Finally done; sorry for the delay, everyone. Also, slight change of plans: we had initially thought of paying for the signature campaign ourselves, but DirectBet has generously offered to pay for it instead. So, I'll be sending the BTC addresses of the participants who qualified for payment to them shortly, and then they'll proceed with the campaign payments. Thanks, DirectBet.

By the way, GrandeMar, what happened? You only made 2 qualified posts (with the rest all in Games and rounds).

Yes, you can do so if you wish.

No, there is still time - given the large number of entries we've had these last few days, we've decided to extend the registration period.

As FrueGreads put it in the Discussion Thread:

Welcome back, guys.

Good luck!

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Will do.

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No, not at all - please do.

Alright, the competition has started!

Good luck to everyone. Have fun, and make sure to win lots of prizes.

PS: We will announce the next daily challenge at 23h UTC, today.

We will make the announcement post when the competition starts, but yes, it will be sometime after 00h UTC (approximately 2 and a half hours from now).

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Hmm, actually, I've not been following that situation, so let me see what I can find out. But I imagine that, even in a worst case scenario, DirectBet's Playing Wallets will still work (well, for those who have registered, anyway); and DOGE/LTC should also work fine.

Will do; FrueGreads will add it to the list as soon as he is back.

Welcome, Unread.

Good luck!

Thanks, shorena.

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After a successful first week, we're now stopping the Free Tipster Competition signature campaign (we'll probably restart it at a later point in time).

Alright, that's it, everyone - you can now remove your campaign avatars and signatures (you too, bittrojan; it's nearly time, anyway, so you may remove them now as well).

We'll be reviewing posts in a little while, and proceed with payments later on today. Thanks for taking part in our campaign; we appreciate it.

Thanks for joining us, everyone.

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You can - in fact, you are already enrolled (check FrueGreads' post with the list of participants - the fourth post in this thread).

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Hi, FriendlyChemist. I've answered your post in the Discussion Thread instead (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1256522.msg14052244#msg14052244) - let's try to keep this thread for users to register, and deal with related problems, and the Discussion Thread for any other doubts or issues that may arise.

No, that will not count as a valid bet - only bets made after the start of the competition will be counted.

With the daily prizes, everyone will have plenty of chances to be lucky.

And, to answer your question, any bet will do; be it in sports, politics, or whatever else. The only exceptions to this are bets in the games "Direct Dice" and "All-in Poker" - those don't count.

Welcome, everyone. Please make sure to read all the rules of the competition, and place any doubts you may have in the Discussion Thread.

Good luck!

Do you mean, DirectBet's playing wallet? If so, yes, you can use it to place bets for the competition directly, thus avoiding the usual transaction fees.

Welcome, 155UE, bestcoins1.

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Yes, as bestcoins1 pointed out, the minimum starting bankroll is 0.1 BTC. Please make a new post letting us know if you would still like to join with that amount (or higher bankroll).

PS: participants don't actually need to have the full starting bankroll they declare (although, that will affect the minimum and maximum bet stakes they are limited by).

Hi, Free1bitco.in. Thanks for joining us.

Welcome, everyone.

Good luck!

Welcome, guys. Thanks for joining us.

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By the way, we would like to remind everyone that every participant can join the competition with up to three entries, which not only gives considerable advantages (allows different betting styles; easy restart, in case initial bets don't work out; access to more prizes; etc.), but also has no disadvantages - participants don't actually have to use all the entries, or even have the bankroll for them.

That's alright.

I'll make a post about the campaign period ending, tomorrow (for everyone but bittrojan - his term ends Tuesday), and proceed with payments at that time.