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Old 11-09-2005, 08:51 PM     Post subject: FTR NFL football contest? #1 (permalink)  
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Since there are a few of us now that seem to know the NFL fairly well and who have taken to wagering, I was wondering if anyone would be interested in participating in a contest? I was thinking of something like the following:

* Everyone starts with say…$1000 in their fake bankroll
* Each week, you’d post in the contest thread with your picks for the week (spread, over/under) and how much of your fake $1000 that you wagered. You wouldn’t have to wager on every game, though you could if you wanted to. You also don’t have to wager every week if nothing appeals to you that week.

For the lines, we’d have to all agree on a book that will let you see what you will win without actually having to sign up. For that, I was thinking sportingbet, because its interface is really nice and you don’t have to have an account to see how much you would win if you wagered x amount of dollars at x odds on x team.

Also, a cool feature of sportingbet is that it lets you choose different lines at different prices in regards to the spread. For instance, for the MNF game last week, they had the normal line started at Colts -3.5 at odds of -110. However, if you wanted to buy Colts -3.5, they offered odds of -120. By the same logic, if you wanted Colts -7, I think it was at +120 or something like that. And I have to reiterate, IT LETS YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT WILL PAY OUT without you ever having to actually make a bet.

As far as a prize, I don’t know if FTR would sponsor such a contest or not, so I can’t promise a prize from them. A few ideas that I have up in the air right now are
1) no entry fee. Pride and bragging rights over other FTR members are prizes. Maybe I’ll buy something and put it up as a prize.
2) entry fee (I dunno, like $5?) and winner gets the pool. Of course, if we go this route, we’d have to set up some way to transfer money between all of us, so I’m not too crazy about this idea at this moment.

As far as logistics for everything goes, there would be ONE thread for the contest. The initial post would be edited each week to record everyone’s standings as the season goes on. Every week, everyone would be allowed to post ONCE with their picks. Once you post your bet, the only edit that you will be able to perform is to add another bet. You will not be able to “take it back”, because the lines will change throughout the week sometimes.

When you post your bet, it will need to look like this example:
Week 10
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Denver @ Oakland
$100 to win $190.91
Denver -3 @ -110

Houston @ Indianapolis
$50 to win $85.71
Houston +21.5 @ -140

Parlay
Washington @ Oakland
St. Louis @ Seattle
$100 to win $364.46
Washington -0.5 @ -110
St. Louis +7 @ -110

If you have a teaser or something, make sure to label it as such, like I labeled the parlay up there.

As far as the timing of bets is concerned, no bets may be made once it hits 2 hours before kickoff of the first game of the week, so generally, this will be Sunday at 10:00 AM CST.

Winner of the contest will be the person with the most fake money at the end of the season.

Also, the point of this contest is to have fun. Don't go trying to influence people to pick the wrong way in order to try to help your standings in the contest, because people may be betting real money at the same time as this contest. The point of this specific portion of FTR after all, was supposed to help each other make picks for the week.

I think that just about covers it as far as rules are concerned. How many people are interested? If you’re interested, please post below and tell me what you think, along with any changes that you may advocate.[/i]

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Old 11-09-2005, 09:47 PM #2 (permalink)  
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You can actually set something like this up at a book that offers play money. The problem is we don't have enough interest here. Half the posts in this forum are from me and grand_master.

Just post your picks. You can look at all my posts and see exactly where I'm at. If you don't want to bet real money, just post your picks anyway and see where you end up.
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Old 11-10-2005, 03:18 PM #4 (permalink)  
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OK. With doggz being the only person to respond to this, and with him saying no, I guess we won't do this contest.

We'll stick to trying to help each other beat the books then.

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Old 11-10-2005, 04:27 PM #5 (permalink)  
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OK. With doggz being the only person to respond to this, and with him saying no, I guess we won't do this contest.

We'll stick to trying to help each other beat the books then. :)
Sorry I didn't chime in earlier. Don't give up on this permanently, I think it is a great idea. Me, Tyson, blade and others might be interested. Maybe if we start it in a few weeks more people will show interest.
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Old 11-10-2005, 07:13 PM #6 (permalink)  
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OK. With doggz being the only person to respond to this, and with him saying no, I guess we won't do this contest.

We'll stick to trying to help each other beat the books then.
Sorry I didn't chime in earlier. Don't give up on this permanently, I think it is a great idea. Me, Tyson, blade and others might be interested. Maybe if we start it in a few weeks more people will show interest.
Sounds good. It would probably be easier to manage with less teams anyway. If we can get at least 5 people to do it, I think that would be plenty fun.

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Old 11-11-2005, 04:58 PM #7 (permalink)  
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I'd be down for this... basically and type of gambling im down for.
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Old 11-11-2005, 09:01 PM #8 (permalink)  
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I'd be down for this... basically and type of gambling im down for.
Did you vote no, then?

I know the yes votes are me and eric and one of the no votes is doggz.

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Old 11-15-2005, 01:16 PM #9 (permalink)  
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maybe i voted wrong... either way im in.
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Haha. I'm not sure if a mod could change that, but could you make that 3 yes 1 no? :P

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If we can get 5 people, it would then probably be worth it to start the contest.

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