# How to bet

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-to-bet/175>\
**Category:** Counterparty\
**Created:** [March 11, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-to-bet/175 "2014-03-11T05:24:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![amy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@amy](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/amy)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-to-bet/175/1 "2014-03-11T05:24:46Z")

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[font=verdana][size=13px]Is there anybody bet successfully?[/size][/font][font=verdana][/size][size=13px]I used this command to bet, it’s failed.counterpartyd bet --source xx --feed-address xx --bet-type NotEqual --deadline 2014-03-11-17:00:00+0800 --wager 1 --counterwager 1 --target-value 3750 --leverage 5040 --expiration 20Error msg is like this:{‘message’: ‘Server error’, ‘code’: -32000, ‘data’: {‘message’: ‘3’, ‘args’: [3], ‘type’: ‘KeyError’}}Traceback (most recent call last):&nbsp; File “F:\Amy\counterpartyd\counterpartyd\_build\dist\counterpartyd\counterpartyd.py”, line 684, in &nbsp; &nbsp; args.unsigned)&nbsp; File “F:\Amy\counterpartyd\counterpartyd\_build\dist\counterpartyd\counterpartyd.py”, line 136, in cli&nbsp; &nbsp; unsigned\_tx\_hex = util.api(method, params)&nbsp; File “F:\Amy\counterpartyd\counterpartyd\_build\dist\counterpartyd\lib\util.py”, line 52, in api&nbsp; &nbsp; raise exceptions.RPCError(’{}’.format(response\_json[‘error’]))lib.exceptions.RPCError: {‘message’: ‘Server error’, ‘code’: -32000, ‘data’: {‘message’: ‘3’, ‘args’: [3], ‘type’: ‘KeyError’}}What’s wrong with my command? thanksI have used a simple python program to check the deadline format. The 2014-03-11-17:00:00+0800 is fine.[/size][/font]

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**Author:** ![bitcoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@bitcoiner](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/bitcoiner)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/how-to-bet/175/2 "2014-03-31T06:29:06Z")

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having the same problem