EcoCityCraft would like to introduce, its own, private betting exchange!
Forum Premium members can now create their own bets and be their own bookies!

- Create your own bets with your very own odds!
- Challenge a friend or anyone on the server! (as long as they have forum premium)
- Challenge your friends in any way you want, even if its something as silly as a pie eating contest!
- Settle bets in a safe way where both parties must agree on the outcome.
- Ensure yourself that if a betting party attempts anything shady, they will immediately lose their forum premium account with zero refund. A severe punishment system with a ZERO WARNING POLICY.
- Open up your own sports system, with your very own odds! No more centralization by EcoCityCraft.
- EcoCityCraft earns absolutely no taxes / profits from your sports games. All bets are between you and your challenger!

LETS GET STARTED!

- To begin, click the User Bets link in the tab navigation on our forums.

- From here, click on the create bet button.

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You will now be presented with the bet creation page.
Here you will set the following fields:

Bet Title: The title of your bet. Example: (Patriots vs Eagles superbowl!)

Bet Outcome: What you are betting on. Example: (The patriots will score three touchdowns first!)

Close Date: (ensure your time zone is correct below) The time at which your bet starts. Example: (https://i.imgur.com/BX3DBfe.png) - In this example, the bet closes/begins at 6:30pm.

Wager amount: How much you are putting up for grabs. Example: (https://i.imgur.com/DdGSZ1o.png)

Set Challenger Wager Amount: If you select this option, you can allow the challenger to bet less, in order to win your amount. In the following example, the challenger only needs to bet 10,000 to win your 50,000 (https://i.imgur.com/ES8EfCu.png)

Create bet with: You can either create your bet with a specific member, or allow any member to accept it. (Keep in mind; only premium users can accept your bets and participate in the Betting Exchange.)

Betting Exchange Example​

Andrewkm has made a bet with Jamiesinn:

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Jamiesinn can either accept or deny the bet:

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Jamiesinn accepts the bet:

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The bet has been accepted and we are waiting for close date:

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The bet has closed and is ready to settle. @andrewkm and @JamieSinn wait for the game to end and can settle the bet with the correct outcome:

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It looks like the patriots did NOT score the first three touchdowns. Jamie wins! Andrewkm must click settle bet and select bet challenger as the winner:

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Meanwhile jamiesinn must confirm he indeed won the bet as such:

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And that's it! Both parties have bet, settled their own bets following an honor system, and can move on with their crazy lives All money has been awarded to the winner.

RULES / SEVERE PUNISHMENTS:
All below situations result in you permanently losing your forum premium account. There will be ZERO warnings and ZERO chances. You screw up, and you lose a $30/USD forum premium account. Period.

- Settling your bet incorrectly.
- Not settling your bet for over 48 hours.
- Attempting anything shady / intentionally misrepresenting your bet.
- Wasting staff time on settling a bet due to intentional confusion.
- Anything else the main sports bookie (@andrewkm) deems a scam attempt.

TL;DR - Don't mess with the system. Your forum premium will be downgraded immediately.