Someone asked me to post the vbookie files I have running successfully on my 3.8.6 site. Here they are. There is no support or warranties with these - they work for me and they might for you, or they might not. As always, backup first.

thanks once again. Will give it a try on a test board and see how it goes. :)

I've got the 3.8 version running and have a quick question:

Is it right that the amounts that my members are posting are meant to go onto my overall total?

I myself had a limit of 500 like the others but now have over 3000.....

yes - thats how I had it set up. when you settle a book, all the winnings comes out of the the bookmakers account - kinda like a real bookie

Thanks for getting back to this.

Ok, so I have all my members original stakes, but when I settle the bets, where will the winnings come from - that overall amount?

Apologies if this has been answered before - first time using this on our board.

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I have been using this since it was posted & my members love it.
I took it a step further and used Article Forums by Banana Live to expand it a bit.
I also used Easy Forms by Banana Live to add a request vcash link for members to request more vcash when they run out & added it to the vbookie header template.

If you want to do the same, you will need to install Article Forums by Banana Live , do a whole lot of phrase changes & add the vbookie header template contents to the af_articles_alt template just below the opening table.
I use them both on a few vb sites & then added them both to my I am bored & created another live test site, site.
You may have to register to view,...I like the added touch.

Demo:http://blind-eddie.com

I added a link to it in the navbar & edited the vbookie header with a link to the events forum as well.

I just wish the successor of this mod would show a bit more support & maybe add a few things to this for all the 3. whatever users that are out there....Long live 3.8.....

That's a cool way to display the events Blind-Eddie. :up:

You can take it a step further and have the vbcredits be your 'cash' and then when your members run out of 'cash' they can purchase more credits via the paid PayPal mod with vBcredits. :D

Yes, I could do that but, Free is the key word here...If I were to charge to play, I would have an empty board. Plus I believe Paypal may frown down at the idea.

Morning,

So I just settled my first lot of bets, and everyones totals all seem to have updated fine...

...Apart from my own.

I don't know whether it's because I'm the Bookie and I've kept the losses of everyone else, but I've now got a total of 18446744073709539756. There were a couple of 50/1 shots that didn't fare so well but surely that number is incorrect.

Any help would be appreciated.