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.
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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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 ?
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.
Thank you for your input guys , this happened yesterday evening , and I contacted them and informed them about the bug straight away 
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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
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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. . 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
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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.
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.
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. What path would you follow , report the bug , or try to benefit from it ?
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 ?
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.
In all honesty I would benefit from it. I am not hypocrite who says that reporting it would be better. Trust me, if there really is a loophole and you really are to discover it you will abuse that loophole. We all wanted easy cash though we are afraid to admit it. Don't fool yourself people.
Let’s think from other side , say you own the site and their is a loophole exists now would you want someone to inform you if it exists or you would be better off by becoming poorer as people will keep exploiting that loophole and you will in the end have to close down the site as you will have no money to pay it . Hope this will make some sense it’s just that on which side you fall.
In all honesty I would benefit from it. I am not hypocrite who says that reporting it would be better. Trust me, if there really is a loophole and you really are to discover it you will abuse that loophole. We all wanted easy cash though we are afraid to admit it. Don't fool yourself people.
Let’s think from other side , say you own the site and their is a loophole exists now would you want someone to inform you if it exists or you would be better off by becoming poorer as people will keep exploiting that loophole and you will in the end have to close down the site as you will have no money to pay it . Hope this will make some sense it’s just that on which side you fall.
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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 ?
What path would you follow , report the bug , or try to benefit from it ?
In casess like this, you have to act noble by reporting the bug, you might never know what that good deed of yours will payback. Irrespective of the wrong or untrustworthy behavior of the site, you don't payback evil with evil.
You might think, getting your fair share from the site is the best option since most of the site are wealthy and don't care about their patronizers, also since it's online your identity could be anonymous which could boost the ability of your whereabouts not been traceable. Nevertheless doing the right thing everytime is worthy than any silver or gold.
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 ?
What path would you follow , report the bug , or try to benefit from it ?
In some gambling sites if you report a bug, they will gonna reward you and give you something like bitcoin or other coins. So it is up to you if you will be honest and report it to earn some rewards or take advantage of it. Although I myself would admit that I can also somehow take advantage of the situation but my conscience at the end will not make it. It is more exciting to bet on sports and win without the bug than do some cheating.
In all honesty I would benefit from it. I am not hypocrite who says that reporting it would be better. Trust me, if there really is a loophole and you really are to discover it you will abuse that loophole. We all wanted easy cash though we are afraid to admit it. Don't fool yourself people.
Hmm, sounds interesting for me huh. I can smell a huge amount of money for this kind of loopholes *evil laugh.
But kidding aside, I will report it and never ever try to take advantage of the bug (until now I have no ideas how could this possibly happen, well it was just a hypothetical scenario so never mind). In every aspect of life that we do, integrity is the most important thing to preserve because this where purity of your conscience depends. Even I knew that gambling gives me the tiniest rate of winning, I don't care as long as the money I earned and I lose came from good. I always fight fair and square, I will never do such thing simply because of being immoral.
But kidding aside, I will report it and never ever try to take advantage of the bug (until now I have no ideas how could this possibly happen, well it was just a hypothetical scenario so never mind). In every aspect of life that we do, integrity is the most important thing to preserve because this where purity of your conscience depends. Even I knew that gambling gives me the tiniest rate of winning, I don't care as long as the money I earned and I lose came from good. I always fight fair and square, I will never do such thing simply because of being immoral
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This is all about your attitude. If you have been honest, there's no way for you to take advantage of that bug and soon they will eventually find it out. Your account might even be at risk if you won't report that because suspicious activity will eventually caught by them.
It can also be your pride to report it because you have helped them improve their system.
It can also be your pride to report it because you have helped them improve their system.
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 ?
What path would you follow , report the bug , or try to benefit from it ?
I can do both wins some and then report the bug later, I can recover my previous losses this way, they should hire a good coder or fire the current one for not looking for a bug while the platform is not yet online, so far I haven't encountered bugs on gambling sites that I'm playing in the past and now.
This kind of bugs are not usual and it's a problem internally so the site will pay for the damages.
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