@Mormonism Always nice to have new players joining - thanks for choosing us, and good luck with your bets!

If you PM me your Cloudbet nickname I'll see if I can send some free spins your way to help get you started on your journey to the moon!

Have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Welcome back after what was hopefully an awesome Christmas and New Years for you all! 

@brecarv - I'm hoping that the issue has since been resolved, but I've passed on the details to our sportsbook team so they can check the grading is correct for you.

najeeb76 - Great idea, I'll pass on the request to our sportsbook teams! I'm always happy to see more lines become available! 

In regards to the cricket lines I'll check with our teams to see which games are available for live betting, there seems to be a few events missing currently and I'd like to see them back up ASAP!

SyGambler - I'll put in the request for you now, we do have some lines up for the Asian Cup 2019 but there does seem to be some missing, and there is a display error thats splitting the games into two different categories which I've also highlighted for a fix.

Thanks very much,

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Morning all!

I'm back in the office after the holidays - I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year!

I'll be checking my messages and sending out all the prizes now, thanks again for your patience (Next time I won't plan a competition that ends when everyone is out of office!)  

I will be updating with details of the unclaimed spins raffle this afternoon, so stay tuned!  

Thanks,

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Don't forget - I'll be holding a raffle for the people who were unable to claim their winning free spins on the 2nd January, so check back then to see if you win some BTC! 

Morning all,

Hope you've all had an amazing time over Christmas! 

Here's the results of the final week's predictions! It was another weird week for results, I don't think anyone was expecting the goal bonanza at Everton or Watford to turn over the Hammers away (Sorry CryptoThief!) If it makes you feel any better I watched my beloved Leyton Orient snatch defeat from the jaws of victory yesterday!



This week we have a grand total of 14 weekly winners, with 3 savvy sportsbook tipsters reaching the BTC currency prizes! Congratulations to justasftw, Kriptopsina, AT101ET, MufasaR, roosbit, hilariousandco, eroejoe, exsith, Vxv, tomahawk9, maximhkn, veleten, ViteZ, and michelle_riera! I'll be in touch soon via DM to get your details for prize delivery, and will be sending the currency and free spins through first thing on the 2nd January when I'm back in the office (unfortunately I don't have access to our gifting systems from home). Happy Holidays! 

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for - the overall winners!



Huge congratulations to AT101ET and Kriptopsina who have emerged as our sportsbook champions after 10 weeks of predictions!

AT101ET will be receiving a Ledger Blue wallet, and Kriptopsina will grab 0.03 BTC. I'll be in touch via DM to arrange delivery.

Thanks again to everyone who has taken part in the competition over these past 10 weeks, it's been a lot of fun and I've met some new faces and learned a bit more about how to run these competitions smoothly. Hope you all enjoy the rest of the holiday season, and have a great new year! 

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Evening all!

Apologies for the delay in calculating the points for the last week, I'll get them counted as soon as possible and announce the winners on the 26th December (Wednesday).

I want to do the raffle draw at the same time as announcing the winners and I just need to double check on the number of unclaimed free spins and who qualifies.

In the meantime I hope you all have an amazing Christmas! I'll catch you all on Wednesday for the grand prize announcements and raffle draw!

Thanks,

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Thanks, You too!  

God bless us, everyone! (except Salford of course)

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Morning all!

Just went through and updated the spreadsheet and OP with the new entries - a big welcome to the new faces! 

I'll be sending my usual reminders to the lurkers now.

Just a reminder - this week's deadline for entries is tonight at 19:00 UTC, so don't forget to get your predictions in before then!

I'm off for Christmas after today, but I'll be logging in from home on Monday to calculate the points for week 10 and announcing the winners.

I should be able to grant the weekly prizes from home, and the overall winners will have their prizes sent out first thing on January 2nd when I'm back in the office.

Thanks again to everyone who has entered our competition, and all the other ones we've run this year - it's been a lot of fun getting to know you all 

Have a great weekend!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Another year, another hundred articles proclaiming the death of bitcoin. This year was the best of times, it was the worst of times. So with the festive season in full swing, and Christmas drawing ever closer, I thought it would be the perfect time to roundup all the fun we’ve had on Bitcointalk this year, and thank some of the awesome people we’ve met and worked with across the forums.

Here’s Cloudbet's year in review, but feel free to share your ups and downs in this thread (and we don’t just mean a BTC price chart!) - did you manage to buy the dip?


Fun and games!

It’s been a pretty busy year for us on Bitcointalk!

• We kicked the party off back in May this year, when we became the first crypto gambling site to honour the Bitcoin Cash fork, providing all our players with free BCH to match the BTC funds they had in their Cloudbet wallets (May the fork be with you!)

• It was just after this that I joined Cloudbet and cautiously introduced myself on our meta thread. Needless to say there was a fair bit of housekeeping to do after our prolonged absence from the forums, but the community were surprisingly welcoming and patient while I got my head around the outstanding issues (and relearning BBCode after too long spent on Twitter and Facebook!)

• Shortly after that it was World Cup time, and the first iteration of our now widely popular predictor competitions kicked off on Bitcointalk! This was a simplified version of the predictor game, with players asked to pick the results of the tournament’s quarter final games. It was our first attempt on this platform, and although some mistakes were made, the response from the community was fantastic and helped set the guidelines for these competitions going forward.

• As the tournament progressed we also unleashed a Bitcoin price predictor competition onto an unsuspecting Twitter audience, asking them to guess the price of BTC and BCH at kick off of the world cup final. Of course the results varied from cautiously pessimistic, to wildly optimistic, but that’s the beauty of crypto amirite?

• As mentioned above, predictor competitions are popular with our sportsbook-savvy fans, and throughout the year we have also run a 4-week EPL predictor, as well as the ongoing Super 6 Soccer Leagues Predictor competition which is due to wrap up on 24th December.
  
  We had over 100 individual entrants join in the Predictor competitions alone, supplying just over 1000 entries in total over the length of the campaigns, so a huge thanks to everyone who has taken part this year!

• In October Cloudbet turned 5 years old, and we celebrated with a Crypto Meme contest that grabbed the attention of some of Bitcointalk’s most creative and witty members with large Bitcoin prizes. This was another prime example of the community in action, as a team of hardy detectives helped investigate some of the claims of plagiarism and ensured that only the finest OC made the final list of winners!

• Following on from this success we launched a ‘Review Fiat’ Competition to mark the passing of Black Friday and Cyber Monday - two colossal monuments dedicated to the folly of consumerism. We wanted to provide our crypto community with the means to poke fun at fiat in a lighthearted way, and they certainly didn’t disappoint!

But “What’s next?” I hear you cry! Well, we have a whole lot planned for 2019, but you’ll have to wait till January to find out!



The ‘Nice’ list!

There’s been a large number of boys and girls who have made our ‘nice’ list this year, but we want to extend a special thank you to everyone who has helped run our various campaigns and promotions across Bitcointalk and beyond.

• Hhampuz is the man with the plan when it comes to bounty campaigns, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone looking for a reliable manager. He was even kind enough not to mock me when I missed an entire tab of a spreadsheet I was supposed to be providing feedback on! Thanks again for your hard work!

• Krogothmanhattan - king of coins! We have been working with Krog on a series of popular sponsored raffles running in the ‘collectibles’ section of the forums, and his patience with my ‘casual’ approach to campaign planning definitely helped get the ball rolling smoothly!
  

• Hilariousandco - Not only does he have the less-than-envious job of trying to keep the Gambling section of the forums from turning into a complete lawless free-for-all, but also dealing with my questions about where to place threads, sponsorship of competitions, and weekly (definitely not spam™) reminders about our Super 6 Predictor Competition!

• SyGambler - Someone who most of you will recognise as a an incredibly helpful and knowledgeable forum member, he helped provide us with some valuable feedback to make improvements to our service that will reach into 2019 and beyond - thanks again Sy!

On the subject of feedback, i’d like to take the time to thank everyone who has contacted us via our meta thread, competition threads, and direct messages to report issues and provide feedback on our services.

The Bitcointalk community’s unique brand of constructive criticism is crucial in our ongoing mission to provide the best bitcoin casino and sportsbook experience online. Santa Cloudbet will be delivering satsumas instead of coal to your stockings this year!

We also ran a signature campaign this year on the forums, and massive thanks are due to all our campaign members for their hard work, and patience with my mistakes that led to delays to the second week’s payments. You the real MVPs!

Lastly, a huge thanks to everyone who has joined in our many competitions and giveaways this year! We already have some big promotions planned for the new year, so I’m sure i’ll see the regular faces in other competition threads very soon!


The ‘Naughty’ List

Now I’m not going to call out any specific names here, but as most of you reading are fully aware, we’ve had a few run-ins this year with members of the forum.

We aren’t perfect, and mistakes have been made when it comes to how we handle certain issues within the community.

Although it would be easy to dismiss everyone ranting on our thread as a ‘troll’ it’s important to look past the initial anger to the actual situation at hand. I’m a gamer and gambler myself, and have been through enough conversations with various support teams that I know how frustrating it can be when you don’t receive the answers you are looking for.

What I’d like to do is thank everyone who have contacted me via the forums and over PM to discuss these complaints over the past year, as many have lead to key improvements to our processes and systems which have benefitted all our players.

If you have an issue or find something frustrating about your experience at Cloudbet, please reach out and we can discuss how to solve the problem and ensure others aren’t affected in the future.  


Christmas Coverage

In regards to our coverage over Christmas and the New Year, Cloudbet will continue to operate as usual over the holidays, and our support teams will be on call 24/7 to handle any issues that may crop up during this time.

I’ll still be checking in to keep an eye on the forums and our Twitter feed daily, but coverage will be limited and I won’t have access to all of our systems from home. Any urgent issues should be directed towards our support teams, otherwise I’ll respond ASAP when I’m back in the office on the 2nd January.


Thanks again for another great year of bitcoin betting, and from everyone at Cloudbet's, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.


To the Moon!!!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Afternoon all!

I'm very pleased to announce our latest partnership with Exmo, one of the finest cryptocurrency exchange platforms in the world!



Check them out! Exmo provides a safe and reliable way to purchase bitcoin (and over 100 other cryptocurrencies!)

See our blog for more information HERE.  


We've also got plenty going down on Bitcointalk this week!


Our Super 6 Predictor Competition has reached it's 10th and final week, but there's still plenty of Free Spins and bitcoin currency to claim on the weekly prize board!

If you need help with your predictions, here's our guide to the weekend's soccer action with tips for our Super 6 games!


Our Sponsored Raffle is back for it's 6th week! Entry is free and there's a Denarium coin pre-loaded with 0.0015 BTC up for grabs - pick your number now before the slots fill up!


And don't forget to check out what Santa Cloudbet has for you under today's advent calendar window  

Have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Afternoon all, and welcome to this week's sponored raffle with the man, the myth, the legend - krogothmanhattan! 

While you wait for the big raffle draw on Thursday, don't forget to get your predictions in for this week's Super 6 Soccer competition! This is the last week it will be running, but there's still plenty of prizes to be claimed on the weekly prize boards!

If you need help with your predictions, here's our guide to the weekend's soccer action with tips for our Super 6 games!

And don't forget to check out what Santa Cloudbet has for you under today's advent calendar window  

Have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Hot off the presses, here's this week's soccer blog with tips for our Super 6 games!

If you are waiting around for the weekend's soccer action, don't forget to sign up for our free sponsored raffle - there's a Denarium coin pre-loaded with 0.0015 BTC up for grabs!

And don't forget to check out what Santa Cloudbet has for you under today's advent calendar window 

Have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Nearly forgot my own predictions again! 

Everton v Tottenham - 0:2
West Ham v Watford - 1:1
Girona v Getafe CF - 1:1
At. Madrid v Espanyol - 3:0
Juventus v Roma - 2:0
Dortmund v Mönchengladbach - 3:2

Morning all,

I'm just about to update the sheets with this week's entries so far.

All last week's winners (who sent their details) should have spins waiting for them on their accounts - Good luck on the reels of steel! 

Have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Afternoon all!

Another interesting week of results there, lots of people went big with 3-0 and 4-0 predictions for Barca, so of course they went and ruined it by smashing 5 goals in! 

That said we have a lot of weekly winners this week, so kudos on your predictions - I even managed 11 points this week (with help from our blog team!) 



Congratulations to Trofo, LFC_Bitcoin, Kriptopsina, Indymoney, AT101ET, NAPK1NS_RA3, eroejoe, dis93, niceboy999, Pif, Sutters Mill, damir10, and Wendigo on reaching this week's leaderboard, I'll be in touch soon via DM to arrange your prize delivery!




Our overall leaders remain fairly consistent heading into our last week of action, the only change being Kriptopsina and maximhkn sneaking ahead of tomahawk9 to take the 3rd and 4th spots.


This week's games (Final round!)

Everton v Tottenham
West Ham v Watford
Girona v Getafe CF
At. Madrid v Espanyol
Juventus v Roma
Dortmund v Mönchengladbach

Have a great week!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Seeing rumours about Leicester City trying to poach Macauley Bonne from my beloved Leyton Orient. £500k fee is being thrown around in the press.

The money would be bloody useful for a non league club, but I'm hoping we can at least hold onto him until the end of the season to keep this promotion battle alive.

Take Adam Rooney from Salford instead  

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

@m0gliE - Apologies for the slow response, I spend so much time jumping around different threads on here that I sometimes forget to check the main one 

Every bookie i'm aware of will restrict withdrawals when a deposit has been made without any activity. This is to comply with AML (anti-money laundering) laws as there is potential for someone dodgy to deposit 'dirty' money then withdraw 'clean' money if there was no rules in place.

Bonus funds are a bit different. These are kept separately to your account balance, and require a rollover to withdraw (which should be displayed in your account under the bonus balance).

@KingZee - Thanks for being so helpful with information in our thread!  Always nice to see the community helping each other out!

I've got to agree with you about the City v Everton game, I think Guardiola is going to be pissed about that loss last week against Chelsea and has probably been on his players' backs this week to bounce back with a solid win. I left this game out of the Super 6 predictor this week because I thought it would be too one sided. The only bright side for the toffees that i can see is that Silva and De Bruyne are out injured.

Thanks, and have a great day!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

Morning all!

I've updated the spreadsheet and OP with this week's entries so far.

For anyone still agonising over this week's matches there's a handy guide to our Super 6 games with tips at the Cloudbet blog HERE.

Anyone off to live football this weekend?

Once again I'll be journeying to Brisbane Road ('the HOME of football') to watch the mighty Leyton Orient face Beaconsfield Town. I know, a real clash of the titans right?  

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and good luck with your predictions!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet

You are very welcome! 

I usually set the rollover requirements on my bonuses a little bit lower than the usual, just don't go telling our promotions team! 

And that's our 5!

I'll send out the free spins soon. Enjoy!  

Good luck with the raffle today everyone!

Ronnie @ Cloudbet