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21  Economy / Trading Discussion / Re: Mt.Gox to Acquire Bitomat.pl, Compensate Loss Of Bitcoins on: August 11, 2011, 11:15:05 AM
Wow, this is really great news!

Next on, please allow trading with our Romanian Lei Wink
22  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: August 03, 2011, 12:58:42 PM
I've given this link to quite some people via email but thought it would be worthwhile to also make it public here:

http://btcjack.1btchost.com/stats.php

This URL gives you a live statistic over my system. Right now, its output is:

Quote
total number of games played: 47894
games lost: 23407 (49%)
games tie: 3951 (8%)
games won: 20536 (43%); of which with blackjack: 2143 (4%)

that means if you'd bet 1 BTC, on average you'd get back: 0.97 BTC

I permanently monitor my system to make sure I'm not unknowingly "cheating" (e.g. due to software bugs) and neither are the players. The 0.97% quote looks good to me. Given that there a A LOT of players who play non-optimal (not to say "bad"), like hitting on a 19 or staying at a 13, this should look equally good for you players. Especially if you consider that I pay out 2.5 times your bet on a BlackJack Grin

Thanks for your trust in me and my site! And please keep sending me emails, I love reading them Smiley

Bye, DrKenobi
23  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: July 17, 2011, 02:55:44 PM
@Trayber: thx!

@anonymous: Thank you for donating some coins to me Cool

@All: Wow, in the last hours there was a really lucky player! He/She won around 20 BTC! Congratulations! Smiley
24  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: July 13, 2011, 01:50:02 PM
Thank you for your kind words, Trayber! I'm sorry for the lost Bitcent. Can you please tell me your user name, then I will add some cents to your account!
25  Economy / Marketplace / Re: SkepsiDyne Integrated Node - A Bitcoin Mining Company on: June 12, 2011, 01:01:04 PM
Maybe a PM to us known investors?

Or maybe Nefario can add a "Message Shareholders" function to GLBSE?
26  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Buy shares, get coins as profit, sell when it goes high & enjoy life on: June 12, 2011, 12:35:38 PM
is it the end?
mtgox doing nothing & btc falling down like dominoes.
domino effect ?
& THE END ?
Even if the value of one BTC would drop heavily, say to just 1$, it wouldn't be a problem. Many miners would stop mining, esp. those in countries with higher electricity costs (so you being in India is a big advantage for us!). That would heavily decrease the difficulty, so you'd mine many more coins a day.$

This is a self-regulating system. On average, the product of $/BTC and BTC generated each day by you will remain constant.

So stay calm and keep mining Grin
27  Economy / Marketplace / Re: SkepsiDyne Integrated Node - A Bitcoin Mining Company on: June 12, 2011, 12:32:02 PM
I will be making some big announcements tomorrow!  Currently working on a rig that's giving me difficulty, other than that we're chugging along.
As an investor of your share I'd like to receive information like that before they're publicly available in this forum. I'd think this gives even more incentives to invest in your share.
28  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 12, 2011, 11:57:09 AM
Also, I just played a few hands and came away a winner! [Deposit .50 and withdrew .80 - .01 = .79]
I had fun playing. I had several streaks. I won several in a row then lost several in a row (kept getting dealt 16 for some reason). I kept going back and forth like this many times
I ended on a winning streak.
Congrats for your winning streak, you did quite well!

Feature requests:

  • When a new user goes to make a deposit, clearly state "Your deposit will be complete with the next block"  OR "Your deposit will clear after 1 confirmation."
    I got a little nervous when I made a deposit and I had to wait for a particular long block to be solved.
  • During the actual game, I have no idea how many Bitcoins I have.
    The game shows "You won or lost XX BTC!" But it does not show my current balance. I have to keep a running total in my head, or I have to click on the Home Page link to see my current balance.
  • When I go to the Home Page, the preset bet is set back to default.
    It should be set to what ever the last bet was in the last game. I don't want to accidentally make a bigger bet, and then lose.
  • This is Blackjack! You allow us to Double Down, so Please allow us to Split

The first three points I will add in a few days. I don't want to change anything if I don't have much free time at that day to look for introduced new bugs. But I will do these things for sure, so thank you very much for these ideas! Split is next on my list, right after that!


I recommend randomization services through http://random.org/ who provides true randomization, not scripted pseudo-randomization.

It can add credibility to your service.
I'm already using true random numbers from random.org Smiley I think there are many players who can vouch for me being credible, and that everything on my site is legit.


I got lucky when I won several times on with only .02 bitcoins.

But now I only have .01, and I cant bet it, and I cant withdraw it, because of the fee.

I've added 0.02BTC to your account Cheesy
29  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 07, 2011, 02:47:07 PM
Since it's a really hooottttt weekend over here I'd like to do a special bonus again. Every deposit you do until end of tomorrow, I will add 10%!
Okay, I've just added the cash bonus for everyone who mailed me Cool

Thanks for your trust and feedback, it felt really great to come back to the PC today and find a bunch of kind mails (mostly...) waiting for me Smiley
30  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 09:35:29 PM
I've added the 10% for you.

I'm sorry that you had a really unlucky streak. Just before you started there was someone playing who had a reeeally lucky streak! I know this info won't help you much.. but still, maybe your 10% help you to either recover your loss our to play again Smiley

Okay, but now I'm going to bed for real..
31  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 09:20:03 PM
Don't worry, everything is fine on my site Smiley It may take a few minutes for your deposit to be confirmed by the bitcoin blockchain, though!

I've put the 10% bonus into the first two users' accounts. The other bonuses I will add on Monday, have to sleep now (tomorrow is big moving day Shocked)
32  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 08:12:07 PM
I'm not a bank giving loans and taking interest... Cheesy

So you can cashout and still receive the bonus!

But of course you can also enjoy playing Smiley
33  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 08:00:26 PM
No WOT other than this forum thread. But feel free to read it and see posts by some happy players Smiley

I suggest that you handle my site as follows: first deposit only very few BTC (at my site minimum is just 0.02 BTC), play a bit, maybe withdraw some funds, and see for yourself that everything is legit. That's what I personally do on every site here, be it MtGox, witcoin, or others.

Oh, and I'd suggest you to deposit at least 0.10 BTC, so you can take part in my 10% cash bonus.
34  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 07:36:18 PM
Yes!
35  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 04, 2011, 07:00:18 PM
Thanks for your suggestions, I will definitely considering in the new version. Problem is I've already done some work on my PC and I don't what to lose that by doing other changes on the on-line site. So I'll do them locally first and then update everything in one batch.

Since it's a really hooottttt weekend over here I'd like to do a special bonus again. Every deposit you do until end of tomorrow, I will add 10%!

This applies to all deposits done and verified by my site until tomorrow, Sunday, 23:59:59 UTC. I will handle the addition of the 10% manually so it may take until Monday evening. This special bonus is limited to 10 BTC per account, and a total of 100 BTC. I will only add the 10% after manually checking whether the user has actually played games on my side. You need to place bets for at least 10% of your deposit to get the full bonus (e.g. if you deposit 1 BTC, you need to play 1 game for 0.10 BTC or 5 games for 0.02 BTC to get the bonus). To claim your bonus please post here or mail me after depositing.

Have fun Smiley
36  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Buy shares, get coins as profit, sell when it goes high & enjoy life on: June 04, 2011, 05:48:35 PM
I'm now a shareholder and will be looking forward to follow this thread and our company's activites Cool
37  Economy / Marketplace / Re: SkepsiDyne Integrated Node - A Bitcoin Mining Company on: June 04, 2011, 05:45:56 PM
I'm now a shareholder and will be looking forward to follow this thread and our company's activites Cool
38  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 02, 2011, 12:02:45 PM
I know insurance is a sucker bet, but it would nice to have it implemented (ups the house advantage)

Insurance will definitely come, as will splitting. If I just had more time... I'm in the process of moving in with my girlfriend (she lives some 100km away, and here that means far more than an one hour drive) but I hope once I'm finished I'll have more time again (well, if she let me Tongue)

Things I'd like to know before playing.
Does the dealer hit on Soft 17?
Doubling allowed on any total or 9,10,11 only or 10,11 only?
Shuffle after every hand?

The dealer stays on all 17s.
You can double with any cards in the first round.
No shuffle after every hand. I'll get a random number from random.org that shuffles all cards (consisting of some decks) when the deck is empty. These cards are dealt to all playing users on a first come, first serve basis.

I won't play blackjack without a split option, it simply favors the house too much without this option.
Really? I must admit that I didn't calculate the odds when I made this site. You said that insurance would up the house advantage. Doesn't that compensate for the yet missing split option? Grin

No, seriously. I will implement split "soon". Until then, maybe you can play just with lower bets? This way you wouldn't "lose" to much due to the missing split, but still had the fun of playing.

I also sometimes do some special deals where I put extra money into player's account. Or just drop me a mail if something goes wrong and I'll compensate for your inconveniences.

My final concern.  How can we be sure you haven't altered the odds drastically in the house favor?  Return a value from random.org, 9/10 times let it go through as is, if it's not favorable request another random to favor house.

It would simply take too many hands to determine if many losses are a string of bad luck or deliberate manipulation by the software.

I think you can't. In the end you have to trust me. I would suggest that if you mistrust me you first just play with small bets, and then increase them. In fact many users seem to do that. The first deposits where just some bitcents and are now getting more. But even then you'd have to trust me, since in theory I could tell the software to play honest on small bets, but cheat on higher ones. I can only give you my word that I don't do that!

I've seen that other side provide an md5 checksum to prove they're not cheating. But I'm not sure how I could use that here, given how I shuffle the cards. Any ideas on this? I'd totally implement this feature as I of course know that having prove is better than just believing.

Another idea that comes to my mind right know is to display some public statistics. Display the results of the games? Of course without user names, but with or without bets? Or even making every game public, so you could see if a streak of lost games was caused by bad luck or some non-ideal decisions of the player.
39  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: June 02, 2011, 11:47:11 AM
Hmm, is it because there is no money left that I am losing?  I have sent about a total of 1 BTC in the last week, and, I've won around 5 games in total, always playing at 0.05 bets..

No, there's plenty of money left in the system. And even if there wasn't you'd still be able to win, just withdraws would fail until I add more Bitcoins.

I can assure you that if you've won just 5 out of 20 games it was just bad luck (or missing knowledge of the rules, e.g. hitting on 21 or something like that Wink). If I look at the last 30 played games I see that just after you stopped playing another user won 2 times (with a bet of 0.20BTC).
40  Economy / Marketplace / Re: Play BlackJack with Bitcoins! on: May 26, 2011, 03:48:30 PM
I don't know what causes the problems, but I've just ssh'ed into my server and *all* processes have been killed (so also the watchdog) Roll Eyes I've restarted everything again, sorry for all the inconveniences!

At least the forum works as a fail-safe watchdog Wink
* DrKenobi has to nudge his hoster!
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