Ok, so a couple of months ago, when the soccer world championship was on, I played a sweepstake with my friends. The buy-in was 10 euros, and the pot was around 200 euros.
I stopped playing after Serbia lost to Australia, as I got very pissed off.
Right now, we are doing the same, but for the WBC.
I will probably behave the same if Serbia loses to Australia in group stage, and if Maric scores more than 50 points in that game.
Basically, the rules are simple.
You try to guess the result of each game of WBC.
A correct prediction of the winner earns you one point. If you guess the correct number of points for a team, and if your prediction is in a close range, say {-5, +5}, you earn an additional 1 point.
For example:
If your prediction for the game Serbia - USA is 68:61, and the actual score is 70:65, you earn 3 points.
On the other hand, if the actual score is 72:39 for Serbia, you earn only 2 points.
Now I know that we cannot actually bet any money on this board, but that does not mean we cannot have any fun.
The winner of the sweepstake will gain the respect of all the members of the board. Perhaps the admin could grant the member a special title? Instead of *Senior* *Junior* Member it could say "Big Cheese", "Meister", "Padrino", or something similar.
Any takers?
If you have any other ideas on how we should play this sweepstake, let me know, because my friends and I are not really sure if these rules will work. It's almost impossible to guess the right number of points in basketball.
In soccer it's possible, because it's a very boring game.
I stopped playing after Serbia lost to Australia, as I got very pissed off.
Right now, we are doing the same, but for the WBC.
I will probably behave the same if Serbia loses to Australia in group stage, and if Maric scores more than 50 points in that game.
Basically, the rules are simple.
You try to guess the result of each game of WBC.
A correct prediction of the winner earns you one point. If you guess the correct number of points for a team, and if your prediction is in a close range, say {-5, +5}, you earn an additional 1 point.
For example:
If your prediction for the game Serbia - USA is 68:61, and the actual score is 70:65, you earn 3 points.
On the other hand, if the actual score is 72:39 for Serbia, you earn only 2 points.
Now I know that we cannot actually bet any money on this board, but that does not mean we cannot have any fun.
The winner of the sweepstake will gain the respect of all the members of the board. Perhaps the admin could grant the member a special title? Instead of *Senior* *Junior* Member it could say "Big Cheese", "Meister", "Padrino", or something similar.
Any takers?
If you have any other ideas on how we should play this sweepstake, let me know, because my friends and I are not really sure if these rules will work. It's almost impossible to guess the right number of points in basketball.
In soccer it's possible, because it's a very boring game.

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