If I were betting on the outcome, I'd definitely lean on "most eventful". Whether or not that proves to be entertaining is another thing completely. But yeah, I like new stuff and seeing how drivers react (or perhaps how much they disobey or ask for team advice heh).

Verstappen's got to be itching to go for this though. Don't think it'll end up DNF but he's sure to ruffle some feathers heh, like you said. Unique without being crazy is what I'd expect from this weekend.

I'd agree. Pay some guy several hundred dollars a week that you know almost for certain he'll gamble away as free money, and add more of his into chasing the losses, and you sort of have a self-serving use case.

And you get visibility in the threads HE is active in (which may not necessarily even be close to he types of threads a "high quality" poster might even think to visit).

Preferable, you'd also want more of his type -- birds of a feather.

So yeah, definitely makes sense for a sig camp to recruit based on their needs.

Blessed start for Rangers, pretty heavy hitting and desperate hassling earning them cards all over though, so it's a hard-fought lead. Did expect them to score as they're always lifted at Ibrox but couldn't ask for a better end to the first half, really. Think the real achievement was reducing Leipzig to zero shots on target. Long as they maintain that after the restart we're good.

@cryptfrka if they pull it off again, they might need a secret thank-you party for Creswell huh. But Hammers surely out, though, yeah? 10 men need to score 2 goals...

You think they run out of luck but they don't, booked some clean wins from the outright but I actually missed by biggest bet (85/10 betbuilder of Real win, BTTS, over 2.5 corners each) just by one item... Benzema scoring in regular time. Ah well! Good job Ulven made it out with plenty huh!


Thus preserving the elitism of Champions League football heh heh. Well done man, did you place any pre-season outright on them? Think it was around 9/1 or 10/1. I'm still riding on my 86/10-ish bet so really happy.

Read Ancelotti said post match he's still an Evertonian (and all kinds of weird things went in my mind as Rafa was also managing Everton after him) so he's really looking forward. Hope we rekindle Istanbul, though not by going behind 3 goals!

Yeah I've got Barca on my sights too for a simple odds doubler, and will probably reup on them again tomorrow and Saturday heh, if my bets are alive by then. They're probably in UCL already but 1 more win takes them to 1 point away from mathematical guarantee. They'll want to do that and focus on early preps for next season.


A bit off topic, but last night just found a way to beef up their scores even more... getting to qualification against:
-  PSG at 78th minute of 2nd leg.
-  Chelsea 90+6th minute 2nd leg
-  City 90+5th minute 2nd leg

The semifinal was remarkable that City led from 2' of first leg til 89' of 2nd leg.

I can't really tell over the past few years, as haven't been paying much attention, but I do notice some seemingly favoured participants over others. The newer casinos (or rather, newer campaigns) don't appear to prioritise merits and post quality as much as activity and participation across more threads -- including altcoins, which I guess makes sense if you're looking to build visibility and attract new customers.

My take on this is that older accounts are less likely to be experimenting with new coins and new casinos, plus -- the handful of degen gamblers (I say this as a compliment, mind you) I happen to know on the forum aren't generally posting what might be considered "meritorious" or even high quality posts by others.

Whether or not this is truly how campaign managers or owners identify their preferred participants I don't know, I suspect not in a formal marketing way anyway.

Falls much more in a deep crash, but also climbs higher and with much stronger volumes in a spike/rally. Not exactly a new phenomenon, and even less surprising if you accept that the very same people investing in Bitcoin (if we want to say mainstream, then we accept this means stock investors simply diversifying their portfolio) are in stocks. So when they're liquidating or gaining more exposure in markets, they're applying the same across the board, spreading their risks across fiat, stocks, commodities, Bitcoin.

Think the extra impact on Bitcoin (fall or rise) is simply because those actions also influence pure Bitcoin speculators. OMG all the brokers are dumping/stockpiling, so me too!

Just love those predictions promos, this time I mixed in my usual picks of heavy-sided underdogs with "narrower" underdogs. For me this time it was an arbitrary 15/10 odds or better to count as a favourite, usually for UFC I'm only picking the fav if they're 12/10 or better. No science behind it...

As a result, favourite Oliveira didn't make my cut as he was just above 15/10, though he seems far more rated in the media.

Torino - Napoli
1. Match line - Away
2. Both to score - Yes
3. Number of yellow cards in the game - 4-5

Betis - Barcelona
1. Match line - Away
2. Both to score - No
3. Number of yellow cards in the game - 4-5

Tie breaker: 20' minute

Well, they didn't get it, so I guess it's City-Liverpool again (barf) (hoping I outdo my own jinx so Real actually snatch it).

Took an ambitious bet on BTTS, over 3 corners each, Benzema to score and Real to win (not qualify) for 85/10. As if the match itself won't be entertaining on its own!

Look forward to another clash, we really have to fan back the flames of our rivalry, let's try and win it on 90 minutes so we don't get another penalty lottery, yeah?

It's probably really niche, yes, but crypto is, arguably, pretty niche too, and while most big books are really catching up, markets still tend to be thin on selections, so you can always go P2P with platforms like Fairlay (and put your own bets there if you can't find anything else).

It's also a really good place for me to check odds, especially on longshots.

You're right about the estimate on Liverpool, I'm so used to getting 3/1 or 4/1 whenever we meet the Chelskis and the Cities that it's a shock to see us being a firm favourite. Chelsea are flopping around in EPL but this is their only chance at redemption so they will give pour everything into this!

1. Birmingham - 2:1
2. Bournemouth - 2:0
3. Derby - 1:0
4. Bristol City - 1:2
5. Nottingham - 0:2
6. Luton - 2:0
7. Peterborough - 2:1
8. Preston - 1:0
9. Sheffield Utd - 3:2
10. Stoke - 2:1
11. Swansea - 3:2
12. Draw - 2:2

Sojourner

Not so much a case of heresy but a convenient ignorance of reality. Block rewards themselves are enough incentive for miners at the moment, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable 3 or 4 halvings (provided Bitcoin value also follows trends).

Fees per block, just looking over the last 20 or so are 2-6k, and that's at most txs using minimum fee.

The frequency of not-full blocks are also proof of this (sample) and just over 7 hours ago we had a near empty block when there certainly were mempool txs waiting.

@nullama, great share too and I also believe this will be more of the case during the next couple of halvings.

The Specials tab for sports looked really bare the last few days, so now I suppose they're announcing the specials like before again, in Club Talk and only for a few hours? I was really looking for those daily super boosts (the red boost, not the regular 24hr ones) for Liverpool to win the game at HT but didn't see.

J1 League extra price boosts on today till Friday. I usually bet on Grampus and Antlers in AFC Cup but little else heh.

Never been afraid to buy (or in my case, earn), funny now I think of it. Each time clients offer to pay in stablecoin even I put down a hard no. It does mean I'm sitting on much lower value earnings from the past year or so, haha, and liquidating at lower values -- so that's where I'm afraid, when selling. Afraid's not even the right word. Wistfully regretful ha!

Can't ever see myself being too worried in bearish states though, as long as I'm anchored on the next rally... which I guess happens in 2 or 3 years from now.

Actually relaxed was anything but how Liverpool played the first half! Admittedly, I totally underestimated that, and lost HT win bets as a result, luckily recovered in some measure with ML bets... 8 minutes in Istanbul to turn things around, and 12 minutes in Villarreal to do the same. At least you can't accuse Liverpool of not serving up entertainment!

My favourite banner seen at the game: Up the F🏆cking Reds!


Bernabeu magic, why not? I can't really see City slipping up, my gut says they'll win this comfortably, but happy for Real to prove me wrong.


Real putting us out in 2018, Atletico in 2020, then Real again in 2021... we have a bone to pick with Madrid teams so I want this too!

Or a City fan They would prefer to meet Villareal in the final (if they win haha) and now they've got the early goal, I guess it's game on heh. Not the start I wanted, of course, but I guess we needed some drama for this to be memorable ouch.

Didn't know or forgot you were Chelsea supporter. We see you again in FA Cup...

^ Didn't really notice odds rightaway but it's always been about 17/10 for me though you're right, with a boost on Sportsbet now you can catch it at 1.85 even, not bad huh?

I'm probably being a bit dumb to pick 0-3 for this but you know, it's too late to get 1st spot. Locked to see as am curious and hahay's got a Villareal win

Anyway, after this week, should be able to see who to pay prizes out, though can't see anyone other than Harko/Halab taking 1st place. I'll probably even be able to pay out already before the final, just to clear responsibilities before I get naughty heh.