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UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Craig on Wed Jun 02, 2010 9:27 pm

Wondered if people were up for this - possibly starting at the last-16 stage to void choosing teams like Australia, New Zealand etc, or from the start if we get enough interest in time.

Stake will be £5 and prizes will be organised on a "milestone" basis, with "pro rata" amounts for group winners/runners up and cup winners/runners up.

Obviously if we run it from the start, we need 32 confirmed people, so post here and let me know if you're in. Teams will be drawn at random, and you'll be emailed your choice when it's been made.

If you want to send me your stake as soon as, then feel free, my PayPal account is craig@cwatson.org, or you can PM me if you want to do a bank transfer. Make sure to mark your stake as a "gift", otherwise PayPal will deduct their evil charges from it rather than adding them on top.

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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Dian Wei on Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:21 pm

I might be game, but i've no idea bout football or gambling.
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Craig on Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:25 pm

Dian Wei wrote:I might be game, but i've no idea bout football or gambling.


Basically everyone puts a fiver into the pot and draws (or is drawn) a team. Depending on the rules we set out, if the team gets to a certain point (so wins their group, or wins the World Cup) then you win whatever money's associated with that point.

Simplest way to do it is "winner takes all", but there's no real point in doing that when there's 32 possible teams, and half of those won't even get through the first stage, so mini-prizes for group winners, cup runners up etc might be an idea. I'll have a think about it over the weekend and see what happens.

All depends on how many people want in though :)
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby James on Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:28 pm

I'm in. And I agree there should be various "milestone" prizes.
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Craig on Wed Jun 02, 2010 11:39 pm

Nice, I've updated the first post, I'll have a think about the milestone split tomorrow (possibly on the train to this interview!).
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby thrashduck on Thu Jun 03, 2010 8:00 am

Yeah, gan on then like.
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Craig on Wed Jun 09, 2010 10:27 pm

Anyone else want to do this? We'll need a minimum of 12 more people to start from the last-16 stage.
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby James on Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:37 pm

Failstake.
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Re: UKT World Cup Sweepstake?

Postby Dian Wei on Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:48 pm

Just open it up to the whole internet and fix it so i win for christ's sake.
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