The SportsBet.io Gang

[JCLadisav]

Sportsbet.io is using several high profile users to dominate the forum. Below are some of them:

Incentivizing users to post in their topic (Against the forum rules)

Any kind of incentive to post in your thread is against the rules. But sportsbet gang have found an easy way to bypass this rule.

Gang member #1 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=379487

You will notice 90% of the merits are given to people posting their wins, discussing about sports in the sportsbet.io or livecasino.io (sister sites) threads. And the posts are nothing spectacular either, it's simple posts showing their wins and discussing normal topics like soccer.

Merits are hard to earn and when people notice that LFC will shower some merits just for posting anything in their topic, they post and hence it's clearly incentivized posting.

Gang member #2 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=137185

This guy holds several Sportsbet.io giveaways and hence should be considered an employee. 100% of his merits are given to posters in Sportsbet.io thread.

Gang member #3 - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=merit;u=901859

Again the same patterns. These people are obviously paid to lure people into posting in the sportbet.io thread and keep it bumping.


Anyone speaking against sportsbet.io is attacked with red trust for no reason.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5439809.40

I don't see where the OP lied in the above case but was given -ve trust. He was impatient and yeah should have remained calmed but not many of us would be able to remain calm when the sportsbook denies to pay the winnings from bets placed on NFL FINAL, which can't be rigged I think.

Misleading marketing by Sportsbet.io called out by Peeps Place

Sportsbet.io created a NEW thread despite already announcing in their original thread about the same. If every casino were to created threads for big wins, the forum would be a mess. Anyways, that's the least of the issues here.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5480517.0

Steve from sportsbet advertises as "Sportsbet.io pays out a $42,000,000 USDT Casino WIN!" which was misleading since it's the provider who pays out the winnings not sportbet and it was called out publicly by Peeps who was then attacked by the Gang members, as expected.

Over 100 merits were given by LFC on the posts about this record win

Paid press releases are being shared to mislead users into believing that sportsbet actually paid the winnings.

[Learn Bitcoin]

All of them are Sportsbet employee and you cannot complain about what they would do with their own earned merits. I don't know about LFC if he is working with SportsBet or not, but I assume he works with them as well. Only LFC is a merit source among them and the rest are the general users like us. LFC mostly spent his merits on those threads and don't forget that he spent his merits on the Wall observer thread as well. If you check my merit history, You will notice that I received 20 merits last week from LFC, and non of my posts were in those mentioned threads. This means, he often visits other threads and looks for a good post to dump his sMerits. Now, If forum admins allows him to spent his merits in a thread where he works for the company, you should not complain about it. This is not against forum rules. Prove me wrong if you can.

[JCLadisav]

All of them are Sportsbet employee and you cannot complain about what they would do with their own earned merits. I don't know about LFC if he is working with SportsBet or not, but I assume he works with them as well. Only LFC is a merit source among them and the rest are the general users like us. LFC mostly spent his merits on those threads and don't forget that he spent his merits on the Wall observer thread as well. If you check my merit history, You will notice that I received 20 merits last week from LFC, and non of my posts were in those mentioned threads. This means, he often visits other threads and looks for a good post to dump his sMerits. Now, If forum admins allows him to spent his merits in a thread where he works for the company, you should not complain about it. This is not against forum rules. Prove me wrong if you can.

The posts where you received merits are high-quality topics that deserve those merits for the information. The merits given by him on SB thread are random and no post is worthy of one.

I am not discrediting the good work he does but highlighting the shady practices outside.

[SamReomo]

The posts where you received merits are high-quality topics that deserve those merits for the information. The merits given by him on SB thread are random and no post is worthy of one.

I am not discrediting the good work he does but highlighting the shady practices outside.

I'm not really sure that I have posted on that thread or not but I have also received some merits from LFC_Bitcoin several times on WO thread and on few other threads. If a member is spending his merits on a thread which he likes a lot or somehow is present on that thread then what's wrong with that?

As far as I know, LFC_Bitcoin is one of the most reputed members of this forum and he's also quite knowledgeable at the same time. I don't really know much about the other members and I haven't had any conversations with them but I can say that LFC is a reputable members and you should do your research once again before accusing him.

[Yogee]

It's like you unlocked a secret for those seeking merits to rank up and I won't be surprised if some new accounts could be flooding their thread with edited pictures of sportsbet in their phone in the next few days hehe. Seriously speaking though it's not like they are sending merits indiscriminately in their own thread to be considered as incentivized posting.

[xLays]

You didn't post the username of these gang members; you just posted the merit link, so let me do it for you.

LFC_Bitcoin, jeremypwr, buwaytress (This will notify them just in case they're using the BitcoinTalk Telegram notification bot).
They are all Legendary Members. I think it doesn't matter if they're giving each other Merit.

[Saint-loup]

You will notice 90% of the merits are given to people posting their wins, discussing about sports in the sportsbet.io or livecasino.io (sister sites) threads.

I don't understand why you talk about Livecasino here, I just checked and during the 6 last months only 2 merits have been given onto the Livecasino ANN thread, one from me and the other one from slaman29. So you're wrong, very few merits are given there actually.

Regarding the other threads you pointed out I don't think more merits are given there than on some other threads, like the WO thread for example. And I don't think they are particularly undeserved. There are many fake gamblers shitposting in the gambling section, so personally I like when I see people posting about their real gambling experience and I think it's a good thing if they receive merits for that, instead of spammers.

[examplens]

Sportsbet.io is using several high profile users to dominate the forum. Below are some of them:

Incentivizing users to post in their topic (Against the forum rules)

Any kind of incentive to post in your thread is against the rules. But sportsbet gang have found an easy way to bypass this rule.

I'm not sure what you consider illegal here.
Yes, it is clear that Sportsbet dominates here and the fact that several high-ranking members are included only means that they have invested wisely. for example, I did not receive any offer to wear their signature or anything similar, but why would I when I am not particularly active or recognizable in the gambling part of the forum.

It is interesting that as a feature you mention how merit is distributed in Sportsbet threads, but you don't mention that Games & Rounds is full of Sportsbet's giveaways and raffles, and how much they have invested in building a brand on this forum. You don't think that this is one of the reasons for their dominance in gambling here?

From this group, only LFC_Bitcoin is a merit source (there is not much to complain about his contribution on this forum), everyone else is free to give earned smerit as they think is best.

I don't know if you are originally Sportsbet's competition, but nothing prevents you or any casino from applying the same strategy. Hire a few reputable members to take care of your (or any other casino) brand.

Unless there are no serious scam accusations against Sportsbet, there is not much room for complaint here.

[goodbed]

It's like you unlocked a secret for those seeking merits to rank up and I won't be surprised if some new accounts could be flooding their thread with edited pictures of sportsbet in their phone in the next few days hehe. Seriously speaking though it's not like they are sending merits indiscriminately in their own thread to be considered as incentivized posting.

Getting merits on Bitcointalk should come from genuine contributions. Instead of sharing edited pictures, engage meaningfully in discussions. Quality posts that add value to the community are more likely to earn merits. But I'm not getting too 😆

[acroman08]

It's like you unlocked a secret for those seeking merits to rank up and I won't be surprised if some new accounts could be flooding their thread with edited pictures of sportsbet in their phone in the next few days hehe. Seriously speaking though it's not like they are sending merits indiscriminately in their own thread to be considered as incentivized posting.

Getting merits on Bitcointalk should come from genuine contributions. Instead of sharing edited pictures, engage meaningfully in discussions.
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while that is true, in the end, it is still up to the user which post they will merit.

Quality posts that add value to the community are more likely to earn merits. But I'm not getting too 😆

if you have unmerited posts that you think deserve to get merit, there are some members who created threads specifically for that, you can find them on Beginners & Help board.

here's one from Fillippone
[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed

[goodbed]

Quality posts that add value to the community are more likely to earn merits. But I'm not getting too 😆

if you have unmerited posts that you think deserve to get merit, there are some members who created threads specifically for that, you can find them on Beginners & Help board.

here's one from Fillippone
[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed


Isn't it will noted as violating a forum rule aint it?

[acroman08]

Quality posts that add value to the community are more likely to earn merits. But I'm not getting too 😆

if you have unmerited posts that you think deserve to get merit, there are some members who created threads specifically for that, you can find them on Beginners & Help board.

here's one from Fillippone
[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed

Isn't it will noted as violating a forum rule aint it?

it's not, you are just basically asking them to review your post and if it deserves merit or not. in the end, it will still be up to them if the post you shared on their thread is worth giving merit or not. also, as you can see the thread has 60 pages, if it was against forum rules that thread will either be locked or deleted.

@OP sorry if this post is off-topic

[goodbed]

Quality posts that add value to the community are more likely to earn merits. But I'm not getting too 😆

if you have unmerited posts that you think deserve to get merit, there are some members who created threads specifically for that, you can find them on Beginners & Help board.

here's one from Fillippone
[Merit] Share your best posts/threads with Fillippone to be merit assessed

Isn't it will noted as violating a forum rule aint it?

it's not, you are just basically asking them to review your post and if it deserves merit or not. in the end, it will still be up to them if the post you shared on their thread is worth giving merit or not. also, as you can see the thread has 60 pages, if it was against forum rules that thread will either be locked or deleted.

@OP sorry if this post is off-topic

Just recently shared one thread above link you mentioned about merit assessed of fillippone thanks acroman08

[nutildah]

Here's that attention you ordered OP:

Sportsbet.io is using several high profile users to dominate the forum.

Incentivizing users to post in their topic (Against the forum rules)

You will notice 90% of the merits are given to people posting their wins, discussing about sports in the sportsbet.io or livecasino.io (sister sites) threads. And the posts are nothing spectacular either, it's simple posts showing their wins and discussing normal topics like soccer.

Merits are hard to earn and when people notice that LFC will shower some merits just for posting anything in their topic, they post and hence it's clearly incentivized posting.

Steve from sportsbet advertises as "Sportsbet.io pays out a $42,000,000 USDT Casino WIN!" which was misleading since it's the provider who pays out the winnings not sportbet and it was called out publicly by Peeps who was then attacked by the Gang members, as expected.
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Paid press releases are being shared to mislead users into believing that sportsbet actually paid the winnings.

On what site was the winner playing when they won? Where was the player's account hosted? You are attempting to frame things in a way they are not, which is basically lying, and ironically the very thing you are complaining about.

If you had something genuine to say, you would have done it from your main account.

I don't care who you are, you know what you're doing can't be justified. FWIW, I don't believe that you are actually dumb enough to think that it is, but I do believe you have an ulterior motive.

[JCLadisav]

Time to address some valid questions.

It's like you unlocked a secret for those seeking merits to rank up and I won't be surprised if some new accounts could be flooding their thread with edited pictures of sportsbet in their phone in the next few days hehe. Seriously speaking though it's not like they are sending merits indiscriminately in their own thread to be considered as incentivized posting.

That's exactly what people are doing. People who were not posting in SB thread are now regularly posting to earn merits for free.

I think it doesn't matter if they're giving each other Merit.

They are not giving each other the merits. The merit source who can generate unlimited merits is sending out way too many merits to ANYONE RANDOMLY posting in SB thread.

I'm not sure what you consider illegal here.

The giveaway of merits to anyone who posts in SB thread.

It is interesting that as a feature you mention how merit is distributed in Sportsbet threads, but you don't mention that Games & Rounds is full of Sportsbet's giveaways and raffles, and how much they have invested in building a brand on this forum. You don't think that this is one of the reasons for their dominance in gambling here?

So doing giveaways give you the leeway to break the rules or play around it?

From this group, only LFC_Bitcoin is a merit source (there is not much to complain about his contribution on this forum), everyone else is free to give earned smerit as they think is best.

I am not questioning his contributions. Only showcasing his shady practices.

I don't know if you are originally Sportsbet's competition, but nothing prevents you or any casino from applying the same strategy. Hire a few reputable members to take care of your (or any other casino) brand.

If you have nothing valid to say please avoid. Assuming things in your defense for SB looks horrid.

Unless there are no serious scam accusations against Sportsbet, there is not much room for complaint here.

Oh it's not in the scam accusation section, is it?

-SB ass licking-

Go collect your free bets bud, you have done enough

[yahoo62278]

Are you going to make a topic about every site? If I get a merit from someone for posting my opinion in a stake thread, then stake is illegally incentivizing me?

When a person is hired by a manager, that manager is NOT allowed to tell users to post in certain threads. They're not allowed to say post in the company's announcement thread or promotions threads. I think people should try to support a company that has hired them and help keep their topic bumped, but I have never tried to require it for users. Companies have to follow the rules of the forum. People generally post in threads where they have an interest in the subject. Now, there are a few douchebags out there who are chasing a merit and see if they post in a certain thread they have a high chance of getting merited, but it's not illegal for them to do so.

Sportsbet.io is doing nothing wrong IMO.

[nutildah]

Go collect your free bets bud, you have done enough

I have never had an account there. They don't accept players from my country.

[Igebotz]

Sportsbet.io is using several high profile users to dominate the forum

No, Sportsbet.io is using several high winning tickets to dominate the forum. Fixed it for you.

[JCLadisav]

Are you going to make a topic about every site? If I get a merit from someone for posting my opinion in a stake thread, then stake is illegally incentivizing me?

If it happens once, twice or even 10 times maybe not. But if everyone who posts in a thread is getting merited, then yes, it's a problem.

Sportsbet.io is doing nothing wrong IMO.

Maybe, maybe not. I am discussing about LFC and few others though.

Sportsbet.io is using several high profile users to dominate the forum

No, Sportsbet.io is using several high winning tickets to dominate the forum. Fixed it for you.

https://talkimg.com/images/2024/01/26/ksVv2.jpeg

I cannot expect much from a puppet wearing their signature  

Another month secured in the campaign for licking their ass


Justifications given by intellectuals so far to defend the merit abuse

1. They do a lot of giveaways can't you see that
2. You are a competitor fuck off

[Igebotz]

No, Sportsbet.io is using several high winning tickets to dominate the forum. Fixed it for you.

I cannot expect much from a puppet wearing their signature 

Another month secured in the campaign for licking their ass

Yeah, everyone should give you a flower for speaking, and anyone who chooses the opposite path is a puppet bought by SB. Something a competitor can do.

2. You are a competitor fuck off

You gave yourself out from your first sentence. Now this is a meme thread.