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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[BigIke]

wow... i fixed it. It was a problem with my image paths. I feel like an idiot.

[iamboard]

I'm sorry to ask a stupid question but vBookie isn't played for real cash is it?

[Razz]

Originally Posted by iamboard

I'm sorry to ask a stupid question but vBookie isn't played for real cash is it?

No

It uses virtual points, either its own built in system or it can use the points from the ushop hack.

[grains]

okay...call me retarded, but......how do you add events?? i went to vbookie, but i dont see "add events anywhere"....

[grains]

Originally Posted by RMS-Chef

Events are created by creating a new thread in an enabled forum.
When creating a new thread, there will be a tick box to make the thread a vBookie Event. If you check that box and submit, it will bring you to the event setup.

Good luck!

there we goo.......thank you! i didnt know what the hell..

[Zeke]

Hey guys.

I am having trouble getting this hack running on my system.

I am running the latest version 1.0.4. It says that for this error ensure I am running version 1.0.3 or higher... which I am.

It all seems to work and it allows me to get to the page I need to to enter the bookie event, then when I click ok it comes up with the error below. If I click refresh it actually works and adds the event to my vBookie screen but it doesnt add the event for members to bet on.

Also, when I click on the vBookie screen I see the 5 vBookie events there and shows me that noone has better on them, of course they cant as they dont show up at the top of threads. Also when I scroll over 'Thread' in the vBookie screen it comes up with 'http://www.myafl.com/forum/showthread.php?t=' and as you can see it has no thread number it refers to.... so definitely an issue there somewhere.

REALLY desperate to get this working as the Football season starts tomorrow and I need it running for that.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Database error in vBulletin 3.0.7:

Invalid SQL: UPDATE SET =25 WHERE <25
mysql error: You have an error in your SQL syntax near 'SET =25 WHERE <25' at line 1

mysql error number: 1064

Date: Wednesday 23rd of March 2005 07:33:43 AM
Script: http://www.myafl.com/forum/vbookie.php
Referer: http://www.myafl.com/forum/vbookie.p...=0&do=newevent
Username: Ari
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[Caveman2k2]

Installed and working! Thanks for a great hack.

[kobescoresagain]

Tell me if I am right, This doesn't support betting between members. Just betting against the "Ucash" system? If I am correct do you have any future plans on making it where members could play against each other. For instance I run a sports card trading site (www.sccollectors.com/forums ) (shameless plug) and I have a forum set up so they can bet ucash. The problem that I see arising in the future is people not paying up so I will have to take the cash out myself. It would be great to somewhat automate this for users. Something like you make a title you place the odds and the maxium in bets you could receive. Then you let event occur. After event occurs you go to the post click some type of button that picks the winner. The other party envolved gets a pm sent to them to confirm it by going to same link. If both confirm bet is finalized and sent to winner. If one of two denys then a pm is sent to admin and he can make the decision himself. I would find something like this extremely useful. I think many other board owners would also.

[Caveman2k2]

Hi guys,
Looking for some help on getting the post icon for a vbookie event listed on the forum index to show up the same as it does when viewing the forum it's posted in. On the index page, it shows up as a poll icon, while on the forum it's posted in, it is the "$" sign. I've looked through all the templates, but didn't have much luck. I'm also a php ID-10-T so if you can point me in the correct direction, I'd very much appreciate it.

[bobbaf3nn]

I have a problem with vBookie v1.0.4.

From the AdminCP i can't cahnge the General vBookie Settings. I set the five options to what i want, press update and let it go. I then get the message "vBookie Settings Saved Successfully." The window then refreses and goes back to the general settings page. This is where the rpoblem occurs. All the options have gone back to the default and are all set to no. When i check the forum none of the changes have taken place. So i can't open the vBookie to anyone. Not even those with permission.

Thanks for your time, its very much appreciated. Hope to hear from you soon with a solution. BTW the mod looks great on forums that it works on.