I actually bet on Juventus last night, and said on Club Talk the perfect gift would be a Juve win and Soccer Blackjack. 1 of 2 hit but I'm real easy to please.

Active Bitcoin drops for Black Friday week also happened during Club Radio for those tuning in, so whoever was online last night listening, must have been SOME night!


Is this your first one? Not bad at all, yeah? Tell me one other type of special sports play you bet on that's more exciting. Funny enough, I wasn't even online watching this one -- old weary body told me to go to bed. Nice wake-up present though!

I'd have liked to take the Bayern line if I knew it was that good value! And you're already halfway there on that. Atalanta was already on one of my accas, but earlier result killed that, I didn't double down.

Rooting for Villareal though, even though I didn't bet on it. Hey, gotta make that group even more exciting then it already is =D

@KingsDen agreed. Fred and McTominay look absolutely flat as a pairing. No dynamism, which you get from the Pogs and Fernandes at least. Fred keeps passing side and back, absolutely weak mindset... against mid-table Spanish team come on...

^ Our lives on gambling is probably a chockful of theories that may never get the chance to be put to the test;)

Tonight there is only one match worth betting on I would say and that's Juventus to win against Chelsea (again). Yes, they've already qualified, so will be expected to field a weaker team. But yes, also, Chelsea have actually been carrying a highly unsustainable xG ratio and they will find problems again I think, even at home.

So let's do a bit of a risk and do double stakes.

200 units at Fairlay on Juventus to WIN vs Chelsea @6.77. Other odds: 6.30
Units advantage: 47

Oh man my friend I feel sorry for you, I just saw you were last now haha. Don't forget to put your picks in guys, I know it's disappointing when you're down with so few Match days left but hey, one super good round could change everything, right? =D

I took it very easy this time around. I didn't check odds or anything, I just went for what in my mind should be clear favourites -- and I think the majority of the games have one.

Just be careful of already-qualified teams. Liverpool I used to trust to win everything but Klopp has become way more pragmatic than his early days so I can almost be sure he'll use B team to prevent injuries and bookings.

AH now that is something I didn't know actually, very nice. Used to be the norm at most casinos but some time back, all the sites I used to play at or still do, changed it to 1 confirmation before you could wager it. Double spend attacks in the past did that.

But still nice to know in case I need to inject a bit of balance to keep my participation alive.

Unfortunately (?), I don't have alts except one or two major ones which I keep securely and don't touch unless I need to do something. Whatever I earn in alts gets sold immediately, and then whatever's left goes to BTC. It's a joy to use now though, I don't remember the last time I used more than 1 sat/byte fee.

Hah! Yeah, every time someone talks about defi and finance detaching itself from traditional finance I just wonder which world they live in. Do people on defi forget newcomers still need a way to buy crypto to use defi, or that they also still need a link to traditional finance to realise their gains?

Never mind that the products and services of defi aren't even able to substitute traditional finance, let alone displace it... Defi people largely ignore the fact that those most in need of finance are less able to access defi services than traditional ones. Be it due to a lack of tools or even the technological infrastructure. Makes my eyes roll up every time someone says defi is for the people and the masses and the unbanked when clearly the only ones able to use defi are crypto able and those most benefiting are the wealthy.

I always feel like the penultimate game of group stages are most fun, so yeah MatchDay 5 of a 4-team group is always the best, as very few teams will have qualified for next stage, some teams will want to be top seed, and almost all teams should have a small chance to keep their hopes alive.

That does make betting a bit hard as motivation should be there for 90% of teams, but in the case of Spartak as I said, odds haven't changed much so I will probably look elsewhere, maybe against a team already qualified to hope they field B team.

Don't know about my wish as teams without managers have a weird statistical "bounce" that could be too much for Villareal!

Yeah, they were this round's Sevilla, killing a lot of us on accas. I started Friday well but bets over the weekend and Monday were all "almost" but didn't make it thanks to just 1 or 2 teams. Can't win them all huh.


Heh I had no idea I'd do so well, and yes hahay is still in #1 spot but at least we've all cut his lead down. Too bad it's not yet quite like Verstappen being chased by Hamilton and everyone else or it'd be a tight and nervy finish, but at least we can keep it exciting for the early to mid season

Nice going with the bets, man but yeah I love that feeling of a big win from a freebet! I chose to put freebet from predictions onto a special but lost that on one leg.

I haven't cashed out a freebet since before internationals, but not complaining, as I haven't really been winning them much

I'm afraid to do the full calculations but I was actually doing well until in recent weeks, and earlier on. My problem seems to be blackjack when attempting martingale, and chasing silly losses on roulette. Like today I lost 3 mbtc... AFTER making my 5 mbtc wager.

I suspect I'm still in positive as I had really good Blackjack runs plus all the milestone bonuses... but if I had half more discipline, I would be very much in the +.

Definitely the hardcore players left. Anyone dropping out now does so either by accident or by busting their balance. For that reason I make sure I have something in my balance all the time. Can't trust block confirmations if there's a sudden network bloat.

I totally forgot they were still holding their unbeaten seasons! Liverpool lost theirs just before the break, and then now these two. That Fiorentina hot shot headed to Newcastle apparently? Vladi something. All due respect, those are what I call flop potentials. And not just because it's Newcastle. I remember Liverpool also has loads of those "buy this guy from other league because he's top and he comes and doesn't do well". Difference with Klopp is he buys to fit a system, not just Moneyball buying.

I'm backing a home double today and first match just started =)

I know it's Segunder (or whatever they call the second league in Spain) but did anyone catch the Real Zaragoza and Girona special at almost 8/1?

I have this weird attraction to Segunder bets, and that's because I used to follow Deportivo until they got relegated even to 3rd or lower tier now. Anyone else like to follow bets on relegated teams in Europe leagues? I always feel like there is good value sometimes if the core team remains the same.

I might throw something on this match if I feel the itch. Spartak gave me a very good upset against Napoli in the first leg, and the Italians have just been struggling all season to get things underway in Europe but I fear the backlash from that loss against Inter. Only problem is it's barely 55/10 for a home win so that's highly unattractive for me until or unless the odds switch back to them being a big underdog.

P.S. Also hope United drop to this competition in a couple of weeks haha.

W00t. 3rd hour already from start of the drop, would be super cool to know how many out of the 10 didn't claim and how many are left each day, even if it's a random update now and then on ClubTalk, but happy to check my account here and there throughout work heh.

Super 7 is crazy. Even Superbru only pays 10k GBP for 10 correct scores. 7 has been done before so you guys definitely walking a tightrope on that, mad hatters!

Didn't intend for my prediction to line up with PlanB. Happy to know he's been accurate so far, to the point of scary spot on price points but it might be a point too far to hope he gets the last 2 months right as well -- but since my prediction is 6 figures, I'll be very happy to celebrate the truth chart aligning perfectly with s2f(x).

Some more stumbling on Monday trading but a return to 70k in the final stretch of November will definitely be a huge step backwards for bear efforts thus far...

I don't really pay much attention as the markets I bet on generally have 0.5 BTC liquidity, and the larger ones often 1 BTC plus. Sure, I don't think it's that big but you're not individually limited and free to match ALL the BTC available. If you're like me and place beer change bets, and maybe the max bet you do is a few mBTC, I doubt you'll ever have a problem.

Also, you're free to make your own markets and put your liquidity down, advertise the market and get someone else to take you up on the offer (on chat).

So I guess the more important question for you is: what do you mean by "very large"?

17 points in this round would have got you top spot in the other pools I'm in too. That Norwich 3-pointer was something right out of the "Teemu Pukki when you don't expect him" playbook -- nice going @LFC_Bitcoin! Climbed 11 places in the process. That's how it's done!

Happy to maintain my bastard streak, only 3 points separate a scary chasing pack from 2nd to 10th place... Kane's weird stumbling the entire game cost at least 1 goal and almost resulted in a penalty =p

So the bookies were right, everything on point, and even with all the drama and Bottas retiring, the main stage more or less played out as it should (and a nice Alonso break-the-lull podium finish).

2 races to go, if the same Hamilton-Verstappen 1-2 happens in Jeddah, it will be winner takes all in Abu Dhabi. Plenty of potential spoilers and big drama moves could be in the wings though but I somehow think we shouldn't be expecting much.

She only means Bitcoin, not crypto, whether she realises it or not. There really is no other crypto that threatens US dollar the way Bitcoin can. Not that that was ever the end game for Bitcoin. The US dollar is under threat, always has been, from every other monetary alternative. Bitcoin just happens to be the one the US government has the least control over, understands the least and, therefore, makes it the most dangerous threat.

They shouldn't pay attention to Bitcoin and view it as an enemy to fight though. Watch it and learn lessons from its successes (and failures) and use the knowledge to fix your own house.

OK guilty again, I forgot to make my team selections before internationals and promised to do it... and forgot again, or like Trofo I'd have switched Jota into my team. So I was 29th and now 35th, probably far too late to do anything useful but I don't mind trying to beat Steve every week.

Pickford being in my team of course didn't help heh. They just lost to City and that reminded me he's in my team ouch.

Anyway swapped out 2 injured players and brought Vardy into my team. He's not having it good but sense some goals popping back in for him.

Just sharing for all those active in our various Sportsbet prediction pools.


Was watching City-Everton game and once Bernardo Silva scored, I checked Livescores and saw that I had an exact score for all 4 live games.

Of course, karma hits back when you get too cocky, and as soon as I screenshot it to share, Luis Suarez scored for Granada to ruin my Real Madrid score (which still has plenty of time left anyway).

Afternoon doing so-so for my bets, lose some and still riding a couple but let's see. Anyone enjoyed F1? Final lap but looks like Hamilton got this easy.