Exactly, you can definitely do that. Games and rounds are there to be your partner section. Just make sure not to scam people here or else we will sue you (sorry for this joke). Also, make sure to make your game fair so the people will enjoy it. Well, good luck with your plans.
Aside from that forum gambling site is proven and tested and of course, you are safe from a scam site.

Everyone can easily start a game in the section of Games and rounds (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=71.0)
Just make it sure to create a thread and have a good escrow, I'm sure many people will bet on that case.

If you will use your turtles, make it sure to make it a live video so people will be hyped and cheering to their respective bets.

This turtle race you're planning to have sounds similar to the mice race (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5125196.0) and virtual sports race on sportsbooks. I have a question is this going to be a one time game or will it be done regularly?

He did say on the first post there will be a live video, the feel won't be the same if the race won't be recorded live.

Create a draft thread set your own specific rules and terms for your game, the hardest part is how would you convince people to join your game.

When i saw the mice races I was somewhat intrigued I will be honest with you.  And ever more then you can watch them race and win money
But to think about turtles racing is not something that sounds of interest but I think there others who would enjoy it.

Seems interesting and exciting. It is like watching a live ufc fight. The only difference is that we are betting over a turtle. Well, yes. I will participate the fight if that is possible. You can just link the video where the live fight will startm and post the exact date when is the start of the gam/fight. You are the very first person here to suggest that and I would love to join into it. I do think many here will support your suggestion. Just make necessary pland on how to start it.

How are you going to motivate the turtles to actually run and race each other? What if they don't want to?
There could be a bit of lettuce as a reward for the winner, that might get them motivated.

I guess it is allowed if you can share link from your live game and also the escrow should be a reliable personality in this forum.

When you mentioned escrow, I was like what the heck? Lol. Most of the escrow you see are not even reliable. You just have build your brand and prove yourself reliable so that people can send and receive from you direct than going through all these escrow of a thing. And what kind of game are you talking about, do you mean a live racing game where you put your turtles in a race against each other and people can then bet on which is going to win? I have seen something similar, a mouses race. They put the mouse up against many other mouses in a race and people can then place their bets and if you're right, you win.

Yeah, you can, you can see most of the membera accept it that you can do it. People like all sort of games, then why not we like it, However, you should start your thread, and see the result i have great hopes for you, and i am curious to see you turtles.   

I think you can as long as you agree to one of the trusted escrows list here in the forum to hold the funds for you.In the end of any competition the organizer keep a cut of the whole money raised from this game and the restis distributed to the winners.

As I said above, my turtles inspired me to think if I can manage and how to encourage users to bet on one of them; and this how I thought about the possibility of forum help then started this thread to get the good opinions (like yours).

Go to games and rounds and check the rules whether that is allowed or not.

Such games are accepted in this forum I believe so create the thread with the better clarity of information to get the more gamblers for your games.

So I have read all your replies.

There is already a "thing" in your mind and all you have to do is make it happen.
Perhaps, you could edit your thread. (this thread) or the games and rounds section and then update us about what you edited.

Input the website and also the rules.
Might as well make a beta website just so some of us here could try it first and look for some bugs.
Trust me, a lot of game makers did it here and it will be also interesting for gamblers here if it will be a new kind of game.

Yeah! You can create any form of bounty or thread here as long as you will not deprive nor destroy any rights and regulations in this forum. Once you will not violate any rules then you can create your own thread. It is good idea also that you can hire manager or escrow just for your game to be legal and attractive.

I can't determine this as a new kind game, but why not using the forum to manage the game using different forum tools (escrows, feedbacks, transparency, ...) .
Would you please tell us some of the example you know about those game makers who started their careers here in the forum? In fact, I didn't succeed find anything interesting but that dead project of mice race. Thanks in advance.

This is one of the recommendation op was asking of. You should open or create your own sites to run the game and create your customers services here as others has done. I also do believe that it will not go well with you running the game here as we have people that may not have good in mind concerning your success and may try to bring you and your reputations down.

I think the same thing about the escrow because that will be important if the escrow agents can hold the money so we can feel safety and the money can be sent to the winner. I still curious how it looks like and I think other members have the same things, they want to watch the competition, and maybe many people will place the bets.

Yeah most importantly was the escrow. It is really possible but they need to have an escrow for players assurance since people are more reliable of having a proof that hving a good words. In money matters especially games you need to satisfy your clients with your legitimacy for them to have more interest in your game.

Keeping the winning money into a safe hands will build strong confidence with bettors to play and try their lucks, you can always create a thread
so you will be able to invite out those interested gamblers to play with your ideas, the more cleaner you take this idea the more gamblers to be
attract and support you.

Yes, it's possible. We've talked about something similar in a spider fight thread here in Gambling Discussion.

Aside from having a trusted member act as escrow you have to set up a system for accepting the bets. I mean, you should be able to know which members made bets for the payout. 

Also one way to make this better --- more turtles.  ;D

I thought about this for awhile and came to the conclusion that it will lead to some problems which may not go down well with admin and moderators. One of the problems could constant bumping of this thread.
Make sure to ask those at the top before trying this

I don't know if the idea would be considered by the administrator but you can ask the question on meta section as well that is where most forum related matters are tabled and deliberated on

With using the escrow agents, I am sure that many people will see the competition is legit so they will place the bets and it will attract more players to try. The escrow will hold all of the money, and the OP only needs to watch the game and update the competition and give the results of the competition.


I am sure that he will be one of the trustable people when he can use the escrow because he doesn't have any reason to scam people. He only wants to give another pleasure for all gamblers to place bets in the different games.

I don't think it's a problem, it's the same as a tournament in the past that was done in the games and rounds section which requires the contestants to place their bets on a thread there, which means it will always bumping the thread and I think it's fine as long as he can manage it well and transparently so that there is no suspicion.

Placing bets on the thread is still considered as bumping if the thread stater wont add some rules about the limit of participant or on the limit of the bets that they can post   . Its actually fine to start a gambling game on the forum as long as you have already read the forum rules and the rules on the games and round section  . Just make sure that you must use an escrow or hire some reputable managers to assist you if necesary  as this will give you an edge among other competitors  .

I have never witnessed such games here but as this forum promotes privacy, I think there shouldn't be any prohibition to stop you from letting users of the forum bet upon real fights (unless an animal rights prosecutor comes up with some allegations to sue you in court haha).

Even I don't know how you can host it all here, but yeah there are tons of platforms available for you to utilize when it comes to live video streaming and decide a date and time, give it here in an announcement thread and ask people to bet in them. But do you have any idea of what will you be paying to the winning side and what will be the base of setting odds here?

Yeah I think you can do that, but you have to have clear rules, in a sense of you provide a way of playing which is explained in a coherent and clear way like how to play, total rewards, who is escrow hold the funds and so on. if it's interesting game, of course there will be many players who will try, because in this forum there are many players who like to try new games, especially if it's fun

we are here in a crypto forum so what are you expecting to use as payment method paypal ? of course cryptocurrencies  .  i believe he will pay in bitcoin but its a good idea if he can pay other lite altcoins so that he can save fees and the transfer rate will be alot faster  . about the odds , i think the setting will be the same as when you are playing on every gambling site online  . you can lower or higher the odds and you profit will also adjust  . ive seen alot of gambling games simillar to this idea , not only on this  forum but also on other sites , social medias and messaging app but one thing that makes me doubt because most of them dont provide escrows .

Actually a lot of betting game/prediction game here in the forum, especially on NBA and other sports so I think you can do that as long as you have good rules and include a trusted escrow so many participants will place their bet. Your idea is good, i wish to see that soon and hopefully its more affordable.  ;D

I believe that all the transactions uses escrow are legit,and you only want to make some enjoyment and also gamble for the gamblers here
But maybe you need to advertise this first for you to gain bettors because we have thousands of games here in gambling so the competition is very tight
Though your even is unique and I never saw a gambling game like this in life lol

^ Agree on you. Every one of us here is eligible to conduct a game or contest here in the forum, that is very helpful to the community.
But when it comes holding the fund I think you should find escrow to ensure that the fund is safe if you are not enough trusted to hold the fund. Yes, here in the gambling section there are too many games/contest threads and in the speculation, section predicting the bitcoin price, so OP can also do that as long as when it comes funds are safe.

Yes. Once you set a game, make sure that it is transparent to others. The rules should be given to all gamblers in a clear way so that everybody will understand how to play. And give some rewards who have made it to the top. And never forget to make your game enjoyable and even profitable so that everybody here will be encourage to participate.

we need to give all our support in all the time then only we can make a good gambling for games to be giving the satisfaction for us but I always appreciate that the people trying to do differently so that I can definitely agree this.

How's the status of your game OP? Been a while and the feedback from the users here are quite positive as long as there is escrow in this game, and he should be a trusted one in this forum.
And you can a start the game here anytime and create your thread in the Games and Rounds section and lay out all your rules. Are you ready for this?

The forum has a lot of information from the best game resources that are worth paying attention to.  Indicators of their quality are really reviews of many professionals who are also users of bitcointalk.  Only you need to carefully study the information and bypass empty words.  Nevertheless, bitcointalk is practically a big safe with a huge amount of valuable information about the entire cryptocurrency market and gambling.

Games here are always open as long as you have no intentions to scam users here :). Its better if you use escrow in your turtle fight ;D ;D. Kidding.

Just put your game on the Games and Rounds section and make many advertisements inside and outside the forum so that many will be aware in your game. Good luck.

I guess I laugh after seeing your joke about turtle fight but I guess making our own gambling game in this forum is not prohibited as long as you would put it in the right thread section there is no need to worry about it, however animal fighting or underground fighting event (that is for humans) I guess that will make a stir and it is prohibited in the forum in my opinion because it is really against the law and the forum will not tolerate something as cruel as that,

And about OP's idea of a turtle race, I guess that is one brilliant idea to start up something in the forum that is gambling and betting with our cryptocurrency, And because of that I have come up with a great idea in the future on what can I do to simply past time and getting something in return because of it.

Exactly, it is a best plate forum and here we could easily get correct information about any gambling sites and most of the members are helping us by their views, it is best thing that we quickly get our answer and bitcointalk forum is popular because here a lot of trustful gambling sites are working, that's why i don't think we have hesitated to play gambling here.   

What’s the sense of your post?OP is simply asking about if he can start a gambling game in which he will be using his turtles ,and it can be answered by Yes or No why need to input a lot of words that has not necessary to the question?
Yes OP you can start it now and let us know so we can bet since it seems to be a cute and slow game lol

What kind of game? I do not think you are able to start a game here. You can just start a thread about the game you are talking about and can get to know what people think about your game. Of course you could be appreciated for a good idea and gamblers here might suggest you good stuff as well if you are a developer and are thinking to start an online gambling site for gamblers.

Please explain more, maybe some people will be interested join it as some people join raffle, but aslo most of gamblers preffer to bet on gambling sites so the best is to try share the idea and see if you get some people who want join.

Games and Round is the place on this forum where you can start any game but I do not think it is going to be any good unless your idea is very great and you escrow the funds. Without these two things you will not find any success.

It also can be done through trusted escrows on the dedicated section.But not sure OP is still interested in doing that game.

Is there any update about your plan to start a game here in the forum?

Yeah now so many people are interested in gambling with betting, as for it you will have more chances to win if you are well aware of the game and you know how it takes turn and change with time, gambling is for everyone, gambling is better for betting and it will give us opportunities to make money, so it is safe place to gamble it is trust worthy forum.