vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack

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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[ProPain]

Sorry if this question is asked before but 37 pages is a lot of questions to sift through.

I posted a thread and now I want to add a vBookie event to it, but when I edit the thread the 'add vbookie'event doesnt show up.

Is it possible to add events later on, or do I have to add them when I start the thread?

[Rabbitoh Warren]

Originally Posted by ProPain

Is it possible to add events later on, or do I have to add them when I start the thread?

I've been using vBookie for months and as far as I'm aware there is no option to add a vBookie event to a thread after it's been created.

[ProPain]

Thanks, minor inconvenience once you know it. Now I know

Would be handy though if you could add a vBookie event later....

[Flow Fusion]

Originally Posted by Flow Fusion

OK I got everything to work till I hit submit and then nothing. Anyone have any idea why this is?

????

[Okiewan]

You guys may as well forget it, support of this hack aint gonna happen.

[Flow Fusion]

Originally Posted by Okiewan

You guys may as well forget it, support of this hack aint gonna happen.

I can hope can't I?

[guile09]

Originally Posted by guile09

I went through the entire install, and all seems to work except the fact that I get this error :

Warning: set_time_limit(): Cannot set time limit in safe mode in /home/bsnnco79/public_html/fightforum/vbookie.php on line 20


Anyone have an idea of what the problem is here? I'm trying to figure out if it is something I did wrong or a setting that my host is running? Please help before I am forced to unistall! you can see the error here : www.fightforum.com - click vbookie

I have $25 via Paypal for whoever can get this working and displaying correctly. PM me if you would like to help.

Here is what I get when I log out and click on vbookie :
Warning: set_time_limit(): Cannot set time limit in safe mode in /home/bsnnco79/public_html/fightforum/vbookie.php on line 20


Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/bsnnco79/public_html/fightforum/vbookie.php
Line: 20


Update : I commented out the following line and error went away...don't know what side effect will occur.
// set_time_limit(0);

[Flow Fusion]

Originally Posted by guile09

I have $25 via Paypal for whoever can get this working and displaying correctly. PM me if you would like to help.

Here is what I get when I log out and click on vbookie :
Warning: set_time_limit(): Cannot set time limit in safe mode in /home/bsnnco79/public_html/fightforum/vbookie.php on line 20


Unable to add cookies, header already sent.
File: /home/bsnnco79/public_html/fightforum/vbookie.php
Line: 20


Update : I commented out the following line and error went away...don't know what side effect will occur.
// set_time_limit(0);

Most likely a global.php or init.php file edit that was wrong. Maybe a comma or something.

[djwins]

just installed this hack..thanks!

I saw the post here which details how to reset some things like money.

How can I clear the db of all the betting events?
also...
How can I get the vbookie posticon to show up in New Posts?

[djwins]

Originally Posted by Ock

I've discovered a huge flaw in the way vBookie events work that allow someone to vote on any events at odds of his own choosing.

The way to do this, which i discovered by chance, is trivial: make a copy of the form - and edit it to change the odds, which are written in the webpage and not checked after submission.

I thought you should know, because someone wanting to exploit it could do so incredibly easily.

Is there any thoughts as to how to fix this??? Much thanks.

Originally Posted by cashpath

Yes this flaw has already been pointed out the fix for it has already been pointed out also

Where is the fix?