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How do you make a World Cup Soccer betting pool? Nothing professional, just a little friendly one.?
If anyone can provide a chart or a well detailed method of organizing a small (about 20 people) friendly pool that would be great. I know there are different methods but i dont have info on any of them. Any information on this topic would be greatly appreciated. thanks
We call it a "Calcutta" (don't know why):
Everyone in the pool attends an "auction" of the players. Individuals bid on each player as they come up for auction.
Top bidder gets the player and pays his bid into the pool. Brazilian strikers go for more money than Trinidadians…
When the competition is over, the pool is divided by the total number of goals scored, by everyone (excluding penalty kicks). This becomes the value of a "share". Each person mutliplies a share by the goals scored by his player(s) and collects that amount from the pool.
If a player is not bid on at all (e.g. a goalie) they are all put into one bundle (the "field") and the winning bidder gets tham all.
You can include some or all of teams, forwards and midfielders only; there are several ways to design the pool to suit the betting group. You can bid on teams instead of players if you prefer.
In case of disputes, decide on one source as the official scoring list (e.g. FIFA website, local newspaper, whatever).
Hint: don't overbid on those star players, it could cost you!
here is one that i will be doing ..
get a list of all the first round games and print them out.
and award points for each game winners (2 points for the correct prediction) and (5 points for the correct score prediction) carry that on to the next rounds..
and the person /persons with the most points after the final game will win…
you can also give out points for the top scorer
or which team will score the most number of goals/ the least number of goals..also the player of the tournament..
so many choices …and it's good fun..
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:06 amhope this helps …
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This is how we do it back home.
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:06 amYou can bet on the group leaders.
That is the team that scored the most points in each group.
Then you can bet on the 8 resulting teams,that means when u ge to the knock out stage and theres 16 teams left, you bet on the 8 teams thats will make it to the quarter finals.
And who ever has the most teams wins written down wins.
Then on the quarter finals you bet on the 4 that will make it. And the on the semi finals as well.
OR, you can all just bet on a TEAM that is gonna WIN the World cup. And if two people choose the same team. They split the money.
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You could use one of the many fantasy football sites or ones in the paper all set up a team and set up a mini league all thrown some money in and winner takes all
May 23rd, 2006 at 1:09 pmReferences :
ive got a chart that i made for myself. i could email it to you if youd like. its in a microsoft excel program
let me know
thaissatoledo@hotmail.com
May 23rd, 2006 at 6:29 pmReferences :
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May 23rd, 2006 at 7:09 pmReferences :
We call it a "Calcutta" (don't know why):
Everyone in the pool attends an "auction" of the players. Individuals bid on each player as they come up for auction.
Top bidder gets the player and pays his bid into the pool. Brazilian strikers go for more money than Trinidadians…
When the competition is over, the pool is divided by the total number of goals scored, by everyone (excluding penalty kicks). This becomes the value of a "share". Each person mutliplies a share by the goals scored by his player(s) and collects that amount from the pool.
If a player is not bid on at all (e.g. a goalie) they are all put into one bundle (the "field") and the winning bidder gets tham all.
You can include some or all of teams, forwards and midfielders only; there are several ways to design the pool to suit the betting group. You can bid on teams instead of players if you prefer.
In case of disputes, decide on one source as the official scoring list (e.g. FIFA website, local newspaper, whatever).
Hint: don't overbid on those star players, it could cost you!
May 24th, 2006 at 6:07 amReferences :