Hello Kazuldur,

I've tried to update my faucet to the latest version, r-64, but it's not working. Am I doing something wrong? Whenever I update, and after the update I try to claim from my faucet, it gives me this error:

The bitcoinshowers.com page isn’t working

bitcoinshowers.com is currently unable to handle this request.
HTTP ERROR 500

This also happens when I try to log into my admin panel.

Have I done something wrong? I've replaced admin.php, index.php and added config.php in the root directory, and added the http-foundation and ips folders to the libs directory, and added the "script" folder. Did I miss something? (I update manually)

If Kazuldur or someone else could provide help, that would be great, thanks!

Good definitions, however,

I think that gambling can be called a game for sure, as it is an activity. While it is a risky game, it is still a game.

However, I don't think gambling can be called an investment in the slightest, as you aren't "investing" your money per se. You could regard it as one, but it would be foolish.

His strategy is to limit his bets to only 5% of his bankroll. However, I don't know if that is his set strategy, or if he's going to fluctuate his bet values up to 5%, or 5% as his base bet. It would be great if you could elaborate, OP.

If not, maybe you should lock the thread if you have the answers you need and will not provide tips.

Also not working for me, except I can access it, it's just that it says "we are working on something better".

Was this intended? If not, you might want to look into it.

Ah I see, yes, with betting only with 5% every time, combined with sports betting, is a good way to profit. I'll check out his pick threads, if they're good and win most of the time, he definitely can profit a lot.

What game are you playing? Dice? Are you going to change your amount, or bet 5% every time? Anyways, restricting your betting is a good strategy, so hopefully this will work out for you.

Pretty decent for a first month of passive income OP, good stuff!

These posts are really good, thanks for keeping us updated with your investment!

Just wanted to comment a bit on the results; I've invested in two of the sites you mentioned you invested in. I found that with moneypot, your investment will fluxate; some months it will be a very high return and some months you will lose; it seemed to fluxate more than other sites for some reason.

Anyways, what's the plan? Just keep your money in the sites? Good luck!

This is some quality stuff, thanks for sharing this with the community! Especially the image guides; they help a lot.

However, could you please elaborate on how it works a bit more? I've sent you a PM since I tested my IP on your site, and I am blocked even though I am a faucet owner myself. I'll try this out and if it works, I will definitely send a tip!

I think that there is the possibility of winning, as people do win, but not in the long run, unless you play a game with no house edge.

However, this is what I found for the definition of investing:

"Expend money with the expectation of achieving a profit or material result by putting it into financial schemes, shares, or property, or by using it to develop a commercial venture."

Gambling at a dice site isn't any of those, so I'd say no, not by definition. You could look at it as an investment, but it's a risky one that most likely will not work out.

Sounds good, good luck!

Do you have any prior experience in sports betting? What's your win/loss ratio?

Do you plan to bet only on games with certain odds, or will you bet on whatever you feel will win?

I'm still surprised 999dice even has any players after being exposed for not being provably fair. They're just getting their money taken away from them.

On the other hand, would it be fair every single time we ask them for the hash? Betting would be really slow, but if it's provably fair every time you ask them for the hash, it would really have the lowest house edge in the industry.

I think it depends; the feature to create a new deposit address if you want is definitely nice, but for convenience, I'd prefer a permanent deposit address, as I find the sites that generate a new deposit address every time annoying.

My suggestion would be to have the feature to create new deposit addresses, but make them manual instead of automatic. This way, you can appeal to both sides, convenience and security.

However, I like the current moneypot system.

Yes, very good point as nothing is guaranteed, but investing is definitely safer than gambling, especially in the long run. Generally, sites run for quite long if you make the right pick, look at primedice, it's been around for so many years. I think investing, is still safer than gambling. Just make sure you do your research, and don't keep all your eggs in one basket.

Which site did you try to go to? Slot games sometimes require flash so you'll need a browser that support flash, but other than that you'll be fine. Try some dice sites, or sports betting, they usually work on all devices.

iPad is definitely very compatible with betting, it is almost like a desktop.

Most sites will work fine on iPad, like other people have said, however one thing I'd like to point out is that you have to be careful as on mobile, it's easy to misclick and make a wrong bet or bet way too much money. Once, I played on a site and one guy in chat said that he accidentally bet 0.05 instead of 0.005, due to a misclick. It's not too big of a mistake, but it can be worse, so be careful and have fun!

Yes, but he also has reason for calling them fools. If you are investing, you are not a fool, you are a calculated investor, but if you think you can make a living off gambling (on a game with a house edge) in the long run, you are definitely a fool. And there's always the mentality of "I can win my money back" which can be detrimental.

Gambling is definitely not an investment, it is just a game of chance, and sometimes chance mixed with skill if sports betting or poker. It's to "take risky action in the hope of a desired result."

I don't think that's the case; if they rigged bets they surely would be found out by now; most if not all of them are provably fair, you can verify the bets yourself. It's possible that some of them do rig them, such as 999dice, but they'd be exposed. I think it's more of a psychological thing; if you are paranoid, try sports betting, as there's no way they can rig the sports betting results.

Could you please link us to some of these websites? Maybe they'd help OP to update his thread with the relevant information needed.

Yes, your strategy to have a limited bankroll is very good, however I don't think a reverse martingale is any better than a martingale; you can read about it here: http://www.systemsforroulette.com/comparison-anti-martingale-martingale.html

Regardless of the two systems, there's a house edge in the end, which brings me back to your first point, with the very good strategy of the limited bankroll.