I was disappointed that freebitco.in didn't have week 1 games. Hopefully at some point this season.
I am fiddling with this fan duel account I signed up for because they essentially gave me $50 for free as they had a promotion for a prop bet on Mahomes getting 1+ plus completion Thursday. Was free money unless he got hurt on the first series like Rodgers did last year. Anyways, they do these promotional parlays and profit boosts and all this crazy stuff to try to get you addicted. I am trying to extract every penny I can from those rat bastards this season by only playing their promotions, odds boosts and freebies etc. I will let you know by end of season how I am doing. Currently I have turned my $50 deposit into $135.
Whatever profit I have at the end of the season I will sweep into Bitcoin. I am going to be the Microstrategy of degen sports gambling.
You also inspired me to join. I deposited $30 and have won ~$500 using the $200 in bonus bets. Got lucky with some parlays on the PHI GB matchup.
This is my first experience on one of these apps so I’m still learning a lot
Edit: to clarify, I only wagered $5 of my own money to get the bonus bets, then withdrew the rest. I’ve withdrawn my original deposit and am playing with house money only now
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That's amazing!
I also withdrew my original deposit at freebitcoin and am now playing with house money. It's a nice spot to be in.
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Wow you won quite a bit.
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Yea I am shocked lol
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Apparently you are the MSTR of degen sports gambling and I am a knock off like Metaplanet. I was feeling good about my 85 dollars profit in five days and you are sitting at $470.
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Don’t worry, my hot streak won’t last, perhaps already ended. Many small wagers lost on Sunday
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 10 Sep
I am going to try to be very shrewd about what I am betting. I want to exploit as much of the free stuff, boosts etc they give me.
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Me too, that’s my goal. Make the most out of the opportunity with no financial cost to me. It also just makes more games more interesting, which is neat
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I vaguely recall that freebitcoin didn't have NFL games right away last year either.
It's crazy that them and Nitro are basically the best we've got (cc: @ek).
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It's too bad that other lightning project doesn't seem to be going anywhere. That looked promising. Maybe @ek should take over that project. How much do you need sir?
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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 10 Sep
All I need is time and focus, unfortunately not buyable with sats yet 👀
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87 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 10 Sep
These NFL games you're talking about, would that basically just be "Will team X win game Y?"? So I could just create a market on delphi.market, and people can bet on yes or no with the price determined by an automated market maker? Asking, because that's what I am getting close to. I've added charts to markets recently.
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That's the place to start, but there's no limit to how many outcomes degenerates will want to wager on.
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76 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 10 Sep
Fortunately LMSR scales to infinite outcomes
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It amazes me to see the options on platforms like FanDuel and DraftKings. So many things to wager on.
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90 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 11 Sep
I like your plan. I'm steering clear of fan duel, because I tend to get obsessive and I want to keep paying the electric bill. If you're more in control of yourself, you can do well with all of their promotions, according to a friend of mine. (Although I think he's a closet degen)
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I can definitely see how easily they get people hooked they are always offering you some new promotion or some free spin to encourage you to go into the app every day.
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