Started a new thread for those that want to take part in next season's Premier League Pool and the upcoming FIFA World Cup:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bitcointalks-fifa-world-cup-pool-discussion-thread-4130568
World Cup Pool will be slightly different but the Premier League Pool will be the same as the one last year.
This thread will be locked soon so post in the new one if interested. Thanks.
Topic: Bitcointalk English Premier League Betting Pool v2.0 | Current pot: £420 (Read 1267 times)
May 22, 2018, 07:30:34 AM
February 02, 2018, 07:17:19 PM
Not starting the betting pool when it was originally planned probably worked in my favor, as the results we've seen from the bigger teams over the last few fixtures have been unexpected. Having said that I would still like to be part of something like this are we still planning to launch this?
January 25, 2018, 10:04:51 AM
I'm only waiting for hilarious' final decision and PM, my fund is ready to swim to this pool and the current price seem to be stable at $11,500.
Same thoughts and same feels here. It would be nice to win the betting pool right? Well, dice settled, looks like panic is over, price seems stable indeed, last person joined this pool 9 days ago and next game is on 30. Jan.
Just crossed my mind that it is perfect time to collect money, beforeChina Philipinie India South Korea (enter country) decide to ban regulate ban not ban ban bitcoin and cause mass panic again.
Haha those FUD seriously giving a dramatic price movement but it seems to be calm weather today, let's wait for the boss. Just crossed my mind that it is perfect time to collect money, before
January 24, 2018, 02:09:15 PM
I'm only waiting for hilarious' final decision and PM, my fund is ready to swim to this pool and the current price seem to be stable at $11,500.
Same thoughts and same feels here. It would be nice to win the betting pool right? Just crossed my mind that it is perfect time to collect money, before
edited * jesus...I have to stop dicing around.
January 22, 2018, 03:23:43 AM
I'm only waiting for hilarious' final decision and PM, my fund is ready to swim to this pool and the current price seem to be stable at $11,500.
Same thoughts and same feels here. It would be nice to win the betting pool right? January 22, 2018, 02:29:56 AM
I'm only waiting for hilarious' final decision and PM, my fund is ready to swim to this pool and the current price seem to be stable at $11,500.
January 19, 2018, 01:43:36 PM
For me we can establish a BTC amount regardless of its equivalent value in £.
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
Although, I like the idea of people competing and trying to guess the top 4. It's probably unfair to those who have accumulated points through the rounds. 50/100 points is a lot and could see a user leapfrog over multiple people because of it. I think guessing the scores/results is much more difficult than guessing the top 4.
It's worth the same as 1 correct score, that's not that much.
Maybe 50 extra points for predicting the top 4 in the correct order?
It's not as easy as it seems.
Yes, it is not easy to guess exactly the first four ranked teams! Except for Manchester City, 99% will win the Premier League, there are 5 teams (Chelsea, Manchestr United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal) for the other 3 positions.
January 18, 2018, 08:47:02 PM
For me we can establish a BTC amount regardless of its equivalent value in £.
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
Although, I like the idea of people competing and trying to guess the top 4. It's probably unfair to those who have accumulated points through the rounds. 50/100 points is a lot and could see a user leapfrog over multiple people because of it. I think guessing the scores/results is much more difficult than guessing the top 4.
It's worth the same as 1 correct score, that's not that much.
Maybe 50 extra points for predicting the top 4 in the correct order?
It's not as easy as it seems.
January 18, 2018, 07:54:15 AM
For me we can establish a BTC amount regardless of its equivalent value in £.
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
Although, I like the idea of people competing and trying to guess the top 4. It's probably unfair to those who have accumulated points through the rounds. 50/100 points is a lot and could see a user leapfrog over multiple people because of it. I think guessing the scores/results is much more difficult than guessing the top 4.
January 18, 2018, 02:30:57 AM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
It would be fixed to a btc amount but that value could be vastly different between the current price and when the last person pays (and maybe they just wouldn't bother). I was actually thinking of rounding it up and making it 0.0025 last week but that was then worth £25. Now it's £17 and with the way things are going it could be much less. I'll see how it goes. Missing another round isn't the end of the world. Would rather wait till the dust settles and btc stabilises before we try get everyone signed up.
For me we can establish a BTC amount regardless of its equivalent value in £.
0.003btc seems the right amount.
I wanted to propose to insert a small contest with bonus points: each user will predict the final standing of premier league (first 4 positions) and only those who guess exactly (the 4 teams in the correct order) will have a bonus of 50 or 100 points add to his final score.
Do you like this idea?
January 17, 2018, 09:41:40 PM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
It would be fixed to a btc amount but that value could be vastly different between the current price and when the last person pays (and maybe they just wouldn't bother). I was actually thinking of rounding it up and making it 0.0025 last week but that was then worth £25. Now it's £17 and with the way things are going it could be much less. I'll see how it goes. Missing another round isn't the end of the world. Would rather wait till the dust settles and btc stabilises before we try get everyone signed up.
January 17, 2018, 09:54:39 AM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
It would be fixed to a btc amount but that value could be vastly different between the current price and when the last person pays (and maybe they just wouldn't bother). I was actually thinking of rounding it up and making it 0.0025 last week but that was then worth £25. Now it's £17 and with the way things are going it could be much less. I'll see how it goes. Missing another round isn't the end of the world. Would rather wait till the dust settles and btc stabilises before we try get everyone signed up.
January 17, 2018, 08:55:08 AM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
I'm on with anything. Probably best to fix a rate close to the value on the day... marlboroza's suggestion of 0.0025 BTC sounds like the best. Even if Bitcoin drops a further 20% it'll be enough-ish. We shouldn't worry though, by the time the league's over, BTC will be at a new ATH
Mempool won't get any better than this too, so I'd rather make payments soonish, 151 sats/byte looks good enough for a 6-hour confirmation time right now.
15 games left so this will feel like a quickfire contest. Can't wait for a chance at >0.05 BTC!
It is a reasonable amount and I am pretty sure most seasoned gamblers here can afford this amount for this second round to begin.
Been waiting on hilariousetc to get back to me with the pm he is going to be sending out to the ones on the list from the OP with the btc address so to know where to send payment too.
Can't wait cause this is the first pool I have participated in for the EPL.
Pretty stoked.
January 17, 2018, 07:47:15 AM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
January 16, 2018, 04:14:28 PM
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
I'm on with anything. Probably best to fix a rate close to the value on the day... marlboroza's suggestion of 0.0025 BTC sounds like the best. Even if Bitcoin drops a further 20% it'll be enough-ish. We shouldn't worry though, by the time the league's over, BTC will be at a new ATH
Mempool won't get any better than this too, so I'd rather make payments soonish, 151 sats/byte looks good enough for a 6-hour confirmation time right now.
15 games left so this will feel like a quickfire contest. Can't wait for a chance at >0.05 BTC!
January 16, 2018, 03:44:58 PM
Bitcoin has taken a bit of a hit the past few hours so should I still send the address out today or maybe give it a day or two to see what happens regarding the value? If it keeps falling the prize pot might not end up being much and might be unfair to people paying different values as we collect the money in.
I don't think bitcoin will go under $10K(or maybe it will? Who knows... 
). 20 GBP = 0.00237183BTC at the moment.
What do you think about collecting 0.0025btc from everyone? So everyone will send equal amount...of btc.
January 16, 2018, 08:04:29 AM
You could start sending out the payment address to everyone now, but include that if they don't want to pay today, due to the instability of Bitcoin right now they can wait until x deadline.
Otherwise, we could have the issue of sending the payment information out too late and some people not meeting the deadline. So in both instances the pot wouldn't be as big. As long as the information has been sent then it's up to the people involved whether they want to pay now, or closer to the deadline.
Otherwise, we could have the issue of sending the payment information out too late and some people not meeting the deadline. So in both instances the pot wouldn't be as big. As long as the information has been sent then it's up to the people involved whether they want to pay now, or closer to the deadline.
I'll give it 24 hours and hopefully there'll be a bit of stability as it seems to have steadied a bit already but who knows what will happen during the rest of the day. Most people will send the money in on the day I send the address out but it'll likely take a couple to get every one in and I would rather people not decide to pay just because others paid much less than them (or the opposite).
January 16, 2018, 06:50:45 AM
You could start sending out the payment address to everyone now, but include that if they don't want to pay today, due to the instability of Bitcoin right now they can wait until x deadline.
Otherwise, we could have the issue of sending the payment information out too late and some people not meeting the deadline. So in both instances the pot wouldn't be as big. As long as the information has been sent then it's up to the people involved whether they want to pay now, or closer to the deadline.
Otherwise, we could have the issue of sending the payment information out too late and some people not meeting the deadline. So in both instances the pot wouldn't be as big. As long as the information has been sent then it's up to the people involved whether they want to pay now, or closer to the deadline.
January 16, 2018, 05:31:37 AM
Bitcoin has taken a bit of a hit the past few hours so should I still send the address out today or maybe give it a day or two to see what happens regarding the value? If it keeps falling the prize pot might not end up being much and might be unfair to people paying different values as we collect the money in. I think people are unnecessarily panicking like they always do but I could see it falling more during the day as people wake up and panic which will have a knock on effect, but hopefully it'll settle once the dust has cleared (but you never know with weak hands in bitcoin and I think there'll be a lot of newish investors who bought in with the rally in December who will panic and want out especially with all the "bubble" and "end of bitcoin" headlines that will pop up all over during today).
January 15, 2018, 06:10:41 AM
Count me in; it's worth a shot. 
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