Innovation Celebration

I'm fine. Today is the story of poker. Recently, I have a reason to be enthusiastic about poker, so I want to talk a little more.

I'm sorry for those who arrived here to explore my gaming knowledge, but poker is my niche place, so I will stay a little more in this elaborate lobby.

But leave the bashing of the games for the time being (there are a lot of things to say about bots in the future that's not too far in the future), and talk about lighter things, innovation.

I may be optimistic because I am not convinced of the spring, but I can see creativity buds. I have previously claimed that a wide range of product categories of poker still has enough vitality, but I have hardly seen any signs that someone is pursuing a chance.

Rich, fertile, and virgin fields are visible here and there, but existing poker giants are satisfied with the gravel backyard jackpots and speed games. This is more than a microma management of a small number of options rather than innovation.

Generally, knob messing is not without any benefits. However, in such a special case, it is useless to prolong the game. Even worse, this is negligence and a little dangerous.

The big jackpot means that more people lose. The number of losers increases means that the number of losers increases, and the large prize money means that there is always hope that you can get out of the hole.

It's like trying to design a perfect downers for the vulnerable.

It is not healthy that dopamine hits are too rich and fast. The brain is biased so that it wants more, which causes addiction.

Fortunately, not everyone thinks so. Today, I would like to officially compliment to those who are pioneering poker innovation, no poor pasture.

First of all, he is a solo developer who made Balatro. He doesn't have a personal insight because he claims to be a screen name, but he has already drowned in cash and praise.

Baratro has not played yet. It was stupid enough to buy Chromebook (worst shopping in 2023), and I haven't had game consoles since the N64. I'm not going to break $ 25 to play card games, and I will be able to play on mobile right away.

The content of the game is not explained here, but basically it is a very solo play poker game, there are many interesting jokers, and the graphics are the lowest (see the above). There are a number of rounds, and there are elements of deck construction in the meantime.

As an aside, I hate the word cheetah. In the game term, it means "a game that you have to start over from the beginning when you die", but that doesn't seem to be that. I'm very angry because I don't have a good sense as a noun. Basically, I may not be able to read the letters, but I want to call it "Start Over".

It has been selling more than one million a month since its launch and will win many awards. Steam players have been playing for nearly 2000 years to date. This is close to the time I invested in Championship Manager 02/03 in college.

What I really like in Baratro is that it's not a gambling game. I buy it because everyone wants to play and enjoy it.

Can you imagine? Playing poker variations is a real entertainment. The revolutionary approach must be completely embarrassing for the poker world.

Perhaps the largest industry officials are trying to buy this game as part of marketing and push their brands. I'll ask you to stop. Use all that money to make something other creative and interesting. Maybe it's entertainment.

Next, I want to praise Kim Lund. Kim happened to find this blog last year and happened to be able to meet a quiz pub in Marme.

Kim is pushing his finger into many pies, but the most advanced is the victory. It is a bit like a traditional poker, but has a creative and persuasive story (with its own IP). Like a Baratro, he is leaning on the game, but he is stepping into the game camp.

It was very interesting to talk to someone thinking about the game just like me. At least with the same passion, ignore dogma.

Most people don't want to be immersed in trivia, such as what is fun and how to get better.

Tennis Paddel is wonderful (if you are generous, pickle balls), but it would not have existed unless someone did something like kicking the cheeks of ordinary tennis late. Kim tried it in his game.

I don't know if the victory card will trigger his big break. I love the portion of the game design, but it just occasionally comes to my ideas. I wonder if I drop it into a pig box like a pearl and dig up on my blog.

Kim is a person who is willing to hard work and makes them real. He needs more things.

Bobby D Uncategorized comments left March 21, 2024 March 21, 2024 4 minutes

The Superusual Subjects

This weekend was full of events to celebrate international women and mothers. One year has passed since I quit GGPOKER.

I've talked about that experience before (here), so today is about the recent super user's scandal. However, just 12 months ago, I dive into the back of the curtain, so I could add a rich comment full of insights.

I was only in this company for nine months, but in the meantime I was in the middle of some dirty conversations and attractive spots.

Based on my experience, I will talk about why this happened and if it could happen again. First, I will summarize the background so far and what I am talking about.

Super users are equivalent to super bad balls in poker. They are players who have gained an unreasonably strong advantage than their opponents in some way. It is essentially a cheat.

Imagine that you can fold the opponent with cunning eyes and have the ability to call a nut by muttering magic words. Similar, but fun and sexy are much less inferior.

In my calculation, there were two and a half noticeable incidents in the quarterly online Pokeling.

It was the first half of the 1990s that the potential of Super Power was first sniffed in the late 1990s, when the industry's first planetary released a shuffle algorithm and relieving concerns about its robustness.

Later, a clever cyber security company deciphered code and then told me which card to look up. The site has been down for years, but eventually succumbed to strong competition and shame.

I tried to investigate the incident in detail, but the details were forgotten or not in memory. In the free version of Chatgpt, I had no idea what I was talking about, but instead showed me the details of the later various porkers scandals.

As far as I know, they are white hats hackers, not using Go d-like power aiming for a gathering. They seemed to be more satisfied with the professional challenge than crushing the $ 3/$ 6 limit (this case is ahead of the luxury of games).

Although there were no known victims in this case, the doors to hig h-tech fraud were closed for the great crypto decoding and hacking masters in the world. In the next culprit, he is a terribly greedy fool.

Ten years later, a scandal by super users took place for the first time in UltimateBet and Absolutepoker. The name was different, but it was the same company and the same perpetrator.

In this case, the developer of the site made a mistake and allowed a company luxury executive to see the player's cards in real time. This may have been a catastrophic function, but it has become a catastrophic vulnerability.

Unfortunately, one of the magical access rights was the 1994 WSOP Main Event Champion, Las Hamilton, who was already a billionaire. He has been using special access rights for many years to trick millions of dollars on both sites.

At that time, it was difficult to express how big and shocking this news was. It seems like Andre Agashi knew that it was thanks to the magical wig because Andre Agassi won the Tennis Grand Slam Tournament. In other words, there are many WTFs.

Anyway, he (Lath, not Andre) became more and more bold to use secret advantage, and eventually became more and more cautious and doubtful.

It was an exciting and troublesome confusion, contributing to the collapse of the site. It is also important that it was a Ponge scheme.

This is the latest GGPoker super user cheating. The technical magic of the 90's, the foolishness of the 00s of the 00s, and the heroic act of a poker player that brought justice.

This time, a clever cheetah has found a way to hack the function that displays the winning rate when the player is al l-in. This feature is displayed only when a betable player is gone, but this player succeeded in enabling this feature early.

Regarding the advantages, it is not so predictive that you know which card will continue, and it is not as powerful as the opponent knows exactly what the opponent is holding, and it is not as cheeky as I devised earlier. 。

However, there is too much simplicity to compensate for not being omnipotent. It is a ridiculous advantage to know how much you have to win during the hand. We are in the magical area of ​​wigs.

GGPOKER noticed defects and immediately released security code updates, but All-in Bandit was one step ahead. It surrounded the client with a fence and blocked software updates, maintaining malicious advantage.

Fortunately, the culprit was unmistakable. Like his predecessor, Rigged Russ, the scammers were poorly poker, and it was clear that something was wrong. One suspicion player set a flag on the alarm clock and stopped the squid before collecting the prize of $ 30. 000.

So, was GGPOKER a terrible fault, or was he a clever criminal victim? It is the extreme of grudge.

For me, there are some elements. I don't think they showed an obvious incompetence, but they were sloppy and sel f-satisfied. They had no noticeable internal mistakes or intentional malice. I just lost to a very smart hacker (at first).

That doesn't mean they are not guilty. As I mentioned earlier, I was shaking my responsibility there. This was a failure of corporate actions and attitudes.

GGPOKER is growing rapidly. When a certain idea comes into the Slack's workspace and decides to pursue it, they step on the growth accelerator. At that time, it doesn't matter what direction the company's car is facing.

This is mostly by the owner of the angry billionaire. I chose this word not just because it sounds smart, but a very appropriate person behind GGPOKER. He can move quickly, from civilized ones to edges, and small, unpredictable ones (don't touch on Sit & amp; Go's).

So, if he decides to do something for his software, the developers will immediately take action. They are obviously talented teams, and I was surprised that they could quickly run complicated tasks. After working at Poker Stars for 10 years, I was used to the slow and careful progress of software.

This is not bad at all. A little scary and impatient tyrant entrepreneur, such as Jobs, Masks, and Bezos, has brought incredible products and progress. However, there is a part of the problem here.

Fast pace means that ideas are not always embarrassed and often sacrifice quality. For example, when I was there, they introduced a special type of game in just a few weeks notice for the World Cup in Qatar. A strange tournament called poker and sports betting hybrid, even the staff did not understand much.

Starting with the idea of ​​making money in soccer, it changed to a reproducible product. There were problems and problems, and the player was actually participating because it was a $ 10 free ticket.

It was a typical development cycle. Things were always broken, patched, crushed, modified, remote control, gafar tape was affixed, and usually added bells and whistles.

Perhaps one of the reasons they are so fast that fixing things became effective. It's a great skill, but I think he was confused about their growth options.

They are innovating and investing in the recreation player to make the game more fun (as a result, other players have to do the same.) However, such progress should not sacrifice the functionality of the core game.

There is no need to have the functions that all rates are displayed (the super user is bent so that it is advantageous). It's been a dressing, though it has never been better.

If you have a mission to build strict security prison for super bad balls, it is ridiculous to put a window, so you should not waste time to process curtains. It is necessary to take the time to make an appropriate decision and do it firmly.

The problem is not limited to fashion. While I was joining their business in the UK, transparency and accountability were also suspicious.

I regularly had a problem with the data that had to fulfill my role. I have been affected by the technical team that there is no problem or a monitoring mechanism to prevent problems. They were poor at identifying the error and the explanation was unclear.

That's why it's strange that they got beaten by superusers. It will happen again if they don't step up their approach to product improvement. There is no room for complacency or arrogance in this world.

This scandal will not be the death of GGPoker, nor should it be, but people should know a little more about how it is done at the top of the industry. Mistakes are allowed, but those who play there should be cautious.

As for all other operators, I hope they take this as a warning shot and not just an opportunity for schadenfreude or market share grabs.

The poker environment literally builds its inhabitants to find weaknesses and exploit them, so clever, unscrupulous people know to always look for gaps. In a world where AI is increasingly democratized and advancing rapidly, this will only get worse.

So sites must monitor players' win rates (and associated play) in real time. It's a big data and policing challenge, but not insurmountable in a world of increasingly democratized and rapidly advancing AI.

In this way, both known superusers have been caught so far, and the next one will almost certainly be caught. The burden is on the site, not the player.

Bobby D Uncategorized 4 Comments 12 Mar 2024 7 min

My Wagnum Opus

In my last blog, I promised to talk about my most important contribution to the Isle of Man, and then, looking back, I ended by promising to talk about my contribution to the gaming industry in general.

Because it's a big claim, considering that I coined the term freebuy (a term coined to describe a tournament that is like a cross between a freeroll and a rebuy), which is still used casually, and that I co-invested with the hugely popular shoe partner Coiny Shoe Shoe.

But it would be a passive blog if I jumped right into the main topic, so let's return to the nostalgia dance floor with a little background.

There was a time in the late '90s when PokerStars staff were provided with random number generators (RNGs) to increase the security of remote connections. Today, these chips are managed by apps on your smartphone, but back then they were just small, basic rings with a six-digit computer screen.

Within minutes of distribution, these devices were being misused for gambling games. Partly because the first core of Pokerstars was decadent, but we paid too much and taxed too little.

All the games were basically coin flips, but with varying degrees of complexity. The simplest form was where whoever rolled the highest number the RNG gave the prize money. The most complicated was a boring poker variant where the numbers were treated like cards and the best "hand" won.

My preference was a higher variance version where you added up six numbers and compared the total with your opponent. The lowest number was the loser and had to pay the difference in points to the winner. I tend to play better than three to prolong the torture. I don't know if I was attracted by the high risk or I liked the calculations.

By the way, all prizes were expressed in fun points. Talk of cash was prohibited, so we played with euphemisms. Luckily, the settlement was easy because one Fun Spot was equal to one pound, so no one had to pass around a ratty Manx fiver. Interestingly, the Isle of Man government hasn't replenished its stock of five-pound notes since the reign of King Ollie in 1079.

RNG games were fun for a while, but there's something unsatisfying about a game where you just stare at a digital display for a minute waiting for a six-digit number to change. It's not a fun gaming experience.

So one night, as we were sitting around playing cards on Nintendo, I suggested a game I knew (from Crappy Dealer's Choice Home Games) as "Mexican Heatwave." I also played as a no-top in the US.

A variation of poker, where everyone puts seven cards face down. The dealer's left hand turns over the first card. Then each player must randomly turn over a card until the best hand is revealed. When the best hand is revealed, the turning stops and the next player begins. This continues until all the cards have been revealed and it's known who has the best hand.

If played "correctly", there is a round of betting after each new leader. In this original form, it's a really great version of the game. Even worse than Razz, which is the poker equivalent of getting waterboarded with hot Carlsberg.

But it's pretty fun if you pay 10 points and play the game. It became a game with a twist and development and tension.

However, the real newness came when I realized that an unused Wario (Nintendo's joker) was rolling two sideways. I suggested that when I shuffled it, I put a piece of Wario, so that all the cards that had been turned so far disappeared. In fact, you will start over from partial hand.

This had a double fun. First, you can enjoy the joy of Sharden Floide. In other words, once every seven times, you will receive cruel and humorous damage. Second, it has prolonged uncertainty. The first leader continued to be dangerous until the last card was safe. As long as Warios remains on the deck, disasters can still occur.

This was a great improvement for the game, but there was a last adjustment. There was a rare situation that players faced both Warios. One was tough and interesting, but two seemed overdoing, so we decided to do it.

If you face these two cards with the same hand, not only will the dead card will come back to life, but both Wario will be wild. In other words, you can become any card.

This version called Wario was caught. By the time I quit Poker Stars (a few years later), a Friday lunch game with more than 20 players was playing regularly.

This means shuffled three decks to secure enough cards. It was a pure magic game massacre magic. I've heard that this game is still being played, and I know that a former employee moved to another company with this game. Wario is alive (although it is a boring regular deck).

Officially, I have always shared the credit of this invention with at least the other two. But I think I did a lot of hard work.

But just a few months ago, at 4:00 am, I received an email calling for the right origin.

Because it tells how good this game is, and it supports people who are still interested in many years. That's like my heritage.

Leave Bobby D Uncategorized comments February 8, 2024 4 minutes

Legacy and Lessons

I would like to spend almost eight years on the island of Man and leave footprint there.

It was a season of my life where I worked hard, played hard, and ate hard. At one point, I was able to order the Bob Special at two different locations.

That day, the cafeteria at PokerStars HQ offered a double sausage, double egg, and double bacon breakfast (pictured above) for just £3. This remained the case for a few years after I left, until the menu was reprinted.

In the evening, I was able to get a mixed feta doughnut and a sliced ​​burger (think soldier-cut toast, except with beef) at a kebab shop in Istanbul.

Achieving this culinary double required a serious commitment to cholesterol. Lo and behold, I was immediately immersed in the 2010 Bustin World Championship.

On a recent revisit, I was pleased to find that my legacy remains intact. There are still plenty of people who mix vodka with Vimto food mixers. Like the low-carb athlete's breakfast, this was designed to improve my prospects in the weight-loss game.

Because 15 years ago we wanted to use a casually homophobic term for people who enjoyed their drinks with fruit. Nevertheless, the drink caught on.

Fortunately, some innovative (and lazy) bartender started pouring doubles with the pint course that went into the mixer set. This cut my bar visits in half, but it called for a new name. Bob was crowned that summer, and he still reigns in his little corner of Douglas Promenade.

Shortly after, LGBTQ+ marriage was finally legalized in the Isle of Man. These two events are probably out of control, but no one knows for sure.

Work-wise, I'm not sure how much of my DNA remains at PokerStars. I helped design and build some really useful CRM and advertising tools, but hopefully they've been replaced by off-the-shelf solutions by now.

But after playing limits at GGPoker last year and studying the tournament schedule closely, it was strikingly similar to the work I did on the poker room management team 10 years ago. Fingerprints left on the isle of man had somehow made their way to Korea.

They were touring the "tournament calendar." These were a set of uniquely named, affordable events with aggressive guaranteed pools in the most popular formats. Most importantly, it was the timing.

Each tournament took place at the same time each day, with bidding taking place every hour. This meant players didn't have to wait long for the game they wanted to play, and once they found it, they knew they could play it again tomorrow.

In retrospect, this seems like a pretty obvious thing, but it was a huge leap forward. As humans, we develop consistency and predictability. To illustrate this point, let me tell you a story about one of my favorite non-gaming businesses.

During the growth of Kinko's (an American knockoff chain), the founder met a store owner who was open 24 hours a day. The owner knew he was making the majority of his sales while he was awake during the day, so he thought logically and tried to close his store at night to cut costs.

But sales quickly fell in half. Customers no longer saw his store as a reliable opening-hour option, and they flocked to other stores.

The people at Kinko's thought the opposite might be true. At the time, Kinko's stores had very normal opening hours. It took a while to convince franchisees that opening 365 days a year was a worthwhile experiment, but eventually someone agreed to take on the extra costs and hassle.

His sales doubled because people (especially students who often work night shifts) now had a place to print whenever they wanted. Other industries followed suit and experienced similar growth.

Here's a more recent example. One of my favorite entertainment venues got the worst of it from Covid, and to cut costs, the owner is only opening when he thinks there's a decent deal. He doesn't know if he'll open or close, so he's decided not to bother now. The floating-ratio compensation schedule is working against him.

Similarly, there are a lot of open mic nights and pub quiz nights that take place on the "third Thursday of every month." They're consistent, but they're not simple or memorable. I probably won't go because I have more to do on Thursdays than count.

Is it totally unrelated to gambling today? Yes, I think so. Last year when I was still at GGPoker, their World Million$ tournament was one of the best poker products. But with $1 million in debt, they were the first to get canned if anything happened.

So you couldn't count on it happening every week, and it was useless as a promotional tool for CRM reps. They disappear without warning.

In business, as in life, consistency is king.

This sporadic approach may save you money in the short term, but it hurts in the long term. Here I can speak with conviction born of hard experience: If you take a flimsy attitude, no kebabs will be called after you.

I wanted to end this blog with this devastating line, but I haven't yet mentioned my biggest, lasting legacy. That has entered the realm of advanced degeneracy, and will have to wait for next time...

Bobby D Uncategorized Leave a Comment February 2, 2024 February 2, 2024 4 mins

Radio Gambling

Right now, I'm driving a lot, so I listen to a lot of podcasts and audiobooks. I like the quiet time so I can work on ideas that have been circling around in my head.

But sometimes, when my audio stock is running low and I've spent a lot of time researching logistics for the opening of Meat (my restaurant concept that serves meals in juicy freestanding dishes), I turn to music.

I like music, but I don't have a lot of time to listen to it. Music time is often spent rehearsing acoustic guitar covers of rap classics. Yes, that's the real side of it.

I can't justify paying for subscription services. And I don't take advantage of their free offers because they've accumulated too much sludge from generating revenue. Product developers who intentionally make bad products deserve a firm tap on the products they provide.

So when I'm on the go and my brain needs a break, I have to grudgingly turn to radio.

I can't stand the Blather Talent of the BBC's national DJs, so I turn to commercial stations. They have better presenters, better playlists, and I can beat the endless strings of awful rhyming ads.

But what I don't like are the ongoing jackpot competitions. Tens of thousands of pounds are "given away" in prize money every day.

Now that doesn't sound like such a bad thing, but I wish the use of sarcastic speech had been elevated to a problem.

To enter such a competition, you have to pay an entry fee, usually around £2. They're an affordable alternative to lottery tickets, but you can and are encouraged to enter as many times as you like -- with a typical limit of 10 times per day, which can get pricey.

Most people will work sel f-control and will not sound the mortgage payment amount, but the temptation is there. This is a solid software sales by presenter, not in accordance with the normal fair rules.

These should be a fun and harmless prize contest that are not restricted by the gambling law (written in uppercase as legal terms). In other words, the protection and restrictions to manage normal betting ads are not applied.

Realistically, to implement a sweepstakes competition, it doesn't look like a gambling because you only need to provide a free participation route. It was an exaggerated way, but it was far from the truth.

To participate in such a radio market for free, you need to find a hidden address that can send a card. You also need good luck to encounter abandoned stamps by chance.

From around here, it feels like a little smooth feeling.

DJs like to express how the latest awards change your year or solve problems. This may be true, but if the approved gambling site says that, it will forcibly provide extra correct answers than the promotion bulldog standards.

However, for some reason, it is good to hang a carrot called financial rescue while Sharon and children are going to school. It's just a little more appropriate than seeing Saltburn with NAN.

These contests are particularly effective because you can hear the winning news and joy in real time. You can see that someone has won, and the moderator tells you what changes the winner will bring to your life. It is exactly a radio monument.

The problem is that listening to the winner's voice directly makes the competition more advantageous, and sharing their emotions makes victory more attractive. This is a powerful gambling source.

At least I think so. It is difficult to find a certain number behind these offers. To fully provide a large prize money, there must be tens of thousands of applications every day. It is said that it is a sarcastic shop, but it is unlikely that the broadcasting station is paying the amount close to the calculated amount.

The contest has been held many times, and Oukamu's razor suggests that the contest is very profitable. Since the postal code lottery pays only 30 % of the income, it can be said that the return of mass trash is about that standard.

So next time you hear Jamie Saxton congratulate someone who has won £50, 000, remember that the station probably reserved £100, 000 for itself. I think this goes a long way in curbing the desire to gamble.

It's time that these competitions are recognised as gambling products and treated with the same standards and safeguards.

Limit entries, limit costs, ban certain sales patterns, and make operators pay a fair share of the revenue. They should also include responsible gambling messaging to make people aware of the true nature of gambling products.

If that were to happen, the amount of airtime given to contests would be drastically reduced. That would allow us to significantly slow the amount of radio airplay given to Phil Collins.

Another problem solved.

Bobby D Uncategorized 1 Comment January 22, 2024 January 23, 2024 4 mins

Cleaning My Plate

I haven't blogged much in 2023. It takes me a day to write a substantial blog post, and even longer if I include the time it takes to refine my initial idea into a blog-worthy scheme. I'm busy with other things, which is why I find it hard to leave the hospital.

Instead of spending the next dozen days thinking of ways to make fun and (hopefully) interesting points, I thought I'd end the year by spitting out these amorphous words. That way I can go into 2024 ready to write about whatever new scandal the gambling industry unleashes.

And so, New Year's Day ramblings.

Oakes Tree

First up, Scott Benton, the Conservative MP for Blackpool South. I wanted to be surprised when his offer to be paid to represent the gambling industry in Parliament was published in the Guardian. But I couldn't contain my anger.

Instead, I was delighted by his refreshing honesty and astonishing stupidity. In short, like many respectable peers, he's happy to accept an advance. Just keep it under £300 so as not to sound any nasty alarm bells.

Surprises only come when reality is so far removed from your expectations, in this case so tight it could fit in a matchbox. Scott is a Tory MP with a narrow majority and a badly-voted majority, with an election on the horizon. He will line his pockets as cows moosh and dogs weave.

Moreover, dozens of MPs have been known to be "touted" by bookies. The panhandling is just outrageous. Of course they're happy to oblige, as gambling is an industry with a lot to lose and deep pockets to tickle your ankles.

In 2024, everyone needs to do better. But Benton can't just fade into political oblivion.

Statistically violent

In December, we "discovered" that the UK has a gambling addiction rate of around 2%, a figure that was ubiquitous in the gambling literature when I was writing my master's thesis a few years ago.

It's only now getting attention because the Chaffee in Stomach and Gaming Council (BGC) has been putting the figure at 0. 5% for the past two years. I have no idea how they arrived at this figure, but it was clearly put out to downplay the social harms caused by their members.

I talk to a lot of players and it's clear, at least anecdotally, that problem behavior is more prevalent than 1 in 200 people would think. I personally think it's more than 1 in 50, but that's at least closer to the truth.

Most of these studies are self-reported surveys. Even when people answer anonymously or in complete confidence, people lie about their troublesome gambling habits.

By the way, the rate of problem gambling is about 2% everywhere on the planet. It's unusually consistent across cultures in psychology. This leads me to believe that problem gambling is more of a "nature" than "nurture" issue, but this is a PhD-worthy topic.

In other words, the BGC is a propaganda-driven thug, ready to ruthlessly destroy anything to get the gravy train back on track. This fact was about as surprising as "Congressmen enjoy kickbacks," but it was good to see it confirmed anyway.

So, now that we've come this far, let's quickly recap the obvious hat-trick of events. Most of the Ursine shitting and peeing is done in the woods.

CRM Incompetence

Early on in this blog, I criticised the standard of CRM in the gaming industry (and beyond). That was two years ago and remains the case today.

The gambling company that knows my email address and phone number seems to be excited to waste such a communication. There are places that are very frequently contacted, but many people do not have enough contact. Communication with a proven customer is not so difficult. This is normal:

Once a week, send a message if something is interesting or relevant.

It seems that the timing seems to be balanced, but there is only one company that is struggling with the content. I usually skip them because their posts are common and do not provide much value. But at least they immersed me in lukewarm water.

Excellent CRM representatives should be familiar with their products and understand their customers. If you don't have such qualities, you won't know what to say. If you are recruiting, start from there. Others are easily taught.

My year

Fortunately, I was able to finish this year with game profits, but that's because I waited in December for a long time. BET365 unsubscribed with reasonable grades, used up BETUK bonuses before transferring. BETDAQ was nearly 100 pounds, but recent strategy change and good luck overlapped, eliminating the negative.

In addition, we could avoid casinos and social betting, and we did not have to do costly Calcutta auctions for one year. For 2024, it has been well connected to a few months of a small 2-pound tick. However, the euro is ahead of this summer. It may be spicy.

Bobby D Uncategorized 1 comment January 2, 224, 4 minutes

Gazza’s Fish

Note: Former England national team midfielder Paul Gascoin's struggle. Find an appropriate independent journalism for comments on Gaza's situation.

Note 2: Despite the early signs, I will finally stop by to talk about the gambling method. Please take me while preparing the stage.

Gazza was a great soccer player. Until the child named Jude Binggham appeared, he was probably the best player in my life (I like Matt Le Tissie). His genius on the field is well known, but his only known is his mischief genius. Most of them use fish.

The most famous episode is that one day Gabza was late and broke into practice in a wader, hit several large squares, and delighted the team. At that time, when he was injured, he used the opportunity when the team left to practice.

They identified the most troublesome teammates and got the key of his car. With trout, they headed to the parking lot. Gazza, who is accustomed to hitting fish in a strange place, immediately headed to the trunk and removed the spare wheel screws. If you like Hydings's evil, you should be convinced at this point and shake your neck vertically, but there is something better.

The accomplice dropped the first fish into the wheel hole, but was stopped by Gazza when trying to put the second. He returned the spare wheels to its original position and hid the second fish in a better, better compartment in the rear seats.

He explained: "If you notice the odor, look for a fish. If you find the first fish, you'll think that the problem has solved it. No.

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Quick Note: I decided to write an article for the first time in a long time, but I was inspired by the Guardian article that told BGC's details of 8000 pounds paid by BGC. Within a few weeks of receiving Madonna for free, the "civil servant" publicly accused the affordability check.

I wrote about the White Paper shortly after it was released, because it represents a (still) substantial step forward from where we are today. But I acknowledged, marked and signed BGC’s hand at something like the bottom stakes.

In short, I had found my first fish.

In the months since, it’s been argued that the White Paper has some significant omissions, the most important of which is the affordability check. The gambling industry wants you to be able to lose up to £1, 000 in a day before a serious affordability check is made.

With the announcement of sensible legislation, people were largely satisfied (or rather relieved), and this debate was about to get serious. If a band of starving refugees finally gets some food, they’re not going to complain about noodles anytime soon.

About a month later, though, the responsible gaming community found their second fish.

Unfortunately, when it comes to dealing with the remains of a rotting fish, the rotting carcass is only half the battle. Like the poor victim of Gazza, there is still a deep and pervasive stench to contend with. The elephant in the room is still there: margin.

Personally, I don't think it's a difficult problem to solve. The gambling industry wants people to bet freely without burdensome and invasive regulation. But if it is found to be taking advantage of its customers, it can be fined up to 100 times the player's loss.

For example, if a player loses £10, 000 in a month (far more than they should reasonably lose), the company could be fined £1 million. It would not take many such punishments before the industry identifies how to manage risk honorably.

To do that, multiple regulator roles need to be created to police negligence. After all, BGC is infinitely proud of providing over 100, 000 jobs (most of them confused bettors). Logically, BGC should be happy to create even more jobs.

That's not easy. The greed and mediocrity of people in the industry means this debate will continue to move on forever. It makes me skeptical.

After months of fruitless wrangling, I'm starting to wonder if we all underestimated the shrewdness of BGC. The bill they created was delayed a year and a half, and now we're stuck with more arguments. The delay only benefits them, and with each passing day, they profit while more people suffer.

By creating and fomenting an "unsolvable" debate, they managed to remove the control panel and hide the third fish.

Well done BGC, clever heartless B#Stards. Well done indeed.

Bobby D Uncategorized Leave a comment November 30, 2023 4 minutes

My Amazing Terrible Football Tip

This weekend, the new Premier League season kicks off.

Those who know me personally will have the idea that you're getting my expert football advice. But what you're getting is expert gambling information. Take your pick.

A quick look at the betting markets will tell you that Man City is in great form to win the title. But that's just the beginning of the story.

It's been said that City have a 90% chance of winning the Premier League this season. Supposedly, this figure comes from OPTA data modeling that has simulated thousands of seasons. On the surface, this is a very sound methodology.

Because whenever data is injected into information, it should be greeted with raised eyebrows and skepticism, especially if the source is a random social media post.

But after thinking about it for the past two days, I think this probability is pretty accurate. Maybe not a perfect 90%, but at least 80%.

City have won their last three titles (most of them handily) and just got that elusive title that is the Champions League. They've kept all the key parts of last season's great and talented team (except Gundogan), added a great defender, and have the same genius dickhead at the helm. It's a very strong status quo.

If you asked thousands of experts who they thought would win the title, they would say City at least 90% of the time. Furthermore, if you ask how confident you are in the predictions, the average answer is no less than 80%. I will admit that these are far from reliable statistical methods, but they are still valid, and I am trying to build a case here.

Why is that? Well, the current decimal odds on the City of Man winning are between 1, 73 and 1, 89 (fractional odds are a bit messy here). That means you get between 73% and 89% return depending on where you bet.

But if the City have a 90% chance of winning the title, then the true odds you should receive are only 1, 11, or a return of 11%. That means there is a huge positive upside to City winning the title at the current prices.

If you lower their probability to 80%, their odds can't be higher than 1, 25. At 70% probability, their odds should be 1, 43. So even if you are far less positive about their prospects than me and thousands of my imaginary experts, it's still a profitable bet.

Betting on the Sky Blues to win the title only ceases to be a long-term win bet if you think their chances of winning the league are below 58%. If you fall into that category, you're either an Arsenal fan or a complete idiot. Probably both.

What's so terrible about this advice? Well, a number of things.

Firstly, it means you'll be shouting about Man City for the foreseeable future. That's pretty awful in itself. But you can also redefine it as an emotional fence. If you have money on their success, it can soften the blow of their inevitable march to glory.

Secondly, it means you'll be locked into betting for nine months. I think the duration of a bet is an important part of its fun, and this duration is very long. It's really hard to stay interested in betting for that long, so the fun (if there is any) will fade quickly.

Thirdly, even though betting offers a positive return on your investment, the odds are still undercard. You'll be playing for less money than your initial bet. Psychological studies show that future wins need to be about twice as big as your potential losses for the same emotional value.

Basically a £10 loss is twice as big as a £10 gain. However, in this case, if you bet £10, you'll only win about £8. So, while it may be a financially sound bet, it's an emotionally poor bet.

So, I put this in the "professional bet" category. If your only aim is to try to make money (note: you probably shouldn't), then this is a great opportunity. If you're a casual player, use your head.

There's one last important lesson from this analysis...

If Man City is a disadvantage to you, then maybe every other team is too. The bookies have to balance their books, so the prices they offer for other favorites are inevitably terrible.

If you're looking to bet on a team to win the Premier League this season, bet on Man City or don't bother.

And it goes without saying. If you do want to bet, make sure you open an account with a new bookmaker and use up all their early deposit promotions. Don't be shy, turn the tables because they're there to take your money!

Bobby D Uncategorized 4 Comments 8 August 2023 8 August 2023 8 August 2023 4 minutes

4Poker Implosion

A little over a month ago, I got wind of trouble at an online poker site called 4Poker. Some of them got laid off and it seems they're expecting a bit of back pay.

The company hasn't made things happen yet, but it doesn't have the hallmarks of market share growth. If I were to stick my hand in my wild guess bag, I'd say they'll probably be out of business by the end of the year. So let's just call it a pre-opening.

I have mixed feelings about this situation. I think it's mostly sadness because I really love a lot of the people who worked there. I also like seeing a startup underdog take on a big company. But when I put this melancholy under my emotional microscope, there's that dark swirl of Grimm you mentioned.

I wrote about them two years ago when they were still operating under the title "Uptick Entertainment" because I knew they were being toughly challenged.

It's been 24 months since then, and I can't help but feel like the only thing they got right was the name. In the poker gold rush era, the cool and smart poker addresses were pretty much taken.

The 4Poker monument is short, sweet, and perfect for what they set out to do: be a real poker site run by serious poker players. Unfortunately, this premise has already been breached a few times in the past. Most recently, it's only failed once.

I would say that almost every poker site was started by a bona fide poker player with the intent of serving other poker players. The exception is GGPoker, which is probably why it worked. They actively intimidate big players with their high stakes and inexplicable rewards program.

One of the pieces of advice I gave 4Poker was to innovate. It's almost insane to spend millions developing a core product that has remained almost unchanged since 1998. But that's exactly what they did. There is not a single selling point.

To be fair, it's a pretty good knife of a poker site, but after that, it's going to have to be pretty good. They have guys who have been successfully coding no-limit hold'em for 25 years.

Give them credit for being generous and offering a minimally acceptable version of a tried and trusted favorite. It takes some marketing magic to break into a mature, competitive market.

What do they have? Merits and freerolls.

More money has been lost by signing poker pros than anything else in the history of online poker. Sure, live events and free swag are solid money, but nothing burns through a marketing budget for minimal return like hiring a "celebrity" poker player to work for your brand.

Apart from a few old TV favorites (Negreanu, Brunson [not Todd], Hellmuth), nobody cares about poker pros. I'd go a step further and say it's actually a deterrent.

An invitation to "play a pro" is like being invited to go for a few rounds with the 10th best heavyweight boxer in the world. You've never heard of him, you're not famous, but you still know he's capable of beating you with a loose mash. I'll give it to you, bravo.

When it comes to freerolls, I'll let you in on a surprising secret. I know I should keep this information to myself for my £2, 000 a day consultant job, but I'm being generous.

Poker players thrive by finding small advantages and optimizing their expected value. Therefore, the best strategy in a freeroll (or overlapping tournament) is to never tell anyone. The more people who know where the golden eggs are, the fewer 24K eggs there will be in circulation. You are literally bribing players to keep quiet about your portfolio.

Two years ago I told you about 4Poker's ambitions for a PokerStars VIP Club clone, Nay Resurrect. Basically, it's a confusing way to give 60-80% cashback to very high volume players. During the long development process, I know they were absolutely dead set on this element.

The site is a bit technical and boring, so I'll just keep it simple. They wanted to stock a beautiful new pond with great white sharks, but the conservation issue wasn't solved. Great white sharks don't last long when they're hungry, and they get really awful in freshwater. It's a perfect recipe for marine biology, with a lot of floating carcasses.

What makes this outcome especially disappointing is that they often rode on top of the operational problems of the poker site. If 4Poker had ever scaled, it would have run like clockwork: stable servers, perfect payouts, safe games, super support.

Unfortunately, that's because they had those guys in place and (until recently) paid them high salaries long before they were really needed. The millions of yen they spent on staff is probably now really useful for a handful of customers.

I don't want this summary to give a bad impression to those currently looking for work, because it's really competent people who would have pointed out the strategic weaknesses of the leadership. The blame lies with the owners who continued to hold on to old products and outdated ideas.

What the gaming industry needs is not more of the same. Hopefully the next big poker hope will offer something new.

Bobby D Uncategorized 9 Comments July 27, 2023 4 minutes

Bookie Auditions 1 – Betting with Bayo

A few days ago in my blog, I pulled out my long-term sportsbook picks and asked if anyone had any recommendations for new sportsbooks. I know dozens of scumbags, but no suggestions.

I'll admit there are some plausible reasons, but to fit my story (and to protect my ego), I'll assume it's because there aren't any good bookies. Now all gambling brands exist to play on shady Egyptian-themed slot machines.

That said, I needed a place to gamble. With no peer-approved picks to choose from and the start of the Ashes fast approaching, I was left to do my own search, kicking off my online shoes and jumping into the mud of gambling affiliate sites.

The reviews and evaluations provided by these sites are beyond useless advice, but there is no mistake as a place to find a suspicious gambling site list.

I had to start by passing through a famous high steering brand filter. I can say that I have already set and abandoned all of these accounts during the 2 0-year online betting career. And I'm looking for a really destructive innovator for gamblers.

He had to identify and ignore various fleas shops made to use the loose regulations of developing countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. I don't think Burkinocazino or Uagado Gube is suitable for me. It is an aristocratic industry that imitates the colonial method of the Victoria era.

Still, there was still an unusual Challenger brand, so I started to track them comfortably until I cleared the low hurdles and found something that was somewhat good. To dig a little deeper into my psychological master, I drank it until I experienced the right choice (a magical moment that matches my head and heart).

Thankfully, in the third challenge, Adebayo Akinfenwa was dressed as a tsundere. As a fan of Wickom Wanderers, I have no eyes on this big man. For the time being, let's bet on Vietks.

Before starting a review (only nine paragraphs), I want to send a compliment to the smart choice of Ambassador. Given that they only play lo w-level professional soccer, they have a great influence worldwide. I met all ages all over the world, but they know him, and,,,, about my unknown team.

He seems to have fun, clear, charismatic, and prepared for any comfortable sportswear (or processed in Photoshop). Probably cheap. I hope you can find Hollywood big names that meet these conditions.

In the actual betting experience ...

Their sig n-up offer was pretty goo d-I got a 3 0-pound bet that had to be cashed with horse racing, soccer, and accumulator. I didn't want to bet on any of them, but I didn't let go of the fish invited to the fishing needle, like a good fish. Thanks to MLS's Miami McCalons and New York's Yogurt Pot, thanks to the trivial events that occur in the U21 euros, I got a good fund to waste in test crickets.

It was mostly downhill from there. The site was slow and the navigation options were always incomprehensible to me. It's entirely possible that their app offers a better experience, but I'm looking for a casino, not a software provider. The only "native experience" I want is to drink cheap local beer with the inhabitants of a faraway land.

Looking for open bets was oddly laborious. Once I found one, it bothered me that it took centuries to settle (win or lose). Once the bet was over, I wanted to let it go, essentially. I don't need to remember the micro-mag bet that once turned brown and stinky.

Cash wasn't bad. They took my money quickly, but paid out just as quickly. The only downside was that it said Leo Vegas on the statement. It's the parent company for sure, but why can't they write the name of the brand I was using? It's a weird and misleading payment.

I only received a cursory default deposit limit, which I ignored. It's a non-existent height, and I have a problem with it. They also didn't seem to make any effort to verify my identity. As a lazy consumer, I appreciate Slack Compliance, but it is far from best practices when it comes to safer gambling.

Betuk odds (and cash offers) did not compare well with the providers I was using before. In all cases I cross-checked, I think they offered inferior prices. Furthermore, I had several experiences where the odds were changed mid-bet, and always (or of course) for the worse. In any bet, the change was neither appropriate nor necessary, so I think they just drained margin at my expense.

I also had the experience of a market being completely retired mid-bet. Again, there was no good reason for the removal, so it must have been there purely for decorative purposes, like the best of the charity windows.

Once I had cashed out a small profit, I decided to hit my final mid-game bankroll to win the 3rd Ashes Test in Australia. As soon as my balance hit zero, I was notified to make another deposit if I wanted to "keep playing." That's when my negative feelings were solidified.

Such a sneaky push sale does not work in a more secure gambling world. This kind of way seems to be trying to disagree with the player who is forced to deposit as if it were a continuation of a fun game. Gamblers who have bankrupt do not need to be informed that they have lost their money, nor do you want to continue.

So I knew that the relationship with BETUK was over from that point. Since then, they have sent me a free spin offer, so if the coffin was open a little, this dirty CRM cros s-sailing would hit the last nail.

As a result of betting for one month, the profit of £ 41 has come out, so let's get 2 out of 5 points. I have 24 hours to find a new provider before the fourth trial!

Bobby D Uncategorized 2 Comments July 18, 2023 4 minutes < SPAN> Such sneaky push sales do not work in a more secure gambling world. This kind of way seems to be trying to disagree with the player who is forced to deposit as if it were a continuation of a fun game. Gamblers who have bankrupt do not need to be informed that they have lost their money, nor do you want to continue.

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