Ooo I get to meet Slissy now, guy who actually has not just gambling knowledge and fame with Sportsbet, but also experience. GL my guy.

Toughest question for me was actually the bottom EPL table. I already have picks for those games, and some are "upsets" but it's easier to think about the likelihood of those as individual games. To then calculate the possible outcomes against the rest of those teams scrunched up down there? And DGW too.

^ I feel like Leicester are playing better though, and they just seem to get a lift when Maddison plays -- or he's lifting them up, both are probably true haha. And yeah he's injured and seems to be never 100% after coming back briefly but he only needs to play and the Foxes will likely be just too strong for the Championship outfit.

I do agree with Fulham though. Leeds are no different from Bielsa's version at this stage of the season. Tired, desperate, out of ideas.

Whoa, I totally missed that result! Hope the odds weren't too crazy for Almeria, or I'd be in regret mode now. Seems like United didn't just beat the stuffing out of them, but the spirit. Atletico already did a huge favour and this is how they repay them.

Absolutely right now that the momentum's turned in the next El Clasico... Real's Whatsapp group apparently got new life after the result (Daily Mail, don't ask me why I read that!).

I have this dumb system of "martingale" on English second-tier football where the teams there are almost always on 2/1 ++ odds and they have a terrible consistency in results. It's a fast way to lose money, but obviously you don't just double down all the time.

That seems to me the "wisdom" to use with these Milan teams, only problem is they're still given low value odds (below 2/1) considering their form.

No Lazio for you today then huh?

Saw your comment late but yes, our own players cost us. I used the FH chip too, the biggest pain was actually slotting in Nunez to DGW opportunity so that was a blank up front.

Alcaraz and Watkins luckily gave a trickle of points but it feels like a poor week using FH and only getting 50 points.

Probably stupid of me also that Harrison was in my bench and got 6 points, while those actually on the team didn't match him.

Yeah that can't have been too good for his confidence, they say in football, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory ha... 10/1 Norrie after going down a set was a bit of a lousy offering though, I might have taken it had I been watching.

Going to dig into the questions early tomorrow morning, hope most of it doesn't require me to wake up too much, that DOTA thing sounds like it could be a tricky question...

No is somehow my favoured approach when I don't know anything (like Round 2 Rugby haha).

Yeah, I always saw $10k as the only time psychological resistance really meant anything. $20k only because it was the ATH, and then once that was passed, it hardly mattered as support (and as you say, after that, as resistance).

Don't think there are any more psychological points other than $10k (and ATH).

I know it probably has been examined too many times but I have always felt this fee system takes care of itself. I know even from my own use, dollar value of the fees I pay seem to be on an increasing trend (whilst keeping satoshi value rather constant if not even reducing thanks to improvements like segwit).

Too lazy to check if indeed the case. Too confident it will continue to be the case.

I think if I count the greens correct, I've already won this tie without waiting for Alcaraz (would be 4-3 if Slam gets it right and I don't), can't really see on my screen properly until I get to laptop but phew, because I got saved not by football but by rugby, which of course, was a fling in the dark.

I see the heaviest defeats over in Div2 and 3, also Trofo and cryptofrka en route to smashing the league!

^ No need to be sorry, yeah, it would have failed anyway (but I would have had my money back from insurance).

I actually watched Liverpool second half and gave up on the bet long before the final whistle.

Sort of a shame about the other Championship picks... on their own the three were 10/1...

If BVB weren't worried before, they should be by now. Bayern seems to have shaken off their malaise. I'm never going to be convinced about EMC but he's been doing his share along with others. Think now if they navigate past Mbappe, they'll be welcoming Mane back to the fold.

Not even really supporting Bayern but of course nice to see an old Red back on the bench after three bleeding months!

Ah Monaco. 'Twas such a major win in Europa, and then you got dumped out by the same scoreline, then you lie down and Nice to trample all over you.

Again, nothing that I wasn't expecting, but I was really hoping to be surprised and see this league take on a few more games before we inscribe a name on the trophy.

Over, to you, Tudor.

Yeah, Xavi better send him some good wine regardless. Wonder if it's also Simeone's last derby. Feels weird to say but the club almost feel like they're ready to let him go. I'm not a fan of his and his football is just awful but I can't deny he made the club in his image and they have titles and trophies to show for it.

Who wants to play beautiful football and win nothing right?

No brainer, haha, I missed it.

Meanwhile, however, there's a strange Super Boost active for the next City game hosting Newcastle United. 7.33 odds with that nice price boost, so I am planning on using it of course and plopping down my insurance freebet from 9 days ago (which would have hit if Liverpool weren't Liverpool, but that's the old hat story I hate to tell). Sportsbook been acting up all afternoon though.

Then you have completely lost the plot with what Bitcoin is supposed to be used for. Original Pizza man has never regretted it. And we shouldn't too on anyone's behalf.

Try holding coins forever. Oh wait, that's what 99% of alts do.

And see where that leads.

Apologies if anyone took my advice on spamming Inter/Milan draws. Change that tip to spamming handicaps.

Further proof all the big names are now a mess of form, impossible to bet on except to get those tasty upset odds... except those odds aren't any longer as tasty as you'd normally expect.

Bologna was not even 5/1, can you believe? Only reason I didn't take the bet.

Already pointed out by the first response that it isn't BTC adoption, but the use of it as legal tender.

Also spoiler, this isn't a new stance. I believe it was as early as 2018 when Marshall Islands first wanted to do that (the trigger here I believe was that they wanted to abandon their existing currencies a la El Salvador in favour of Bitcoin).

So, no (new) news really.

Thank you Steve and Sportsbet, and CLS63 for organising.

I kind of wish I had known this earlier, I am right now travelling so it's very hard to do things proper and I know if I don't do them now, I'll forget. Nvtl I made my payment (how nice Sportsbet balance is so easy to w/d!) so let's get this going!

Good luck to all, I know I'm probably donating money but beware of the luck of the random!

That's the only danger at this level of the competition, really, to underestimate opponents.

And to not be prepared for teams that know they will likely lose so will either play to their maximum effort or sit back and frustrate their more illustrious opponents.

I still never get why big teams act surprised when that happens haha.

Does anyone know where Conference League outrights are offered? I'd go one of the Turks if odds are pretty!

@Harko @Ige

I totally get the value of paying attention to price/budget system, as pointed out above, $110m is 10.2M more than my squad value, and that's an entire 2 or 3 players upgrade. I actually think FPL should pay more attention to this aspect. Value increasing/decreasing more.

But anyway, I'm like Ige, I don't care and it doesn't have a single iota of impact on my decision... for now. Then again, penalties don't even change my mind either =)

@harko: Nunez? I can't say for Fantasy, but he'll be worth it (and according to stats on and off the ball, minus actual goals, he is still the value we paid for, haha)