What would you do ?

[Naida_BR]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

I would exploit the bug.
The same way that the gambling website would take your money I would do the same and try to benefit from it.
The bug would not exist forever, so you can act now and make some money a priori.

[White Christmas]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

Honestly, the best thing to do is to report as soon as possible the bug because taking advantage of the weaknesses of someone else will eventually go back to you later on so if you will be able to see a bug then probably report it immediately to those people who are the admins in order for them to fix it already.

[Teawhalee]

Almost everyone will make advantage of the bug and win huge cash . The next question is whether you will be able to withdraw your earning because when they detect the bug it will flag all fake winnings and clear any winnings through it.

[Teawhalee]

Almost everyone will make advantage of the bug and win huge cash . The next question is whether you will be able to withdraw your earning because when they detect the bug it will flag all fake winnings and clear any winnings through it.

[South Park]

Thank you for your input guys , this happened yesterday evening ,  and I contacted them and informed them about the bug straight away .

Have to admit that for a second it was "tempting", I was able to place a dummy bet with 0.001 btc , for a return of 0.036 ( guaranteed ) to test if it's actually working , and if the bets are being registered , which it did .  Then I went straight over to their live support to inform them about it . They've fixed the issue in a matter of minutes , and cancelled all tickets placed with the matches affected by the bug .  

I am hoping it qualifies me for some bug bounty  , might have saved them a decent amount of $ in losses , as it seemed they had no info regarding it , and if someone placed lets say a 0.1 btc bet , that would've been an insane 3.6 btc .  

You did the right thing and I am happy that you are honest as well, anyone that says that he will not be tempted to take advantage of such bug will most likely be lying, however you were honest and you reported the bug to the casino, I hope they are grateful and they give you something in return since they could have faced massive losses if a person other than you discovered the bug and was not honest about it like you were, but even if they do not give you anything be proud that you could resist such a massive temptation.

[Rosilito]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

As much as I am tempted to take an advantage with this bug is the much I worry that it could be use against me, and worse might turn the situation upside down. That's why I am going to report such bug instead, and who knows that I may be rewarded with such act, a reward that is equivalent close to what I am supposed to win. Talk about winning here, with such cases it is always a win-win situation from the both of you (website and yourself) if you'll be cooperating with the people behind the platform on reporting the bug. 'Cause you might get rewarded, be offered a privileges, and lastly the recognition and on the website's side they'll be able to fix it and avoid such further loses with such problems.

[dothebeats]

As a practical dude, I would certainly take advantage of the bug using a different account and then report it after I have gotten my winnings. Then again, I cannot fathom the thought of earning a huge amount at the expense of the game's integrity and me cheating, so I'll report it directly instead. Besides, it will help keep the platform afloat, plus they might even reward me with some chump change as a token of gratitude + reputation within the community. With or without the benefits, for the sake of the platform staying in the field, I'd report things directly.

[hahay]

It would be better to report the bug, because if you take advantage of the bug it will certainly have a negative impact not only for the platform but it will also have a negative impact for yourself, because even reporting bugs directly quickly it will give a good impact for you Personally and also to keep the platform operating for a long time, at least I have experienced something like this in the past with as soon as possible reporting a bug until they gave me a little gift even though at first I never expected it.

[harizen]

Almost everyone will make advantage of the bug and win huge cash . The next question is whether you will be able to withdraw your earning because when they detect the bug it will flag all fake winnings and clear any winnings through it.

Yes.

Since the devs are unaware of the site's bug, the normal withdrawal in the system will run smoothly as usual. The one that will be flagged and will create an alarm, at most of the cases, are those who win big (even thru legit way or not) then withdraw it (depends on what amount range that a site can be considered as "big").

Since bug exploiters are aware of this, they will cash out their winnings by batch and hoping to withdraw it all before the devs get notified of the bug. They don't care anymore about the account or IP ban since they already take advantage of the bug.

[leowonderful]

I'm not the most risk-taking person and I've had bad similar experiences in the past when I've tried to exploit issues that I find with games or systems, so I would most likely just report the problem to the casino and ask for a bug finder's bounty or a little payment in exchange. Most sites and especially major casinos should have no problem giving you a little compensation, especially for more major bugs.

There's always the potential for you to get caught trying to exploit a bug and you might just get banned and leave with nothing instead of something. Many online casinos review withdrawals and transactions as well, so it's very possible they could find some sort of discrepancies with your account and look further into them.

[chaser15]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

I will surely take benefit by taking advantage of the bug. It's a common approach for a person like me that already losses big in my whole gambling life. My account will be ban for that but what matters to me is, I withdraw some earnings out of it. Creating another account with another IP easy.

I'm not that bad person but we are talking about gambling here. The gambling site will take that as a lesson to improved more their system. Reporting it right away is good but how will they become serious if they are comfortable that no one will do harm to them. There is no perfect site but OP is talking about a site that already well-known in the industry that should already have a good system in several years of operating.

We are gambling money to their site. At least they must show us that we can entrust them with our money.

[wozzek23]

Actually the best way is to put a small bet on such event and once its settled in your favor then move to the support team and explain them the bug with proof (the won bet id) and they usually credit you with a decent bonus for the bug since you mentioned they are big casino and well reputed.

While if you follow the wrong path which is what most people will follow because it brings instant money, the problem is once the casino finds the bug and realize the exploits you have made they will either ignore you if the amount you ran away with is small or if the amount is big they will use all the IP logs of yours and chase you down with all the proofs on their side.

Now choice is yours but I still believe reporting the bug will get you better bonus and self respect than exploiting it.

[n0ne]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

Truly speaking atleast once every user will try to benefit out of the bug, and only after that they'll tend to report the bug to the respective website. Every common man is in need of money, and when it comes to gambling we're looking for easy money. When the same is possible out of the bug, one out of ten might report directly without winning anything out of the error.

[ImThour]

Not sure if that bug was only for a particular game or every game on that site? To be honest everyone will try to make some money and then get the bounty by reporting that bug. What did you do?

[Japinat]

Not sure if that bug was only for a particular game or every game on that site? To be honest everyone will try to make some money and then get the bounty by reporting that bug. What did you do?

If they can make money, they'll make more before the bug will be discovered, there's no way possible that you are making money but later on you'll report that there is a bug, that's making yourself limiting your profitability, and many some abusers would think that its their time to win against a casino as they lose money most of the time.

[Saisher]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

If you been playing on a site that you love for a long time better support them by reporting a bug, but if you are playing in a site that has a bad reputation you can exploit the bug and only report it after you made a withdraw, so for me it's a case to case basis depending on the reputation of the gambling site where you are playing.

[virasog]

So lets say "hypothetically" that I've came across a bug in a pretty big an well-established gambling websites sportsbook that allows me to place bets on matches which have already ended , thus knowing the outcome and being able to place some sure x30-x40 betslips.

What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

It is better if you do not gamble on such bets. There can be an attempt to scam your money, as when you place the bet, the bet has no result and the site refuses to pay the money. If the site is a trusted one, this will never happen. Only the scammers will opt for this way to collect the money.

Do you have any live example where you face such bets yourself ?

[ImThour]

Not sure if that bug was only for a particular game or every game on that site? To be honest everyone will try to make some money and then get the bounty by reporting that bug. What did you do?

If they can make money, they'll make more before the bug will be discovered, there's no way possible that you are making money but later on you'll report that there is a bug, that's making yourself limiting your profitability, and many some abusers would think that its their time to win against a casino as they lose money most of the time.

I mean that’s what the OP did? He said that I tested a Bet to check out when he already knew this bug exists. So saying the same thing with betting 0.1 won’t be a big deal and then you can easily report it. Profit - Profit both side.

[tbterryboy]

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What path would you follow , report the bug ,   or try to benefit from it ?

Report it, I don't want my account be ban in a casino, and if I report it, maybe they'll give me some compensation for my honesty and concern of their website, I know everyone has their own action towards this, but for now, that's what I should do although it might be hard to decide when you are in the actual situation.

It is much easier to say than to actually follow the actions you suggest to others. I am quite sure to all the guys who are saying that they will report the bug most of them will actually exploit it and they might be not wrong either because look you are gambling for money and you get it easily than most of the guys will just grab the easy money and move on.

If you ask me, it depends on the casino and I must admit I would be tempted to use the bug to make some loss back I had on the casino but then I might actually hope that reporting it will get me some bug bonus which will be good enough. Very tricky situation indeed because suppose you exploit the bug and they don't approve your withdraw while if you had reported they gave you a better bonus.

[bitcoinst]

Surely most would use a bug. Having earned enough money on it, you can transfer all the information to the platform support service, and accept the earnings as a reward for finding the vulnerability.
 In any case, a very small number of people will not take this opportunity.