Welcome to FTB
Forget the Bookie is a social platform for pool and personalised head to head betting where only the players win. It's designed for those who like sports, like a punt and love to be right. It will be owned by fans.
We are a middleman and don’t take bets, set odds, offer bingo or casino games. On FTB our players take on the role of the bookie. We will not hound you, blind you with ads or insult your intelligence, gifting you dozens of free spins on some mad digital one arm bandit as an act of random kindness.
Work has started on a site that swaps faceless, anonymous corporate bookies for a real life betting partner. Giving everyone an equal shot at winning and having a bit of craic while you are at it. Making it easier to place a fair bet and turn those empty afternoons into a world of anticipation, exhilaration and pleasure. Well at least for one of you!
The site will start with UK based football, followed by the rest of Europe. Then we will include other sports including Boxing, Cycling, MMA, GAA, Cricket, Aussie No Rules, Horseracing, Golf & Rugby. You can also play one of our very own weekly football pools.
If you are not a football fan do not worry. We have entertaining projects in development so you can enjoy pool betting on high profile sports like the European Cycling Tours, Golf Masters and International Rugby.
Lady Luck says it's time to give the big boys
a swift boot in the knackers
Free Spins for everyone offering Free Spins
Giving something back
To keep things interesting we have a series of weekly competitions. A portion of our pool betting will be going to these worthy winners. Rules are simple, you can only win once but you can enter as many times as you want. Entries for all competitions will be submitted by, promoted and voted on by our users. There are no committees on Forget the Bookie so whoever our community chooses wins the cash.
Good Causes
We know we are not living in a fairytale society so we are opening up the opportunity for our community to promote and donate to good causes. (Entries to be submitted in the form of a 30 second video.)
Good Craic
If there is one thing we love more than a punt it's a laugh so we have created our Talentless Competition. We don't care what it is but it better be funny. (Entries to be submitted in the form of a 30 second video.)
Good Looking
Our weekly beauty contest will provide a moment of glory for our nearest & dearest. Every week we will select a new Lady Luck for the front page of our site. All you need to do is, post a nice picture of your nan, wearing their team's colours and tell us why she deserves to win. Prize money should be enough to take you and her out somewhere nice for afternoon tea and buy her some new teeth if she needs them.
Good to Share
Nothing gets the imagination going more than a good tip straight from the horse’s mouth. So, if you have a top tip and think it worth sharing with the community why don’t you post it. Obviously, it would be good if it was sports related but as an open community we will afford this opportunity to do-gooders, messers and subject matter experts. As always, prize will go to the winner, now try and keep them relatively clean and at least semi-believable.
WHO WE ARE
We are geeks, fiercely passionate about our sports, like a fair fight and fed up betting against corporate big boys. We like to know who we are betting against.
Tech is our bread & butter. We have enjoyed successful careers serving clients across the world.
It's now time to take our experience, strap on the fancy boots, grab the mouse and revolutionise online betting. We have put our heads and cash together to take the biggest bet of our lives. Work has started on a new site where punters can once again enjoy every game they watch.
HOW IT WORKS
Playing is simple:
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Add funds to your account.
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Choose a game & post a bet, or.
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Find a bet posted by someone you think is either overly confident or sadly misguided. (There's usually plenty about, especially on derby days)
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Have a private chat, make it interesting with some of our many variables and shake hands.
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Enjoy the game.
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Loser releases winnings.
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Winner rates losers on speed of response.
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Engage with other users, join & build a network.
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Any problems, bring in the referee, his word is final and should be quicker than VAR.