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As one of the earlier casinos in Omerta, the bookmaker never had any golden era. Small profits in comparison to the roulettes, blackjack tables and slot machines, and later the number games and Punto Bancos, visitation to the local bookmaker office was more or less officially cut out from the game after the arrival of poker some years back.
But out of all the ways to blow your hard earned Omerta dollars, it's the one that stands out most in the mafia-related media, movies and shows we see today. Not to mention the segment in Goodfellas about bookmakers lasts about a good half hour.
Despite being the least profitable and desirable object to have, many agree that if the right odds are used and the right games are around (like big Champions League, international and big tournament football matches, along with NBA and NFL finals and the Tour de France and Formula 1), some profit can be pulled out of the eager to bet big players. But in the end it's still barely worth the effort.
So what do you think? Should the out-of-date casino just be removed? Should it be improved? Or just left as it is; one casino needs to be last, and the bookmaker just happens to be that one?
But out of all the ways to blow your hard earned Omerta dollars, it's the one that stands out most in the mafia-related media, movies and shows we see today. Not to mention the segment in Goodfellas about bookmakers lasts about a good half hour.
Despite being the least profitable and desirable object to have, many agree that if the right odds are used and the right games are around (like big Champions League, international and big tournament football matches, along with NBA and NFL finals and the Tour de France and Formula 1), some profit can be pulled out of the eager to bet big players. But in the end it's still barely worth the effort.
So what do you think? Should the out-of-date casino just be removed? Should it be improved? Or just left as it is; one casino needs to be last, and the bookmaker just happens to be that one?
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Anonymous (17:41:19 - 16-08)
IRL the bookmaker would be the best..
Anonymous (02:05:24 - 16-08)
LL at 20:52:56 on 15/08:
Bullets, KA, family systems and other stuff is already discussed in other places. Why would we want to do it here again? Do you think people will suddenly have different opinions on it? Lots of things could use some changes, everywhere in the game. Bookmakers are no exception, and if we don't bring it up, who will?
Anonymous at 20:35:33 on 15/08:
The game is dying.. But lets discuss bookmarkers..
The game is dying.. But lets discuss bookmarkers..
Bullets, KA, family systems and other stuff is already discussed in other places. Why would we want to do it here again? Do you think people will suddenly have different opinions on it? Lots of things could use some changes, everywhere in the game. Bookmakers are no exception, and if we don't bring it up, who will?
no point discussing anything without the knowledge of admins xD
replace it with monopli banco ahah :DDDD i was owner in dm this version and it was running very well but after ive asked help to misstherya or what the name she akilled me rofl ... not bad i think :DDD
Anonymous (21:05:28 - 15-08)
LL at 20:55:03 on 15/08:
Is one way. But then the quick fix for the (for example) NGs popularity crisis can also be a combined jackpot. And then the Puntos. The blackjacks and roulettes. Even if it doesn't go that far, having jackpots for everything sort of takes away the uniqueness of winning one.
Anonymous at 20:52:17 on 15/08:
Just create a jackpot for bookies just like they did with the original lotery and profit.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Just create a jackpot for bookies just like they did with the original lotery and profit.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Is one way. But then the quick fix for the (for example) NGs popularity crisis can also be a combined jackpot. And then the Puntos. The blackjacks and roulettes. Even if it doesn't go that far, having jackpots for everything sort of takes away the uniqueness of winning one.
Maybe, but in a game that is based more and more about being online for a few mins every day rather then pounding your lucky number on the roulette all day long or trying out your new blackjack strategy the concept of a jackpot ensures that even those 5min a day gamblers have a reason/way to gamble.
Same goes for poker, removing poker wont fix object problems. Some people will switch their gamblelust but alot just want to play omerta poker.
Create poker bonds, 4 bonds per version that award 2.5% of the total amount spend each (numbers are just a concept). A fam can obtain these bonds by buying em after 48h, just like all other objects after reset, and once in control of a fam only be transferred by delivering the killing blow on the last remaining succesor of said fam. Famless/Backfires and the bond goes public for everyone to buy once again.
Wanna bet people want to war for those things? And wanna bet fams holding some are basically printing money?
Omerta wont go back to whatever old version some people favor, it just wont happen. So lets atleast try to create 'fun'/new means to keep it interesting.
Anonymous at 20:52:17 on 15/08:
Just create a jackpot for bookies just like they did with the original lotery and profit.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Just create a jackpot for bookies just like they did with the original lotery and profit.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Is one way. But then the quick fix for the (for example) NGs popularity crisis can also be a combined jackpot. And then the Puntos. The blackjacks and roulettes. Even if it doesn't go that far, having jackpots for everything sort of takes away the uniqueness of winning one.
Anonymous at 20:35:33 on 15/08:
The game is dying.. But lets discuss bookmarkers..
The game is dying.. But lets discuss bookmarkers..
Bullets, KA, family systems and other stuff is already discussed in other places. Why would we want to do it here again? Do you think people will suddenly have different opinions on it? Lots of things could use some changes, everywhere in the game. Bookmakers are no exception, and if we don't bring it up, who will?
Anonymous (20:52:17 - 15-08)
Just create a jackpot for bookies just like they did with the original lotery and profit.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Correct answer on any bookie over a certain amount, lets say a 1mil bet, gets you a ticket to win a price that is equal to 10% of all the inputs put together, second price being 5%, third being 3%.
Payout every 48 hours or something.
The more people that play, the better the price gets. The more people that play, the better the profit gets. The higher the profit gets, the more fams care about bookies.
Anonymous (20:35:33 - 15-08)
The game is dying.. But lets discuss bookmarkers..
questionmark (20:29:22 - 15-08)
Well in the mob world, killings is what gave a mobster a push in his career. It is and have allways been was stood out the most. The power to choice who dies and who lives. In omerta on the other hand a bullet hugger or a fam who never shoots get stronger. In some perspective this cant change, but their should be ks for high rank kills. So that killing chief+ made a person stronger.
In a perfect world, I would make just totally overhaul the bookmaker office, but considering everything else that needs work on the game, it's a super-low priority and I would just remove it entirely.
If you wanted to make some tweaks to make it a little better, you could improve the wait times, but I think having some level of admin approval isn't going away. Allowing more than one game to be listed at a time would probably help a lot.
Also, the general Omerta player probably isn't all that interested in gambling on sporting matches. Generally, sports betting is a middle-to-older aged men's hobby.
Also, the Omerta population is pretty fractured location-wise. I'm sure most of the Europeans are football (soccer) fans, while no self-respecting American would watch, let alone bet, on a soccer match.
If you wanted to make some tweaks to make it a little better, you could improve the wait times, but I think having some level of admin approval isn't going away. Allowing more than one game to be listed at a time would probably help a lot.
Also, the general Omerta player probably isn't all that interested in gambling on sporting matches. Generally, sports betting is a middle-to-older aged men's hobby.
Also, the Omerta population is pretty fractured location-wise. I'm sure most of the Europeans are football (soccer) fans, while no self-respecting American would watch, let alone bet, on a soccer match.
Wouldn't that require a crewmember the whole time?
A way to cut out the crew having to confirm the outcome of the match would already speed up the process and make more games possible in a smaller timeframe. And making it possible to have an option to run 2 or 3 bets (2 is a great start too) shouldn't be hard, that's probably possible in the current format.
A way to cut out the crew having to confirm the outcome of the match would already speed up the process and make more games possible in a smaller timeframe. And making it possible to have an option to run 2 or 3 bets (2 is a great start too) shouldn't be hard, that's probably possible in the current format.
Arcanine at 18:58:36 on 15/08:
It's useless.
It would only work great if you could gamble real-time but that's way too much work to code. Get rid of it imo.
It's useless.
It would only work great if you could gamble real-time but that's way too much work to code. Get rid of it imo.
real time, that would be awesome :D like unibet or so :D
oi (19:11:39 - 15-08)
agree whit LL
but first loose poker ffs then objects will have better profit even ng and bookies.
but first loose poker ffs then objects will have better profit even ng and bookies.
i voted for remove em, since they are there they have been shit, NG is next?
I think it should have a complete make-over. The current system and interface for the bookmakers just don't have any room for improvement. Multiple bets and some way to run bets quicker after another (for example with the CL, half the matches are played on Tuesday, the other half Wednesday, and then the Euro League on Thursday, as well as competition football being on Friday, Saturday and Sunday), instead of 1 match during the week and 1 in the weekend. This has to do with both the response rate of the crewmembers responsible for handling this stuff and some 24 hour rule with setting the bet.
It's outdated now, but I think it'd be well worth putting effort into redesigning the whole thing. Not just for the owners to get more profits (or more losses) but just for the fucking fun of it.
It's outdated now, but I think it'd be well worth putting effort into redesigning the whole thing. Not just for the owners to get more profits (or more losses) but just for the fucking fun of it.
It's useless.
It would only work great if you could gamble real-time but that's way too much work to code. Get rid of it imo.
It would only work great if you could gamble real-time but that's way too much work to code. Get rid of it imo.