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vBookie - vBulletin Betting Hack
Version: 1.00, by tjdrico tjdrico is offline
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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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  #182  
Old 06-27-2004, 06:54 AM
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Need Help! I have a fat error whenever I try to view my board, all it shows is
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Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /www/s/showdownshop/htdocs/forum/includes/init.php on line 508
Any suggestions?

The effects of it is my whole board cannot be accessed, even the admin cp
that's because you didn't follow the instructions properly and it MUST BE that.
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that's because you didn't follow the instructions properly and it MUST BE that.
Positive? Could it be anything else? Also... could you point me in the right direction as to where I messed up?
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I have this sugestions :

- posibility to pick from (i don't know how to say it in english) 1:1 sistem to a 1-x-2 sistem. You know, the actual sistem. My users want to have a 1 (home team wins) x (draw) 2 (away team wins)

- posibility to RESTART the whole sistem. I mean, restart the monney, and all users will have again 500 vCash

- posibility to manualy edit vCash that user has
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I have this sugestions :

- posibility to pick from (i don't know how to say it in english) 1:1 sistem to a 1-x-2 sistem. You know, the actual sistem. My users want to have a 1 (home team wins) x (draw) 2 (away team wins)

- posibility to RESTART the whole sistem. I mean, restart the monney, and all users will have again 500 vCash

- posibility to manualy edit vCash that user has
Yes to the latter two - they will come soon. I don't really understand the first one though. Perhaps you could give some examples.
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Posibility to chose from the ODDS system to a 1 - x - 2 sistem.

The 1-x-2 sistem is like this :

You have 2 teams (football - soccer for americans :P) and from the 2 teams you can chose 1, x or 2.

If you chose 1 the home team wins, if you choose X then it's a draw, if you chose 2 the away team wins.

Go it ?

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The odds system confuse our (Dutch) members. 10/1 and 5/2 bets...and i can't explane it, they have to deal with the instructions given. Is it possible to simplify the instruction? For example a bet of 100 points will increase/decrease by *** if etc.

Great hack! clicks install
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Posibility to chose from the ODDS system to a 1 - x - 2 sistem.

The 1-x-2 sistem is like this :

You have 2 teams (football - soccer for americans :P) and from the 2 teams you can chose 1, x or 2.

If you chose 1 the home team wins, if you choose X then it's a draw, if you chose 2 the away team wins.

Go it ?
Why not just use three outcomes, all with odds of 1/1?

i.e.

Team A vs. Team B:

Team A to win: 1/1
Draw: 1/1
Team B to win: 1/1

It seems to me that you want to unneccessarily complicate the system.
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The odds system confuse our (Dutch) members. 10/1 and 5/2 bets...and i can't explane it, they have to deal with the instructions given. Is it possible to simplify the instruction? For example a bet of 100 points will increase/decrease by *** if etc.

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They're about as simple as I can make them. I've already explained it in terms of how much you'd win, haven't I?

At odds of 10 / 1, a bet of 100 would increase by 1000 if the bet was won, i.e. you'd get 1100 back (1000 winnings, plus the 100 stake). A bet of 100 at 5/2 would increase by (100 * 5) / 2, or 500/2, or 250. The person would get paid 350, their 250 win plus their 100 stake back.
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Why not just use three outcomes, all with odds of 1/1?

i.e.

Team A vs. Team B:

Team A to win: 1/1
Draw: 1/1
Team B to win: 1/1

It seems to me that you want to unneccessarily complicate the system.
nice sugestion.

P.S. So it is 1/1 not 1:1
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The problem is that one can't bet for one game in a simple 1x2. It is complicated.
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