Thanks for the quick response to my questions, @TheQuin. Much appreciated. Will relay the information to others I know.

Forgive me if this has been answered before, didn't find anything relevant via the Search bar + Google searches of this particular thread though it seems like others have SOME of the same questions I do.

It's been intriguing to see the growth of freebitco.in over this past year, especially adding their sportsbook/betting platform in recent months. I actually bet a lot on different platforms (fiat books like BetOnline, Bookmaker, Bovada + crypto books like Nitrogen Sports). I've stored a good amount of my BTC with freebitco.in and use it as my personal wallet for the 4.08% interest and intermediary between sportsbooks (like the ones mentioned earlier in my post) and exchanges (Coinbase, etc) as it is common knowledge amongst bettors that exchanges will often shut down your account permanently if you directly withdrawal from a sportsbook to their exchange (as they don't want to associate themselves with gambling and/or potentially illicit coins).

Questions:

1) Given freebitco.in added their sportsbook/betting platform making them not just a faucet/wallet but now also a sportsbook, is it safe to withdraw BTC from freebitco.in directly to an exchange? I'm starting to think no, it's not...

2) The betting seems to be parimutuel (like horse racing) in that odds are not decided until the betting period is closed, is that correct? And I saw the formula for the time weight multiplier in the website and understand the GENERAL concept (earlier wagers are paid out more with a higher weight of the prize pool), but I am still unable to have a good sense of what my wager and therefore payout is potentially worth. I feel some betters like myself really value being able to detect whether or not we have an edge in regards to a specific wager, so if it's unknown to us (because we don't know what odds we are getting or what the ultimate payout will be for our bet), many people will simply not bet to be safe.

Have talked with numerous other bettors I know on various platforms and forums (not bitcointalk specifically) and I know they are also confused in regards to these two (2) questions, so any clarification here (and especially added to the website itself) would be greatly appreciated. Several year fan of freebitco.in and hope to see you guys and gals continue to grow.

Thanks in advance.

Hey, does anyone know what the limits are for the Game of Thrones props? Seems fun, but usually limits are very low so not sure if it's worth my time to deposit and bet them. Thanks!

Thanks!

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Is this pool different than the ones offered on the other social media outlets or exclusive to bitcointalk participants?

I was able to connect to it and do my rolls, but it seemed very glitchy, things didn't seem to update properly. And as of a few minutes ago, I can't even login anymore, the site is unresponsive for me.

Can someone from freebitco.in chime in? Hopefully this is a known issue, our balances are fine, etc. Would be nice to hear. It's been quite a few hours now.

Yeah, I'm getting the same error and issue as of a few minutes ago. Times like this make me think I should move everything to a hardware wallet permanently and not even bother with the 4.08% interest...

Is the Sportsbook having issues with anyone else? Can't place any wagers on the NBA game tonight or even for the tennis matches tomorrow. Sent an email to support, haven't heard a response, not sure if it's just me or if it's a site-wide issue.

Please fix ASAP. Having the ability to put $$$ down on the NBA game tonight would be nice...

While I can understand some of the points you bring up (using a VPN allows people to get around country restrictions which probably isn't what Nitrogen wants), the latter comments you made are fairly ignorant to be quite honest.

I'm not attempting to make assumptions about your lifestyle, but some of us (like me) have a life where we travel, go to work, like to visit different parts of our city, countries, etc. You've never logged into Nitrogen Sports from your phone while on the go or while connected to a public wifi hotspot (which you really should only be doing with a VPN unless you enjoy getting your information stolen)? Or maybe you go to school or work and you've logged in via your internet there? Guessing these all are different IPs, right?

There are plenty of legitimate reasons for having different IPs in accessing any site, not just a gambling site. Unless you live in a box (that has internet) and you never leave to do anything else. Ever. Who does that, haha?

That's the challenge Nitrogen's fraud team has - a simple blanket ban of any user who uses multiple IPs would probably eliminate the VAST majority of their clientele. Wrongly, might I add. But yes, I'm sure people try to use multiple IPs/VPNs to defraud Nitrogen, but that's almost certainly not the only thing they do. Think about it.

You mean like a Daily Fantasy Sports site like DraftKings or FanDuel, but that also accepts deposits and withdrawals in bitcoin in addition to fiat? I know of at least one, but not sure what you are looking for...

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Yeah, pretty bummed since I didn't get to enter a bracket with Nitrogen since I was waiting on the Wednesday's games to finish. At least I still got to enter my brackets through promos with other sites (though they aren't doing very well, haha). At least Nitrogen is offering some other MM promos.

Other places are running Sweet 16 (second chance) MM bracket contests that start tomorrow (Thursday). Would have been cool if Nitrogen did this as well given the original MM hiccup, but oh well.

I just simply sent them a PM here in bitcointalk - one each to Myfe and wetsuit. Not sure which of them ultimately addressed my issue, but it was taken care of SUPER quickly. Much appreciated.

Yeah, I've sent them emails to their support in the past, they almost never get responded to. To be fair, they do say they don't respond to most of them unless it's a unique issue that's not addressed on their FAQ (though even if they are unique, I feel I never get a response anyways).

Seems very likely that it's the IP flagging issue as mentioned previously in the thread as to why roll rewards have been cut in half. I contacted wetsuit + Myfe and actually like within one hour I received an email saying my account at Freebitco.in is now whitelisted and apologies for any inconvenience. And my roll bonus resumed to normal amounts.

The email:
"Your account at FreeBitco.in has been whitelisted and you should not get any further 'blocked IP' messages. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and hope you continue to roll and win with us!

Kind Regards,
FreeBitco.in"

Yeah, pretty bummed I couldn't get my bracket in with Nitrogen. Been waiting since yesterday. Not sure what they can do about it now that the tourney has already started...unless they decide to run it for the round of 32 starting 3/17 instead?

Guess it must feel pretty good to be one of the people who got the bracket in in time -> doubt there were many entries as most people were waiting closer to the start of the actual tourney, like me.

Sent you a PM

Resolved the issue with BCR support, they sent me the rest of my missing balance. Thanks!

Updating this thread. Confirming that I received this week's shareback (4/4 weeks thus far)

Sure, I can definitely contact support. I only posted here first because it seems DarkStar_ posted about another withdrawal issue here on the forums not too long ago and you were kind enough to help DarkStar_ out with it and respond to his/her concerns, so I figured I'd do the same here.

No worries, thanks for considering me! Though not ALL my posts are about gambling, heh. Like this one!

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3021933.msg31084755#msg31084755

I guess a key distinction I'm wondering is if you really aren't finding any "constructive and relevant posts" as stated in your original challenge request or is it more the necessity of finding quality posts that are ALSO of personal interest to you? Your response to my post made me think it was more the latter than the former, but I could be mistaken. It's also your challenge after all so it's completely up to your discretion.

I only ask because at least one other member has a similar challenge, but requires that the posts be about his/her particular areas of interest. Not sure if that's what you ultimately wanted in your own.

I don't know if this is similar to the rounding error alluded to a little while ago, but I withdrew my remaining balance recently (for 0.02055 BTC), which was approved:

https://imgur.com/a/wB78u

However, what was actually sent to my withdrawal address (and therefore the amount I actually received) was less than that:

https://imgur.com/a/IyIL7

What happened? My current balance in BCR is 0. Not sure if this was intentional or a glitch - didn't see anywhere in the ToS or elsewhere that transaction fees were being passed on to users. My last deposit was less than three months ago as well, so it's my understanding that I don't have any withdrawal limits/restrictions on my account.

Please advise. Thanks!