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Quote from: tonyq on March 17, 2014, 08:36:21 AM

Quote from: DirectBet on March 16, 2014, 07:17:43 PM

New Contest, New Variation, Triple Prizes !

DirectBet Sports Betting Contest - 3 BTC Prize Pool !

Who is The Biggest Winner here ?

Payout Structure :

1st - 1 BTC
2nd - 0.7 BTC
3rd - 0.5 BTC
4th - 0.3 BTC
5th - 0.2 BTC
6th - 0.15 BTC
7th - 0.15 BTC

How To Participate :

Competition is open to everyone. Place your bets now on our website and join the race !
The 7 biggest winners during the competition period share a prize pool of 3 BTC !
For the purpose of this competition, we count the net profit from all your winning bets, on any sport, of any type. Losing bets are not counted.
Competition starts on 17-03-2014 00:00 UTC and ends on 30-03-2014 23:59 UTC.

For more details and current standings :

http://www.directbet.eu/Contest.cshtml

Good Luck !

In my humble opinion this would attract more entrants if the contest were decided on total yield from stakes, irrespective of stake sizes.
As it is, it's just a 'who has the biggest cock' contest.

Thanks for your feedback.

The previous contest, which ended yesterday, was exactly as you suggest. It was great and exciting towards the end, and it favored those who made the most number of bets, regardless of stake.

This time we wanted to mix it up and made a contest that is tailored to those who like to place fewer but bigger bets.

In the future, we will continue to offer various variations of this contest to cater all betting styles.

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Quote from: DirectBet on March 16, 2014, 07:17:43 PM

New Contest, New Variation, Triple Prizes !

DirectBet Sports Betting Contest - 3 BTC Prize Pool !

Who is The Biggest Winner here ?

Payout Structure :

1st - 1 BTC
2nd - 0.7 BTC
3rd - 0.5 BTC
4th - 0.3 BTC
5th - 0.2 BTC
6th - 0.15 BTC
7th - 0.15 BTC

How To Participate :

Competition is open to everyone. Place your bets now on our website and join the race !
The 7 biggest winners during the competition period share a prize pool of 3 BTC !
For the purpose of this competition, we count the net profit from all your winning bets, on any sport, of any type. Losing bets are not counted.
Competition starts on 17-03-2014 00:00 UTC and ends on 30-03-2014 23:59 UTC.

For more details and current standings :

http://www.directbet.eu/Contest.cshtml

Good Luck !

In my humble opinion this would attract more entrants if the contest were decided on total yield from stakes, irrespective of stake sizes.
As it is, it's just a 'who has the biggest cock' contest.

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Special Offer :

1 Hour Settlement Guarantee !

Promotion continues until Friday.

If your winning bet at DirectBet is not settled within an hour of the event completion, e-mail [email protected] and we will give you a free 0.01 BTC bet of your choice !

Here is how it works :

If more than an hour has passed since the completion of the event and your bet status is still "Confirmed" - you win a free bet !

Order any bet that you like and e-mail us the bet ID. We will fund it with 0.01 BTC free bet and of course settle your original bet.

Limited to one free bet per game for each member.

Good Luck !

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New Contest, New Variation, Triple Prizes !

DirectBet Sports Betting Contest - 3 BTC Prize Pool !

Who is The Biggest Winner here ?

Payout Structure :

1st - 1 BTC
2nd - 0.7 BTC
3rd - 0.5 BTC
4th - 0.3 BTC
5th - 0.2 BTC
6th - 0.15 BTC
7th - 0.15 BTC

How To Participate :

Competition is open to everyone. Place your bets now on our website and join the race !
The 7 biggest winners during the competition period share a prize pool of 3 BTC !
For the purpose of this competition, we count the net profit from all your winning bets, on any sport, of any type. Losing bets are not counted.
Competition starts on 17-03-2014 00:00 UTC and ends on 30-03-2014 23:59 UTC.

For more details and current standings :

http://www.directbet.eu/Contest.cshtml

Good Luck !

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DirectBet Sports Betting Contest - 1 BTC Prize Pool !

Winners :

1st (0.5 BTC) - 1MqHKfK... 425.59 Points

2nd (0.3 BTC) - 17FQC8s... 328.35 Points

3rd (0.2 BTC) - 1EDhPrr... 248.76 Points

Congratulations to the winners ! The prizes were sent to your Bitcoin wallet.

Winners - if you are following this thread, drop in and say hi !

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Quote from: DirectBet on March 16, 2014, 02:34:34 PM

Tonight at Midnight UTC. we're going to start a new contest with slightly different rules which will determine the biggest winners.

The new competition will have a 3 BTC prize pool - 1 BTC for first place ! Get ready to kick off !

sounds very promising Grin

will definitely also participate in the new competition

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Tonight at Midnight UTC. we're going to start a new contest with slightly different rules which will determine the biggest winners.

The new competition will have a 3 BTC prize pool - 1 BTC for first place ! Get ready to kick off !

DirectBet

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DirectBet Sports Betting Contest - 1 BTC Prize Pool !

1MqHKfK... has taken the lead as we approach the finish line !

7 hours left to go... last chance to make a move !

Current Standings :

1st (0.5 BTC) - 1MqHKfK... 424.58 Points

2nd (0.3 BTC) - 17FQC8s... 327.3 Points

3rd (0.2 BTC) - 1EDhPrr... 248.76 Points

More Details : http://www.directbet.eu/Contest.cshtml

Good Luck !

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Quote from: forevernoob on March 16, 2014, 10:02:31 AM

Quote from: tonyq on March 15, 2014, 08:37:06 PM

Quote from: CoinMode on March 15, 2014, 07:04:38 PM

How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

I think we should be able to cancel them once the event has started myself.
Wink

Just bet the opposite and double up. Cool

It's called hedging.

I was being flippant.
Roll Eyes

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Quote from: tonyq on March 15, 2014, 08:37:06 PM

Quote from: CoinMode on March 15, 2014, 07:04:38 PM

How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

I think we should be able to cancel them once the event has started myself.
Wink

Just bet the opposite and double up. Cool

It's called hedging.

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Quote from: CoinMode on March 15, 2014, 07:04:38 PM

How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

Once your bet is confirmed it will stand and can not be canceled by either you or us.

You can however bet on the opposing team / player to offset your existing bet.

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Quote from: forevernoob on March 15, 2014, 06:48:17 PM

I don't know what other people think but I don't like that the game "disappears".

This is just a suggestion, maybe you could do like bet365 and other books, that "lock" the game when they don't take any action on it.
IMO, as a customer you get rather discouraged to bet if the game suddenly disappears from the list.

OK, I understand, thanks for the suggestion, we'll look into it.

Right now, if betting is temporarily suspended or otherwise unavailable, the bet(s) are removed to make a 'cleaner' view and reinstated when betting resumes.

Frequently, there are games with dozens of different bets but only very few available in a given time in-play, so to make it easier to find the bets that are available, we filter out those that are not. If there are no bets available, the event is removed altogether until there is at least one bet available again.

Quote from: forevernoob on March 15, 2014, 06:48:17 PM

Also to be honest the live engine you have is not that reliable. I can imagine that a lot of bets get canceled.
Like today in NHL there was Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia. Philly where a head with 2 goals yet you could bet Philly +1.5 for 1.50 (decimal odds).
Clearly it was a bad line, I don't bet obvious bad lines.

It is possible that we had a bad line at the time, but if your bet is confirmed, it will be honored. We can not and will not cancel it as doing so would be unfair to you.

It is also possible that the odds were not up to date as you haven't refreshed the page for quite some time in which case the odds would have been refreshed had you tried to order the bet.

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Quote from: CoinMode on March 15, 2014, 07:04:38 PM

How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

I think we should be able to cancel them once the event has started myself.
Wink

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Quote from: CoinMode on March 15, 2014, 07:04:38 PM

How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

not in any sportsbook I have seen...

Quote from: DirectBet on March 15, 2014, 06:34:00 PM

Quote from: Micon on March 15, 2014, 06:07:49 PM

1) with bitbook going down I have no interactive NCAA action.

2) will DirectBet be posting NCAA live betting? I see NBA up there now, but with the NCAA tourney about to start, I need that in-game college basketball action!

3) cool site, just checked it out for the first time, no flashy graphics but clearly an operator that wants to do this right, and I respect that and will fire a few bets over the next week or so.

Generally, we try to offer as many in-play NCAA bets as we can (same for any other sports for that matter), but we don't always get reliable odds in which case bets will not be available for in-play betting, as is the case right now for NCAA.

Note that it is possible for bets to be removed from betting while in-play, only to be added back later, so if you can't find a particular bet, check back later by refreshing the event page.

Thanks for the response.

I'll bet you can start finding reliable in-play lines for NCAA on thursday when the tourney starts.

I will be checking directbet for in-play NCAA action!

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How can we cancel/change our bets? This should be possible, right?

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Quote from: DirectBet on March 15, 2014, 06:34:00 PM

Quote from: Micon on March 15, 2014, 06:07:49 PM

1) with bitbook going down I have no interactive NCAA action.

2) will DirectBet be posting NCAA live betting? I see NBA up there now, but with the NCAA tourney about to start, I need that in-game college basketball action!

3) cool site, just checked it out for the first time, no flashy graphics but clearly an operator that wants to do this right, and I respect that and will fire a few bets over the next week or so.

Generally, we try to offer as many in-play NCAA bets as we can (same for any other sports for that matter), but we don't always get reliable odds in which case bets will not be available for in-play betting, as is the case right now for NCAA.

Note that it is possible for bets to be removed from betting while in-play, only to be added back later, so if you can't find a particular bet, check back later by refreshing the event page.

I don't know what other people think but I don't like that the game "disappears".

This is just a suggestion, maybe you could do like bet365 and other books, that "lock" the game when they don't take any action on it.
IMO, as a customer you get rather discouraged to bet if the game suddenly disappears from the list.

Also to be honest the live engine you have is not that reliable. I can imagine that a lot of bets get canceled.
Like today in NHL there was Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia. Philly where a head with 2 goals yet you could bet Philly +1.5 for 1.50 (decimal odds).
Clearly it was a bad line, I don't bet obvious bad lines.

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Quote from: Micon on March 15, 2014, 06:07:49 PM

1) with bitbook going down I have no interactive NCAA action.

2) will DirectBet be posting NCAA live betting? I see NBA up there now, but with the NCAA tourney about to start, I need that in-game college basketball action!

3) cool site, just checked it out for the first time, no flashy graphics but clearly an operator that wants to do this right, and I respect that and will fire a few bets over the next week or so.

Generally, we try to offer as many in-play NCAA bets as we can (same for any other sports for that matter), but we don't always get reliable odds in which case bets will not be available for in-play betting, as is the case right now for NCAA.

Note that it is possible for bets to be removed from betting while in-play, only to be added back later, so if you can't find a particular bet, check back later by refreshing the event page.

Micon

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1) with bitbook going down I have no interactive NCAA action.

2) will DirectBet be posting NCAA live betting? I see NBA up there now, but with the NCAA tourney about to start, I need that in-game college basketball action!

3) cool site, just checked it out for the first time, no flashy graphics but clearly an operator that wants to do this right, and I respect that and will fire a few bets over the next week or so.

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