Hi Dan, this particular branch of our brand is experimental, the participants were happy taking part as it also gives them visibility. @craig-grant even just said that he wants us to continue. Not sure if you saw that there is a poll link where a secret ballot takes place, so when you vote the comments you are actually voting to predict the outcome of the secret ballot.
@steemsports is our flagship project, that one is only gameable by multiple accounts voting all outcomes, but it is not really important as the aim is to get people to receive SP and have fun, once they have SP flowing, even into an alias account they will be more engaged and take part elsewhere in the community.
Our PAY PLAY games coming out soon are 100% non-gameable as real Steem and SBD stands to be lost for poor choices, hedging will be possible however and creates a true market scenario for predictions. Basically instead of speculating on currencies one can speculate on sports and game outcomes using Steem and SBD.
We appreciate that you do like our creativity and what we do to some extent, we are actually very nice people, we just need to be given a chance.
Wishing you a great day!
Why did you not implement that in the first place? Why you decided that you first want to provide a functionality for draining rewards pool even more?
Their use is innovative as i documented in my blog.
Thank you Dan.
Innovative does not mean moral.
now youve got me curious in spite of myself. are you going to charge a fee on all bets, or just have a gap in the line/spread.
For that matter, line or spread. I guess it would have to be a line. And if there's going to be hedging possible, youd also have to offer parimutual wagering, as just a regular bet doesnt need to be hedged. But parimutual, you would have to have a significant amount of capital to back the wagers. Interesting if you get it done.