Just a quick heads up for all you punters out there.

During the DDOS attack on Directbet a few nights ago, I managed to lose £55,000 in Darkcoins.

Obviously my poor judgement is not Directbet's fault.  However, because I was stupidly betting blind because the web site wasn't available I did not have the usual Win or Lose visual cue which contributed to me losing more than I normally would before calling it a night.  I had no idea how far in the hole I was.

When I realised how far I was down, I panicked and tried to win it back and ended up with nothing.  All before the web site came back up again.  Standard big loss tale really.

Obviously I made a huge mistake but I have suggested to Directbet that whilst their site is under attack and web pages not visible it might be fair to customers to suspend betting (or refund bets accordingly).  Blind blockchain betting is not what directbet is about.  Directbet initially conversed with me about this but have since gone silent.

If Directbet want to be the most professional outfit out there, they shouldn't make it possible for punters to bet blind.  A quick check with other online sportsbooks show that most suspend betting if their web site is down.  Please keep this in mind should Directbet "go dark" again.

Sadly, this is an otherwise perfect trust rating tarnished for me and I'll be taking my custom elsewhere.  One more further word of warning, as far as I can tell Direcbet are not licensed to operate as a bookmaker in the country they operate out of or in their major markets.

How did you manage to do this with the site down? DirectDice or something? If you were sports betting you'd need the wbsite to generate an address to send to surely?

First: Thanks for the professional outlet you're doing. That's something else, compared to most of this forums.

However, something I learned while betting everywhere; once the site starts getting buggy, you cash out and wait for the storm to pass. There are thousands of sites waiting for your money, so I'd recommend just visiting another site until the trouble is gone.

If and when our automated betting system is down, it is not possible to order new Direct Dice bets, but there is nothing we can do to stop you from funding existing bets by sending wagers to old bet addresses, for the obvious reason - You make the transfer from your own wallet and not from our website.

What we do in such cases is we roll the dice as soon as it is technically possible, and this is clearly stated in our rules.

We don't refund Direct Dice bets that are sent while our system is down because doing so will break the provably fairness by allowing us to selectively accept bets, and this will be extremely unfair to you, the players.

If your Direct Dice bet is received while our automated betting system is down, it will be processed and the dice will be rolled as soon as the system is back up.

There is no other option. Otherwise, it will not be provably fair.

Note that you can know in advance whether our automated betting system is up and running before sending your wager.

Simply go and refresh the Bet Status page of your Direct Dice bet. If it says "Send your bets now !" or "Open for Additional Betting" while displaying your bet address, you know the system is up and ready to process your bet. Otherwise, there will be a different message and the bet address will not be displayed.

Hello,

It has been 20 minutes since I made a bet. I am seeing this:

Bet Status : Pending

Message : Transfer received. Your bet will be processed shortly. Please check back momentarily.

And I don't know is did my bet went through or not?

Thanks

he sent money before maintance and now its maintaince and no bets will be processed, hence this is happening ..

If it was directdice, you will get the winnings even now , if won , as i got

the new VIP rewards system is alot better then the previous way.