Tend to agree with DaveF. No point going around regulations there, it'll just get you in hot water down the road -- and they will do their best to get you there, trust me. Confiscation is no fun.

Take the hit. Liquidate and close your account. When you get your cash, go get Gemini (and check with support first when you verify you can then take the ETH out into your own wallet). Buy your coin (may I suggest BTC instead, if you're really concerned about long-term value, that's way better than anything else), take it out.

You'll lose maybe 5% in total, but it's worth many good nights' sleep.

You know I did think it was wise to predict draws in the pool... but only Matchday 3 or KO rounds. Seems like teams got so scared after Argentina's loss. 4 scoreless draws, and the latest one 0 shots on goal?

Of course, if I change my picks everyone will start scoring...

Probably a lot more than where you live actually!


I loved them. Here's to more... but you know what? There aren't many more big odds in Matchday 2 now haha... everyone including bookies have lowered their expectations

Right gentlemen, I'm actually getting battered in World Cup so far haha. More winning tickets than losing ones, unfortunately losing the bigger wagers, but hope to find some salvation with the Brazil outright tonight.

Also, who else made it out of the Group Stage for the WC casino tourney? I thought I'd just at least get a ticket for the finals, finished #39 on Group 1, so made it out safely but final 20 hours was pretty intense.

And I will forever regret not betting on Saudi, but yeah, this tournament is already in profit for anyone always betting against the favourites. Ghana actually as high as almost 10/1 and slowly coming down so that's always a good sign for me.

Inaki will want to really really build on his uptake this year, and you never know Ayew, he turns up with a mad run down the flank like he does for Palace and he's gold.


I actually prefer him to please retire so the many talents on his team can finally switch to a formation that suits them, and maximise their rapid play. Jota, Sanchez (I know they're injured but I mean for the future), Felix, Fernandes, and others...

I'm team Ghana today!

I'm happy, but not as happy as that guy Steve posted about who bet $1000 on Japan outright! And fully deserved, Germany were insipid really.


Yeah, there's something to play for in live betting. Saudi 25/1 pre match and 40/1 at HT.

Japan 7/1 pre match were 15/1 at HT. Pity I only took prematch but hey, not complaining! Spain have moved up, but not by much. I really need Brazil not to fall though, as they're my pick on the outright promo.


Travel safe, boys! Thanks for all the work you guys put in. I'll submit my picks in a bit later today.

I have a feeling you're right, Mbappe 9 points feels like they were watching a different game, cause that guy was such a standout even my partner who doesn't normally comment asked me who the hell is that guy? She's convinced France has the classiest style so far that we've watched.

I'm actually leaving my fantasy alone now until MD 1 final game is over, feel like I'm already losing points for experimenting features and Messi's my captain. Definitely tempted to twist it to Neymar. KdB was pissed last night, didn't watch everything but any time I looked, Canada were the ones looking strong.

Also forgot to tune in last night to Clubtalk... was actually very busy ensuring I stayed on leaderboard for the casino tourney heh.


Agree. I do think some players are genuine but it always seems to be cherry-picking to me. Not dismissing the issues at all, but I do feel like the hosts are getting more than their fair share. No team will pull out, but FIFA will not survive this.

You know what happened to the last guy who wielded the magical $1m number, right? And that was even doubling down on his original 500k figure, well before it even reached 20k. Crash and burn, I guess?


Always taken out of context I guess. Not that analysis helps make the prediction more credible or more likely. But we also got people saying it's going to zero and constantly loudly reminding, so I suppose we gotta take the sugar and salt together.

Kinda got lost in the Elon Musk twitter mix, but do you really think we all "save Bitcoin" simply by holding it?

Spenders are the real unsung heroes. Giving and proving Bitcoin's everlasting use as a payment method. Yeah, it's a store of value, but the truth of that only holds in the long term. Which is fine and great, but many other shitcoins tried that and failed, because zero utility backing that holding simply doesn't work.

Forget the finals but group stage games man! One at a time You know, with Asian teams doing so well (okay Saudi's Middle East but they play in Asian tourneys), I'm counting on an African counterpart to also provide a shock.

Ghana vs Portugal. Ronaldo will be overly keen to do well after his fallout with United, worth going for a meltdown and Ghana slim win?

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At least I know I'll never make that mistake again. I stupidly thought subs were there to maximise player rosters, using early games for main 11 and subs for latter games. They should have put a warning though when I subbed Saka or at least say that you'll lose all points collected.

This single mistake has made me feel like giving up, tbh!

I'll not really be free but I'll try find you guys on Clubtalk today. Enjoying Japan, even though none of them are on my Fantasy.


Used it on Kane, not a bad return. Mbappe should have had a hattrick, but then again so did a lot of others (Giroud, Valencia, Saka).

Thanks! It didn't really help as I lost a lot more on Argentina in other big accas, but now Japan just equalised so I might get another bit of help as I've got Japan... Minamino assist and my man of the tournament Ritsu Doan, so nice to see my 2 fav Japanese players get on that goal!

And no not Saudi, unfortunately, they aren't even good in Asia Cup... they were 40/1 at HT too (sobs).


Not me. I like underdogs but this was 39-game unbeaten Argentina with an in-form Messi... oh well


Ruined by Lautaro not knowing how to play offside traps

Pinging promo followers at Sportsbet: don't forget there are extra free promos to take advantage of every day of the World Cup.

Every day seems to be a new 4-3-free, haven't won anything yet, but

Didn't even realise they'd do a new Bet Free 6 6 (100k USDT prize) even for Matchday 1, so it seems like they'll do 2 of these per match day. Still got under an hour to fill in your picks for this: https://sportsbet.io/sports/bet-free-6-6

I don't feel like I really want to agree, but yeah, Coinbase and Binance probably what you'd call the safest you can find. Coinbase because they've probably got the most robust licensing (and are a principal partner for the debit cards they issue, which is something you don't get unless you open your books to them). Binance because of their reserve fund (but I can't say I've ever verified for myself this proof of reserve).

I would say one day we'll see an exchange or at least a financial institution with a crypto exchange arm that'll get a true banking license along with the deposit guarantee schemes that all national banks get from their respective countries. Then I might say that's as safe as it gets (since with that guarantee it also means you open yr books to the central bank, though we all know that's not much in way of safety these days).

First bore draw of the tournament, didn't watch the game so can't say if it was a different affair on the pitch, anyone lost money on that trap? Argentina won me this nice acca, but I lost much, much more I can't bear to admit adding them to another acca (odds at the time were over 12/10 so I thought it was a nice 20% boost to winnings). Serves me right.




They sure did... And yes they played well in the first half in general, but they really fell for every offside trap, too easily, all the time, I'm with you here, disappointed they weren't more wise in that way. Teams usually defend deep against them, Saudi went brave and high line, and did it so well. Don't think I saw so many offsides in one half since watching Pippo Inzaghi 20 years ago...

Well, that did not go as planned for Messi captains like me heh heh -- 7 offsides and 3 disallowed goals in first half could have meant so much in points. Oh well.

And to cap my FML off? I subbed Saka out of my team... and I lost all 15 points from him. Did NOT realise you would lose points after benching people in the same Matchday. I know the rules say players on the bench don't earn points, but I thought this was only if you kept them benched. Made such a good choice to have him in my team, and then of course fantasy inexperience gets in the way. Normally don't even bother with subs but thought I'd be smart in this FIFA format.

Fantasy experts: so subs should just stay on the bench and let auto do the job unless you know players don't play, right?

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I think the quiz is already a success guys, I'm now watching and hoping for outcomes based on it... right now Lautaro's cancelled goal, man I still can't get used to VAR. Was already counting my bets (and the point from the quiz about him getting assist/goal) and then ref makes us wait again.

Edit: AGAIN offside goal, come on..!

Done sneaking my watching of the game, Saudi can't keep doing offside trap like this, should still be a comfortable 3-0... hate not being able to watch properly =)

Bale saved me on pool prediction as I was doing really badly up until then, and also saved my sole acca so far. Just need Argentina to score 3 goals and I bring home my first World Cup acca


Not only that, the match seems to end more than 1 minute more than allocated. Last night 9 mins injury time given, whistle only blown at 10:34.

But I'm not unaccustomed to seeing 10' after 90... it's the first half injury time that's really taken me by surprise. They're giving 5 minutes now per game I see.


+100 I find more and more my discussions and what I look up are the pools and superbru, almost flicking through it all the time, and at half time, and game end. 52 is definitely a lot more than I would have guessed!

Sigh, Senegal could have nicked a goal if they took advantage of indecisive Dutch players last night, but I think you're right, it's less clear to me anyway that the team is still strong missing their star player. Two other games still winnable, for sure, but they need to get right into the face of opponents, I did think Sarr was bright, maybe need to switch him to the middle a bit?

Liverpool still do okay (Jota and Diaz are worthy Mane replacements IMO) but maybe the Terangas have to get even braver up front now.