JournoRob wins on BetDash – cheers LeBron (vs Kings)!
If you’ve followed my Twitter feed for the last couple of weeks, you may have spotted the occasional tweet to a user called @BetDash, I’ve even had featured a cheeky little article on their blog about British basketball, and the situation regarding Mersey Tigers’ odds considering their current losing streak.
Today, on my second attempt (my first go was with a free £5 credit given but I risked it for a biscuit, and left my Rich Tea in to dunk for a wee bit too long, and ultimately lost) has today seen me bag £50!
BetDash is the brand new social sports betting game powered through Paddy Power, where you can test your sports betting skills and banter with your mates for as little as £2, or even for free!
The BetDash game can be played for free, or for a stake ranging between £2 and £50, with thousands to be won in real money depending on the size of your wager.
Each BetDash player is given £100,000 in virtual money to gamble on any sports betting market offered by Paddy Power. Football, horse racing, tennis, cricket, golf, darts, rugby, snooker – BetDash allows you test your sporting knowledge in any field you can think of.
The object of The object of BetDash is to turn that virtual starting bankroll of £100,000 into a million pounds, within 10 days time limit that starts as soon as you register to play.
The more you play BetDash, the greater the chance of unlocking “Boosters”, which will help you on your way towards the million pound target. Free bets, win bonuses and larger maximum stakes are just some of the “Booster” bonuses available to players.
Prizes are awarded according to how close the player gets to achieving that goal, as well as their choice of real money stake, and the experience level in which you choose to play at. Only once you’ve mastered your way through the game can you start hitting the really high levels – if you’re tough enough that is!
Participants are not allowed stake more 20% of their available bankroll on any single bet, making it all the tougher to reach the million pound target.
Players also have the option to play a more conservative BetDash game, where the prizes are smaller, or a risky game, where the rewards are greater. When playing for free, there is no option to change the game type, and any player achieving the million pound target will be credited with a £2 credit to play BetDash for real.
All BetDash players successfully hitting the million pound target will then enter the Bonus Round, where the rules go out of the window and players must try to spin the £1,000,000 up into £100,000,000!
You have until the clock runs out on your game to do this, if you reach this point. The prize money for making the initial million is guaranteed, even if you risk the lot on a 100/1 shot and come out with “nothing” – your winnings are safe, but Bonus Round players have the opportunity to win even more money, again dependent on how much you stake.
Free players successfully reaching £100,000,000 will earn £10 of BetDash credit.
The best bit about BetDash though, is the social aspect. Invite your mates to play along and compare results, as well as mocking their selections with a “Laugh” or just outright copying them if you think they have a decent shout with what they have plumped for. As well as that, if you think a bet of theirs sucks, you can “Challenge” it, giving you further opportunities to win money to add to your virtual bankroll.
This social game is already attracting big attention on the online scene, where last December at the EGaming Review 2012 Operator Awards, BetDash took home the “Innovation in Gaming” award.
All sounds very good, very fun, and very innocent (just don’t think it’s a way to solve Third World debt, because it really is not that) but it’s not bad for having a bit of knowledge of sport and if you like the occasional gamble, but my win is probably thanks to LeBron James’ superhuman efforts in 2OT for Heat vs Kings the other night!
And for Sports Fans, such as yourself probably reading this, it covers American Football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey, just the ticket one I’d say!
They are now giving NEW users a boost by starting off at £200,000 bankroll, so you’re way ahead before you’ve even started – just click HERE to join up and get playing!
If I can do it, you can too!
