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This topic is created to discuss the ongoing betting contest only. Will be locked once the contest is paused. Self-moderated thread to delete spam.

Feel free to share your thoughts, recommendation to improve this contest idea.

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Just to make it clear. I just want to know if parlay (combo) bets are counted?

Do casino bets count? Or only sports bets?

No. Only single bets are allowed here.

As the title says, sports betting contest only. It can be any sport.

Everything is clear to me! Expect my participation in this contest. Thank you.

Great to see you. I expected a few more users to get in lol. If we don't get enough participants, we are likely to pause the contest after a few rounds.

I have only a few single bets that won the rest of them lost, unfortunately it was beyond our prediction. Lol

If for example I don't win 10 single bets is that not eligible? say I only win 8 single bets is it necessary to post the winning bet id?

Sorry for the confusion again. :D

If we look at rule number 10 it means a minimum of 10 bets won, if you don't have it then you don't meet the contest requirements


Additionally, the 10 winning bets must have odds of at least 1.5 or higher. So if you already have 10 sports betting wins but the odds are below 1.5 then that also does not meet the contest requirements


However, it seems like you are already quite an expert in sports betting, don't rush and I'm sure you will get those 10 wins. If you have a good guess, let me know. lol

Yes now I understand, I've done more than 10 single bets but that's still a lot of losing, so to chase 10 winning bets is still a little difficult.

Little Mouse, a little advice for the next contest, whoever bets the most he will win first place.

Please also let me know if there is a good guess. Lol
A little disappointed also in the French League match, PSG was ahead but had to concede at the end and the score became 1-1 with LOSC, yes what else can I do, the bet lost. :'(

I am assuming that winners nr 1-5 winners are not for winning highest total odds or something like that? But for the people who won most money total from those single bets they participated with?

Because is i want to be tactical, latter would mean that gambling with 3$ bets wouldn't most likely bring us near top prices, as one wealthy player could just move to the top with few high roller $1000+ bets. So if rich high rollers are most likely rewarded, it would change my tactic. I just wanted to make sure that if this is the case?

I placed a $3 bet in TRX and won 2 single bets, but for some reason I checked just now the bet became $2.93 is it because of the influence of the TRX price dropping?

If so then this is not included in the minimum requirement of $3 bet, right?

Even though it is prepared for the contest and will be posted at the end.

Little Mouse, does it meet the requirements? Because at the beginning of the bet I placed a $3 bet in the form of TRX.

It's the number of winning bets. Say you win 20 bets worth $3 each while some other have won 19 bets with $6 each. You are the winner.

Yes. You can submit them. We can check the price at the time of bet placed. So no worries.

Number of most winning bets submitted in the thread. The more number of bets you win, higher the chances to win the prize. Must submit minimum 10 winning bets here.

@Little Mouse was looking at some of @BigCoin95 bets and wanted to ask if we can make duplicate bets ?? If say I bet on Real Madrid to win at 1.7 odds and later price drops to 1.54 odds and take both..will these count as 2 bets towards the 10 betslips..?

Wonder what happens if you post after the 48hrs, does a player get penalized for this??

I wanted to join the contest, but the fees are so high that I would be spending more than the amount I was planning to bet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I want to be in the next round.

Little Mouse, if the fees are still high during the next round, would it be OK/possible if I make a request to have my Shuffle account credited for $50.00 and have my campaign payment reduced by that amount?

Plus wouldn't it be better for the contest if the users post their bet slips only after they have already made ten winning bets? It wouldn't make a difference and I know I'm nitpicking. Haha. But it would make the thread look cleaner in my opinion.

1. Since I didn't put such rules, I will allow duplicate bet for this round but that's a valid concern and I'll make sure to deny any such bets in the future round.
If you don't post within 48 hours of settle, that won't be considered as valid entry.

Why don't you use any altcoin? If you don't use them at all, I can send you the fund directly to your shuffle deposit address.
Posting after 10 winning betslips? I think posting the progress helps others to see the necessary amount of bets to chase.

Hey LM, what’s the minimum number of participants is required for this contest to continue? Also maybe you should clarify and emphasize on the OP that the contest is all about the highest winning bet quantity because I honestly thought that this is a highest odds contest at first glance without reading on the discussion below.

I already place my 20 qualifying bet hoping to win at least 10 bets to secure a place on the contest.

My bad if it didn't sound like highest winning bet quantity. If we can 10+ participants, we will continue this for few months.
Otherwise, after a few rounds, we will consider pausing the contest.

I'm reading..... and I'm quite interested with this type of contest.

Good thing LM put this in the gambling discussion board as I rarely visit the games and rounds section. I haven't started placing a bet yet, I'm still waiting for my btc to credit to my account then I'll send it to my shuffle account, let's see if I will have a Merry Christmas here.  :)

Does that mean we can also make multiple entries from a single match while betting on different markets (handicap, totals, match winner, etc.) as long as it's within the minimum odds?

I guess I have to switch my strategy if that's the case. ;)

It's a loophole BigCoin95 used. Since we had no such rules, I will allow this time but from the next round, I may not allow this.

I have not owned an altcoin since I believe 2020. But if the fees remain very high, I might be forced to use Litecoin temporarily. It's purpose and utility is starting to be truly noticed by the people like me who rejected it. Hahaha.


My Shuffle deposit address? Not my Shuffle deposit account?

This is good for bettors like me who just recently find out about this contest, I need to make more bets now even on live betting on the same game just to make sure I'll get the minimum. I still have 24 hours tnough, I'm sure this will be fun. If the cut off is December 21, 2023, when are you going to announce the winner @LM?

Is this offer open to everyone or its a one time offer open to  Wind_FURY...if open to everyone I need some coins on my account  while am stuck at 7 :P

Internal transfer through tip.

After 48 hours of cut off time.

For a processing fee of 5%  :D

Is that "4" in 48 hours a typing error, as this sounds like thread will remain open for  another 48hrs to put in our submissions??

Isn't submitting of bets counting  down with less than 18hours as of today , of which bets need to be settled as won too in the same time frame as per rules ???

See this. You may have some pending bets which can be settled at the last minute or close, you may have missed submitting them. None of your bets placed after 21st December 23:59:59 will be counted as valid. But you have 48 hours to submit your winning bets which you have placed today.

Little Mouse means the time of December 21 is 23:59:59 UTC. that's the same as the forum time right? The problem is that tonight there are still some bets to be settled.

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@Ralle14 has deployed #16 id hard to catch up with him. Lol
I'm still waiting for some matches later tonight hopefully no misses and chase higher maybe.  ;D

Yeah, we have almost 16 hours and 30 minutes left to settle the bet.

Meaning someone can post after 24hours because there is an allowance of late entries based on the rule of waiting for 48hrs for the bets to settle  ::)

Tbh, this just creates more work for LM and team as bets now have to be verified for any late entry especially if links are used without showing image of game bet on....

I think you are making this complicated, let me summarize the points to consider in this contest based on the rules per OP.

1-Make sure the bets are settled within 21st December 23:59:59 UTC.
Explanation
(any bets that are settled outside that period is not anymore considered as valid entries. )

2-Must post betslip within 48 hours after settling.
Explanation
Post all your qualifying betslips within 48 hours after the cut off (within 21st December 23:59:59 UTC) as that's your entry to the contest.

3-After 48 hours of cut off time.
Explanation
After the 48 hours cut off time to post your qualifying betslips, the team and LM will determine the winners.

Lol nothing complicated buddy...

Was just trying to clear things out as a loophole in this round was found and there is a possibility of another loophole of say someone just placing 200 bets today the 21st and hope to have a 30% winning chance which means I have ~60bets in green and can post this on the 22nd as these are valid entries that fulfill the need to be settled before 21st December 23:59:59 UTC...

Perhaps question should be , "when are winners going to be declared or does the contest thread remain open or locked after 23:59 ?" 8)

Yes, that's valid, so it's not a loophole. Unless you are trying to complicate the rules.

I'm sure LM will make an adjustment next time to make this contest more interesting, but as of now, we need to play with the rules.

It was already answered by LM if you will backread a bit, winners will be declared after the 48 hours period.


LOL! are you kidding me? If you really understand the rules, you would not ask this kind of question.

I have a very simple answer for you. If it will be locked after 23:59 (dec 21), how can we post our entries?

Now it's 19 in total, thanks to the lenient rules this round. I wanted to hit at least 20, but I lost way too many bets in the NBA and other football matches yesterday.

It looks like i'm going to finish third place since Woodie and Gennady went ham in their final post.  :D

Lol and I didn't get my bets in yesterday as I was held up with a few errands... guess being on the podium is better than no prize at all for any break evens 8)
And thanks for setting the pace...

& Congrats inadvance @mirakal 1st place 🏆👏

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Little Mouse,  with the current high tx fees instead of spending $30-$80 per transaction is it not better to have the coins paid out in LTC to save  some $$$ and get tx confirmed faster...because at the moment the ordinals are doing more harm..

Total bet 34 and 16 wins, unlucky more losses than wins. Lol
You have the first podium after the final round. Congratulations anyway.

@mirakal was late in making the bet id report and it was done on the 22nd which means today, so it should be disqualified because time is up.

Let's wait for the announcement of Little Mouse, I didn't expect much but the number of bet ids is small. Lol

Excuse me sir, which rule does made me disqualified?

Sorry buddy I didn't mean to offend you.

Maybe I misinterpreted it, I just thought December 21 23:59:59 UTC all entries must be completed but that is for the bets we made and after that you can post within 48 hours.

I didn't look closely at your post above. Lol, that was a small mistake in my wording.

If so I'm sure you're the winner. :D

I agree with your suggestion (if possible) and it's more convenient for both sides in the future rounds since we don't know how long these high fees will last.

I got knocked down to fourth after that unexpected list of bets from mirakal and advance congrats to you guys for securing the top three prizes with Gennady.  ;)

Had it not been for that 48hour rule, the landscape could be different by now, imo I think let's make the game easy for everyone going forward by doing without that rule in future rounds to remove the uncertainty and stick to time posting...

Already looking at the current state of affairs in the thread, change only happened in the next ~20 minutes after the deadline which shows most of us play within the 7day running of the competition.

Haha, sorry mate, not my intention to put you in the 4th place.  Good thing LM brought this to gambling board discussion, otherwise, I woudn't see it. When saw this and I got interested, right there and then I funded my shuffle account from my stake balance. I just got lucky I guess but I'm pretty sure the next round onwards will be a tough competition with you guys.

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None taken.

Gennady the whale casino player from BlackJack.Fun? He will probably make 1,000 sports bets for mere fun with $3.00 each just to win $200? 8)

I may need the names of the best gamblers in the forum to assist me.

Little Mouse, when will the next round start? Plus can we use multi-bets to qualify as long as the odds are more than 1.50? It will be counted as one bet, obviously.

xGennady...will be watching out for this lad we have been warned  ::)

Round 2 could have a totally different layout of positions once sig payments go out as I didn't see some players participate for this reason and could be joining in RD2

Otherwise fingers crossed, hope to be on the podium if luck will be on my side.

Next round will be tougher than the first and already some big hitters have been spotted...no mentioning of names here lol

If the payment is using altcoins then the thread is not in line with the forum rules where the Games and Rounds board specializes in bitcoin rewards.
I think Little Mouse handles all the necessary fees or Sat/vB is minimized although I hate the long confirmation wait for blocks.

Yes the second round will be even tighter, I don't think this contest will have whales with large amounts of bets like you, but obviously at the end they take out all the betting ids which is quite a lot.

I need a lot of time to analyze the match.  :P

You got a point, and I forgot about that rule since it rarely happens in the games and rounds section. Now that the fees are shifting down, we probably don't need to switch to altcoins.

Yep, it's him. I can't imagine the effort of posting a thousand bets in a single round, but it might be difficult to pull off once new rules are added.  ;)

Yeah very good to see the connections giving way and things are normalzing in the Bitcoin network,  we may have to remain with Bitcoin instead of altcoin for the contest,  I just came across this thread and I have taken a look and will be participating,,.

There is no need to shift the thread from this section to altcoin if things happens to go down as it has shown signs of,  let have some fun in here.

Hahaha. It's true, he's a top player in BlackJack.Fun by volume. He was consistent in the top 5 of the casino's weekly and monthly wagering tournament, and he probably has more free spins than anyone that he might be hurting "Diggy's hole". The users in their chat-box will know what I'm talking about. 8)


Give us one name?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lol will not hype the player here for their own privacy  8)...

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Any news of when are we likely to get the new round up and running as some nice football games are currently being played and  we missing out ??

And are the new rules of the contest already drafted , like no duplicate bets and hoping that 48 hour wait period to be scrapped off ??

Btw with the duplicate bets, if I pick say for example Barcelona to win @FT, can I bet on the corner market or card market of this game???

1. No double bet on a single match.
2. Winning bets must be submitted by the deadline. No more 48 hours will be allowed.

Now the rules are even clearer.

I will wait for a new round for the next contest and play the capital back from this contest win. :P

Whoever celebrates and holidays now, please enjoy, I now just want to enjoy the near regional holidays.

Thank you @Little Mouse , my winning has been received.

I saw your post and I think it's hinting that the possible next contest will be a multi bet?

Well, I would like to tell you that I found it interesting and definitely I would participate again. With a more refine rules, is it possible to launch the 2nd round this year, or we'll wait for next year?

Rumour has it that the next contest could be an accumulator battle and just incase this happens we might not have the time to ask some of these questions and here is mine....

When it comes to duplicate bets, is it going to be possible to place a bet in the form of (A, X¹) and (C,X²) X representing a game with different markets that a player gets say Full time winner and other market being a handicap bet..will this count as a duplicate bet or both stand as a valid bet towards multi bet battle?

Otherwise whichever comes our way, am game to play either single bets contest or an accumulator battle 8)

Round 2 is live- https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480206.0

Not sure what to expect but competition sounds like fun so I am in too :)

Hooray the contest has started again

I'm trying to bet on LaLiga matches now not knowing the results later just trying to bet on it, unfortunately many leagues have a week off except Serie A which continues in the coming week.

Bundesliga, Premier League, LaLiga, French League are off.

Are there any other sports betting suggestions, honestly I prefer soccer betting that I know that even some European leagues.

Welcome!

There are a lots of other sports around. You can bet on that matches too.

How is it possible that I made five bets on NBA games with odds between 1.50 and 1.80, all the predicted favorites, and won only one of them?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I'm a sports-betting newbie as everyone can obviously see, but does betting on favorites and losing at such a high rate happen often in basketball?

I will pivot to Ice Hockey for the next stage of my sports-betting journey. Hahaha.

Are this 10 winning bets requirement only covered winnings from Jan 3 (contest start date) to the end of this contest?

That's the NBA regular season experience for you. Betting on slight favorites is sometimes similar to betting on a coin flip and can be a trap.

Earlier today, I got destroyed in the La Liga matches and went 1/3 on my bets, thinking every team could score a goal.  :P

If you want more soccer matches, I suggest testing the waters on the lower leagues (Championship, League One, Serie B, La Liga 2, etc.)

Bets placed after the topic posted and by January 10.

You and Gennady are very astonishing sports-bettors. Can you give us mere plebs some lessons? Hahaha. In merely three days, the both of you have won a combined 66 amount of sports-bets. If the bets were for $100.00 each, that would be more than $3,000.00, already accounting for the odds that are paying less for what you staked.

I have reached the minimum required of 10 for the contest with several open bets remaining, but I have more than ten losers just to reach it.

You are giving me too much credit :)
I am only working with a 12 points bank (12x5 USDT Level Stakes) which gives me at least 12 bets per day.
I try to be very selective with my selections and got very lucky but on friday I nearly lost my tiny 12 points bank where only 4 from my 14 selections won.
But I regret joining the competition it's too time consuming and it doesn't help that I am recording my bets like I always do  :-[

https://i.postimg.cc/bJNJjKYf/spreadsheet.jpg

I believe with the amount of the prizes offered, Little Mouse made a fair decision in making the minimum amount to bet at $3.00. I believe any amount more might give the participants a higher probability of losing when chasing the 10-winning bet minimum to be granted an entry in the contest.

You would therefore have 20x3 Level Stakes, giving you more opportunities and lesser risk of ruin.

Sure twenty Level stakes would be better or I could just have deposited more.
But wanted to make it more of a personal challenge for what I can achieve with 60 USDT and selective bets and somehow I started with 5 USDT stakes not sure why :)
I personally don't like betting just for the sake of it but made the mistake yesterday and placed three NBA bets... every odds on fav lost  :D
Basketball is the only sport where I am constantly losing in this contest.... even a 1.15 fav is battling hard for the win!
Current bankroll is 55,10 USDT just because of NBA.

I made that observation too. I thought the NBA would give the less volatile opportunities for getting winning-bets for the contest, and that the NFL would give the higher amount of wrong decisions. It's actually in the opposite direction. The NHL has also been kind to me in picking favorites.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Furthermore, I have already made more than ten winning-bets which hopefully qualifies me for one of the prizes. Plus if there's a Round 3, I have a new strategy for the NBA.

Really wonder if anyone can beat the NBA markets long term. I guess the handicap markets are beatable but too much work involved.
I am sure that I won't win any prize in this contest there will be or already are people who will place 100+ bets per day until deadline.
Only way to counter it would be to do the same but I have no clue about markets which I never heard of.
So will drop out and I already failed my personal challenge after adjusting my stakes and placing useless NBA bets :D
Anyway best of luck for your bets and see you next time.

You have already submitted a lot of winning bets. I doubt anyone will be able to beat you with 55 bets unless someone is waiting for posting in the final minutes.

Will need to prepare for round 3 as this one is getting too competitive  :P

@ralle14 @mirakal will you be defending your last tittles and hope you lads are aware of round 2 is live as we haven't seen you around with the round coming to a close in less than ~30hours....

Hope you aren't planning to surprise us before deadline day by dropping the bomb with a 70X betslips... possibilities are endless ::)

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With the one match one betslip rule, can't see it possible to place these 100 betslips in one day and shuffle doesn't spoil us for choice to blow our bankrolls this way  ::)

I won't defend my spot this round because i've already failed to break even in the previous round, and with how things are becoming more competitive in the current round, i'm most likely going to lose more money even if I could win one of the main prizes.  :D

After what I've experienced in the previous round, someone will surely one-up him unless he has more winners to unload on the final day.

I am certain that there will be many last minute submissions.
Maybe for tactical reasons and most likely I won't win any prize but that's ok :)


Nothing surprises me when it comes to betting markets.
I mean I wasn't even aware that there is a market for the korean women's volleyball league (nothing against it a since it's from my country) and that is indeed a very obscure market like gaelic football or futsal :D

I'll try to show you more than 60% winning strategy for basketball in Round 3, plus for the minimum required amount to bet, I will experiment with the strategy before the official round starts. 8)


If you're too sure you wouldn't win, where would that place me? Hahaha.


Smaller bets, with a bigger deposit. Although it will be very hard to compete against Gennady who probably has thousands of dollars in his account.

mirakal is IN. The game is ON lol. I didn't expect this contest to be such a huge competitive.

Just a reminder: Make sure the bets are settled and posted here by 10th January 2024 at 23:59:59 UTC.

Mirakal has completed 115 crazy Bet IDs like his sports betting is easy for him, maybe at the last minute he can add more Bet IDs.

Don't worry I'm sure you'll get your spot based on the number of Bet IDs, in fact I myself have only completed 9 bets and now waiting for the Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid match to complete 10 bets to qualify. ;D
If I lose I don't feel bad as the contest is now expanding further. ;)

The boys came to play and brought out the big guns, and am now regretting having called out Mirakal to play in a lower league thinking 40winners would be enough to clinch a spot on the podium but seems the standard is now 50+ Wins :P

If we go for another round maybe I will be ready, but whoever gets to win a prize, well deserved especially in a high competitive round as this one salute🎉🏎️🏁🏆

Will be taking tips on how to win...anyone ???

haha true trying to outmuscle a casino whale is I think not possible heard that Gennady is a professional casino player


That sounds very interesting I won't be much around in the next few weeks but please tag me when your strategy is ready I am always looking for interesting betting angles.


You were right I was really expecting more late submissions and just checked what happened in the Madrid derby thought for a moment that flashscore redirected me to the spanish ice hockey league  :D

I took a peak at the games and rounds thread and I would say I'm impressed on how you guys were able to put a massive 100+ bets. Damn, especially for Woodie who came out on top at the last minute. I think I'm a bit interested in joining the next but I'm not sure I like this lots of bets competition, you know. Maybe @LM if I may suggest, how about a biggest winning odds of a parlay bet?

Just a suggestion, if contest will be running for more rounds in the future ...I think we should share images in view mode here on the forum as it saves time seeing what's there and authentication... probably sharing image link's looks cleaner but I prefer not leaving the forum to some domain full of ad's  :) For those that share images and can't be viewed am sure someone with the privilege we quote it on your behalf and everyone will view the image...

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I'm very impressed in all of you who are winning more than 20 sports bets within one week! How much are your wins + losses within that time frame? Positive?

I'm not really much of a sports bettor. I have to compute how much I should lose while trying to reach the ten bet minimum, and how high I might place in the contest. Trying to win 50 bets to get first place will result in a loss, and a risk that the prize will not make up for that loss.


It's more of a strategy to win the contest by accumulating winning bets than an efficient strategy to actually win in sports-betting. The odds will be low and near the required 1.50, but it might give a higher probability of winning than merely betting the favorite.


Or just post the link.

First off don't know about others but Without the prize money  and all, definitely in the positive thanks to my strategy!!

Problem is many of us aim for the 1.5 odds and after two losses back to back then you are thrown off your game.. sometimes bet bigger to recoup your losses and you will survive longer but don't take my word for it...

Posting betslip link hides a lot of stuff and for the sake of transparency it would be better image is there for all to see unlike clicking on all links manually, so much time wasting with this approach...

You win...
Congratulations @Woodie on winning this contest. And you really are a true sports gambler.

It's crazy... even opening the 135+ winning pictures that @woodie sent made me wait longer...but that happened only once loading... Everyone must be curious to find out your strategy. LOL

Lady luck was on my side  ;)

Stratey lol, this was more like motivation for me....

And let's just say I don't like getting beat twice when I fancy myself winning and had to push myself to beat the "competition"...

Otherwise should take it easy for the next rounds as this is mentally draining and I need the rest ...but don't take my word for it ::)

Including your bets in NBA basketball? Want to give us plebs some guidance? 8)


You're right! I didn't consider the difficulty of recouping losses from 1.50 odds. But it's also a little harder to find winning bets/games that are 2.00 or better. Some luck plus a bigger amount of betting capital are definitely needed to be a winner in the sports-bets AND the contest.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

By the way, congratulations.

Congratulations to the winners especially @Woodie who took the first place, clever move man.

Thank you at LM! I received the reward, and looking forward to the round 3 of the competition. I hope we have a different one as the last 2 competition was quite time consuming, LOL.. I mean, if we really want to win, we should keep betting, and honestly, I don't use any analysis on my bets, I just put a bet on all games available with 1.50 up, but my average odds probably was 1.90.

Let's make it more exciting in the 3rd round, make it a bet difficult and yet not time consuming.