Bookmaker site

• I studied Rails and I have an idea of creating a web service.

• In short, it’s a website where you can do something like horse racing within a community

• Flow:

• Someone starts a community (e.g. AtCoder Community)

  • The community has fictional points (Currency) within the group.
  • Members can create events (e.g. “Who will win AGC044?“)
    • There are multiple options, and community members can bet their community currency on them.
    • The odds for options with more bets decrease.
    • Essentially, it’s like a bookmaker.

• Use cases:

  • AtCoder Community
    • e.g. Who will win the next AGC?
  • School community
    • e.g. Who will rank first on the next test? (There are ethical issues)
    • e.g. Which class will have the highest sales at the school festival?
  • Soccer community
    • e.g. Which country will win the World Cup?

• This works because points (currency) circulate within a single community. It’s difficult to give value when crossing multiple communities.

  • Motivation for points can be achieved through presentation and leaderboards, etc.

• Pros:

  • If it spreads within a community, it can work even with a small number of total users.
    • => Even if it doesn’t spread widely, I would be happy if it is used in a certain community.

• Cons / Challenges:

  • The service cannot succeed unless people feel the value of points.
  • Negative image associated with gambling.

#gambling #Might implement