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My Merit Source application for the Gambling boards has been officially accepted today.

I will be receiving 50 sMerits to distribute each month. 50 might be on the lower side considering how active this section is — but hey, we all have to start somewhere, right?

The main reason I wanted to become a merit source specifically for the Gambling boards is because this place is very active and highly significant for forum traffic.
A lot of Bitcoin transactions happen here (betting pools, side bets, prediction challenges...) but it's hard to rank up by writing in Gambling - Merits are rarely distributed in proportion to the volume and quality of content and that’s something I hope to help improve.

I’ll be using this thread to collect suggestions for merit-worthy posts — either your own or someone else’s. You can nominate quality posts here by replying with a link and a brief explanation.
Hopefully it will be followed by a few more users with higher amount of Merits, so together we can make an even bigger change.

Some submission guidelines:

• Low-effort submissions (aka shitposts) will result in you being added to my ignore list.
  If you spam or suggest poor content, it's unlikely you'll ever receive Merit from me again.
• Don’t flood the thread. Keep submissions to a reasonable number.
  Remember, I only have 50 sMerits per month, so limit your suggestions to a few standout posts, not every decent reply you see.

I will read the board and award Merits anyway - but there's more chance to see a post if it's linked here.
If I start receiving 500 submissions daily I'll simply close the thread - so please do your part to keep it running by posting only something of high value.

What I'm mostly looking for are well thought out posts/threads that bring value to the community. Some examples would be:

• A unique betting strategy with data backing it up
• Custom gambling tools or spreadsheets built by the user
• Competitions or giveaways that encourage constructive participation
• Breakdown of how provably fair algorithms work in a specific game
• Historical analysis of betting trends
• Honest, in-depth reviews of gambling platforms (not when they are a part of paid reviews)
• Comparisons between odds, promotions and bonus terms across casinos
• Tips and warnings about withdrawal limits or KYC issues
• Many other posts/threads that follow the same idea

Some examples of posts I consider to be of value:

List of Crypto Sportsbooks, Their Odds Providers, and Poker Availability (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545765.0)
Table - Withdrawal Fees and Withdrawal Amounts on Crypto Casinos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5333602.0)
Loyalty Bonuses & Promotions on Crypto Casinos and Sportsbooks (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5405581.0)
How to Advertise Your Casino on BitcoinTalk.org (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5525102.msg64912667#msg64912667)
BC.GAME 0.02 IN PRIZES⚽⚽CROSS LEAGUE GOAL MADNESS⚽⚽$50WEEKLY FREEBET BC.GAME (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5505972.0)
Scam Accusation Cases Against Betting Platform on The Forum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5481683.msg63504246#msg63504246)
SwC Bitcointalk Poker Series Discussion and registration (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5544102.msg65405878#msg65405878)
Re: Betpanda.io SCAM 1550€ (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5541685.msg65384948#msg65384948)

I hope this thread will help members from the Gambling boards rank up faster, and serve as a benefit to all the posters of the Gambling boards. I do invite other Merit sources/users with a lot of Merits to visit the thread and help out :)

You have been very active in the gambling discussions board. Big respect to that.
Congratulations to you my friend. Just like any other source, do the due diligence and give merit to post that deserve it while avoiding users that are scrambling for merit desperately. I believe you know exactly what to do.

Welcome to the service.

Congratulations. I remembered when you dropped your applications and I wholeheartedly supported it because it was already long overdue. This is good news for me as one of the active members here. Our efforts are going to be rewarded.

Congrats... I hope that you are not biased as other merit sources, and I hope you are not the same as others who had favoritism.

Congratulations cryptofrka, now the gambling is in a better position with you as a merit source,

I am active in creating threads about subjects related to gambling conditions and events, such as boxing. Is it possible to include these two topics?

This is one example of my entry about a gambling condition.

Can Conditioned Response Cure Gambling Addiction (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5505947.msg64418419#msg64418419)

Congratulations sir for being a gambling board merits source.
From your post I want to ask what is the submission technique or format to submit post,  would you gradually go to the history of everyone profile who comments here to reward the merits?
Like I know, gambling board has the highest traffic on the forum and if by submission of topics then I guess here would be filled with several post submissions. Therefore, I suggest you should look for the best technique to distribute merits over here otherwise it would be abused.

Anyway here is my post link: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5546030.msg65458843#msg65458843

Your gambling post link needs to be inline with the the themes. Again it must not be your link, it could be other link that interests you.

Thank you for this. I am sure that many of us would appreciate this. I hope many would be able to show their efforts and hard work and benefit from this thread. How many posts are we allowed to link in one post? Here are just two of my own threads.

Effect of fantasy sports to traditional gambling (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545782.msg65450306#msg65450306)

How to Build an Online Casino? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5542130.msg65359108#msg65359108)

Can we link replies from different threads as well?

You're very right OP. This board is one of the most active boards on the forum, yet it is very difficult and almost impossible to earn a decent number of merits here, and I kept on asking myself whether the posts and contributions here ain't quality enough. It's amazing that you also saw this as a potential problem and also thought out a solution to it. A big congratulations to you on this great achievement, and we are grateful that you have our interest at heart. Yeah, it's impossible for your alone to take on everyone and every posts on the gambling board, but I believe there are also others who are merits sources or who just have a reasonable amount of smerits to give out would love to join and assist you, we can also be helping each others too to make sure that merits are evenly distributed and circulated evenly on this board. Once again, congrats and well done for this amazing step.

Wow this is a nice initiative and a good news for the gamble local,  you're right it's better to start from somewhere but I don't see how 50 merit would be enough for the entire gamble board this is one of the most if not the most active board on the forum with more than 50+ post a day. Though not all post made are worth meriting but by the time we calculate 50+ per day for a week and then a month so many quality post applications might be on the line waiting to get merited.

Well from the criteria to placed as standard for quality post to get merited, I didn't see " a good advice to certain situations " I've observed that people ask for suggestions here and most of them are satisfied with the answers they got, personally for me I've learnt to change some of my old gambling ways just by relating with some comments and I must say their are worth meriting.

I am not writing to recommend any post just yet but to say a big congratulations to you for the well deserved honor bestowed on you by the management of this forum, you are a known and active user in both gambling and gambling discussion board, and you becoming a merit source is indeed a good win for us all who are mostly active in this board as well, congratulations my brother from another mother.

And i am happy to also see to see also that you've gotten to work immediately, this is a good one and I pledge to support this course in any little way I can when ever I have sMerit.

Congratulations, this is a good news, at least gambling board now have a merit's source, something that we have long waited for, the admin finally granted us that chance to also take part in the merit's cyculation in the forum just like in other boards where there is merit's sources, we on this board are the most active members in the forum but yet we did not have merit's such all this while, but not it over, and we gat a good merit's sources on gambling board, so congratulations once again mate and keep it up.

This is the first time we have a merit source specifically for the gambling section. That’s actually good news, considering how active and big that part of the forum is, especially with all the gambling discussions. I have a feeling this thread is going to get flooded with posts.

I’ve made some threads myself, IIRC, I will be posting here.

Also, I just want to congratulate the OP for becoming a merit source in the gambling section, it’s a solid start. Who knows, maybe more merit sources will get approved soon. Looks like quite a few people got approved today, including someone from our local section.

my threads..
Has anyone here actually joined a betting group and made real profit? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545718.msg65448356#msg65448356)
Point spread - underdog or favorites, which side are you? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5543337.msg65377769#msg65377769)
your bankroll and your expected profit - let us know! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5541110.msg65344725#msg65344725)
Your thoughts on this... (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5539723.msg65320860#msg65320860)
Gamblers Who Lose But Still Love It: What Keeps You Playing? (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5538342.msg65285652#msg65285652)
The Shift from Anonymous to Regulated Casinos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5538142.msg65277159#msg65277159)

Welcome to the Gambling Board's conversion of the merit list, this is the first time I am very happy to hear good news. However, I personally want to add some information here which I think can definitely help the OP.

A user can submit a post once a week or once a month.

I think it's worth mentioning a description of how you can submit links here.

 

Congratulations, but I think that instead of collecting applications for posts, it is better to review the posts yourself and award merits to the worthy ones. At the same time, we understand that the decisions will always be subjective, but such is human nature and this is in any case the best we can come up with.

I agree with Julien_Olympic here as there are plenty of interesting topics in the gambling discussion section, and most of them are started by high-ranking members. A lot of these guys honestly don’t care whether they get merit or not; they just want to share their experiences and knowledge about gambling, especially when it comes to sports betting. So while this is a good option, it’s probably better if you actually read the threads and the responses.

Wow, what a great development!

Gambling board has long needed the dedicated merit source focused specifically on posts within its sections. Based on my own merit history, I can say this was clearly lacking. Out of the 1900+ merits I’ve earned over the past two years none were from posts made in Gambling board sections. I’ve shared my unique betting strategy ^{focused on bankroll and time-related patterns}here more than once but it seems to have gone unnoticed. That’s not the complaint, just an observation.

Congratulations on your appointment, it is well deserved.

Cryptofrka can not be biased but the requirements may still make just little set of people to be receiving merits because what people post most on this gambling board are more not having quality as he required but maybe I am wrong. I just like that we now have a merit source on this gambling board which can let some people to post good and better.

Congrats Cryptofrka.

Whatever, I don't really care. A link and a short explanation will be just fine.


It can be your link as well.


Most of Merits will be awarded in this way, yes. I do scan the boards, but thousands of posts are written in Gambling every day and it's probably the most chaotic place for a Merit source due to millions of shitposts being constantly written.
I want to give people the platform to be seen, and from then it's up to them - only high value posts/threads will be merited.

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Checked current applications, I'll now post a list of some others - that I feel are more in line of what I hope to see.

List of Crypto Sportsbooks, Their Odds Providers, and Poker Availability (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545765.0)
Table - Withdrawal Fees and Withdrawal Amounts on Crypto Casinos (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5333602.0)
Loyalty Bonuses & Promotions on Crypto Casinos and Sportsbooks (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5405581.0)
How to Advertise Your Casino on BitcoinTalk.org (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5525102.msg64912667#msg64912667)
BC.GAME 0.02 IN PRIZES⚽⚽CROSS LEAGUE GOAL MADNESS⚽⚽$50WEEKLY FREEBET BC.GAME (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5505972.0)

16 Merits in total have been awarded to these threads today. As you can see - these are highly relevant with huge effort needed to write/organize/investigate.
This is what I'd like to see, and these are the threads that will propel you to higher ranks.

I hope that I will not be awarding mostly Legendary members - the whole idea is to help lower ranked members rank up. But this is the standard and expectancy, and it's mostly done by Legendary members.
Step up as lower-ranked participant and you'll be rewarded more.

Okay, then Is fine since you don't want it to be that stressful or too difficult for people to make submissions. However, I like the process.

Are you expecting links to posts that are yet to receive commensurate merits for the quality or just overall good posts? This will help people know which threads to focus on when picking for submission.

First of all, Congratulations @Cryptofrka for being merit source dedicated to the gambling board that has very low merit distribution.

I want to brought up here the thread I created before for Support group of forum members with gambling problem.

 [Self-moderated]Bitcointalk Gambling Problem Support Group (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5450013.0)

I think the thread is vital for those who needed a support to deal their gambling problem.

Something considered to be of high value and for the benefit of people roaming around the boards.


I do agree, unfortunately it is a dead thread.

Okay, congratulations on your status as a source of merit on the gambling board, I hope you work well, professionally and also fairly, although it basically depends on your personal subjectivity but I think you are capable and great, and therefore you are chosen to be a source of merit on the gambling board.

I say once again congratulations on your being chosen as a source of merit on the gambling board.

Congratulations to the OP for being a merit source in this gambling discussion board, the board definitely deserves a merit source. It's the most active board in this forum as far as I'm concerned and well deserving to be receiving merit from. Most of us are regular gambling posters here, sharing our personal experiences and learning from each other. I hope that simple posts can meet your criteria for merit because there's no much technical stuff in discussions on this board.

Congratulations OP, I welcome you to the Gambling Board as a Merit Source. This section in particular was in dire need of a Merit Source, and you have fulfilled that need. Hopefully, this Gambling section will be filled with new and diverse information in the future. From now on, we will also be able to be active on the gambling board regularly and share our personal knowledge and information here regularly. We will make this board more updated by sharing some technical aspects of gambling here.

Re: Saudi Professional League 2022/2023 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5432944.msg61541300#msg61541300)

Many Congratulations to you on this achievement. I hope you will be able to help the Gambling boards grow even further.  :)

By the way, I have a general question that since you have been accepted for the Gambling board merit source, you can only give those merits in gambling board ? Similarly those members who are selected as sources for the local board, are they restricted to giving merits to that respective local boards only ?

Here is my submission related to

Re: ✨ Shuffle.com | The next generation of crypto casinos | Sports, Casino + token (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5465575.msg65447208#msg65447208)

I don't think so, no, but Gambling is where I spend most of the time and where I plan to spend most of my merits awarded for being a merit source.
My regular Merits will be awarded wherever I see fit..

Congratulations on you being a merit source to this forum, it has been long over due to have a merit , your effort to the forum is very as you fetched you more
 feather s to be our "cap" .

Congratulations once again.

I think you are absolutely right @ Julien Olynpic, the gambling discussion board is always busy and if the Op want member to be submitting there post then I think due to voluminous number of post member do make and how active they are in the gambling discussion board, the application will definitely exceed what Op will be expecting then, the thread will have to be locked so instead of doing this, it is better to do what Julien said by going through post in the gambling discussion board and fish out merit worth post and I still think the work will be too much for the Op because the board is always choked up with posts.
Congratulations to Op anyways.

The gambling section has always been one of the busiest sections on the forum and was in dire need of a merit source(s) for a long time, but finally someone that knows alot about the gambling ecosystem finally got the responsibility , Big congratulations 🎉

Hope more sources get added as 1 source isn't enough with the 50 cap that exists.

Congratulations on your application approval. It's something worthy of applauding that you have to beam your searchlight for quality posts in from the gambling board section, recognizing it as the board with least merits attention from sources based on the untrue conclusion that the gambling section is wide ground for shitposts, of which this notion isn't entirely true, as there are good and quality discussion threads we can find in that section. I wish other sources can support your efforts seeing that your source numbers are drastically limited.

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Now here's a post link submission (Signs of an irresponsible gambling parents (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5545305.msg65434376#msg65434376).)you should asses to see if it deserves meriting. The post makes effort to highlight the problems of parents indulging their children into gambling activity, and therefore condemns the attitude thereof.

Congrats OP, this gambling board surely a busy one so youll expect a lot of post to pop in, and seriously I think this section needs more than 1 MS.  But its good that you are also accepted for this board. As most users are posting on gambling section due signature affiliated.

For sure youll find a lot of good threads here. Goodluck with your journey as MS.

I don't think this post fits into the category you're looking for, but I find the thread interesting, it wouldn't hurt to just check out bros @cryptofrka:
(1) How AI has ruined poker (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5548372.msg65537276#msg65537276)
(2) Re: How AI has ruined poker (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5548372.msg65537487#msg65537487) (mine)