Hmm, I was looking at the possible bets in the 2016 Presidential Elections (US Politics) category, and noticed that Bernie Sanders wasn't included (either as Democratic Nominee or Next President) - do you have any plans to include him? I was considering betting on him, if the odds look good (probably a small bet, but still).

A well known Legendary account, with over 7000 posts, on the DefaultTrust list? A lot, I'm sure - and, after that post, I wouldn't be surprised if you had received a couple of PMs with offers already, from users trying their luck.

On the other hand, it's also good to keep in mind that anyone buying such an account would most likely use it to scam (signature campaigns, probably the reason behind most account sales, don't usually pay more/substantially more to Legendary members, when compared to (the easier/cheaper to obtain) Hero members).

Hi sebungkus. I see that you haven't actually registered in the competition (and these bets won't count until you do) - you can use the following thread to register, and read all the rules for this event: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1248467 (and if you want to participate in the discussion about this competition, you can do so in the discussion thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1256522).

No, there is still time.

Your third entry will be added to the competition as soon as possible. Good luck.

Hi pandacoin.

Well, the truth is, your bankroll can never actually reach 0, since the maximum bet stake you can wager is 5% of your current bankroll. So, as your current bankroll decreases (if you're losing bets), so does the actual maximum amount you can bet with (though it never reaches 0).

Ah, for a second there I thought you were referring to the total ROI, at the end of the post - sorry.

Unfortunately, I don't know what the highest winning odd was, but maybe DirectBet can tell us (although, at least in regards to this competition, they may no longer have the information for previous events, but rather, only for the current one) - anyone want to make a script to go through the bets in the main thread, and check the odds?

Hmm, are you asking if participants are allowed to follow each others' bets?

If so, yes; there is nothing in the rules to prevent that, nor could it really be effectively stopped, I think. However, the remaining rules still apply - each participants' minimum and maximum bet stakes have to be respected, and bets can't be duplicates (for a given participant's account).

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Sanerin won the II Tipster Competition with 652.26%¹ - pandacoin is currently at 480.77%, so we may yet see a new record.

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Thank you, Shogen.

Yes, shulio, participants will need to make the required minimum number of bets, with a minimum stake of 1% of their current bankroll, to qualify for prizes / participation prize, and only one participation prize will be given per qualified participant (although, as Shogen pointed out, participants can received multiple top place prizes, if they are using multiple entries in the competition).

However, I would just like to add that the minimum number of required bets for a given participant's account may be higher than 70, as explained in the Main Rule 5.1 - that is, if a bet is won at odds greater than 35, the new minimum number of bets for that account will be double that odd (as an example, see the reference to pandacoin's bet in the posts above).

If possible, I would like to join this campaign.

Bitcoin address: 1PSVnitdK4UksYsgmawqtuWrjgKvoXEKRA
Starting posts: 2090
Forum Rank at time of entry: Hero Member

There is still a lot of time to go, LFC_Bitcoin (almost a month) - you never know what else may happen.

Yes, that is correct, pandacoin.

By the way, congrats.

Alright, not all sold accounts are used in scams but, as I argued above, no one is going to pay more for an account to use in signature campaigns, when cheaper ones that will provide the same return are available - that would make little sense.

In relation to the account being used for escrow purposes: yes, I suppose it is possible that someone would genuinely want it for that, without any intention of scamming, only to speed up the process - but you have to admit, taking on positive trust feedback that doesn't belong to you is already a red flag (you're effectively deceiving others from the get go).

Welcome, dinda22. Thanks for joining the competition.

Of course; the registration period will last until the end of this month. Please use the Registration Thread¹ to register, and read all of the relevant competition rules.

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...he was elected put in office.

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Bernie a hardcore socialist?

Only by today's North American standards; certainly not by the standards of most of the world (or even the US, in the not so distant past).

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If it comes down to Clinton versus Trump, I would hope that Clinton wins (even though I don't think that will be a good thing for the US, or the world), but fear that Trump may... most people are pretty disappointed with how things are going and, even though Clinton appears to be ahead (according to polling), many of those who say they support her will probably not vote (she represents the establishment, after all) - if Trump can get his base worked up enough to actually vote, who knows what the outcome will be?

On the other hand, Bernie versus Trump may end up as a landslide victory for Bernie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJCOGh-5Jis, "POLL: Bernie Sanders Would DESTROY Trump In General Election".

Thanks for joining the competition, bikoBoy - you will be added to the list soon. In the meantime, please make sure to read the rules, and let us know if you have any doubts.

Good luck with your bets.

Participants can do so; but, as I mentioned in the above post to Omikifuse, "Direct Dice" / "All-In Poker" bets will eventually be (manually) removed, and the participants' ROI will be adjusted accordingly.

Don't pay attention to the others here, jonhotman; they're just trying to deceive you.

The real meaning of LOL is Lucifer Our Lord - anyone who uses it is just showing deference to Satan! ^j/k

I know it's probably a waste of time asking this, but would you consider not selling this account? A Legendary Member account with a positive trust rating isn't paid substantially more than a Hero Member account in most signature campaigns (if at all), so it doesn't seem likely someone will pay far more for one just for that use - scamming, on the other hand, would be far easier to pull off.

If you still want to go ahead with this, at least consider marking the account with neutral trust, stating the point at which the account was sold - or, alternatively, asking those who placed the positive trust ratings, to remove them.

Well, even if you didn't pay for your bitcoins, you still had to spend time to acquire them (through signature campaigns, at least; faucets even worse).

So let's say that, for each of your 346 posts, you spent 10 minutes of your life (5 minutes until you found a thread worth replying to, and another 5 minutes to write your post) - in total, 3460 minutes, or approximately 58 hours. Then, let's assume that you got 0.001 BTC for each post (and it was almost certainly much less than that in the lower forum member ranks), or 0.346 BTC in total (approximately $158 at the moment). That means that you have been working for about $2.72 an hour - depending on where you live, a very small amount (as in, you may get a better deal by working a normal/extra job, and then actually buying BTC with what you earn).