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vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack · **Released**: 06-03-2004

vBookie

Introduction

vBookie is a 'bookmakers' or betting extension to vBulletin. It enables authorised members to post Events and Outcomes that forum members can bet on. Each Outcome has its own set of odds, and odds can be modified through the life of an Event (bets that are placed are stored with the prevailing odds, so even if the odds change, your users are paid at the correct rate).

Once the results are known, Events can be settled and forums members awarded their winnings.

vBookie uses its own vCash by default, but this has no more use than as 'bragging rights'. However, vBookie also comes with a built-in switch to allow it to use either uCash or Petz money instead. That means that all bets are paid for and settled using uCash or Petz money, making betting even more attractive than just for fun on forums with uShop/Petz installed. Although vBookie does not have any built-in facility to integrate with any other store hacks, it's a very simple job to hack vBookie itself to integrate it with any store/points system you care to use.

Features

master switch to turn vBookie off
option to use uCash
option to use Petz money
settings to restrict the creation of Events to specific user groups
settings to restrict which user groups can bet on Events
settings to restrict which user groups can edit or settle other people's Events
per-Event, specify whether punters may bet on more than one outcome
optional 'charity mode' so that the poorest members of the forum always have something to play with
supplied with a module for vBadvanced

Please click

if you install this hack, thanks. Please also let me know - send me an email or a PM. If you'd let me know the forum URL too that'd be cool!

vBookie is free, and will remain free.

Updates

1.0.0 -> 1.0.1

- adds the ability to delete Events. See this post for upgrade instructions if you already have 1.0.0

1.0.1 -> 1.0.2

Corrected a minor bug with the charity mode when using uCash. See this post for manual upgrade instructions from 1.0.1.

1.0.2 -> 1.0.3

Corrected a minor bug with the richest people display when using uCash. Just overwrite includes/functions_vbookie.php with the one from the new Zip file.

1.0.3 -> 1.0.4

Corrected some date display problems when using "Detailed" dates. For manual update instructions, see this post.

Corrected Petz bug whereby all winnings were paid to the bet's owner rather than individual winners. To upgrade from 1.03 or earlier, see this post or overwrite includes/functions.vbookie.php with the 1.0.4 version.

Problems?

-> Petz - If you are using Petz there is a bug in all versions up to and inclusing 1.0.3. Your players won't get paid their winning, and all payouts will end up in the account of the person that posted the Event. To correct this, please see this post. This fix will be incororated into 1.0.4 onwards.

-> If you can't post Events, or can't bet on them make sure you have set your user permissions

-> If you have an SQL error Invalid SQL: UPDATE SET =25 WHERE <25 make sure you are using version 1.0.3 or later.

-> If you have any other general problems, please check the installation/hack instructions and make sure you have carried out all the steps and also check that you made the changes correctly

Anything else, ask in this thread.

Other Stuff

-> If you are using Detailed Date & Time display and have a problem with Event dates appearing as '1 Minute Ago', see this post.

-> If you want to use poster 'Reputation' as the currency for vBookie, see this post.

About Odds

Odds of "5/1" are "amount won per amount placed". This means that I would win 5 for every 1 placed. Of course, if I win, I get my stake back as well. Odds of "1/5" means that I win 1 for every 5 placed. I'd have to place 25 to win just 5.

Decimal Odds

Decimal odds are just another way of displaying the same information. 2.0 is the same as 2/1. 0.2 is the same as 1/5. vBookie only lets you specify odds in terms of x/y, but if you think in terms of decimal you can still work out what odds to provide. Simply think of your decimal odds as "2.0 / 1.0" or "0.5 / 1.0" and then multiply each side through by 10 or 100 until there are only zeros to the right of the decimal point, then just take the whole number part.

2.0 / 1.0 has no decimals, so this is the same as 2/1

0.5 / 1.0 has a 0.5, so multiply both parts by 10 to get 5.0 / 10.0. Then you can specify your odds as 5 / 10. You might also realise that this is the same as 1/2. The technique is a simple way to work out any odds you may need to specify.

Odds of 0.65 -> 0.65 / 1.0 -> 65.0 / 100.0 or 65/100. Then you can divide through by 5 to get to 13 / 20, although this step isn't necessary.

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twoseven · #**312** 09-04-2004, 12:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KevinSHOCK

can someone please answer my problem i posted, the vbookie cant be used correctly until this is fixed

kevin i had that problem as well. there are 2 database entries for different points and ucash is pointed at one and vbookie is pointed at the other. i just copied one to the other and it was fixed

KevinSHOCK · #**313** 09-04-2004, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by twoseven

kevin i had that problem as well. there are 2 database entries for different points and ucash is pointed at one and vbookie is pointed at the other. i just copied one to the other and it was fixed

can you explain which ones if its not a problem? im really rusty at coding and working through the database, well i mean i havent forgotten but like yeah...im kinda lost

can i fix this problem with running a query?

Taco John · #**314** 09-07-2004, 05:49 AM

I've got a pretty important question that I haven't seen addressed...

Does this software account for bets that go push?

RMS-Chef · #**315** 09-07-2004, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taco John

I've got a pretty important question that I haven't seen addressed...

Does this software account for bets that go push?

Event's can be "Abandoned" and all bets are returned to the users if that's what you mean.

Taco John · #**316** 09-07-2004, 02:58 PM

I don't want the whole event abandoned... I just want certain outcomes that "push" abandoned. A "push" is a common outcome on many wagers...

Ugh. This thing is going to explode in my face if I can't refund stakes on outcomes that push.

VodkaFish · #**317** 09-07-2004, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taco John

I don't want the whole event abandoned... I just want certain outcomes that "push" abandoned. A "push" is a common outcome on many wagers...

Ugh. This thing is going to explode in my face if I can't refund stakes on outcomes that push.

The only way to do something like that with the current system would be to separate any events that can be pushed into their own event, and then abandon it if they push.

Taco John · #**318** 09-07-2004, 05:55 PM

Ugh. I was afraid you would say that.

I don't mean to be negative, but this hack doesn't make sense without a feature that allows an outcome to be a push. I'm using this for a sports forum, and in sports there are often outcomes that go "push" while there is still action that nets wins and losses. This is very common in sports, especially NFL.

There really should be an option for an outcome to go "push" that doesn't wreck the action on all the other bets.

There's no way I can manage all these games if i'm having to have three seperate threads to bet one game...

To see how I am using this in an NFL format, please view this thread:
http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showthread.php?t=16833

It's all together, and consice. Everybody can see how each game is being bet.

"Push" is a standard in gambling. If this hack is going to be used in football forums, "push" outcomes are important to have without having to mess up the other action... and without having to have a dozen different threads to bet a single game. There's only one bet in standard football betting that doesn't go push...

Unfortunately, my users have got action placed already and the NFL season starts this week.

Taco John · #**319** 09-07-2004, 06:17 PM

Also, for reference, there are 16 games a week in the NFL, with three standard bets...

1. MoneyLine
2. Over/Under
3. Point Spread

To seperate those into three seperate threads per single game is the difference between managing 16 threads a week (opening and closing) and almost 50 threads each week. That's about a hundred threads each week for NFL forum admins to manage when you figure that you've got to close last week's results, and then you've got to open next week's action. That's a huge time investment.

I love the hack, but a "push" outcome is incredibly important.

VodkaFish · #**320** 09-08-2004, 12:01 AM

I'm sure you thought about this already - but for the meantime you can use half values for spreads and over/unders.

Taco John · #**321** 09-08-2004, 01:08 AM

Yeah, I thought about that for next week... But for this week, It's difficult to do that without causing a board riot since bets have already been placed.

Hopefully, for the future, a column next to the "pay out" column can be added for pushes.

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