World Cup - Accepting Bets | Possible 500 pt. bonus for winner!

[Cynical]

Place your bets! What team is going to come out of top this year for the FIFA World Cup 2006?

Schedule

Rules

• Minimum 50, maximum 5000 points.
• All bets are final as of June 29th, 2006 (bets must be in/raised before the 30th).
• Bets can be raised once placed, but not reduced (no refunds).
• Betting on more than one team IS permitted (place seperate bets).
• No house gratuity!
• No cash bets, or of any other form other than points will be accepted.
• House (me) cannot bet.
• Bets cannot be switched from one team to another.

In the event that nobody chooses the winning team, the most recently eliminated team will be used to determine a winner (etc. until somebody wins).

Instructions

1. Donate 50-5000 points to Cynical, specifying the team for the donation "reason" (example reason: "USA for WC 2006") . I will be carefully keeping track of what I recieve for bets -- I'm an honest guy!
2. I'll keep an updated list online with all the bets (see below).
3. Payouts will occur after the final game (July 9, 2006). Please allow me at least a day after that to get all the numbers straight before I start sending out the points.

Payouts

Payouts are based on how much you wager and how many people are betting on the same team as you. If everybody bets for the same team, you get back exactly as many points as you wagered. If you are the only person betting on a team and that team wins the tournament, you will recieve an additional 500 points from me (Cynical)! Also, the wagerer who bets the most total amount of points will recieve 300 points regardless of whether or not their team wins.

You can find the list of processed bets here.

Post questions here or PM them to me. Good luck! Even non-soccer fans can have fun with this!

BETTING HAS ENDED!

 

[echo_unlimited]

500 Points on England winning, il send the points.

 

[Mike-lane]

I make 2 bets
500 - england loose
500 - argentina win

 

[Alejandro]

400 To Brazil
300 To Italy
200 To Germany
Sending the points now.

 

[Cynical]

Just updated the list with Alejandro's bets.

Mike-lane: You can't vote on a team to lose, only one to win (the odds of one team losing are far greater than them winning). Send me whatever points for whatever team(s) you want to win.

 

[The_Magistrate]

I'm in.

Not tellin' who I'm bettin' on thought... Hehehehe.

 

[Cynical]

You know I'm putting all these on a public list, right?

I've updated the list with The_Magistrate's and Mike-lane's bets.

 

[The_Magistrate]

You know I'm putting all these on a public list, right?

I've updated the list with The_Magistrate's and Mike-lane's bets.

Damn. Oh well, just don't put the list up until the end (AFTER I WIN!!!!) :-D

 

[eZakto]

sorry

 

[Phil]

500 on ghana.

Points sent.

 

[Cynical]

Should be interesting.... 7 countries have been chosen with only one person per. If any of those teams win its gonna be a nice prize for he who chose it (2,900 points)!

 

[Rising]

100 on Brazil
100 on England

 

[echo_unlimited]

I'm going to bet 200 on Germany. -Points sent-

 

[JaneT]

bah if you lowered the point limit, i'd put 5 (what i have currently) on Italy!

 

[Alejandro]

500 on ghana.

Points sent.

Looks like you just lost 3 to 0 hahahaha.


Also, I'm pinging this thread for the next weeks.

 

[Phil]

Looks like you just lost 3 to 0 hahahaha.


Also, I'm pinging this thread for the next weeks.

My "real" Fav team is England! But I thought it would be funny to put it on ghana.

 

[Conor]

England is ****e too. Heh.

Brazil is looking good...

 

[Cynical]

Here's the final bracket with the remains eight teams (in case you didn't want to sort through the schedule I posted earlier, it's rather confusing). Quarter finals are June 30 and July 1, Semi-Finals are July 4 and July 5, and the final match is July 9.

BETTING ENDS TOMORROW! IF YOU PLAN ON PLACING A BET, MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE POINTS BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT!

 

[echo_unlimited]

500 more on England.-Points sent-

 

[Cynical]

BETTING HAS ENDED! NO MORE BETS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

echo_unlimited wins the 300 point bonus for the highest amount wagered (1,200 points)! The pot is as 3,300 points! Alejandro, Mike-lane, and The_Magistrate are each eligable for the 500 point bonus if Italy, Argentina, or Portugal win (respectively).

All points, including bonuses and the pot, will be dealt after the final game, so no later than July 10th .

(Thanks Alejandro for editing my topic).