Bitcointalk English Premier League pool betting Discussion Thread

[BillCoin]

Would get in for 20 pounds.

I think that it is going to be a good battle if we are going to have more then 10 people, so then the pool will be really high.

I suggest giving the whole prize for the 1st place, so it will be like a mega jackpot.

[buwaytress]

Just checking in to confirm participation. I'm okay with 0.01, no need to mess with the BTC amount, makes for a nice round number. Looks like we got an extra player for 21 so a nice 0.2 pot!

Also, repeating offer to work out the spreadsheet. I sent a sample with the schedule for first two weeks.

[tokeweed]

I'm also good for .01 BTC.  Let's get this going before some players change their minds.  I'm very excited to show my football prowess and beat all of you for the 500 GBP pot!  And who knows, it could be a 1000 GBP pot by next year. 

Please post the address.

[CarlesPuyol]

Lets do this guys.
Priemer league is about to begin. any updates?

[hilariousandco]

Would get in for 20 pounds.

I think that it is going to be a good battle if we are going to have more then 10 people, so then the pool will be really high.

I suggest giving the whole prize for the 1st place, so it will be like a mega jackpot.

I think having smaller second and third prizes is worthwhile. A lot of people might just give up if one user quickly becomes far ahead but with two other prizes to play for it will keep it interesting. Assuming everyone pays in as promised I will probably make the pot something like:

£400 1st
£80 2nd
£20 3rd

I will post an address and pm everyone sometime today.

[LFC_Bitcoin]

Would get in for 20 pounds.

I think that it is going to be a good battle if we are going to have more then 10 people, so then the pool will be really high.

I suggest giving the whole prize for the 1st place, so it will be like a mega jackpot.

I think having smaller second and third prizes is worthwhile. A lot of people might just give up if one user quickly becomes far ahead but with two other prizes to play for it will keep it interesting. Assuming everyone pays in as promised I will probably make the pot something like:

£400 1st
£80 2nd
£20 3rd

I will post an address and pm everyone sometime today.

Cool, I'll pay tomorrow. Will be paying from a bc.i address (not breaking out the paper wallets) so I'll PM the address 1st before I send. Don't think you can sign transactions on there

[BitcoinSupremo]

Well here where I am in Italy is night now, so I am going to pay tonight if the address is posted with at least 2 hours and if not I pay tomorrow afternoon once I get back from work. I don't think we need to PM hilariousandco cause I think he will sign a message from the address he will post here.

[cicciobtc]

Would get in for 20 pounds.

I think that it is going to be a good battle if we are going to have more then 10 people, so then the pool will be really high.

I suggest giving the whole prize for the 1st place, so it will be like a mega jackpot.

I think having smaller second and third prizes is worthwhile. A lot of people might just give up if one user quickly becomes far ahead but with two other prizes to play for it will keep it interesting. Assuming everyone pays in as promised I will probably make the pot something like:

£400 1st
£80 2nd
£20 3rd

I will post an address and pm everyone sometime today.

Perhaps it is better to do these 3 awards: 1)300 2)150 3)50
or 5 awards: 1)220   2)130   3)80   4)50   5)20

[tokeweed]

^ That would really suck.  It's already good the way hilarious has set the prizes up.  But if it were up to me, I'd make it winner take all.

That would make the game more interesting.

[cicciobtc]

^ That would really suck.  It's already good the way hilarious has set the prizes up.  But if it were up to me, I'd make it winner take all.

That would make the game more interesting.

If there are about 25 players, with 3 or 5 prizes there is competition throughout the season, otherwise it may happen that by mid-season the gap may be too high by the first player, and so many players will stop playing.

[ajaxmoor]

If it is put to a vote, I would vote for multiple prizes as well. Agreed with cicciobtc.

[ralle14]

I also prefer the multiple awards/prizes too, i'm fine with 3- 5 people winning a percent of the pot but 5 would be better so everyone could have more chances of winning.

[hilariousandco]

1NpyfbUeiEMtdCqqBwWNPMSmHLPLLynqfU

Please send 0.01 to the above address. I'll add it to the OP and PM everyone with it shortly.

^ That would really suck.  It's already good the way hilarious has set the prizes up.  But if it were up to me, I'd make it winner take all.

That would make the game more interesting.

Yeah, I don't want there to be too many prizes because it just takes money away from the other winners, though I get people want to at least try win something. I'll definitely be paying three places out but I'll see how many users actually end up paying in for any more. Some people who pledged may not and we may get a few more players before the start of the season or some may join in after it starts which I'm ok with as long as they pay the same 0.01 everyone else has. I'll create a thread in Games and Rounds asap and we can leave this thread open for discussion.

[Mr. Big]

1NpyfbUeiEMtdCqqBwWNPMSmHLPLLynqfU

Please send 0.01 to the above address. I'll add it to the OP and PM everyone with it shortly.

^ That would really suck.  It's already good the way hilarious has set the prizes up.  But if it were up to me, I'd make it winner take all.

That would make the game more interesting.

Yeah, I don't want there to be too many prizes because it just takes money away from the other winners, though I get people want to at least try win something. I'll definitely be paying three places out but I'll see how many users actually end up paying in for any more. Some people who pledged may not and we may get a few more players before the start of the season or some may join in after it starts which I'm ok with as long as they pay the same 0.01 everyone else has. I'll create a thread in Games and Rounds asap and we can leave this thread open for discussion.

Done... Lets make this happen... 

[hilariousandco]

Six people paid so far. Thanks.

This is the thread I'm going to post in Games and Rounds shortly. Does anyone have any issues with it or is there anything else that should be clarified:

The new English Premier League season will start on Friday the 11th of August 2017 and I've decided to organise a betting pool on the weekly results. The competition is similar to Skybet's SuperSix where you will get points for predicting the correct score and/or outcome but over all the games played that week and points will be counted and tallied up throughout the season. The person with the most points at the end of the season will win the pot but there will be second and third consolation prizes.

It will cost 0.01BTC to enter and currently the prize money will be around (in BTC equivalent):

£400 1st place
£80 2nd place
£20 3rd place

But this may change depending on how many people sign up. Currently we have 21 users who have pledged 0.01BTC but hopefully we can get a few more before Friday.

If you wish to join in at any time during the season you can do so by sending 0.01BTC to the following address and PM me with the txid: 1NpyfbUeiEMtdCqqBwWNPMSmHLPLLynqfU

If any anonymous (or not so anonymous) donor wants to spice things up for us by adding money into the pot I'm sure that will be greatly appreciated by all  .

How to play: At the beginning of every week I will post the fixtures in advance and you just need to predict what you think the exact score will be of all the games played. You will get 10 points for a correct/exact score and 5 points for a correct outcome.

Example:

If you picked:

Arsenal v Leicester 0-1
Burnley v Swansea 0-0
Crystal Palace v West Brom 1-1

And the actual results are:

Arsenal v Leicester 2-1 Loss: 0 points
Burnley v Swansea 0-0 Win: 10 points
Crystal Palace v West Brom 2-2 Win: 5 points

You would get 15 points from those three selections. The winner would obviously be the person who gets the most points at the end of the season.

Please format your predictions as above and do not edit your results once they have been posted. Picks must be in before the start of the first game of that week but if you're late I will allow you to predict for the rest of the games that haven't started. I would prefer to keep the picks public but if anyone wants to PM me them to avoid others copying their results you can do so at any time during the season and I will post them for you at the end of the week and then you can confirm them.

EPL fixtures: https://www.premierleague.com/fixtures

Local rule: To keep this thread clean please only post your predictions in here. At the end of the week after all the games have been played you can quote your post with your total points and I will then check and add them to the leader-board. If you wish to discuss peoples results and picks along the season you can do so in the original discussion thread here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1931295.0

Only users who have paid the 0.01BTC to play will be allowed to post in either threads and those who do will have their posts removed.

Current users who have paid:

Hilariousandco | 0 points
ralle14 | 0 points
Hahay | 0 points
eaLiTy | 0 points
buwaytress | 0 points
rickbig41 | 0 points
KuromaYoichi | 0 points

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Awaiting payment:


LFC_Bitcoin
Tokeweed
Wendingo
tba 
tba 
marlboroza
BetAdviser
cicciobtc:
BitcoinSupremo
icanscript
ajaxmoor
StephenCurry333
CarlesPuyol
BillCoin

[BitcoinSupremo]

Payment sent.

Here is the TX id from my side.

https://blockchain.info/tx/0c0c339c1ea47c23853cf401e65b55784f897547a914403b54ba24c6e336af04

[hilariousetc]

Thirteen peeps paid so far.

Can everyone try sign up to this site as it's perfect for what we're doing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/predictor

It only takes 30 seconds to sign up. Hopefully non-UK users can use it. It asks for a postcode but just google for an English one. Please use your bitcointalk username. I've created a league on there and if you join it it will add all our predictions up for us throughout the season. You can't see each others predictions either but everyone can see the leader-board.

I will PM everyone the pin to join the league.

On there the points system is as follows:

Predict the exact score and win 40 points. You get 10 points for the correct result (win, loss or draw). The final score is 90 minutes plus stoppage time.

Changed your mind? You can update your predictions up until kick-off.

There's a faq here but it's pretty simple: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36230678

[BitcoinSupremo]

Thirteen peeps paid so far.

Can everyone try sign up to this site as it's perfect for what we're doing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/predictor

It only takes 30 seconds to sign up. Hopefully non-UK users can use it. It asks for a postcode but just google for an English one. Please use your bitcointalk username. I've created a league on there and if you join it it will add all our predictions up for us throughout the season. You can't see each others predictions either but everyone can see the leader-board.

I will PM everyone the pin to join the league.

On there the points system is as follows:

Predict the exact score and win 40 points. You get 10 points for the correct result (win, loss or draw). The final score is 90 minutes plus stoppage time.

Changed your mind? You can update your predictions up until kick-off.

There's a faq here but it's pretty simple: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36230678

I hope this is not mandatory, I have my own sources where to see tips and predictions for English Premier league, both free and with paid subscriptions and I do not want to join any Bbc website if possible. If not I will do. Let me know.

[hilariousetc]

It's not for tips. You just predict your scores via the site and it add the scores up of all the players. I only found the thing today but it saves me a whole lot of tedious work adding up points every week so unless anyone has any serious objections then it'll be mandatory as everything is automated and streamlined.

[BitcoinSupremo]

It's not for tips. You just predict your scores via the site and it add the scores up of all the players. I only found the thing today but it saves me a whole lot of tedious work adding up points every week so unless anyone has any serious objections then it'll be mandatory as everything is automated and streamlined.

Registered. However it did not allow me to use BitcoinSupremo , the username I used to register in the first link. When I created a nick for the league I was forced to change so my name there is "Supremo1" .

I also see I am the second one registered after Hilariousandco.

By the way why it does not allow me to pick Arsenal for example in the first week. It only lets me move the score up or down.