Dear Blogabet members,


We have now launched captcha anti-bot protection for free picks so that humans can stand a chance to compete with the bots and be able to catch the odds.


Here are some important features of the new anti-bot system for free picks:


1. It is only enabled for picks of POPULAR members that have lots of e-mail followers


2. It is only for PINNACLE picks as problem with bots is not to be seen in other bookmakers, i.e. currently only PINNACLE has a public API that can be used by bots


3. It is not for all picks - on a random base only between 20 and 50% of the free PINNACLE picks by popular members will be affected. This we consider more than enough to make the bots disconnect or hire a 24/7 captcha-solving personnel :)


4. Protection works also in the blogs, feed, my tipsters and tips section, so no need for bot owners to look for alternative source, there is none left not protected.


5. Protection is only for 5 minutes after pick is published - this is more than enough for humans to follow. If you open the pick after more than 5 minutes you will NOT need to solve captcha again.


6. Some parts of the pick like sports and league are left unprotected so that humans that use some kind of basic automation like filtering in Gmail can continue to use it. Also stake size will be available soon without protection.



We believe that this update will bring immediate short-term relief from bots and legit human users will now have much better chance to follow free picks with PINNACLE odds. This is essential so that Blogabet remains useful to all of you and not just for a handful of bot users.



Kind regards,
Blogabet Team