Topic: World Cup 2018 Competition by buwaytress | BTC 0.035 in prizes | CLOSED (Read 503 times)

I really appreciate your contribution to the gambling section mate , left you a trust feedback yesterday for your nice work
regarding the next competition I don't know to be honest , I'm not that much of a follower when it comes to EPL since it can take a long time but the world cup is supposed to be the month that all people watch soccer in and that's why I was surprised for not having more participants
so I may not even join the pool for the English premier league , will let you know if I changed my mind

and no need for the tip mate , we were just having fun together 

Thx. I will send you the address in few minutes.

Regarding new competition. Maybe you can create it soon and give people a month to learn about it and give their opinions how to make it more interesting for them. From what I read in your posts in this thread you are big on BTC promotion so make that one of the firm rules and leave some room for people to advise other parts of your contents which you are more open to change/update.

I will take part in for sure Thx once again for organizing this.

Thank you, Trofo, and SyGambler. I really appreciate your sentiments. This was my first competition and I guess I hugely overestimated the interest from this forum. I see plenty of gamblers talk and discuss, so not sure what would have attracted them to join... disappointed that there was so little interest in a competition that doesn't cost anyone anything, yet people participate in free giveaways for much smaller prizes. I know the prizes maybe wasn't so great especially with BTC price right now but I really thought we'd have a lot of gamblers sharing their bets for a huge global tournament.

I'll just close out the contest now and lock the thread... but please both send me a Bitcoin address in PM, I'd like to tip you both BTC 0.005 for your contributions.

Perhaps I'll open another one now to see if there's any interest for an English Premier League contest, with perhaps 4 stages (with 1 winner every 9 games?). Similar format, no payment to enter, highest cumulative odds to win. And we'll see if we can get participants for that? Maybe people will also tell me how to make the competition more interesting.

true , I started to believe that actually there are very few gamblers here and most of the people are here for signature money
cause there is no single reason for not joining if you are a gambler since the majority of gamblers bet on the world cup

Regarding the prizes. I also agree that there is no need to pay us anything. I feel like the perfect prize for us would be a pint of beer but that is hard to accomplish since we are all living in different parts of the world. If you ever come to Croatia let me know We are perfect place for summer vacation  

Too bad nobody else joined. Your idea for competition was great. I hope there will be something similar in the future and that we will manage to attract a bigger crowd. There is really no point when there is only 3 of us. Thank you for organizing this.

just taking U2.5 for the competition for Germany vs Sweden
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=Ezjd%2Bb%2BQIye1XwvctoDVedyXCmDxgyvJIxcKOAPY6io%3D

btw mate I just participated for the fun here and since no one joined , so no need to send any prize for me especially when there are no participants at all 

Sy: that's an amazing win for tennis, well done! After yesterday's game, my early good bets on Iran and other parlays were all burned up so I'm in a slight negative balance for my World Cup bankroll. Going to go with two small bets on South Korea and Sweden (straight win) to hopefully recover and give me a few more days to bet big.

My shared betslip for today is the South Korea game @5.78 https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=Ux5I%2Bnjr7J0Qzn1FSMPBCtEbyhnSHnQhUGFqHlISfBE%3D

If no one participates after end of group stages, I'll close out this contest... of course, I'll still award the 2 players here for participating.

screw the world cup , it's been a money burn so far I mean I need only Iceland to win or both teams to score so I can profit of my bets
both went rekt after Iceland missed that penalty , same thing when Argentina played against Iceland I had o2.5 and messi to score and both went rekt with that penality

should stick to tennis betting I guess , just had an amazing easy win today 
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=.wIpBJV73m1rkIbBUalu9Lx33SkJ%2BhfotajN6LZVrdpA%3D.

been sick a little yesterday and slept from 1am to 5 pm  missed Brazil game but had Brazil -1.5 which almost lost haha
so far the most profitable plays are taking the underdogs with handicap , but since I'm not expecting much from Nigeria I will take also Iceland to win
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=yrYgWoMV8k98GhxYNQllaZYVK1Myk9yuuWtFLbl3iPc%3D

I think there is a good chance for both teams to score as well in this game

Fantastic call, Sy. I knew I should have trusted my instincts and gone for Croatia instead... I guess I just didn't have the heart to bet against poor old Messi. Couldn't bear to watch his face and emotions... I think it's really affecting the whole team.

I'll update the spreadsheet shortly.

Learning my lesson, I will make 2 bets for today, the first to be recorded for this thread will be for Iceland to win (I know, I know, they're all part timers) but here we go @2.81: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=PIsQkPiBeNqHJaP96yDc5TDKALhIDciMUKChut7eLEo%3D

Just another bet on Brazil game Over 2.5 @1.96: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=VyaBEknmyWQJaNi5Wnq8C6HjXaxgGBzJ%2FeuE7YT23mI%3D

got a draw for the competition here today in Denmark vs Australia , guess it will be another boring game and I like the odds of the draw more than the odds of Denmark to win
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=gqYvcUB1FhOGfHpQVGjs1pgNIpQUAZYgMOYIdZTLT10%3D

Booked my parlay in yesterday, I would never have guessed 1-0 wins for all 3 games, but I suppose it was about time all the favourites won their game. I'm going to risk the exact same parlay today, though the risk to me is with Argentina (unless Messi is back on form) and Denmark (Australia aren't pushovers). Nevertheless, I have faith in the attacking teams, which to me are Denmark, France and Argentina, so my 3-bet parlay for today:
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=dugH7ze0phsuVCrlyVKLI02QH8YkAhDmjrcOfqLXLWw%3D

I'll update the spreadsheet tomorrow or end of today. If we end the group games without any more participants I'll just close this thread and give out some prizes anyway... what do you guys think?

After low scoring games yesterday I am expecting something much more interesting today:
https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/c21b016UzJ3OXJzVUt2S25CT25Zb2lHNWl4dz09/r/2669184/

Late for a meeting, I will write few more words if I manage later today.

OUCH, yeah. I thought the odds were pretty good but I have been spot on with every single day so far by counting on an underrated team to win or draw. I predicted 3-0 in Fifa predictor for Portugal but it turned out to be super boring as you said. Morocco can't dig themselves out of their hole without any venom, though they really weren't so bad, just not good enough.

Luis Suarez finally got his team ahead today, I predicted 4-0 on that one (I know, I know) but I almost got it right with Belgium so I thought why not some South American glory today?

Looks like you both are out and I look OK so far... still no participants. Shame, as it's still anyone's game.

REKT after first match , what a boring game
I guess we all overestimated Portugal after their last game against Spain , now I'm kinda blaming myself a little for the O2.5 since their last game Ronaldo was on god mode  without CR performance Portugal can be beaten easily IMO and even today Morocco wasn't worse than Portugal but they needed good attackers and good attacking plan

here is my little parlay for today , I played singles in the broker I use but here it's fun to have higher odds 
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=JEcCutd8IMwDlk0eoKDhfwRBNZnrTI1Y7u4QIeoDDco%3D

Hey Trofo, to answer your question:

- only Bitcoin bets are allowed here. I support Bitcoin in whatever way I can, and since the prizes are also in Bitcoin and I use Bitcoin myself, I thought to reserve this contest only for Bitcoin users. I actually also use fiat bookies but only for "specials" that crypto bookies sometimes don't have. Odds are almost always better in Bitcoin sportsbooks, too, so I see no reason to go fiat if I can help it.

Now on to my bet for the day... I'm an underdog backer but today I'll go for the treble parlay of all the favourites @2.74, betslip: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=lzqPl%2BoZxa%2Fhz8oMcY9Xzm0QwyLOr6887w5xNqwQ5Sk%3D

I like surprises, and Iran gave me my first significant win of the tourney but I really don't see them taking a goal from Spain. De Gea should be vastly improved from his first appearance. Your bets actually look really good, so good luck to you!

My ticket for today: https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/ea24eb7MFVKTVlzRWZHN1hER1BNcWttODZTdz09/r/2669184/

Not much to explain. I played handicaps on big favorites and for the third match I chose Portugal under 2.5 goals. I was torn between this tip and Portugal to win but decided to go with under just on a feeling. We have 3 big favorites today and I sort of expect at least one surprise and this is the only game where I believe the opponents have any chance of causing it.

Same here. I had a good day yesterday and managed to recover my loses. Today I am back on loosing streak. Damn Sanches and his red card in 3rd minute of the match.


I forgot but it doesn't matter since I had Colombia to win on it. I have entered so many different competitions and bets on this world cup it is getting a bit difficult to track them all

As far as I understood you only accept BTC bets and no fiat. What about ETH? I have some small funds on wbet7 in ETH so I could use them for this purpose maybe. Mine main bets are in fiat for WC because I have better odds in my local bookie.

not much to play after losing with Colombia , so will take only Poland for the win here
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=CtqngNyUrbqsimwkqHo9FRIwUAXwdytzGwmwqLVza0E%3D

I'm not expecting a win , but expecting both teams to score in this game but maybe it will go to the draw
this is the worst major event for me so far haha damn I'm like burning money daily

And today, I'm backing the underdogs again, taking a bet each on Senegal and Egypt, both of whom have my Liverpool forwards Mane and Salah respectively. I'm counting on them to score, or at least make it really tough for the defences of Russia and Poland. Odds are really good too, 3.58 and 4.32. My betslip for today, Egypt to beat Russia @4.32: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=2weEHQRU6JV0W0h%2FGpqGW06T9UOZSCzW%2BfolviD%2BFmM%3D


Oops sorry you're right. The 3rd leg of the parlay pushed (I thought it was a loss), I'll update your score on the spreadsheet for yesterday. BTW you didn't post the betslip url in your post above for today.

Ok. I understand for mixed tickets. Too bad your loss Here is mine mixed ticket from today. Just bragging a little.

What about my other ticket which I linked before, it was legit since I bet more than 5 times minimum amount. Only England game is void, but it is winning ticket. England sure made me sweat a little after not scoring second goal until stoppage time

Hey Trofo! Thanks for your interest. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll allow mixed tickets... The results will have to be calculated on the entire betslip - otherwise I'd have to manually calculate everything, and it'll make for tough referencing later on if someone else disputes the results.

Also... the min bet has to be 0.0005 BTC.

@SyG: updating the spreadsheet, nice win! I won my doubler too, but the fact that it needed a VAR penalty makes me think this WC is really tough to call.

I placed my bets on all the games today , but will go for Sweden to win to nil here since it has the higher odds
for this game I believe it will be 1-0 or 2-0 for Sweden , here is the link
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=oZBX3843r5GHn1loMZbv8hpoh6GEr6s25isJ1rfC%2B7s%3D

Here is the one for my first try. This one i don't expect to win I have entered it to make way with spare cash left on nitrogen after playing my main ticket. Since there is so much upsets in this WC I am usually putting some tennis on my tickets. Is it possible to put my mixed ticket for this competition and have only WC match counted (reduced odds)?

Anyway for today's matches i am thinking all favorites will win  and do it easily. Here is my ticket from Nitrogen:
https://nitrogensports.eu/betslip/43947afQVA1M3JjV2pna1pKSUtNVm13cmdrQT09/r/2669184/
Not much to say about the choices, except that I really believe that Sweden will do good today since Koreans didn't impress me at all in the friendlies. On my main ticket I have all three wins but without handicaps + 2 tennis matches.

Good to hear, welcome! Remember, you just need to post/share what you already bet, so it's not like it costs you anything extra to join:)

@SyG: I swear I don't know what I'm doing any more. My bets aren't reflecting what I really think, and neither are some of my predictions on our separate WC pool. So far evening out on money but took a few risks today, but my pick to share today is Sweden simple moneyline bet. My heart backs South Korea but like you said... they aren't inspiring confidence:

https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=umzGh%2B0eBG0728XVXLIT7Dc5TS9X5YmmbCsf06iKY6E%3D

Just seen the thread. Will participate from tomorrow onward. Great thread.

hehe yeah bro , damn I'm honestly thinking of backing all the under dogs with handicap in the next games since I failed with Spain , Argentina , Germany and Brazil
predicted Australia +1.5 against France which was true , so I'm really thinking about starting backing up the underdogs
I have Tunisia +1.5 for tomorrow , but can't see Belgium winning by less than 2 goals since Panama isn't that impressive at all so will took Belgium-1.5

also I followed South Korea journey in the qualification since they were in the same group with Syria , and to be honest you can't expect much from them since they played really poor and if Syria won their last game against Iran South Korea wouldn't qualify

so taking Sweden win to NIL may be a good idea , but Sweden moneyline in general is good as well
I'm sure tomorrow we should be in profit 

Looks like we've both been made fools today Sy. I won the Serbia bet, but lost the heavier parlay with that Mexico shocker so my score won't count to the totals (but a reminder, to potential participants, my scores don't count towards the prizes). The Argentina miss was less difficult to digest, even if it was only against Icelandic part timers. Mexico aren't push overs but Germany was fully expected to win this one. Whoever backed them will have enjoyed a nice payout!

my main bet for today is Serbia to win since it has the best odds IMO comparing it with the other two favors Brazil and Germany
but for the fun here I made a parlay of all the 3 teams to win their matches today
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=0xfcBipyGQ3bxv2c09bfFUO1ZVBvxu2XbgF0EcJgGWA%3D

I didn't think I needed an escrow since it doesn't cost participants anything to join, they need only to share the betslips that they made, if they did any. And the min bet amount is pretty small now, something like $3, for a chance to win something more. The total prize share is maybe not as much, but since there are so few people playing, your chances are better? In fact, there's no one now with any score, so if you participate, you could still have a good chance to win 1 of 4 prizes available. I can still get escrow if it'll help, but the trusted escrows here charge almost what the total prizes are!

Anyway, my entry for today is a simple doubler on Brazil and Germany parlay to both win @2.07: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=X03MBVDhAmlcdbO7iy%2BDaZSezrR%2FhZyMAMxPADZO%2F2w%3D

Messi's missed penalty yesterday cost me my parlay, but I'm not too upset.

I also made another almost double on [email protected]: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=ZTytJY9p5Q0egE5BZENeyv92huENLyG%2FjeuZkN8DRgA%3D

Good luck everyone!

Thanks for the information mate, i am now starting to learn more on this betting site. Hope the beginners luck is on me  . Sorry that Nigeria lost that game.

Oh sorry.
it is just my response. and maybe it's true what you say, when we see the trust we are sure that he will pay. perhaps if the prize is added, this thread will be flooded with the participants. including me

don't see any need for an escrow , account trust for buwaytress is more than enough since the prize isn't that insanely high
also he isn't getting anything in return by hosting this competition , so I'm pretty sure this is not why there aren't more people participating

Have you used escrow to hold a gift? By doing that I think your thread will be more crowded. Because the gift has been reflected in escrow. It is my suggestion that the competition you open has many participants

yes mate it's safe and trusted , it's actually the best when it comes to bitcoin betting
they are a mirror of pinnacle , so all the odds there are from pinnacle and the site makes around 2% of the stakes just by accepting the bets so nothing to worry about

regarding today I will take a long shot on Nigeria to win , I believe surprises can happen in this game and looking at the odds I do believe there is a chance 

https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=eif47cGbnrZzeNA%2F85XYpck0ezgywtrPPqnCYIeC0rQ%3D

He's using the same site I do, and I've been betting there for over a year, and it's a site that's 4 years old - if you take a look at the Bitcoin gambling industry, that's a really long time to be around given the rate of survival (it's low). Reputation-wise, you'll also find a clean bill of health looking up their name online, and since their relaunch last year, their odds have only become more attractive.

That said, I would never guarantee "safety" of any crypto site, since in the end, if they decide to close shop and run, there's nothing we can do.

They accept Bitcoin and ADK on sportsbook bets... soon to be accepting about 10 other alts once the exchange integration completes (you read that right, casino/sportsbook/exchange/wallet).

Just asking mate, is this betting site that you shared safe to use? Do they accept bitcoin as bet?

Thanks for the input, SyG, let's hope to see more participants join by end of the week, or more feedback into how I could get more participation for future.

In any case, I put a number of bets down today, encouraged by yesterday's risk-taking. But my pick for MatchDay 3 is a parlay on France, Argentina and Croatia for total odds @3.09: https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=EWq6W1jdJorNYmBVhilh9CYJpOY4XM%2ByrQa459AVHlM%3D

France and Argentina should get their wins comfortably, though I suspect not as easily as most people would expect, and the real risk is Croatia because Nigeria I feel are ranked a lot lower than they should be but the Eagles are not as strong as previous incarnations, so a slim win should put Croatia into a strong bid for 2nd or 3rd place in their group.

up to 5 mbtc min bet is good IMO , I really doubt that anyone is betting less than that on the world cup
I had a decent shot with betfair took X/Morocco HT/FT with X5.500 , but Morocco wasn't able to threaten Iran even they dominated the game

I guess you will get more people to join mate , I just discovered the thread today and I'm sure many also didn't notice it so probably tomorrow we will have more participants

No worries! And thanks and welcome as the first participant! I won the Iran game so am very happy with my first result and it was quite a good payout, never mind that it had to be an injury-time own goal, although still in a loss from yesterday's game! Your bet didn't win, so the spreadsheet was updated with a score of "1".

Hope to get more participants, I wondered if the min bet was too low but surely people bet $3 on World Cup games, no?

oh thanks for the competition mate , I just noticed it today
anyways I placed my bets on fiat bookies since I got a little better odds but here is my bet for today
https://www.bitcoinrush.io/sportsbook/ShareBet?id=hjJ9rsb%2B0pTHx%2BGZUznq6T8iiTUlWUsk4ocHdLzpmqM%3D

Turns out this isn't a popular idea but I'll see how the response goes for a few more days. I'll also lower the minimum bet to 0.0005 (50,000 satoshi or 0.5 mBTC). Maybe the minimum was too high before?

My Matchday Bet for today is to back Iran against Morocco @3.84: betslip here

Probably lose, but I've a feeling the Iranians will bring their game today against a confident Morocco.

My bet for MatchDay 1 (betslip linked). Saudi Arabia - Yellow Cards (-0.5 handicap) @1.75

Russia will be eager to win, Saudi will be hoping for the upset but will probably draw at best and probably get a couple of bookings along the way. Officials will likely be kind to the hosts on the opening game, and the Russians shouldn't need to be over zealous.

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.






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.