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So we come to the end of our awards for this year, as voted for by you, the members of Honest Betting Reviews. There is just one award left to hand out – that of Best Overall Betting Service 2021.
Before we get onto that though, we just want to say it was great to see so much interest this year, with a record number of people voting in the awards.
We feel these awards are a good opportunity to mark out those services that have performed particularly well, introduced some new innovations and most importantly, hopefully made us all some extra income over the last year.
In summary then, the winners we have had so far are:-
– Best Football Service: Goal Profits
– Best Horse Racing Service: Quentin Franks Racing
– Best (other) Sports Service: Trade on Sports
– Best Matched Betting Service: Profit Maximiser
Well done to all of those services on their awards.
It’s worth noting that all the winners are established, long-running services that have proven their ability to beat the market over an extended period of time. That is the ultimate mark of quality and we are pleased to see it being recognised in the voting.
Anyway, now it is time to move on to the final award of Best Overall Betting Service.
Best Overall Betting Service 2021
So this award is for the best overall service across all categories, whether that be matched betting, tipsters or trading services and in any sport.
It’s obviously the toughest award to win and the most sought after.
This year there was a runaway winner of the award, notching up more votes than all the other services put together!
We will also give honourable mentions to those who notched some support in the voting, including Bookie Insiders Football (Neil MacDonald), Geegeez, Predictology and Slam Dunk Wizard.
Yes, yet again this hugely popular football trading service has blown away the competition and picked up yet another award. That’s the second year in a row they have won best overall betting service and best football service.
Congratulations to the whole GP team on well-deserved recognition for all the hard work they’ve put in over the years.
Here is what Steve from Goal Profits had to say on receiving news of the award:
“Thanks Dan, what a fantastic end to the year!
Last September, we celebrated our 10th birthday. I can’t think of any other trading websites that were around when Goal Profits first launched, so we’re proud to have lasted an entire decade.
We still have a number of members with us who first joined in 2011. They’ve been vital to our success, providing plenty of feedback and suggestions for new features. We receive dozens of ideas and requests every week and we’re able to deliver many of them. We’re fortunate to have a sizeable development budget and a knowledgeable team with many years of trading experience.
Over the summer, Bryn Roberts joined our team. That means we now have 5 full-time team members who are online 7 days a week to keep everything running smoothly and provide member support whenever it’s needed. Nobody is left to fend for themselves or guess what to do; there’s always plenty of help available.
During 2021, we completed our redesigned Team Stats and Custom Filters system which links to our Live Stats Module. We also launched customisable Telegram and email alerts for live games, plus a couple of new strategies. Our Team Stats Database continues to grow too, 246,240 historical results and more added daily.
We have big plans for 2022. If this pandemic ever ends, we may even be able to hold another of our free trading workshops. Fingers crossed for that!
Thanks again, Dan. This is our 23rd award over the past 10 years and we’re very grateful for everyone’s support.
So well done again to Steve and his team and that wraps up our Members Choice Awards for this year.
Thanks to everyone who took part and has enjoyed Honest Betting Reviews over the last year. We really do appreciate your feedback, input and suggestions and we are looking forward to introducing some new developments to you in the coming months.
The play-to-earn gaming revolution feels poised to explode in 2022, with a number of leading gaming manufacturers jumping on board.
The field is often referred to as “the metaverse,” but play-to-earn games make up just one part of the metaverse, which is likely to encompass a much wider range of activities such as virtual reality, augmented reality, holographic avatars and more.
Whilst we have tended to focus on betting and trading systems here at Honest Betting Reviews, we have occasionally delved into other areas like forex, stocks and crypto when we spot an opportunity to make some additional income.
Last year we felt a significant new opportunity was opening up with play-to-earn (P2E) games. The first of these we tried out was the fantasy football blockchain game Sorare, which regular readers will know we have become very involved in.
There are lots of other play-to-earn games emerging now though and it really is a brave new world. Some people are making a full-time living playing these games, whilst others are earning a nice little side income.
How NFTs Have Changed The Game
What has made all this possible is the emergence of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), which are the in-game items you can buy in video games.
Up until now, these had been the sole possession of the game developers. You did not actually own them, could not use them outside the game or have any claim on them. The game developer could take them away from you at any time – and many did, for example when it was a new season in a football game, they wanted to bring out new items or a new version of the game. Those items were simply lost and the money you spent on them gone.
With NFTs however, you actually own the items outright. You can use them outside the game, sell them – and most importantly in this context – make use of them to earn revenue within the game.
This is made possible by the second key development in this space and that is the introduction of in-game cryptocurrencies. Most games now have their own cryptocurrency tokens, which you can earn – normally through owning an NFT but sometimes by completing tasks or finishing high on a leaderboard.
Then that cryptocurrency can be exchanged for fiat money and thus you can earn money playing a game which you can use to pay your rent, bills, go on holiday or do whatever you like with. Amazing stuff!
The Future of Gaming
As with all revolutionary technological developments like these though, there are always plenty of sceptics. Some are slow to change old habits whilst others see potential pitfalls everywhere.
Whilst not every P2E game will succeed, we believe that play-to-earn games are an amazing development and are very excited about their potential within the metaverse.
Already P2E games are showing the ability to transform people’s lives in some lower-income countries and the development of things like guilds, renting NFTs, DAOs and more shows just how much innovation is happening in the space.
It is helping to democratize and decentralizing gaming, putting wealth and opportunity in the hands of gamers all over the world rather than concentrating it in multi-billion dollar gaming companies. That can only be a good thing, in our view.
Having looked at lots of these games, we wanted to bring you our Top 10 Play-to-Earn games that we see leading the way in 2022.
Top 10 Play-to-Earn Games
Okay so let’s take a look at our top 10 P2E games that we believe will lead the way this year. Some of these are available to play now but some of them are still in beta/development mode and due to come out later in the year. When they do we believe they will be big hits so it may be worth getting in on them early if you can.
10. Splinterlands
Splinterlands is a card collecting and trading platform with characters that are like a mix between Pokemon and fantasy-style creatures.
You can play it either on your phone or a desktop and the aim of the game is to collect the cards and the in-game currency, Dark Energy Crystals (DEC). The game is based around battles between your cards – which are NFTs – and those of other players. By winning battles you are awarded DEC, which you can then use to buy more powerful cards and move up the ranks.
You start out with a set of free cards but to move up the rankings you will need to either rent or buy cards to improve your army. Renting cards can be a good way to get going and is relatively cheap.
According to stats on Dappradar, Splinterlands has over 300,000 users at the time of writing and there have been over 2m transactions on the platform. It is quite a simple, fun game to play and could be a good place to start for those new to the play-to-earn space.
Zed Run is a virtual horse racing NFT game that was launched in 2019 and has established itself as one of the leading players in the space since then.
In the game you can buy NFT of horses and then race them in virtual horse races to win cash prizes. You can also breed your horses and in fact some people make a living just from breeding horses and then selling them.
Virtually Human Studio (VHS), the company behind Zed Run, raised $20m in a Series A fundraising in 2021 which included investment from venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Red Beard Ventures. They have sold over $30m in racehorse NFTs since launching, even though the game is still officially in beta. Zed Run have partnered up with big brands like Atari and Stella Artois which hints at the marketing opportunities available for them going forward.
To join the game now the main option is to buy a horse on the secondary market via sites like Open Sea. Some of the top horses have sold for prices above $50,000. The most valuable horses in the game are the original “Genesis” horses that have a very limited supply and have all now been minted.
The horses are all classified by bloodline (Buterin, Finney, Nakamoto or Szabo), breed type (Genesis, Legendary, Exclusive, Elite or Cross) and genotype (with Z1 being the best all the way down to Z100+). These factors all have an impact on the quality of the racehorse and there is also a randomness to it, as in real life.
Zed Run has had some teething problems, most notably in the “drops” they conducted when selling horses, which we can testify from our own experience did not run smoothly and resulted in a lot of frustration from the community.
Interestingly though they are making some changes to the gameplay of Zed Run to take into account community concerns. These changes include allowing horses to be retired and introducing an in-game cryptocurrency to make payouts in rather than dollar amounts.
Whilst it has experienced some issues in its early years, Zed Run has still achieved a lot in a short space of time and we believe has a lot of potential to become a leader in the sports play-to-earn space. It is a project we are watching with interest.
Axie Infinity is a Pokémon style game where you collect and battle little bright-coloured creatures called Axies.
In terms of numbers of users, Axie Infinity is one of the top, if not the top, play-to-earn game out there. With 2.8m daily active users and billions of dollars traded on their marketplace, it has really exploded and taken the P2E space by storm. There are apparently large numbers of players in places like the Philippines who earn a daily living off the game.
There are various ways you can earn money in the game including winning the battles, breeding Axies or trading them on the market. The price of the Axie Token (AXS) sky-rocketed as the popularity of Axie Infinity took off, going from less than $1 in early 2021 to over $160 in November, before falling all the way back to $69 at the time of writing. There is also the the in-game token, the Smooth Love Potion (SLP), which you earn for winning battles.
It appears however that there may be some problems with Axie Infinity’s token economy, with SLP having fallen 96% in value. Reports suggest this is due to an increasing supply of the token, with more and more players being awarded it for winning battles. This inflation in the supply of the token is not being matched on the demand side, with a lot less of it being burned than created. Sky Mavis, the developers of Axie Infinity, have themselves acknowledged that “this inflation in the token is not sustainable” and are considering various mechanisms for decreasing its supply in the long run.
Such issues are not limited to Axie Infinity though and all P2E games will have to carefully design and refine their token economies to ensure they work in the long term and are sustainable. Circular economies that provide utility – and thereby demand – for a token to balance out the high supply of constantly paying it out to users in the game are likely to succeed in the long run.
Hopefully the recent token economy issues can be resolved for Axie and despite the recent troubles it is still a hugely popular game so we felt warranted a place on this list.
Champions Ascension is a game due to launch soon that will have a streetfighter style aspect it whilst also having a high-fantasy universe to explore in the game.
The game studio developing it, Jam City, is one of the top ones out there having developed big titles like Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and Family Guy as well as making games for Disney. They are classed as what is known as a “AAA” game developer – the top tier of game design and there have been over 1.3bn installs of their games in total.
Champions Ascension is set in the world of Massina, a fantasy arena in which you engage in gladiatorial clashes to try and move up the rankings. The idea is that if you win these clashes you can ascend to a higher tier and access additional features. Ultimately if you ascend high enough you may be able to become an eternal, stealing the power of life and death from the gods.
The game will be play-to-earn, with NFTs and an in-game currency although there are no details yet on the mechanics. The first NFTs to drop will be 10,000 “Prime Eternals” which will all be unique and have special powers during battle. These are likely to be highly sought-after and we can see them going for significant amounts of money.
The graphics for Champions Ascension look really impressive and with such a stellar team behind the project we are expecting the game to be a big hit in 2022 – and beyond.
Next up we have a football management game called Footium. If you have ever played games like Championship Manager, Football Manager and PES Club Manager over the years then the concept of Footium will probably sound familiar to you.
Essentially you take ownership of a football club (which is an NFT) with its own history, fanbase, stadium and academy. They are not real football clubs but have invented names like Bromber Town and Haddle FC. You have to manage the club by making deals in the transfer market, choosing the tactics, investing in the stadium, training young players in your academy and doing all the other things that go into running a club.
There will be daily matches against other clubs and promotion and relegation each season, which will take place over one month. There will be rewards of Footium tokens, which are the in-game cryptocurrency you can win for finishing high up the leagues or winning a cup. You can also earn Footium tokens by selling players on the transfer market – the players are also NFTs.
Footium looks like a lot of fun and should appeal to fans of football management games. Having the ability to earn rewards for doing well in the game is very appealing and should make it ultra-competitive. As football fans ourselves this is one of the games we are looking forward to most.
One of the most hotly-awaited play-to-earn games of the year is Illuvium. This will be an open-world role-playing adventure game built on Ethereum. The aim of the game is to capture special creatures called Illuvials, which have deity-like characteristics.
There are over 100 Illuvials in the game, which are broken down into five classes and five affinities, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. You have to battle against other players and if you win, your Illuvials become more powerful. You can also fuse and upgrade the Illuvials to create more powerful ones and progress in the game.
The graphics for Illuvium look stunning and it is no wonder it is one of the most eagerly-awaited P2E games, with a huge following of nearly 250,000 on Twitter and 19,000 on Telegram. The Illuvium token skyrocketed from around $60 all the way up to $1,900, before falling to around $780 at the time of writing. That still leaves it with a market cap of nearly $8bn though.
The play-to-earn aspect of the game will reward players with the ILV token for winning battles and successfully completing challenges and quests. The Illuvials themselves are NFTs but there will also be in-game items, creatures and upgrades available as NFTs within the game.
Role-playing games (RPGs) were hugely popular a few years ago with titles like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy having millions of players at their peak. These games have lost a little of their lustre since then, but a game studio trying to revive the genre is Gala Games with their title Mirandus.
This is a game set in a medieval fantasy world where your character has to journey around and complete quests, battle monsters and try to earn a token called “Materium,” which is the in-game cryptocurrency.
The interesting thing about Mirandus is that the entire in-game economy – from baking bread and milking cows, to running shops and inns, forging weapons and so on will be owned by the players. So you can own these items as NFTs and sell your produce to other players who will need them whilst on their journey through the game. There is also land, buildings and ships which you can own as NFTs and charge rent on. You can also purchase certain avatars – or “exemplars” – such as elves, dwarves, orcs and haflings that will have certain advantages within the game.
The fantasy world Gala are creating for Mirandus looks amazing and there is a great deal of anticipation for the game’s release, with large numbers registering for the early beta tests. This one looks like it could be huge when the final version is released.
Another RPG game that is hotly-awaited is a time-travelling epic called Big Time. In it you will be able to join with friends to adventure across time and space. You will journey across different time periods and civilizations and battle monsters, power-up your character and complete challenges.
The idea is that each player will have their own time machine, which is a “personal metaverse” – or a portal to your own pocket universe. In your time machine you can hang out with friends or show off your NFTs and collectibles.
You can also expand your time machine by obtaining a SPACE NFT, which they have just completed the first sale of, with 60,000 being sold out of a total supply of 600,000. Within your SPACE, you will be able to store time-keepers and forges, which can earn tokens for you. The larger the space the more items you will be able to store within it.
Big Time is another game that looks very impressive and has a strong AAA team behind it, with people who have previously worked at EA, Blizzard and Epic games leading the development. There is a huge buzz behind it with big followings on social media and the initial sale of the NFTs selling out is a sign of the interest in the project.
If you have ever played farming games like Farmville and Sims then the concept of Town Star will probably sound familiar to you. Basically you run a town and have to farm crops and livestock and produce goods to sell on the market, which you can then use to upgrade your town and produce more goods.
The game is produced by Gala Games, who are one of the leading blockchain game developers and also the team behind another title on this list, Mirandus. Whilst that game is still in development though, Town Star is available to play and earn from now.
In order to be able to earn, you need to own NFTs, which are the in-game items like shops, storage, water fountains, solar panels and the like. Then if you complete a daily challenge, you will earn a fixed number of Town Coin depending on which NFTs you have. You also need to have “Gala Power” in your wallet, which basically means owning enough Gala Tokens or Town Coin.
Town Star is a fun game to play and can be quite addictive, as anyone who has played games like Farmville can testify. It requires quite a bit of strategy to plan out your town, decide where you will place things and allocate resources, so will appeal to people who like a bit of thinking involved in their games. We have really been enjoying it and is a game we can see appealing to a wide variety of people and not just hard-core gamers.
Regular followers of ours will not be surprised at our number one choice and that is the fantasy football blockchain game Sorare.
Founded in 2019 by a pair of French entrepreneurs, Sorare has gone from strength to strength, raising $50m in venture capital in February 2021 before going on to raise $680m just a few months later. Their sales of cards have topped $350m and user growth has accelerated, with over 1 million registered users and close to 100,000 paying users.
Sorare is a cross between a traditional card-collecting platform like Panini and Topps where you can collect digital cards of your favourite footballers and a fantasy football game, which you can enter those cards in to win prizes. We joined Sorare last year and have been tracking our journey here, with over $20,000 in prizes won so far.
The game is very engaging and gets you following teams and leagues from around the world that you didn’t previously follow, eager to see how your players are performing on the pitch. There is also the option of scouting players to try and find the next hot prospect in the hope of being able to flip cards for profit. In addition there is also a hugely active community around Sorare, with lots of content creators churning out videos and blogs all the time.
Sorare are due to branch out into other sports in 2022, with US sports being highest on the list of priorities. With so much firepower at their disposal it’s very exciting to see where Sorare goes next. We have found their football game to be the most fun, engaging and rewarding game we have played in a long time so for that reason it comes top of our list of the top play-to-earn games right now.
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Next up in our series of Members’ Choice Awards is the accolade of Best (Other) Sports Service 2021.
This is the turn of those services that either focus on sports other than the “big two” of horse racing and football, or combine a range of sports into one service.
This can include anything from golf to tennis, cricket, NFL, darts and more. So it is quite a wide playing field and this was a competitive category.
It is often in these more niche services that you find the best value however, so it is a category to keep an eye on.
But without further ado, let’s have a look at the results.
In third place was the ever-consistent Premier Greyhound Tips, a service we have been proofing for a full six years now and continues to deliver the goods, with over 950 points profit made in total.
In second place was a service that performed very well in a trial we ran in 2020 and had a solid 2021 and that is the Golf Insider. So well done to them on the runner-up award in this category.
Now we move on to the winner of the award.
Best (Other) Sports Service 2021
This year’s winner will be a familiar name to many of our regular followers here and has in fact captured this very same award the last two years.
Yes the winner of the award of Best (Other) Sports Service is…
They remain a very popular service with our members and rightly so in our view, with a unique offering. Their stats database – the “gamestate app” is excellent and they have a good record across a variety of sports.
In our review of the service their football Overs Bot made over £5,000 profit during our trial. They also delivered excellent profits on their US sports bets.
So to recap, here are the final results for the award of Best Sports Service 2021:-
Trade on Sports
Golf Insider
Premier Greyhound Tips
So congratulations to the whole team at TOS on the win. The eagle-eyed of you may have noticed the top 3 is actually exactly the same as last year! So clearly these services have demonstrated long-term consistency, which is what we like to see.
Here is what Pete Nordsted from Trade On Sports had to say on receiving news of the award:
“We are delighted to have been awarded the best Sports (Other) betting service for the 3rd year running.
It is thanks to the input from our vibrant community that gives us the ideas that enables us to come up with new strategies as well as developing some ground breaking applications.
The tennis & football applications are ever evolving, and we have everything covered from pre match stats and price moving indicators to the best inplay analysis available on the web.
We look forward to serving our members with what will hopefully be another successful year.”
Well done again to Pete and his team and that wraps up this year’s award for Best (Other) Sports Service 2021.
That leaves just the final award in our series, Best Overall Betting Service, which we will announce shorty.
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First up we’d like to say a Happy New Year from Honest Betting Reviews! We hope you had a good NYE wherever you were in the world and have a healthy, happy and prosperous 2022.
Now we move on to the next in our series of awards voted for by you, the members of Honest Betting Reviews.
This time it’s the turn of Best Matched Betting Service 2021 and in this category there was a clear winner.
Matched betting has become more difficult in recent years as the bookies have tried to make it harder for punters to make a living from it. However, the top matched betting services have continued to innovate to stay one step ahead of the bookies and there are still plenty of free bets and bonuses to take advantage of every day.
Anyway, without further ado let’s have a look at how the voting went.
In third place was Profit Accumulatorfrom Sam Stoffel, a service that remains popular throughout the UK and can now be seen advertising on YouTube.
Coming in second place was the renowned Oddsmonkey, which made £1,045 in our review of it back in 2017 and has been a favourite of punters ever since.
But which service took top slot this year?
Best Matched Betting Service 2021
Well this year’s winner is no stranger to regular followers and also won this award for the last three years. It is seemingly immovable atop the rankings of matched betting services.
Congratulations to Mike Cruickshank, the developer of Profit Maximiser and generally known as the “doyen of matched betting.”
He makes it an unprecedented four in a row in this category, finishing well ahead of the competition and cementing PM’s place as the number one matched betting choice amongst our members.
Here is how the voting went:-
Profit Maximiser
Oddsmonkey
Profit Accumulator
Whilst it was a close contest last year, it was a runaway victory this year with Profit Maximiser collecting nearly twice as many votes as the second placed service.
Here is what Mike had to say on receiving news of the award:
“Thanks to all of the HBR users who voted for Profit Maximiser. It’s great to be voted as the number 1 Matched Betting website again.
Things have picked up again over the last 12 months as there have been no lockdowns effecting sport.
I’m very optimistic for 2022. I think it’s going to be even better as competition increases between bookmakers for market share. This will help us make our clients even more profit!”
Well done to Mike on making it four wins in a row and we look forward to seeing what he’s got in store for PM members this year.
The over/under goal markets are some of the most popular to bet on these days. Most people focus on the over 2.5 goals market, and sometimes the over 1.5 goals market, but you can also bet on the over 0.5 goals market.
There are numerous ways to approach this market, whether you are betting pre-match, in-play or combining it with other markets.
We will have a look at some of these strategies for the over 0.5 goals market and how you can potentially profit from it below.
What is the Over 0.5 Goals Market?
Before we start looking at strategies for betting on the over 0.5 goals market, let’s just take a look at how it works.
If you are backing over 0.5 goals in the over/under 0.5 goals market you are betting for there to be at least one goal in a game of football. There can be any number of goals, just as long as there is at least one, and you will win your bet.
The only score you can lose on is 0-0.
Some people ask why it is 0.5 goals, because obviously you can’t score half a goal in football! Well the answer is that it gives a clear result one way or the other (so the bet can’t be a draw). There will either be 0 goals, in which case the bet loses, or at least one goal, in which case the bet wins.
Backing over 0.5 goals is the same as laying 0-0 on the correct score market.
Why Should You Bet on Over 0.5 Goals?
Betting on over 0.5 goals can be attractive because of the high chances of success. Only 5-10% of matches in the major European soccer leagues finish with a scoreline of 0-0, so you can win a high proportion of your bets on this market.
It can also be fun to bet on this market as you can cheer on a goal for any side, not worried about who will win but just wanting the ball to fly in the back of the net at some stage and you can yell “GOOOOOOAAAALLLLLL!!!” at the top of your voice.
It can be particularly attractive for teams who play attacking football and are very unlikely to draw a blank. We take a look at this in more detail below.
The other reason to bet on the over 0.5 goals market is that it has very good liquidity, meaning there is lots of money in the market and you can obtain good value in most cases.
Of course, because there is such a high probability of there being at least one goal in most matches, the odds for the overs are poor. It is often between 1.05 and 1.1.
So you don’t win much each occasion you back it, unless you place a massive stake – which isn’t recommended of course. The exception would be if it is a fixed percentage of your bank (and you also have a concurrently big bank of course).
Plus it can be frustrating to sit through a game when no goals are scored, hoping for the deadlock to be broken right up until the 90th minute, only to be disappointed. Some games look like they will never have a goal, whilst others see chances raining in from all sides but are feted to finish goalless. Either way it’s a frustrating bet to have to sit through for 90 minutes only to end up losing.
Getting the Most Our of Your Over 0.5 Goals Bets
These days it is definitely better to place your over 0.5 goals bets on the exchanges like Betfair. They have the best liquidity and value, whether you are betting pre-match or in-play.
It can also be worth checking an odds comparison site for the bookies’ odds just to be sure, but we would imagine in the vast majority of cases you will find better value on Betfair.
Over 0.5 Goals Betting Strategy
Now we will take a look at over the 0.5 goals betting strategy. With the odds being so low for over 0.5 goals, there can be merit in approaching it in a different way to just backing it and leaving it to run.
The first step to look for in this over 0.5 goals strategy is teams who are typically involved in high scoring games – so teams that both score goals and concede them. We want leaky defences and strong attacks that give us the best chance of there being a goal.
You can use a site like soccerstats to get full statistics on teams and their scoring records. Look for teams that have a very high number of games without a 0-0. A list of teams below shows teams who have had a high number of games without a goalless draw.
Stats for 2020/21 Season:
Man City: 0 games at home finished 0-0
Liverpool: 1 game at home finished 0-0
Barcelona: only 1 game all season finished 0-0
Real Madrid: 1 game at home finished 0-0
PSV: only 1 game all season finished 0-0
Having found a suitable team in a set-up that suits, then what you do is back the over 0.5 goals at the start of the game. It may be as low 1.05 in some cases.
Although this doesn’t appear to be great value on the face of it, when you consider many of teams listed above go more than 30 games without a 0-0, it can actually represent good value.
Another thing to look at is sides who have key defenders missing and therefore are more likely to concede goals than the odds would suggest. This can present excellent value.
This is a strategy where you are looking to slowly build up a bank over time. Because of the very high strike rate (expected to be over 90%), you can bet 10% of your bank on each match.
As you may end up having winning runs of 20, 30, or even 40+ matches, your bank can then really grow even though the wins to start off will be small. That is the beauty of compounding.
An alternative over 0.5 goals strategy is to wait until the game has gone in-running and then look to exploit opportunities as they arise.
With this approach, you wait until the second half and then assess how the game has progressed.
You can use in-play tools like the In Play Scannerto find instances where lots of chances are being created and a goal is likely to be scored.
The odds will generally move in accordance with how much of the game has elapsed and the odds at the start rather than how open a game is, so if you can find matches where shots are raining in on goal and chances are being created, you could find some strong value.
You can also use sites like Flashscores that have live stats including the number of shots on and off target, possession and corners for each game, which gives a good guide to how a game is unfolding.
Some sites like Fotmob now even have live xG (expected goals) data, allowing you to see a quick summary of how much goal action there has been in a game as it is unfolding.
Waiting Until Half-Time
If you are prepared to wait until half time, there can be rich rewards as the odds on over 0.5 goals will move significantly outwards.
Here is an example from the UAE league:
As you can see, the game is 0-0 at half time and the odds for over 0.5 goals have moved all the way to 1.52.
They were as low as 1.08 at the start, so have more than quadrupled between kick-off and half-time:
So by waiting until half-time you will be securing much better odds – and more goals are scored in the second half of football matches than the first, so the stats are in your favour.
Would this game be a good one to back over 0.5 goals in though at this stage?
Well you would get the best impression of that if you had been watching the game. Even if you haven’t though, you can still take a look at the stats via a site like Flashscores.
If there have been lots of chances created and shots on target, it could be a good one to get involved in. Generally we like games with at least four shots on target by half-time and a few more shots off target. Less than that and it would suggest the game is not particularly attacking and could be better to avoid.
Another approach is to wait until the last 30 minutes of a game. This is of course more risky, but if it is a very open game with plenty of efforts on goal, then it can pay to bet on the deadlock being broken.
If you are following this strategy then you really want to focus on sides with a penchant for scoring late goals. Think for example of Man Utd under Alex Ferguson or Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp. Both teams were famous for never giving up and pressing on right until the end of matches – often scoring goals in stoppage time.
Summary
The over 0.5 goals market is a straightforward one to bet in as all you need is one goal to be scored to win your bet.
The odds are generally very low to bet in this market – often between 1.05 and 1.1.
This does not mean there are not opportunities to make money out of a good over 0.5 goals strategy though – if you look at certain teams, certain situations and follow games in-running then you can make the market pay for you.
During December we gave you the chance to vote for your favourite betting systems of the year in our “Members Choice Awards 2021.”
Our first award was Best Football Service and that went to the ever-popular trading platform Goal Profits.
Today it’s the turn of the gee-gees and the award of Best Horse Racing Service 2021.
So how did the voting go this year?
Best Horse Racing Service 2021
It was a very competitive contest with some great services to choose from.
In third place was a personal favourite of ours, the tipster Loves Racing. With over 250 points profit made across his various strategies in 2021, it was another top year for this racing expert.
In second place was a relative new service to us here at HBR, with our review of their tips just completed a couple of months ago and that is Hanbury Racing. With 238 points profit made during our trial and a string of winners since then, this service has emerged as an impressive new kid on the block.
Topping the standings this year though with a clear lead in the end was…
Yes it is perhaps no surprise to our regular followers that Quentin came out on top in our awards once again after clinching the prize back in 2019.
Mr Franks has now amassed over £17,500 profit to £10 stakes since he began tipping and it was yet another stellar year for him with 222 points profit made in 2021. We can understand why Quentin’s service is so popular with members.
So here are the Final Rankings then for Best Horse Racing Service 2021:
Quentin Franks Racing
Hanbury Racing
Loves Racing
So the spoils go to Mr Franks and here is what the man himself had to say on receiving news of the award:
“I was thrilled to hear the news of this award just after Christmas.
Since I started sharing my selections back in 2014 I’ve thoroughly enjoyed providing this service.
This really is my full-time job, I am a legitimate ‘full-time’ punter, and I follow all of my selections with my own money. My day is literally spent watching replays of races, live racing, and keeping up to date with all relevant industry and stable news.
It brings me great pleasure to know that others are following my selections, achieving success against the bookies, and making good levels of profit.
I thank members and supporters so much for this award. I know we have losing runs from time to time, but ultimately we’re always up over the long-term as the review shows here on Honest Betting Reviews, and of course as my own results show on the Betting Gods page.
Here’s to you all for your support, and let’s continue together in 2022.
Thanks again,
Quentin”
So that wraps up our second award and well done again to Quentin Franks. We’ll be back early in the New Year with the next award in the series.
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We hope you had a good Christmas and have recovered from all the festivities.
As this year draws to a close, we have been running a contest to choose the best betting services of 2021, as voted for by you in our Members’ Choice Awards 2021.
The voting closed on Christmas Eve and we would like to say thank you to everyone who voted. We had a record number of participants which is much appreciated.
It’s good to be able to recognise those services who have performed well this year and hopefully helped us make a profit.
The votes have now been counted and we are pleased to announce the first award in our series – for the Best Football Service (tipster or betting system) of the year.
Best Football Service 2021
How did it all pan out then once all the votes were counted?
The top two places were actually a repeat of last year’s, with football systems builder Predictology claiming second spot. It made a decent 38 points profit during our trial and has remained a popular choice among members.
But which service grabbed the top spot?
Well the service in question has won quite a few other awards (including this award the last three years) so it’s probably not too much of a surprise that it landed the spoils once again.
Yes, the winner was the hugely popular football trading service…
They seem to pick up awards for fun and have done it yet again, with a runaway win in this year’s voting.
Here is confirmation of the top three then in the category of “Best Football Service 2021” as voted for by you, the members of Honest Betting Reviews:
1. Goal Profits 2. Predictology 3. = JK Diego’s Draw Betting System & Bookie Insiders Football
A big congratulations then to Goal Profits on sweeping yet another award and it was well deserved judging by all the feedback we have had on the service over the years.
It’s a service we did a re-review of last yearand gave a resounding PASSED rating to and an award of 4.5 stars.
Here is what Steve Brown of Goal Profits had to say on receiving news of the award:
“Thanks Dan, this is great news!
Way back in 2013, we set out to build the perfect research and trading tools from scratch. There are lots of stats sites about, but they’re designed to get clicks on bookie ads which is useless for anyone who values their time. It’s hard work to research lengthy fixture lists when there’s no thought given to what traders actually want, so we put that right.
We crowdfunded the development work by offering affordable memberships and it’s worked a treat! All Goal Profits members now have access to the tools they need to make trading easier and quicker. We’re continually adding new features too, many of which are suggested by members. It’s a brilliant community project which improves year after year.
The Goal Profits team is now up to five full-timers. All of us are online seven days a week to support members and make sure that they have the very best experience possible. We must be doing a lot right as we keep winning these awards!
We’re looking forward to adding plenty more value in 2022. There are always new ideas coming in and we have a large development budget which will be put to very good use.
Thanks again to you and all your members!”
So it is just left for us to say well done once again to Goal Profits on being voted Best Football Service of 2021 and we are looking forward to seeing what they’ve got in store for next year.
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Honeysuckle proved her class earlier this year with a dominant display in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. The mare prevailed by seven lengths in a strong field which included the 2020 winner Epatante.
The defending champion is set to appear at the Festival again in March, where she will be bidding to do it all over again in the premier hurdles contest in jump racing. On the evidence of her opening run of the season, she is going to take some beating.
Henry De Bromhead’s runner returned to action in the Grade One Hatton’s Grace Hurdle. She travelled strongly throughout that race at Fairyhouse before scoring by eight lengths.
Honeysuckle is now odds-on at 4/5 if you are looking to bet on horse racing for the 2021 Champion Hurdle. It is going to take a tremendous performance to beat the mare, as she has proved on multiple occasions she is the leading 2m hurdler in the UK and Ireland.
The Champion Hurdle winner is likely to be popular in today’s horse racing tips for the Matheson Hurdle over the Festive period. The Grade One contest at Leopardstown is set to be her next assignment. It could be her penultimate outing before her trip to Cheltenham.
100% Record Remains in Her Career
After 13 starts under Rules and an appearance in a point-to-point, Honeysuckle has yet to suffer defeat. She made her debut in a points race at Dromahane in April 2018. Later that year, she appeared for the first time under Rules, winning at Fairyhouse in a maiden hurdle over 2m4f.
Honeysuckle’s opening Grade One success came in the Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final at Fairyhouse in April 2019. The following season she was victorious in three Grade One contests, with wins coming in the Hatton’s Grace Hurdle, Irish Champion Hurdle and Mares’ Hurdle, the latter coming at the 2020 Cheltenham Festival.
Last season, the Irish horse won all four of her assignments. She defended her crowd in the Irish Champion Hurdle and then ended her campaign with another win at the top level at the Punchestown Festival.
Familiar Rivals Set to Tackle Honeysuckle
Honeysuckle is familiar with the majority of the rivals she will face in the Champion Hurdle next year. The biggest challenger to her, according to the betting, is Sharjah. He finished behind the mare three times last season.
Willie Mullins’ hurdler has made a strong start to the 2021/22 campaign. He scored in the Grade One Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown, beating a field that included Zanahiyr and Echoes In Rain.
Sharjah chased home Honeysuckle in the Champion Hurdle in 2021. If he is to reverse the form with the unbeaten mare, he is going to need to improve again this season.
2020 winner Epatante is also set to have another shot at the 2m hurdles contest on the opening day of the Cheltenham Festival. Nicky Henderson’s runner finished in a dead heat for first place in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle on her seasonal reappearance. The seven-year-old mare was over nine lengths behind Honeysuckle last March so she has to produce more at Cheltenham.
Next year’s Champion Hurdle takes place on the 15th March and it will be the 92nd running of the race.
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Many punters will talk about discipline when they are discussing betting and betting patterns, but just how important is it? The truth is that if you want to be a successful punter, you must have discipline, without it, you are going to struggle to move forward.
What you bet on forms most of the talk around discipline, but this covers sports and leagues, the markets you use and also the types of bet you place. You need to be an expert in the field you are betting on to be a success. Going from picking out Chelsea to win the Champions League to choosing the winners of NBA and NFL games on a regular basis is not something that very many people can do.
Discipline keeps you on the right track and prevents you from venturing into areas where you will make a loss. Get this right, and your chances of winning will improve. Without it, you have little to no chance at all.
The Betting Markets You Use
One of the most important aspects of being a disciplined punter is choosing the betting markets you are going to use and sticking with them.
Many bookmakers have enhanced their services in recent years, bringing in a wide range of new betting markets for customers to enjoy. This covers many sports and here at Space Casino there is a great focus on football and a wide range of markets to choose including match-winners, goals, player bets, half time bets and much more.
The choice on offer is excellent, and it will ensure you can select the right market for the bet you want, but the key thing in terms of discipline is to not use too many markets. Stick with ones that you know and have enjoyed success with before.
What Sports Should You Bet On?
Much of the same can be said for the sports you bet on. If you want to bet seriously, you have to be a big fan of a particular sport, and watch it, as well as keep up with the latest news. Otherwise, you are setting yourself up to fail.
You need to ensure that the sports you are following and betting on have no clashes too. For example, if you are staying up to watch NHL games, such as the recent Colorado Avalanche win listed here on ESPN over the New York Rangers, then you are not going to be able to watch NBA basketball, which takes place at the same time.
Only bet on sports you know and watch on a regular basis, and make sure you don’t force clashes upon yourself that will cause viewing problems.
Choosing a Bet Type
The final aspect of discipline is the bet type you choose. Many people try and find additional selections to add to their bet, in a bid to boost the odds. This is not advisable, and you should never go looking for selections in order to make up the numbers on your bet.
The best bet type is one that suits the selections you have without finding more. This way, you are not stretching based on the odds. Instead you are sticking to selections you think will win, regardless of the odds on offer.
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If you’ve been a long-term follower of ours here at Honest Betting Reviews you will know we occasionally like to venture into territory beyond betting and look at other opportunities like crypto, forex and the like.
We recently took a look at fantasy football game Sorare for example and have been doing very well playing that and earning rewards.
Well today we are going to take a look at another “play to earn” opportunity and this one is called Town Star from a company called Gala Games.
The game is a little like Farmville, which was a very popular simulation game where you built your own farm and sold crops and produce. At its peak it had over 80 million active monthly users.
Town Star actually comes from the same people who designed Farmville, so they clearly know what they are doing.
And the great thing about Town Star is you can actually earn income (in the form Town Coin which you can then convert to fiat currency) by playing it.
Some people are already earning over $100 per day playing it and the game is still in its very early stages.
So it looks like an exciting opportunity and one we’ll do a deep dive into below in terms of what it’s all about, how you can earn income from it and the long-term potential of Town Star.
As with anything else in this sector though, we would issue the usual disclaimer to only put in an amount you can afford to lose in a platform like this because it is risky and lots of things could happen to affect the returns or the game itself.
The Play-to-Earn Gaming Revolution
The play-to-earn gaming revolution has taken the world by storm and is shaking up the traditional video game industry.
Games like Axie Infinity have over 2m users and the Axie token has grown from less than a dollar to over $140 at the time of writing with an $8.6bn market cap.
Most of these play-to-earn games work on the basis that they have their own in-game currency, much like games have done for many years.
However, rather than that currency being worthless outside the game as is the case with traditional games, with these new play-to-earn games the companies making them issue a cryptocurrency that is listed on exchanges like Coinbase and Binance.
As you win this currency in the game for completing tasks or winning tournaments, you can then sell the currency on exchanges and convert it to fiat currency – pounds, dollars and Euros etc.
The play-to-earn revolution is still in its infancy but there are already people making a full-time living from it. Some people have even set up specialist groups – called “guilds” where they pool resources, knowledge and game-time to compete as a team and improve their returns.
Others who don’t have time to spend hours playing video games but do have the resources to buy the crucial in-game assets actually recruit people to play the game for them and then share rewards – apparently popular with Axie Infinity in particular.
It’s very much an evolving space and a “brave new world” so to speak, but no doubt is exciting from the point of view of being able to generate some extra revenue on the side by playing games.
Town Star is at the forefront of this play-to-earn revolution and is still in its early stages so the potential is there to see a lot of growth over the coming months and years.
Town Star is a play-to-earn farming game that was launched by Gala Games earlier this year.
It runs on the blockchain and has its own cryptocurrency which you can earn, called Town Star (often referred to as “Town Coin”).
The game looks like this:
If you’re familiar with Farmville you’ll probably recognise lots of the features like the crops, animals, farm houses and so on.
Town Star is actually a really fun game to play, as well as being quite addictive! The 80m users Farmville had at its peak testify to how appealing these types of games can be. They are pretty simple at their core, but building up your farm (or town) from nothing to producing lots of goods is quite satisfying.
In essence the key is to build a sustainable town that produces its own power and gasoline and sells its goods to nearby cities. These sales help to pay your workers and build new infrastructure for your town.
Once you are set up and running there are guides on Town Star to help explain how everything works in more detail.
How do you Earn on Town Star?
As described above, most play-to-earn games issue their own cryptocurrency. The makers of Town Star, Gala Games, have issued the Town Star Coin (TOWN) to reward players for completing a daily challenge or finishing in a high position on the leaderboard.
Finishing high up enough on the leaderboard to win a prize is very tough however so the main way of earning Town Coin is to complete the daily challenge.
In order to earn Town Coin from completing the daily challenge, you will need to own at least one NFT.
An NFT is an in-game item and in the case of Town Star it means the farming and industrial items you use in your town – like wheat storage, solar panels or a water fountain.
Once you have bought your NFT, you just need to place it in your town, complete the daily challenge and then you earn a specific amount of Town Coin based on the particular NFT you own.
For example, if you own the Rare Sugarcane Storage, you will earn 14 Town Coin if you complete the daily challenge.
At the time of writing, one Town Coin is worth around $0.80.
So that’s $11.20 earned per day just for completing a few simple tasks that can take as little as a few minutes, once you have built up your town.
Now some people have very powerful NFTs that are earning them over 100 Town Coin per day, which is quite a nice little bit of extra income!
It’s important to note that in order to place more than one NFT in your town, you will need to have a certain amount of “Power” in your account. This means you need to hold either Gala Coin or Town Coin in your wallet. How Power is calculated is explained further below (see towards the bottom “A word on power levels in Town Coin”).
In any event, you can see that the potential to earn on Town Star is substantial. And if the game grows and the value of Town Coin grows too, those earnings could increase quite significantly (not a prediction, but just pointing out the potential!).
Plus you could compound your returns to buy more NFTs and earn more Town Coin. The possibilities are endless!
How do you get set up on Town Star and start Earning?
Okay so that’s the basics of how you can earn Town Coin in the game. How do you actually go about doing so though?
Well below we’ll take you through exactly how to get set up from scratch and starting earning Town Coin in a step-by-step guide.
It can essentially be broken down into six steps:
Open a Gala Games account for free
Buy some relevant tokens on an exchange and then transfer them into your Gala Wallet
Buy Town Star NFTs (non-fungible tokens)
Place them in your Town
Complete the daily challenge to earn Town Coin
Convert that Town Coin into fiat currency via an exchange (e.g. Coinbase or Crypto.com)
It’s pretty simple when summarised like that, but at the outset it can seem quite daunting and complicated if you’re not familiar with cryptocurrency and play-to-earn games, so let’s go through all that in a bit more detail.
Step One – Open a Gala Games Account
The first thing you’ll need to do to get going is open an account at Gala Games. It’s completely free and shouldn’t take long to do. You can open an account here.
Once you’ve opened your account, it’s important to note down your Private Key and Transfer Code as you’ll need them later (it’s worth actually writing these down and storing them somewhere safe, as there’s not much you can do if you lose them.) It’s also worth enabling two-factor authentication to protect your account.
Once in your account, you can click on the “games” tab at the top and it will take you to a list of the current games that Gala have in their portfolio. There you will see Town Star.
You can have a little play on Town Star there if you would like to check the game out and get a feel for it. There’s a free-to-play version just for that purpose.
Step Two – Buy some cryptocurrency and transfer it to your Gala Wallet
In order to buy an NFT on Town Star – which you will need to earn Town Coin – it is necessary to have some relevant cryptocurrency in your Gala wallet.
The three main currencies items are sold in are:
Town Star (TOWN)
Gala (GALA)
Ethereum (ETH)
So you will need to buy at least one of these tokens. Most of the NFTs are sold in either TOWN or GALA, so those are probably the best to have. Although you will also need at least a little bit of Ethereum (say $100 worth) to pay the gas fees when buying an NFT.
GALA token is listed on a number of exchanges, including:
Coinbase
Crypto.com
Binance
KuCoin
And TOWN is listed on:
OKEx
Uniswap
If you don’t have a crypto account yet then don’t worry – here is a simple video showing you how to set one up with Coinbase, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of users:
Once you have an account set up with an exchange and have bought some tokens, you must then transfer them to your Gala Wallet.
In order to do so, you will need to click on “Inventory” on the top menu on the Gala website.
It will then show you your wallet and the various coins you can hold in there. Click on whichever coin you wish to deposit into your Gala account.
Let’s say we click on the Gala token. It will bring up this screen.
By clicking “Get Gala [ETH]” under the number at the top, it will then bring up your Gala wallet address, in both QR Code and full format.
You then withdraw from your Coinbase wallet (or whichever exchange you have bought your Gala coins in) to this Gala address.
It shouldn’t take too long for the Gala coins to appear, although sometimes transactions can be delayed if there’s a lot of traffic on the network. Please note you will normally also have to pay a fee (usually in Gala coins) to make the withdrawal.
As we say, in addition to Gala Coin (or Town Coin), you will need a bit of Ethereum in your Gala wallet to be able to buy an NFT, so don’t forget about that.
Anyway, once all that is done you will be all set to buy your first Town Star NFT!
Next up is the key to being able to earn income from Town Star – buying NFTs.
What are NFTs, you may ask?
Well, NFT stands for “Non-Fungible Token,” which have become quite popular recently in the art and sports worlds in particular, with a Beeple NFT selling for $69m back in March and the NBA Top Shot “moment” NFTs trading volume having crossed over $230m.
At their heart NFTs are blockchain assets that can’t be forged, copied or faked and confer genuine ownership which is provable on the blockchain. They also offer a degree of transparency and there are multiple possible uses for them.
In the gaming context however, NFTs are the in-game assets you use like swords, shields and tanks – or in the case of Town Star, farming-related tools and items.
These NFT assets are not only useful in Town Star to help you improve your farm – certain of them pay out a fixed number of Town Coin per day, as long as you complete the Daily Challenge.
At the time of writing, the cheapest usable Town Star NFT is a Grape Storage, which costs 1425 Gala coins (about $670). It pays out 11 Towncoin per day if used in your town and the daily challenge is completed.
So hypothetically if Town Coin stayed at today’s price, it would take approximately 76 days to pay back the cost of it – plus you would then still own the NFT of course.
To view the available NFTs, click on the “Store” tab at the top of the Gala Games website, this will show you all the NFTs that are available to purchase.
Above you can see some of the Town Star NFTs that are available in the store – a Haunted Main Tower, some solar panels, a skin pack and a “Mr Puddles” (who waters your crops).
Below each item is the cost in Town Coin. Please note that the skin packs do NOT pay out any Town Coin in the game. The other items listed above, and those like wheat and sugar storage, water towers, fountains etc do pay out Town Coin (at the time of writing, but that could be subject to change).
It’s also important to note that some items are listed in Town Coin, some in Gala Coin and some in Ethereum. You can check the relative dollar value of these currencies (and therefore the cost of the item you are buying) on a site like Coinmarketcap.com
Some items will be more expensive because of the currency they are listed in, so it is worth checking and ensuring you are getting value for money. On some items they give you a choice of currencies to pay in and on others there is only one currency you can use.
Once you have selected the NFT you wish to buy, you click on “Place Order.”
It will then take you through to the payment page:
Here you will have to select the sending speed, which is how much “gas” is necessary to complete the transaction on the Ethereum blockchain.
We normally select a little less than half way, but it doesn’t seem to matter too much.
The most important part is making sure you have enough Ethereum in your wallet to cover the gas fees and obviously enough of the relevant currency to purchase the item.
If it’s all gone through okay you will get a message saying “processing” and then a few hours later the item will appear in your “inventory” (which you can view by clicking on the tab on the top menu).
Alternatively you can also buy Town Star NFTs on the OpenSea marketplace. Make sure you only buy from the verified collection though (with a blue tick) as those unverified could be fakes.
Step Four – Place the NFT in Your Town
Well done if you’ve made it this far! You will now be locked and loaded to start earning some Town Coin in the game.
All you need to do is place your NFT and you’ll be good to go.
To do so, just click on a square on your Town, click the blue icon in the bottom right corner and it will bring up your available NFTs from your inventory.
Select the one you want to place in your town and it will place the NFT on the square you have selected.
It doesn’t matter exactly where you place your NFT in terms of earning Town Coin, but it makes sense to try and optimise the position in terms of the gameplay.
Step Five – Complete the Daily Challenge
The final step to earning your Town Coin is to complete the daily challenge.
What the daily challenge consists of will be explained to you when you enter the game each day, but at the time of writing it consists of hitting 1,000 stars by selling items from your town, which is pretty straightforward.
The daily challenges may become harder as time goes on, but for now they are very achievable and can be done in just a few minutes per day, once you have built up your town to a reasonable level.
Once you have completed the daily challenge, the icon on the middle right with the timer and blonde lady will go green. Just click on that and then on “claim rewards.”
It’s important to actually click on claim rewards as if you don’t remember to do so, you won’t actually earn the Town Coin!
After doing so though, it will tell you the rewards have been claimed and they will appear in your inventory.
Step Six – Convert Town Coin into Fiat Currency on an Exchange
Finally, it’s time to cash in! You have earned your Town Coin and decide you want to convert it into real money.
Just go to your Gala account, click on Town Coin, click “convert” and then you will be able to send it from your wallet to your exchange account.
On the exchange you can then sell the tokens, thus converting them to fiat currency.
Job done!
This can all sound very complicated to those new to the platform and unfamiliar with cryptocurrency, so our advice would be to take one step at a time and not try to do everything at once.
A Word on Power Levels on Gala Games
As mentioned above, in order to place more than one NFT in your town, you will need to have a certain amount of “Gala Power” in your account. This means you need to hold either Gala Coin or Town Coin in your wallet.
How Power is calculated is as follows:
⚡Gala Power⚡ Equation:
Gala Power = Gala Coin + (Town Coin*2)
⚡Gala Power⚡ Scale (Subject to change)
Levels 1–20: Every 5K ⚡Gala Power⚡ held increases your level by one Levels 21–35: Every 10K ⚡Gala Power⚡ held increases your level by one Levels 36–45: Every 25K ⚡Gala Power⚡ held increases your level by one Levels 46–55: Every 50K ⚡Gala Power⚡ held increases your level by one
…and so on.
What this means in practice is that you just need one Gala token in your Gala wallet to be able to place one NFT in your town.
But to place a second NFT in your town, will need 5,000 Power to move up a level. And to place a third NFT, you will need another 5,000 Power, and so on.
So you need either 5,000 Gala tokens, or a combination of GALA and TOWN that add up to 5,000 points to move up a level.
That could be 1,000 TOWN and 3,000 GALA for example (3000 GALA plus 1,000 TOWN x 2 = 5,000 power points).
With the big increase in the price of Gala recently it has become very expensive to move up the levels, so hopefully Gala will address this soon and make it more affordable. For the time being though this is what we have to work with.
Conclusion – Town Coin Play-to-Earn
The play-to-earn gaming revolution is taking the world by storm but it still very much in its early phases. Most gamers haven’t cottoned on to it yet, but will surely do so when they realise you can earn revenue from playing video games.
One of the first play-to-earn games is Town Star, which is a lot like the very popular game Farmville and actually comes from some of the same people.
You can earn income from Town Star by owning NFTs and completing daily challenges. It’s a fun game to play as well.
As with anything else in this sector though, we would issue the usual disclaimer to only put in an amount you can afford to lose in a platform like this because it is risky and lots of things could happen to affect the returns or the game itself.
As long as you stick to that though, we hope you enjoy playing Town Star and happy gaming!
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