BOTB - rigged?
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I've been playing a few months now, spending minimal amounts really that I probably would have otherwise spent in the pub so no big loss to me but the more I play the more rigged I think it is...
I found a thread on here from a while back where a couple of people say they won etc but I'm far from convinced. For starters the spot the ball competition image is scaled down, so when you're picking your co-ordinates you are picking them on a scaled down image. Only after you have picked them can you view/download the full sized image and you realise your co-ordinates are likely miles off. I think this is where they catch most people out. So last week I put this to the test.
I had some credit so I put one ticket on a selection then went to download the full size image afterwards. I put a pixel grid on top of the image in photoshop so I could get the co-ordinates from the image. Done the usual, drew some lines etc and got completely different co-ordinates who would have thunk it. So I then put some of the credit on those co-ordinates. Results came in on Tuesday evening and funnily enough I was closer on my second attempt with the full size image.
Secondly, they claim they do not pre-select the co-ordinates or do live draws because someone could pass that information on for someone to win and they want to surprise the winner. How is this any different to what they are doing now with pre-recorded judges making selections... They probably look through how much tickets they've sold for that week and pick a winner based on the car they've chosen so they make X amount of profit. All this video footage of judges etc is for show to try legitimise it. Claim it's a game of skill and it doesn't classify as gambling. You literally have more chance of winning the lottery!
I see comments from people all the time saying that the judges decisions are baffling and whatnot but in reality when you are only playing with the scaled down image on their site, the judges "decisions" don't at all seem baffling.
Anyone else feel the same?
I found a thread on here from a while back where a couple of people say they won etc but I'm far from convinced. For starters the spot the ball competition image is scaled down, so when you're picking your co-ordinates you are picking them on a scaled down image. Only after you have picked them can you view/download the full sized image and you realise your co-ordinates are likely miles off. I think this is where they catch most people out. So last week I put this to the test.
I had some credit so I put one ticket on a selection then went to download the full size image afterwards. I put a pixel grid on top of the image in photoshop so I could get the co-ordinates from the image. Done the usual, drew some lines etc and got completely different co-ordinates who would have thunk it. So I then put some of the credit on those co-ordinates. Results came in on Tuesday evening and funnily enough I was closer on my second attempt with the full size image.
Secondly, they claim they do not pre-select the co-ordinates or do live draws because someone could pass that information on for someone to win and they want to surprise the winner. How is this any different to what they are doing now with pre-recorded judges making selections... They probably look through how much tickets they've sold for that week and pick a winner based on the car they've chosen so they make X amount of profit. All this video footage of judges etc is for show to try legitimise it. Claim it's a game of skill and it doesn't classify as gambling. You literally have more chance of winning the lottery!
I see comments from people all the time saying that the judges decisions are baffling and whatnot but in reality when you are only playing with the scaled down image on their site, the judges "decisions" don't at all seem baffling.
Anyone else feel the same?
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