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[hi]

The NHL Totals for games were only up for 2 games...what happened?

[mjester93]

The NHL Totals for games were only up for 2 games...what happened?

I was wondering the same thing. I had to bet them on 5d.

[pumawolf]

will there be 10cent lines for mlb  and will there be overnight lines, thanks guys keep up the good work

[pumawolf]

is the max bet     to win 10 btc  or to wager 10btc,  and   some of my bets i sent it 10min b4 tipoff so far  no problem, but is that cutting it close tho , whats the recommended time , thanks guys

[blockbet.net]

The NHL Totals for games were only up for 2 games...what happened?

Yeah, sorry about that. So many games last weekend, I couldn't get the rest of them online in time for people to make bet. Of course we want to have as many options as possible but I think we have to admit that not every option is going to be available for every game.

MLB season starts at the end of March, right? We'll cover it too since that's what people seem to want. Another "league" that we're adding next month is Formula 1 racing, so keep an eye out for that

is the max bet     to win 10 btc  or to wager 10btc,  and   some of my bets i sent it 10min b4 tipoff so far  no problem, but is that cutting it close tho , whats the recommended time , thanks guys

Max bet to wager is 10 BTC. Betting 10 minutes before game start is fine if you use the default transaction fee, which I recommend for everyone. No-fee transactions might take a few hours to confirm which could be too late. This is of course one downside of the system that is difficult to control when your transaction will be confirmed, hopefully future versions of Bitcoin will be better in that aspect.

We're pretty flexible with the confirmation limit, I'm not going to void a bet if it's a minute or two late, but sometimes we get a bet once a game has already finished, so those kinds of bets cannot be accepted because there might be some foul play involved :/

[bitcoinsrock]

I'm really looking forward to baseball. What will the lines be like? For example will it be -120/+110 or -130/+110?

[dirksizzlebod]

No college basketball. Tragic.

[haitispaceagency]

err, i think i bet on the hawks-pistsons game like 20 minutes after it started, sorry.

[bitcoinsrock]

You beat me up good today. Went 0-fer. Need some reasonable baseball games and I'll feed you more.

[blockbet.net]

I'm really looking forward to baseball. What will the lines be like? For example will it be -120/+110 or -130/+110?

It's a bit early to tell, frankly I haven't put a lot of thought into the MLB season yet. But the odds will be around the same margins as with our current games.

No college basketball. Tragic.

Sorry to disappoint, I know there is demand for it. But there are already a few upcoming leagues in our "budget" so I want to make sure that we can offer all the games from our current lineup before trying to offer everything else. It's still a fairly new site and I hope we'll have college basketball in the near future.

err, i think i bet on the hawks-pistsons game like 20 minutes after it started, sorry.

Don't worry about it, I paid it anyway this time since it was so early in the game - though that's strictly unofficial and in the future late bets will still be voided. I'll see if we can implement a system that would make games that have already started disappear, but so far the attemps haven't been compatible with the site.

You beat me up good today. Went 0-fer. Need some reasonable baseball games and I'll feed you more.

Yeah, there were some very strange scores yesterday on basketball, the point total lines weren't anywhere close... and 3 out of 5 hockey games going into overtime. I guess a lot of players were disappointed with the performances of certain teams, though of course there were plenty of winners as well.

FC Barcelona - Real Madrid game on today, odds now available

[haitispaceagency]

GET SHIT ON BARCA HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA I HOPE MILAN ELIMINATES YOU FROM CL

[pumawolf]

sent  u  a message  regarding  grading , thanks dude.

[blockbet.net]

sent  u  a message  regarding  grading , thanks dude.

Okay, here's what happened:

The point line for the Cavaliers - Raptors game was originally 197.5, but once we got word that Kyrie Irving would miss the game, the line dropped to 194.5. Of course all the bets that had been made prior to that would still get the original line, as well as the bets that were made around the time that change went into effect (within 30 minutes of the change or so).

About 90 minutes later there was one more bet for under, so I figured that the bettor was betting on the new line. But of course if you still had the original page open on your browser, you also saw the original line. The game finished at 195 points. So if that's the case it's a winning bet and I'll send you the full amount.

We try to keep the point lines and odds as static as possible for this reason, but sometimes there needs to be small adjustments either way. For this reason the page should be refreshed every once in a while.

Actually, this issue should be rather easily (and obviously) solved with an auto refresh script, so customers need not worry about it in the future. I'll get to work on it right away. Thanks for bringing up the issue!

[pumawolf]

alright fair enough, but could u put in  on the website that odds change and tell people to refresh there page,but my apologies on not understanding how ur   site works.(im so mad at myself now ,i could of got it at 196 somewhere else  ,but my dumbass didnt know the lines had move at blockbet.) thanks  later man.

[blockbet.net]

Nah it's my fault, should have thought of that possibility before. It's already been fixed, from now on the pages will refresh automatically so you don't need to worry about it

[pumawolf]

man block bet is the absoulute $hit , i didnt know the lines move at bb   ,i thought i won but i didnt, so  i lost fair and square, now i aint got no choice but to recommend bb too any one who ask,  . how do i send the coins back i dont feel right about this,  u are a  fukin gentleman.

[pumawolf]

at least we know now when theirs   any issues u will do ur best to make it right, i truly thank you for that,  nice to know that bb  isnt a corrupted book and their is actually a good hearted dude  behind their runnin it.

[blockbet.net]

Thanks for the compliments If you want to, feel free to make another bet with some of the bitcoins I sent you. Still about 20 minutes to the first game!

[haitispaceagency]

how do i send the coins back i dont feel right about this,  u are a  fukin gentleman.

Put it all on the Timberwolves man

[Atruk]

MLB season starts at the end of March, right? We'll cover it too since that's what people seem to want. Another "league" that we're adding next month is Formula 1 racing, so keep an eye out for that

MLB Season does indeed start soon.

One sort of popular baseball bet that I don't know if you are comfortable offering yet is the pre-season World Series bet. Usually just the casinos and brave bookies offer it. I've seen exactly one World Series bet denominated in bitcoin so far and it is on Bitbet for the Cardinals to win, but because of bitbet limitiations it isn't scheduled to close until Game One of the Series is over though the Cardinals could be eliminated much before then. It's a bit late to open this sort of bet though, but if you could open them for next year this November it ought to be pretty lucrative for you.

A standing World Series bet, odds revised as often as you need to for new bets up through the All Star Break might be workable though.