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[DirectBet]

And if a bettor does find a rare spot and put a bet in, the odds are moved around so randomly and quickly that even if you rush and send your bet in as fast as your fingers can type in your wallet, it often gets rejected as the odds have changed in the meantime, which ends up costing some coin for the transfer fees.

Thanks for your feedback.

To avoid rejections during in-play betting it is recommended that you use the Flexible Odds or Negotiate Odds betting options.

We explain these options in more details here :

https://directbet.eu/FAQ.cshtml#BetOptions

Try using the Negotiate Odds betting option during MMA in-play. You will usually be able to obtain better odds for your bets because if the odds go up, even briefly, and meet your minimum odds requirement, your bet will confirm at the higher odds. The draw back for this option is that there is no guarantee that your bet will confirm, though you can cancel your bet at any time if you change your mind as long as it is not yet confirmed.

[DirectBet]

I just tried to compare Krylov, 4/9 odds on PaddyPower but I can't even bet on him on Direct Bet (though I can bet on his opponent)

It's available now :

Krylov v Herman

[rampagejackson]

What about https://www.directbet.eu/Event.cshtml?EventID=27867265?

I've just put a 200 Ether bet on the main event but I couldn't place this bet earlier today due to bet limits. Again its not a major issue as I intend to stay up and watch the fights anyway but from a customer point of view I'd rather be able to place bets at my convenience, not making them at 1am because this was the first time the bet limits were large enough.

[JimGunn]

Here's a good example of the wide disparity between DirectBet's awful live odds and other sportsbooks. In the just completed Jorge Masvidal vs Ross Pearson fight on the UFC 201 tv prelims. After round 2 the odds were:

5Dimes 
Jorge Masvidal -2575
Ross Pearson +1300              

DirectBet
Jorge Masvidal -10000
Ross Pearson +440


Minus ten thousand, really? Who is ever going to bet that? And only +440 for the underdog as opposed to +1300. At least they put up both sides in this case, but these horrible live odds are par for the course.

[keithers]

Been waiting for my bet on Leo Santa Cruz by decision to confirm for about an hour. If the fight starts before my bet confirms, I will get a refund, right?

[rampagejackson]

Bet using Ethereum and all your transactions will confirm near instantly.

[rampagejackson]

I've just been done out of a bet because of that bet limit issue I posted about earlier.  



I tried to put that bet on in play, I placed it quickly but the bet limit changed and by the time that went from 'no bet received' to 'pending' to 'rejected' I'd lost the chance to place the bet again. So about $1500 in profit just went up in smoke.  The current system of bet limits is poor from the user point of view.  Your suggestions last time simply don't work - if I'm betting on a fight with 2 minutes left I can't split my bet into 10 transactions, or use the negotiate odds option.

edit - just to pre-empt anyone else jumping on this.  I'm obviously not expecting this bet to be paid out, since it was cancelled and refunded as per the rules.  I just want to see a better system for managing bet limits so that we're not placing bets in the first place that will end up cancelled. 

I'd rather you gave me a lower limit that was guaranteed.  If rather you'd let me I'd have put 300 Ether on if it was 100% going to be honoured, than take my chances with a 500 Eth bet that may or may not be allowed to go through.

[Xanidas]

Been waiting for my bet on Leo Santa Cruz by decision to confirm for about an hour. If the fight starts before my bet confirms, I will get a refund, right?

AFAIK your bet will only refund after the match or until the bet is not available. If it confirms while inplay it will still be counted tho

[DirectBet]

Been waiting for my bet on Leo Santa Cruz by decision to confirm for about an hour. If the fight starts before my bet confirms, I will get a refund, right?

Can you please PM me your bet ID so that I can look into it ?

If your bet was not confirmed for a long time I assume you used the Negotiate Odds betting option while setting the minimum required odds too high. In that case yes if your bet will not confirm by the start of the event it will get refunded, and you can reduce the minimum required odds to the current odds in order to get it confirmed instantly.

[DirectBet]

I'd rather you gave me a lower limit that was guaranteed. 

If you bet 50 ETH or less it is guaranteed not to be rejected for being over the limit.

The max bet size usually increases as we approach the event start time as odds become more reliable.

During UFC in-play betting the odds are often less reliable and therefore the max bet size is usually reduced to 50 ETH.

[Xanidas]

How many days till betIDs are not searchable for additional privacy of someone betting on your site?

[rampagejackson]

I'd rather you gave me a lower limit that was guaranteed. 

If you bet 50 ETH or less it is guaranteed not to be rejected for being over the limit.

The max bet size usually increases as we approach the event start time as odds become more reliable.

During UFC in-play betting the odds are often less reliable and therefore the max bet size is usually reduced to 50 ETH.

Yes I understand I can bet 50 ETH to guarantee it goes through, but I want to bet more than that and seemingly sometimes you guys want to accept the bets.   This is not related to UFC only, the same problem is with football too (I posted the exact same thing with the Chelsea v Real Madrid game)

No 'real' bookmakers have this issue, I can bet on Ladbrokes, William hill, paddy power etc and I am never going to have a bet declined like this.  If you're willing to take a 500 Ether bet it doesn't seem to make sense that the limit drops to 50 Ether a minute later, then another minute later shoots back up to 300 ethers, then down to 100, then back to 500. Its awful for the customer as its now down to sheer luck whether the bet is going to be honoured or not. And as mentioned before when betting in play, sending a series of 50 Eth bets isn't going to work.

[DirectBet]

And as mentioned before when betting in play, sending a series of 50 Eth bets isn't going to work.

Thanks again for your feedback. It is valuable for us and we will look for ways to improve that in the future.

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[Niya]

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[DirectBet]

How many days till betIDs are not searchable for additional privacy of someone betting on your site?

Currently all bets are searchable from all dates since our inception.

[rampagejackson]

Bet Received :
Amount Received : 5 ETH.

Ether Transaction ID : 0xf7d9a9a15xxxxxx

Confirmed Odds : 1.33

Bet Status : Confirmed 

To Win : 6.65 ETH.

Open for additional betting.

Please send the amount you wish to bet to the following Ether address :

0xdd86ebdb300b3a3e0647dxxxxxx
Open in Wallet

Max Bet : 50 ETH.


On this page its telling me to make further bets, and where to send the money.  Wouldn't it make sense to tell me the current odds? Without that info I can't decide whether I want to bet more or not.

[DirectBet]

On this page its telling me to make further bets, and where to send the money.  Wouldn't it make sense to tell me the current odds?

Thanks for your suggestion. That's a good idea and we will look into adding it.

[ralle14]

How long does a bet to get graded here? I placed a live bet and the event was already finished 2hours ago(still not graded as of now) I mean its just a small amount it shouldn't be taking this long. Here's the bet id

[DirectBet]

How long does a bet to get graded here?

Hi ralle14,

Thanks for betting at DirectBet.

Your bet has now been settled and paid, sorry for the short delay.