We've been receiving a lot of comments lately asking how the Bet of the Day award works, what we're doing about repeat and boring bets, why we took away the 1000 BluBucks reward for bet creation, and whether we're going to link that to the rating system somehow. We wanted to clarify a few of these points.
On weekdays, we choose 3-4 Bet of the Day awards. One around 10 AM Pacific time, another around 2PM, another around 7PM and another around midnight. We do this because there are so many great bets on the site that it's hard to choose just one, and we want to spread the rewards for winning the Bet of the Day around as much as we can. On the weekends there are generally less good bets to be considered, but we choose 1-2 per day on Saturday and Sunday. And of course, your promotion doesn't end when your bet is taken down, winning the Bet of the Day is usually enough to push it to the top of the HOT page, and a lot of those bets end up on the FEATURED page as well. For anyone who missed it, this is the criteria we use to choose a Bet of the Day.
It is important to keep in mind that BluBet keeps regular business hours in California, so we work mostly Monday-Friday between 9AM and 7PM Pacific time, and most changes, editing, and responses will be happening during those hours.
It is inevitable because of the hours we keep that some bets will go overlooked, and some may end up being featured longer than others. We try to make sure that all the best bets get their time in the spotlight either on the FEATURED page or through the Bet of the Day award, but sometimes more great bets are created in a day than we can feature. Other days there aren't nearly as many great bets, so we have to create a few ourselves.
We eliminated the 1000 BluBucks reward for creating a new bet to cut down on nonsensical or repeat bets that were created only for the reward. But some users, old and new alike, have rightly pointed out that it is unfair to them that they receive nothing for all the hard work they put into bet creation. So we have decided that anyone with a BetStar award will continue to receive the 1000 BluBucks reward for each new bet they create, however if we feel any user is abusing this system, we will revoke their BetStar award. And if you've forgotten, BetStar is a special award given to any user who has created more than 10 bets with more than 10 players each.
We'd like to thank everyone that's written in with their comments and suggestions. We take them very seriously and are always trying to make BluBet a better experience for you. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to ask. Good luck!
Thank you so much BluBet and Scott for replying so quickly to my email. I haven't been a member very long, but I am enjoying the site a great deal. Yes, there are some problem areas, but I see and have the most confidence in your team that you are addressing them and coming up with solutions to work for the better on the site.
Keep up the good work so we can have the fun we are having. We greatly appreciate.
Posted by: Lee W | January 08, 2008 at 11:22 PM
To: Everyone at BluBet
Thank you all for taking the time to address these issues. It is good that there is now a clear written picture of how the "Bet of the Day" is/are choosen. I hope the bet I created helped in the suggestions area. Your all doing a great job, and BluBet is becoming a better and more respected site as a result. The percentage of smarter, hard bets has increased ten fold over the past few weeks. The number of sex related bets is down to almost zero, and the quick one line bets are slowly petering out. Keep up the good work!
Rick Hart
Suggestions:
Adding the thumbs rating to the opened bet page somewhere.
Adding an award for featured bets
Adding a private, friends or invite only bet capability feature
Adding a BluBet group chat feature
Making the star rating system work with all created bets
and a preview before posting button in the created bets area
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Posted by: maria victoria | January 09, 2008 at 11:31 AM
i live on the east coast i make alot of bets never won a best bet,and im on blubet all the time, i hope i do soon i think i have come up with alot of orignal bets about hep-C heart attacks, and fun ones also i know ill have my turn but my bets are made between 730 am and 12 noon eastern time ,hey its just that i see alot of people that have no awards and alot keep getting awards so spresd the cheer.and awards every one that works hard on ur site needs a pat on the back
Posted by: lynn | February 24, 2008 at 08:10 AM
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Posted by: Mikki | May 13, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Please remove me from your site. thanks Eric
Posted by: Eric Prescott | May 30, 2008 at 05:32 AM
I have noticed in the past month that I have bets that did not bet on, what's up with this? And losing money for that fact. I only bet on things I know, not some silly quesions that come on to my email
this is very strange to me
Posted by: patricia | June 22, 2008 at 02:01 PM