My first pick went to sports betting because the level of entertainment that I get is on another level, but when the leagues are in the offseason, i'd put it at the same level as the other game I chose. My second vote went to slots. I admit that I haven't been actively playing slots recently because i'm more focused on sports betting, but it's my alternative pick if I have to take a break from sports betting. I also had some fun moments with slots and I probably won't experience it again if I were to play another game.

This shouldn't affect the signature campaigns for crypto casinos because it's unlikely that the forum admins will cooperate with them. On the other hand, most crypto casinos have Australia under their geo-restriction list, so they're not losing anything if gambling ads do get banned in Australia in the future. I doubt they can stop every gambling advertisement we see on different platforms when they're only limited to the ones under their control or until the other party agrees with their plan.

I have no idea about the U21 EURO teams, but I still took the specials they offered earlier today since they're most likely boosted odds, and it somehow came through. 

Then I rolled my small winnings on Guadeloupe's +2.5 handicap after seeing the odds slowly dwindle before kick-off. I guess betting on these unusual matches is slightly better than baseball and tennis. 

Nice, Guadeloupe held and covered the handicap against Canada. After last week's gold cup question, I learned not to underestimate the underdog.  

Also, i'm surprised that many still went for De Minaur that single point could've been saved just by checking the bracket.

I'm happy to see my name in the recap for round 3, even though it's not in a good way.  

When you're in a betting group, they won't teach you anything, and instead, they'll share the best bets to go for because they're the ones doing the research for the group. You can probably find some legit betting groups out there, but others prefer to share their picks instead of keeping them to their own because gamblers are willing to buy from them. There used to be a thread about a list of paid betting groups before, and he's trying them out one at a time to see which groups gave the most profit.

If i'm only betting based on the odds, then i'd probably lose more because there are a lot of inconsistent teams between different leagues that fail to deliver a win at home and on the road whenever they're a 1.5 - 1.7 favorite. Even with research, i've been struggling to win on favorites with odds around the same range, so you need to learn when it's a trap because it's common to see bookies rate a few teams too high, and then they'll start bottling when you bet on them.

From $4 million to $15 million is a big step up, it's almost close to the prize pool of the previous TI, and they have a better prize distribution for the lower placements.

It might even beat the prize pool of this year's TI since Valve mentioned they're moving away from the battle pass system that we're always expecting in the middle of the year, but they still plan to release an update that will fund the prize pool.

Torontotokyo's performance in the support role is already good enough tbh. The big difference maker was the role swap they did between Pure and Nightfall, they still have some hiccups here and there, but they're probably in the top 5 if they can maintain their form.

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Also, it's surprising that this year's TI qualifiers for WEU and SA will be having two spots and I guess there will be no LCQ now that the two spots are allocated for those two regions.

I always go for pre-live if I can get them at good enough odds (around 1.7 - 1.9) and then live betting when I have a lot of time to spare and have a hunch that the favorites will stall the odds long enough for me to bet on. Live betting has more juice than pre-live and can easily swing one way or the other depending on the teams and sport you're betting on, so i'd always avoid them or bet smaller amounts unless there's a trend that the bookies haven't caught up to yet. From my experience, i've had more losses betting live than pre-live as I used to fall for these trap live odds most of the time.

The first reason still depends on the providers, most crypto sportsbooks have been offering a lot of esports, but sometimes it's annoying that you have to wait because not all sportsbooks update their odds ahead of time.

In some esports leagues, there is big money coming in, but at the same time, there are teams that are bleeding money, for example in the Overwatch League Chengdu Hunters left the league and in the LCS (NA LoL) CLG was forced to sell their team to NRG. The state of esports since last year is becoming less profitable, and its growth is steadily slowing down now that we're starting to see a few teams back out of the competitive scene.

I noticed that the 8th question might have to be revised (or voided) because I can't see De Minaur on the ATP 250 Eastbourne draw, and Nicolas Jarry probably filled his spot as he's also advancing straight to the next round aside from the top three seeds.

A few of them are difficult, but the good thing about this week's set of questions is that we get fewer questions that require two to three answers correctly. 

They were close to winning the series, but Pure made that one big mistake blinking in without BKB and got caught by Ace's hex to disrupt the surprise doom. That greedy move from Doom was necessary because he has to get his core items asap.

Now Gaimin Gladiators are the third team to win the DreamLeague tournament twice in a row (the other two are Team Secret and OG). Even though BetBoom failed to win the finals, they're at least starting to click, and that's what they need before heading to the Bali Major to secure a good enough placement and get a few hundred points for a TI invite.

It was the same for the grand finals, and during the final game, it all boils down to that one crucial team fight. They're starting to show some cracks and other teams are catching up, but they still have that clutch factor in them when needed.

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Beastcoast might be in trouble now that they removed K1 from their roster and Parker will probably take that spot since he stood in for beastcoast during the Dreamleague tournament. They also lost a few hundred points after releasing K1 and now would need a 5th or 6th finish to qualify.

I used to play lotteries in crypto casinos a few times, but only in the small ones because the total number of tickets would only go up to a couple of hundred, and their lottery is different to the bigger ones that require you to pick several numbers. I would rather watch someone spend money on these lotteries, but I might change my mind if they have other prizes because I already know i'm never going to hit all the numbers they draw every day but hitting a few of them is more manageable.

Congrats to leea for the third win and handing my first loss. I did so poorly this round that I couldn't even get the Dota question correctly despite watching the tournament from start to finish.  

We still have several weeks before the season ends, and the gap isn't wide yet to start worrying. I also had a bad start last season and eventually found my momentum with the easier matchups midway through the season.

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It's probably one point for each correct guess since that's how the h2h final and winner prediction have been going during the previous few rounds.

More reds are on the way now that Medvedev lost 2-0 to RBA, the good part for me is that my opponent has the same prediction as mine.

The tiebreakers for Dota finished just now, and BetBoom 2-0'd Gaimin Gladiators. At least they finally woke up after throwing their last two series, and now it's guaranteed that one of them will make it to the finals.

I appreciate the help, and it's all good i'll make sure to contact them next time if it happens again.

With those odds on Wenbanyama, skipping is indeed the better move and I didn't know it'd be that high.  

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I need Alcaraz to lose later against Dimitrov, so I would get my second point in the BSFL, as I predicted Alcaraz would only go up until the Quarterfinals. I also see some value in his odds (at 3.35), considering Alcaraz almost lost his first match a few days ago.


Edit: Dimitrov lost 2-0 as he got broken early in the first set and struggled to hold his serve in the second set.

I'll pick gambling here because even though future trading would've been better, i'd prefer to enjoy the money I spent. The easier between the two is probably gambling in terms of quickly picking up the mechanics but futures trading has less risk than gambling because you don't have to rely on luck most of the time. In the end, future trading still has risks because of how fast the prices can switch up/down, but I think you can alleviate that risk if you're skilled enough.