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221  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: March 18, 2024, 12:27:24 AM
Okay, that was freaking amazing.

Tuivasa's elbows are crazy strong, he cut Tybura in just a minute of Round 1. But he made lots of mistakes. First, he let Tybura fake him until he got his hands to take him down. Tuivasa tried a good defensive stance but Tybura used all his power just to carry him, strong man. Another mistake is giving his back. I don't know what he is thinking but that mistake cost him the fight. His option was just to let the time run out while being down and facing him in half defense. It's better if you are looking at your opponent and can see what he is trying to do than giving you back to him without any view of what is happening.
Tybura did a great job, he knows the enemy is the time so he finished it quickly.
Other than the three fighters missing weight it turned out not to be that bad.
The major upset was Ovince St. Preux winning his match as he was one of the oldest fighters going against an up and comer of the UFC in Kennedy Nzechukwu who was unbelievably 1.15x odds to win.
But experience seemed to be on St. Preux's side for this bout. He took all of Nzechukwu's heavy blows and then some. Well deserved win of the night for the big underdog!

The most controversial fights of the night was certainly Bryan Battle vs Ange Loosa.
After the eyepoke Ange said he couldn't see only after less than a minute. The referee didn't even mention to him he had a full 5 minutes to recover so to see if he can continue on with the fight.
But it was called off since he said he can't see out of that eye.
Battle was winning the match and was obviously very upset after this result because he said Loosa took the chickens way out knowing he was losing the fight.
So it was declared a no contest, so no bonus for Battle either. That is what made him mad the most since he spent so much time in training just to have this NC and on his record due to someone not taking the full amount of time to recover.

Tybura had this match as soon as he was able to get Tuivasa off his feet.
Tai has a terrible ground game and is probably going to get choked out if he is taken down.
As was the case with how this main event went.
So good for Marcin Tybura on winning and surviving those brutal elbows at the very beginning.
222  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: F1 Formula Sports Racing - Sportsbet.io promotions & discussion thread on: March 17, 2024, 11:00:34 PM
Well then that aligns well with everything mentioned by F1 media with them seeking a new driver or drivers.
The team needs a serious overhaul before next season as they are one of the worse teams from what the first two races of the season has shown. Them and Alpine which I think they are slightly worse.
~snip~
We have seen Haas drivers in places near the middle of the grid in the races we have left behind. However this is still not like a big success.  Haas would really make use of a good improvement to not lose these places in future races at least. Of course they need a lot of money for that and I can't say Haas is one of the rich teams currently.

I have heard that Haas also wants to make this improvement as strong as possible to not give a seat to a rookie in a problematic car. As for Alpine, this start is just terrible. If they can't keep up with other teams the number of points they collect would be likely to much less than the previous season - it was 120 points in total in 2023.
They are in sixth place in the constructor's championship so far. They are doing something.
But agreed with you if they want to welcome a rookie driver to their team they need to improve their cars.
So to not continue the trend on to him. Since he would be like a clean slate and not want to tarnish any aspirations they would want to bestow upon him in a problematic machine.
Maybe the recent firings from Haas will change things up for the better as the season progresses.
223  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: March 17, 2024, 10:48:21 PM
Carlos got the better of Sinner to reach the finals. Sinner won the first set but Carlos made a comeback to win the semis. Now, Medvedev is playing shockingly poorly during the first set, losing the set 1-6 against Tommy Paul. 2nd set is on the way. Medvedev is still the favourite to win the match, after losing the first set. 1.8x on him, might be a decent gamble. Medvedev if he fixes his shortcomings, he has a bigger upsides than Tommy Paul.
What is wrong with Medvedev?
Thought he played alot better than the way he is looking now into the second set of the finals.
He is playing poorly just like he did during the match yesterday against Paul in the first set.
Carlos Alcaraz is looking like he will take this Indian Wells final the way he has been playing with those amazing shots. Just like his match against Sinner, his form is 100% and showing how good those aerobatic skills of his really are.
Can't see this one going into another tie breaker as with the first set. Carlos is currently dominating Daniil with being up 4-1 in the second set.
224  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: 🏆 The Emirates FA Cup - Season 2023/2024 on: March 17, 2024, 10:09:47 PM
United rewarded with a great semifinal draw - they play Coventry while City and Chelsea battle it out for the other finalist.
This is called FA Cup magic, but dont underestimate and wright off Coventry so easy, they are the last remaining Championship team.
Man United is in better form now but I would not trust them or bet on them with small odds.
This is a big chance for both teams to save this season so everyone will be motivated.
What a couple of matches to watch over the weekend.
First with Coventry beating Wolves that was the shocker to witness because Wolverhampton were leading in regular time and then concede both goals in injury time.

Now today seeing Liverpool taking the lead into extended time I thought it was sealed for the victory.
But then Diallo scoring both goals separated by a minute each was very unexpected to take Man Utd with the win.
These type of matches if you had any skin in the games, you would be sweating pools watching.
225  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Elon musk is for crypto or just for attention to boost Tesla, SpaceX? on: March 17, 2024, 11:29:14 AM
Solana memecoins have surpassed everyones expectations. It will make them the alternative way to deal with these type of coins since the only way had been to use the ethereum network.
But as many had experienced the high gas fees were making them un-usable.
Hundreds of dollars to send an altcoin with no utility such as a dog inspired coin doesn't make much sense.

Think Solana has reached $190 on the news about such projects in the memecoin space having exploded such as BONK, WIF and even Shiba Inu in the past week.

So let this new blockchain infrastructure have the memecoins and NFT space instead of the Bitcoin network with those inscriptions clogging up the bitcoin blockchain.
226  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io Betting discussion thread rev on: March 17, 2024, 11:11:14 AM
@arallmuus
They gave out the freebets to the ZED run promotion early yesterday.
And yes, you would of needed to deposit to receive the freebets because I had done two deposits during the week and received two $50usdt separate freebets only to be used to bet on ZED run.
So it depends on how many deposits that I made during the week? Dang, imagine if you got 5 of them after making 5 deposits. So how much did you deposit on each session?

Anyway I just made a small deposit so I should be eligible for the next free bet on friday it seems, even getting $20 would be good enough to bet on Zed Run. Will it appear on my rewards tab or do I need to click on that opt-in button again?
Yes it would be also be based on how many deposits from what is stated on their promotions page shown below:

"Earn more rewards with every deposit."

But of course you need to make a worthy one such as 1mbtc and bet the entire amount of those deposits before they would consider giving the reward.
I am certain they manually review each accounts eligibility to make sure each one is legitimately rewarded.

And yes, I believe $20 would be the minimum given from what others have said about the discussion on their reward amount on this promotion so far.
227  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: March 16, 2024, 11:04:40 PM
Was waiting for this match to resume after only having a few hits but two and a half hours later they are still indoors.
Nice photos of them sitting under the umbrellas, shows you who is the gentleman of the match.

Sinner is on a 19 match winning streak without dropping a set going into this one and he is leading the H2H 4-3.
Carlos also has a winning streak but at 10.

Have a few bets on this match so hopefully it won't get cancelled for today and then resume tomorrow.
228  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ESports betting -CS:GO, DOTA 2, LOL, Valorant - Sportsbet.io discussion thread on: March 16, 2024, 09:49:27 AM
Well, that's a fine bet but Nigma won that match and I think that they're on the lower bracket now and likely to win the match. But at the finals of it against Nigma, that's where it's hard to put some bet or you'd just put it with Nigma. I just imagined looking at the upcoming tournaments, there are a lot of them and they're going to be continuous and this is I guess until we're close to the International, this is giving every team an opportunity to rise and participate to every tournament that's allowing them to join through qualifiers.
Thanks, I only went for it because I thought the odds were skewed for the side of Nigma Galaxy.


Aside from the ongoing qualifiers, there's a minor online tournament scheduled later today, and I saw a few good teams participating like Team Liquid, Team Spirit, and PSG.Quest. I'll observe for now because we could expect to see the stronger teams go for experimental drafts.
Just seen they are currently playing in the DreamLeague Season 23 Southeast Asia open qualifiers.
Bleed Esports going up against Made in Philippines and MAG.Indonesia vs Team Bocil.

Non-stop action as the DL championship what seemed to be just last week.

229  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io Betting discussion thread rev on: March 16, 2024, 09:36:54 AM
@arallmuus
They gave out the freebets to the ZED run promotion early yesterday.
And yes, you would of needed to deposit to receive the freebets because I had done two deposits during the week and received two $50usdt separate freebets only to be used to bet on ZED run.
Lost them both though, so yes, they are fun to see if you can snag a 3x or 4x win spontaneously.
But I wouldn't give much time into it as it's all arbitrary.
So throw caution to the wind as most who bet on these horse races would say.

The Newcastle roulette table promotion is going on today with their match in the FA Cup happening later on today:
https://sportsbet.io/sports/event/soccer/england/fa-cup/manchester-city-v-newcastle-united-65e06c7186ef170001da5433

Here is the promotion where you need place a bet of atleast $25usd in order to be eligible for the free chips:
https://sportsbet.io/promotions/2024-03-bombay-roulette
230  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: March 16, 2024, 08:43:00 AM
Match was stopped for almost 2 hours and this was the only match with strange incident during the Indian Wells championship in the title since the start.
also the bee attack only occurred in stadium 1 which caused the match to stop while in the other fields all the matches still played because there were women's and women's doubles matches too.

I'm sure many people will favor Sinner vs Medvedev in the final over others and so do I, and looking at this fact Sinner's winning streak will still continue, maybe at the Miami Open or another tournament in clay court his winning streak will be broken.

Novak Djokovic is certain to miss the Miami Open and prefers to prepare for the clay season, last year he was not good at the opening clay season tournament but managed to become the French Open champion, but this year everything is different and he will again be in doubt to be able to defend the title, there was quite a noticeable decline in his appearance. Source
It was worse than many had realized when they had to suspend play.

The pictures shown of the invasion from the pests which covered those court cameras completely.
It was so bad the court officials had to call in beekeepers and they showed them using vacuums to transport the insects off site.
Found it quite amusing there is a movie in theatres called The Beekeeper with Jason Statham released a couple of weeks ago then this happens on court at a tournament where you rarely see a suspension of a match due to a bee invasion.

About Djokovic. Didn't know he was missing these tournaments due to his court surface preferences and preparing for the next one.
If this is the reason for missing this one at Indian Wells and possibly Miami, then that is his decision and probably better for his career since it will reflect for the winning percentage on his record. Which is what matters most to him at this point in his career.

Another win for Iga Swiatek beating Kostyuk quite convincingly 6-2  6-1 and it was looking as if her opponent was going to reitre due to a foot injury at the end of the first set. As her previous opponent Wozniacki had done starting the second set.
231  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: A Man bet his life savings on 1 spin of Roulette on: March 16, 2024, 08:23:40 AM
It's quite impressive to see how all the members responded about the Video.
Some say that the video is just a setting video that has been screened well because it is unlikely that someone will be willing to risk all his money in just 1 round.

But some people also say this could have been real, and the bet was done consciously and knowing that the risk would be very high and this is quite crazy.

These responses indicate that each person's point of view will be different about the video.
Here I just want to emphasize that taking lessons from such betting videos is wise,
so it will warn ourselves not to be rash and full of calculations to make big bets, because luck will not always come.

Thought I had seen this one many moons ago. And after checking out the video from the link, indeed I had.
You can tell this was from the early 2000's or even 1990's from the clothes and actually the roulette wheel.
They do not look like that anymore and has more metals such as gold and silver around the middle of the wheel.

Also the guy who won his life savings worth in chips bet on red.
Since the release of a movie from 1992 the famous line by the main character:
"Always bet on black." many people have related to putting it all on this color and letting it land where it may on the roulette table.
232  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: Elon musk is for crypto or just for attention to boost Tesla, SpaceX? on: March 15, 2024, 11:30:12 AM
Musk was asked at a Tesla meeting in Germany if they would ever allow a car to be purchased with Dogecoin.
Here was his response to this a couple of days ago:

https://twitter.com/DegenerateNews/status/1768126256837448020

Full article on how this would affect the company if they did. But since the tweet was released it caused the surge of the altcoin's price to increase by 10% alone on the news:

https://coinmarketcap.com/community/articles/65f2c4a3ed13b43d800acea3

233  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: March 15, 2024, 09:54:34 AM
when I talk to a dear Italian friend, I make a joke... "my bank is different, my bank is called Jannik Sinner!"
Now, after 19 consecutive victories I will be forced to review my investment plan Roll Eyes however he Is performing very well and I am not surprise that he can reach 1 position in atp ranking in few months

The more I hear his interviews the more I think he is so grounded and has a brilliant
Tennis brain. Its hard to believe he is only 22 really. The future is looking unbelievable
really and it will be interesting to see how he progresses and changes, he will have to
because other players will get to know his game.

He faces Alcaraz next, this is a massive semi final two young "next generation" players.
He is slight favourite 1.65 and Alcaraz is 2.20, so either was we will make good money,
who to back though? has to be Sinner!

Did anyone witness the invasion of Bees at the start of the  Zverev v Alcaraz match?
very bizzare!

Medvedev got the job done against Rune and now faces Paul, TBH its looking like
a Sinner v Medvedev final in my book.
That is an unbelievable run by Jannik Sinner and didn't realize it til they showed the statistics up during the match of how many consecutive matches he had won so far.
Had an all-in bet last night on him so tell your friend he is my bank too! Grin

The bees were enough to suspend play for nearly 2 hours until they had bee keepers come in to corral them.
There were still a few left after they started playing inwhich Alcaraz said he was worried enough about them.
Night have an allergic reaction if he got stung by one.

Hard to say who will be in the finals because thses semi-finals look tough.
234  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io Betting discussion thread rev on: March 15, 2024, 09:44:08 AM
Did I say about my new yolo market (penalties awarded).

I started from $207. All in on penalties awarded.

This was my fourth one. Such a scary bet, you will always pray there are no penalties when the defending team is fighting relegation, are up 3 goals, and trying their best not to let the opposing team score. Bournemouth still managed to win by scoring 4 goals in second half!!

And I saved my bet. Now I need to all-in 2 more times to get double. But I'm wondering, is it time to stop or go degen lol


Remember seeing you mention about this adventure on the Sportsbet.io announcement thread around a week or so ago. So it is still going strong?
It is tempting since the odds are low.
But by experience, I have lost bets at 1.06x so those bets are not a guarantee to win.
Believe you me.
They hurt more to lose because you win at alot less due to the lower risk value.
Just don't bet on the Champions league because it seems atleast one match always go into penalties.
235  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: March 15, 2024, 09:36:34 AM
This weekend's UFC event looks to be a fun one with Tai Tuivasa who brought the shoey celebration to the fans of the sport.
Just to see him do this I would want him to win. Grin

Looks like the weigh-ins are going to be in about 5 hours from now:
UFC Vegas 88 Live Weigh-In Stream | Tuivasa vs. Tybura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujgh9deQ30w
236  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Tennis League All Thread on: March 14, 2024, 12:15:59 PM
What a day of upsets yesterday first with Aryna Sabalenka then with Taylor Fritz.
Both bowing out at the Indian Wells Masters.
Holger Rune winning against the home country favorite at the tournament wasn't looking like it would happen after going down in the first set 6-2. Prematch the dane was 2.49x so the bookmakers knew the young player was in poor form going into this match.
Fritz was just one match point away in the second set of taking the set and the match. But then perseverance took over once Rune knew he had him in the tiebreaker for set two. Winning it 7-2.
Unbelievable comeback and the momentum was certainly in his favor going into the final frame. Winning 6-3 in set three.
Had an all-in and definitely thought I had lost it after the first set but some how Holger found his groove and is to face Medvedev in the quarter-finals.
237  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: F1 Formula Sports Racing - Sportsbet.io promotions & discussion thread on: March 13, 2024, 10:45:22 AM
Bearman was impressive during the race. He attracted Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu's attention quite much by this performance as well. For now he is competing in F2 maybe but he is getting more likely to join F1 next season day by day. There have already been news on the internet like Haas is planning to sign him.

Both of Magnussen and Hulkenberg's contracts are going to end by the end of this season. If one of the replacements is Bearman then I wonder who the other one will be. Bearman is only 18 years old as well. I believe he is the future of Ferrari too if he continues to perform ambitiously.
Well then that aligns well with everything mentioned by F1 media with them seeking a new driver or drivers.
The team needs a serious overhaul before next season as they are one of the worse teams from what the first two races of the season has shown. Them and Alpine which I think they are slightly worse.
I believe they mentioned Bearman finished first in the  F2 race the day prior to them calling him to replace Sainz.

No race this weekend as their next stop is to the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Australia,
238  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Jake Paul to Fight Mike Tyson in Live Netflix Boxing Event - July 20 on: March 13, 2024, 10:32:40 AM
It is doing it's job and garnering attention and deny it or not, its getting us commenting on the subject whether we like to admit it or not.
You can't saw it isn't fascinating to debate about if it is right or wrong.
One youtuber which sounds like an AI voicechanger type bot account had a video I watched yesterday. Well due to Joe Rogan was mentioned in the title yet barely had any footage between him and Paul in the video.

Some points to get you thinking about this fight, a devolution of the sport of boxing?
Perhaps. But entertaining to ponder about.
Joe Rogan BRUTALLY WARNS Jake Paul Of Fighting Mike Tyson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGyM_2PsNg

This seems to be going in through the motions as there is a clip out there where Iron Mike is back into training.
Yes, it did already garner the attention of anyone in sports, not just in boxing, as this is being discussed already.

a. It's just a question on how Mike Tyson is fit at 58 years of age. Will this affect his legacy as of the greatest in the HW division? Although is career has been a lots of up and down but he is considered one of the legends already. So him accepting this fight against a youtuber could really affected is legacy in my opinion specially for boxing purist.

b. Jake Paul is small for a HW, as far as I know he is a CW, so this could be a mismatch for Mike Tyson. But he has the youth advantage, but he should still be careful as Mike could still carry that power even at this age.
For you to know the answer to your first point, you just have to look at the way the Mayweather fight between them went.
Did it affect his legacy as a boxer? Don't think he cared.
Since his nickname is Money Mayweather so you know he only cared about the bag at the end.

It will be a crazy event, i mean, the age difference is huge, and that gap will make Mike the underdog, but we all know Mike Tyson is a true legend, and he knows how to fight, if he takes this fight seriously then he will try to destroy jake on each punch.

Another fact is the money involved in the event, with such crazy amounts the event could even be scripted, we know everyone has a price, and if Jake pays enough money to Mike to let him win, then it will happen.

I think so too, he still has the concepts and technique. He knows what to do there and has a lot of experience. If it really is a real fight and not an exhibition for both to earn loads of money, it will be something very equal.

I think it will be scripted, and with the way Mike Tyson is promoting it, I mean we have seen videos of him circulating and doing the training as if he is going to fight for the HW belt. So I have doubts in this fight and it could really be scripted.

And with the money involved, they could really play it out for the fans and hype the fight. Mike is going to be 58 years old fight night, and so even if he trains a lot his body might be telling him otherwise, in my opinion. We all love Mike Tyson, but not sure if this is the best thing for him.
This is definitely scripted.
The promotional video he put out with him talking to his dad, if you look at the reflection, they are sitting infront of a television with a screensaver on. Now that is hilarious.

There was one guy who mentions they will have a no-headshot rule for this match.
Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson (ft. Joe Rogan) by Podcast Cringe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87_QCybl-JE
239  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Sportsbet.io Betting discussion thread rev on: March 12, 2024, 11:21:28 PM
Looks like a great win there @ralle14!
Thanks. The injuries for the Timberwolves are starting to become a problem.

Once I hit this ticket, i'll probably participate in that prize drop promo and I hope I can get at least $25 in case I lose my bet.  Wink

I was also looking forward to an Arsenal or Barca daily special, and I guess they have different plans since they're currently offering markets for the other Champions League match.


Well that was a shame because both matches were thrillers and especially at great value too!
Barcelona were 1.77x before the match and dispatched Napoli easily with a 3-1 win scoring 2 goals in the first half.
Arsenal were 1.36x to qualify because they were down one goal on aggregate against Porto, who infact took them out from advancing season prior. So the gunners make it to the quarter-finals of the Champions league.

Both bets made earlier today landed smoothly so should receive another one but not as much from before:


As for the drops, I noticed when after losing that betslip which I used the freebet from, the rollover progress screen disappeared from the rewards page.
This is because I had only $20usdt left and bet it back to the $85 on the roulette table.

So yes @Trofo you do need to complete the progress so to be able to keep the amount. So it is a rollover bonus to complete because I did try to withdraw that $85 but it gave an error stating "There is not enough funds available to do this withdrawal".
240  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UFC Fight Night & Main Event: Sportsbet.io Predictions & discussion on: March 12, 2024, 11:57:40 AM
Don't think we will be seeing Marlon Vera fight for a long while until he recovers from that full five round massacre.
Suga Sean O'Malley displayed a masterclass performance and what the Suga Show is all about.
He could face Merab and still turn out a few more fights for the year.

As for the one more bout we were all waiting to be announced for April's main event.
It is Renato Moicano vs Jalin Turner so to complete the schedule for UFC 300:
https://www.mmafighting.com/2024/3/10/24096106/ufc-300-card-finalized-after-1-last-fight-added-bout-order-set-with-main-card-and-prelims
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