Note: Competition was closed due to poor response. Watch out for the upcoming 2018/2019 English Premier League contest, free to enter. Link to be posted soon.
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I am holding a small competition for the World Cup 2018 in Russia.
It will start with tomorrow's opener on 14 June 17:00 CET and end after the final match to be held on 17 July 17:00 CET. I will be posting my own bets, but I won't compete for the prizes.
How to participate
1. Each Match Day, you can post
ONE betslip here, showing a bet made on any World Cup match. It can be a single bet or parlay/accumulator, on any line/props/outcome.
2. Include a brief bet description (event, wager and odds).
3. Include a brief (or wordy, I won't mind) sentence or two describing the bet or why you made it.
4. After the bet is settled and if you win, return here and quote your original post with the winning betslip.
5. The decimal odds of your winning bet is added as your score for the day and
updated on a public spreadsheet under each Match Day. If you lost your bet, a score of 1 will be added. For example, if you win a bet with a decimal odds of 1.72, then 1.72 is your score for the day.
6. At the end of the competition, all scores are multiplied for a final score.
7. The top three scores win a prize in BTC, paid within a week after the final game on 17 July.
PRIZES
1st place: 0.015 BTC
2nd place: 0.01 BTC
3rd place: 0.005 BTC
Bonus Prize: 0.005 to be awarded to the participant with the highest single daily score.
Participation rules:
1. Min account rank of Member (just to minimise fraud).
2. Bets made in Bitcoin only (no fiat bookies, no altcoin bets), with a minimum bet of 0.0005 BTC (or 0.5 mBTC as some bookies say).
3. Only ONE bet per player for ONE MatchDay. More than one bet disqualifies participation for the day. You may not replace a posted bet.
4. No promotional content allowed.
5. I reserve the right to disqualify participants if I suspect cheating.
TIPS- This competition is based on odds rather than bet sizes. This looks to reward unlikelier outcomes.
- I will be posting bets made on BitcoinRush.io, as their odds tend to be higher than other bookies. They are not sponsoring this contest.
- There are 25 Match Days in total. If your bookie has even 1% better odds than others, this already gives you a 28.2% advantage if you win every bet. So shop around for the best odds!
- I will make a post with my MatchDay 1 betslip, just to show how it's done.
Hope everyone enjoys the World Cup!
P.S. Originally, I wanted to host a prediction-style pool but have decided that there are superior pools that you can also participate in, hosted by a reputable forum Mod, which
you can find details of here. I'm participating in all the pools there and can recommend it for high-quality match discussions by some of the most active sports tipsters and bettors on bitcointalk.
