Funds sent to a contract does not show up in the contract

Question

I have this simple contract which has a payable method.

contract Betting is usingOraclize {
  function Betting() {
    //...
  }
  function sendEther() payable returns (uint) {
    return msg.value;
  }

The expected behavior is to accept ether and store it in the contract address. Everything works fine including the transaction except that the balance doesn't show up. It remains zero. Here is the etherscan details of the contract.

The last 2 transactions were made using the sendEther method invoked used web3.js. Still the balance of the contract is zero.

Answer 1

To accept the Ether from the wallet address you have to create a default fallback function which will be invoked default while your transferring Ether to it.

contract Betting is usingOraclize {
/* This event is triggered when this contract receives Ether */
event Transfer(address _from, uint256 _value);
function Betting() {
//...
}
// This function will get triggered when you send Ether to this contract address 
function () payable {
   Transfer(msg.sender, msg.value);
}

}

For more reference, refer under fallback function in solidity docs