Brazil is the most obvious choice but I prefer Argentina. If you really think England can do it, take them, much better odds than Brazil. I actually think Brazil is by far the first favorite since they have really strong squad and they should be better prepared for climate than most. African teams will fare even better but they don't have the quality.

I am actually predicting a big flop for Europe in this World Cup, all the great nations are looking more vulnerable then usual and playing conditions will hit us the most. England lost both games against Hungary and did so with full squad and in super embarrassing fashion. At least Southgate called Maddison so maybe he will have some creativity in the middle.

You are not the only one, hell I am running a bunch of world cup promos for Sportsbet and I can't belive it will start in 9 days. There isn't that usual buildup, some teams didn't even announce their squads yet and they are playing in couple of days.

That being said I made my first WC bet yesterday to take advantage of free chip promo every time my teams wins. My chiice was Argentina, Messi to take it home in his last try? Yes please.

Well if you used your real nick, by real I mean casperBGD, I would have been able to tell you that you are in You guys can't see who is in until first round scores are in but I can.

That fantasy on Sorare is same story as before? You have to own the cards? I would play gladly if I could have my choice of players like here but that is unfortunately not the idea behind Sorare.

I don't know the exact deal but I am sure he is paid much less then you think. Mišković (owner) is businessman and he runs a club like a business not a toy to play with it. All wages are quite realistic and on the low side. His favorite move is to take players that were destined for big things but their carrier went the wrong way. He made a lot of successful moves like that and he never gives problems to players when they want to leave, that makes Rijeka a nice place by the sea to come and revitalize your career.

Richarlison is always part of Brazil squad while Firminho has been on the verge for long time. It is usually quite difficult to get yourself into national squad once you are on the fringe. Lots of players from Brazil left behind and disappointed with selection, that is just how it must be in country blessed with so many great players. That being said I like Firmihno way more than Richarlison but I am not the manager

If you guys want a real shocker, Moutihno has been left out from Portugal selection. That one baffles me much more than Firminho.

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Game has just been pushed up to the net, it isn't even finished yet. Lots of players missing, understandably so since we are still getting line ups from different countries. There was always accompanying app and I expect one to be this season as well. Will probably go live in a day or two.

I will write some columns for Sportsbet on this topic but they will be geared towards players that are already familiar with Premier League Fantasy. I will link or share them here and you just ask if something is not clear to you. I can talk hours about Fantasy so don't hesitate.

If you never played Fantasy before just remember if some player is good in real life that does not mean he is good in Fantasy. Read trough the scoring but gist of it is to pick attacking minded defenders like Trent or players that have penalties. Defensive midfielders are usually a big no, so prime Kante is terrible fantasy player even though he is great player in real life.

Well we tried to emulate FIFA to the maximum so seed positions were for sale to the highest bidders. We only contacted the very richest among all of you of since seed positions don't come cheap

Kidding aside we gave seed positions to well known members that are playing Sportsbet sponsored pools every year. More or less on first come first serve basis, maybe one would have been yours if joined earlier

I know, honestly still trying to soak in all the implications. There has been some misunderstandings so I will clear up everything with Sportsbet and then update the OP. As it looks now, that league on Sportbet will be official one and open for everybody with Sportsbet account. We may still have 2 leagues maybe, or I will just return the funds to Sportsbet or use them on some other promo. Hopefully I'll let you all know before the end of the day.

In the meantime i have a Fantasy chat session on Sportsbet in couple of hours (6PM GMT) so drop by guys if you have the time.

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It is final now. There will be one world cup fantasy league Sponsored by Sportsbet. You can join it trough promo page on site. If I already sent you the link you are already in. No point in sending me PMs anymore, just go to promo page and join.

I talked to them and they will set up some sort of form to link your fantasy and sportsbet account. Be sure to do that step before cutoff date as well.

And now for the best news, this league is sponsored with 5k$ and has rewards in USDT, which is much better than initial 2k in BTC that I was promised, especially with all the blood in the streets.

This will serve as discussuion thread for wold cup fantasy and there could be some extra prizes or free bets for forum people as well. I will change the OP later today when I get home.

Mene trenutno recimo dosta zanima Solana, projekt je ozbiljno poljuljan, česta ispadanja iz mreže, na ogromnom popustu već sada a danas još sljedi otključavanje hrpe tokene i očekuje se novi dump.

Onda još imamo priču sa wrapped BTCom na chainu, kako god da se on zvao. Koliko je meni poznato on je izdan od strane FTX i kao za svaki taj token imali su jedan pravi BTC. Nakon ove priče i to pada u vodu i cijena tog wrapped BTCa je već 40% niže od cijene pravog BTCa. Mogli bi uskoro kupovati solanu na par dolara što zvuči super. Samo ako ima šanse za oporavak.

Bear in mind he is also the manager with highest wages in the world. I belive Pep is maybe now making more but he was highest paid for long time. Just to put things into perspective, he is still earning double of what Ancelotti makes in Real Madrid. Makes you really think, especially since even when Atletico did well they played unwatchable football.

It seems that Sevila kept their local derby mindset when starting the game tonight, don't know how else to explain two red cards inside first half. They are already trailing 2:0 against Sociedad and this game is already over. Just a question of how many goals Sociedad will score tonight.

Not gonna watch but I am interested to see if Atletico Madrid is able to get full 3 points tonight. I am predicting another though game for them and possible draw.

It is very difficult match to call, both players are very good when game goes according to their plan and prone to loosing their cool and gifting opponents when things don't go as planned. Musetti sort of showed some signs of progress on mental plan recently so I think he should be able to win tonight. I don't have a feeling for handicap in this next gen rules, so I avoid them and rather play set handicaps.

@aoluain
I was just thinking the same about Italian tennis today while watching Passaro - Arnaldi, both Italians, both very young and promising. And then you think about all the other Italian players at the moment like Sinner, Berettini, Musetti and Sonego. All in top 50 and all still quite young.

A daj ajde, sada ću se morati nakupovati pasa iako sam sebi rekao da to neće nikada ući u moj portfolio. Ali ako Musk progura plaćanja na twiterru dobre su šanse da Doge bude uključen, a čak ako mu to i nije ideja opet će pumpa nakon nekog tweeta krenuti.

Zanimljiva vremena u svakom slučaju.

I am quite sure it is legit. Bayern played yesterday and Mane got injured early, he was unable to continue and was substituted in minute 20. His facial expression was quite dire and I belive that possibility of missing world cup was in his mind immediately.

I hope he pulls some miraculous recovery but not counting on it.

Sadio Mane injured for about a month, no world cup for him and Sengal chances of doing something down the drain. I am sure big Bayern victory yesterday was enough for him to be happy about 

I am expecting a lot of strange results in this last week before WC, with top players missing out or playing with handbrake.

Tako većina i stoji od početka beara, baš sam mislio neki dan početi malo s predbožićnim shoppingom ali još nisam stigao, na sreću.

Čitam i ja jučer malo po Twitteru i samo gledam kako koja vijest utječe na market. Ta bude situacija još gora negdje pri polovini priče sam baš prodavao BTC na bankomatu, preplatio transakciju  višestruko jer sam u žurbi i onda naravno sljedeći blok bude iskopan 20 minuta kasnije.

Hey guys please don't share the link I sent you over PM with other persons, I already had to remove somebody from our league and there is only 5 of us in for now. No point in doing it anyway since I am manually adding each of you in my spreadsheet when sending the link. If you aren't in spreadsheet you will not get the reward as simple as that.

Small change regarding rewards. I will be getting funds from sportsbet, probably tomorrow, so they will be escrowed. Prizes will be in BTC so I will recalculate and post exact numbers after I get the money and see how much BTC we will get for 2K. Crazy day on markets today so who knows where the price will be tomorrow.

Pa dobro jel ti čitaš ikada postove prije nego odgovoriš? Ja uopće ne pričam s tobom o tome šta je Bitcoin ili koliko će vrijediti za 5 godina. Tu se nećemo složiti i nema smisla trošiti riječi.

Ja sam dao primjer mojih današnjih transakcija. Od moga rada do ženinog kaputa i cipela preko bitcoina. Meni je to transakcija a ti zovi kako hoćeš. Ne zanima me da li je broj, novac ili nešto treće ako ja za njega dobijem ono što meni treba. Moze se zvati i ponzi opet bi ga koristio jer je bio najlakši način da dođem do krajnjeg rezultata.

Ali dobro, pogledaj coinmarketcap pa ćeš se bolje osjećati, danas je tvoj dan  Naši će doći tek u budućnosti nakon još puno ovakvih dana.

Ja sam očito jedna od tih budala koja te ne kuži, nije baš ni da se trudim jer ko dovraga ima vremena mlatiti tako u prazno. Znači ja sam odradio poslić, evo upravo popodne dobio BTC, prošetao do prvog bankomata i zamijenio za kune koje mi je žena odmah zaplijenila za shopping. Ja u toj priči vidim par transakcija. Prva je moje vrijeme za btc, druga je promjena btc u kune, i treća je kune za par sati mira na kauču. Ti ih zovi kako hoćeš meni su to transakcije. Meni je bitcoin novac i koristiti ću ga kao takav dokle god mogu i prihvatiti plaćanje u njemu baš svaki put.

Na ovaj način sam dobio novac s drugog kontineta u vrijeme rudarenja jednog bloka, ili u mom slučaju 4 minute. Da sam koristio bankarski sustav, pitanje bi li do kraja tjedna vidio svoj novac. A da ne pričam vikendom. Banke su zastarjele institucije i način na koji one vode poslovanje jednostavno više nije dovoljno dobro. Da li je normalno da ako želim platiti nekoga u petak i ne stignem to napraviti do podne da ta osoba neće vidjeti lovu do ponedeljka? U današnje vrijeme instant komunikacije? I to ako govorimo o istoj državi, ne daj bože ako je međunarodni transfer. Nek se mijenjaju ili izumru, nema im druge. Meni više skoro pa ne trebaju a radim na tome i da se u potpunosti isključim iz bankarskog sustava.

Good news everybody, we have received sponsorship money from Sportsbet.io on our escrow wallet.
Escrow address: bc1qge3m389y0kezc6qxnzv8ehuvdv5etveu242vzsjwfjk9x58mtfnst0wxwc

We have a total of 177.53 mBTC for rewards which will be awarded as follows:

• 1st place 76 mBTC
• 2nd place 40 mBTC
• 3rd place 25.5 mBTC
• 4th place 10 mBTC$
• QF reached 4 mBTC
• R16 reached 1.2 mBTC

*all rewards will be paid out when competition finishes in one transaction
*we have left in reserve about 0.4 mBTC for transaction costs, if anything is left over it will be added to 1. place reward, if it isn't enough, remainder will be taken from 1. place reward. It is the biggest reward and few fractions of mBTC more or less shouldn't have much of an impact.