Coming soon...The Sotonians' World Cup Sweepstake

I will match the @goatboy and sponsor the BTripz B** iggest Spurt Award** for the person whose team has the player who wins the Golden boot (clear as mud)

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I would like sponsor to the tune of £20 (£10 + £10) the person whose team supporters unexpectedly cause the most pre-match trouble. Judging panel to be myself and a “highly respected” Daily Mail journalist*.

** The Lifeintheslowlane Slimeball Award.**

* Probably just me then.

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@goatboy ,can you confirm that you’ve paid?

I will also sponsor, to the tune of £1000, the team that has the highest average time of first goal scored (minimum of 3 goals)

(I won’t be paying any money for this, it’s just pretend)

You want me to pay money to myself?

My comment about you on the other thread applies here too…

Bucks and someone with a double barrelled surname (Letsbe???) have paid.

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I dun sent the money.

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Dinger dun.

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sorry hun been away for a week, is it too late or can I still join in?

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No worries.

You’re in!

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Come on then when is the fiddle (sorry Draw) going to take place?

Well I divy’d up the best team right after qualifcation finished* but I’ll probably do the also rans next week.

*Our lawyers: Holland, Holland and Lamont Dozier have asked me to point out (without prejudice) that this is not true and that the draw (for all 32 teams) will take place soon after we’ve sold all the tickets. We’re currently waiting for a few stragglers before I give others the chance to buy extra teams.

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You do realize we all have webcams so can look in on the live draw when it does take place. If you post a link of course.

This could beSotonians first live broadcast

We could get the head or heads of media to present it :lou_lol:

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He’s been wating for the instruction manual to be published @philippinesaint

It is riveting journalism at it’s best

Get yourself ready for the 2018 World Cup with Sportsmail’s brilliant sweepstake kit. It’s a fun way for you and your friends to follow the tournament in Russia - and have someone else to support when England inevitably bomb out in the quarter-finals (on penalties, of course).

Simply print out our sheet, then cut the names into individual pieces of paper, fold them and put them into a hat ahead of the big kick-off on Thursday, June 14.

Once you’re ready, you can start your own sweepstake at work, at home or down the pub. Charge as much as you like per entry (or as much as people are willing to pay).

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5757293/World-Cup-2018-sweepstake-essential-kit-Russia.html#ixzz5Gt1ufWCH
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Get people to pay their entry fee and draw a nation from the hat at random. Write down who draws which team on the corresponding ticket (it saves a lot of argument later!).

Make sure you sell all of the teams. If you have some left after everyone has bought a nation see if anyone wants another.

Obviously you’re free to split the winnings how you wish, but make sure all the money is paid out in prizes. We suggest you split the winnings as follows: Winners = 60 per cent; Runners-up = 25 per cent; 3rd = 10 per cent; 4th = 5 per cent.

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What a revelation…

The Daily Fail exposes the scandal of poorly run sweepstake scams by printing rules and regulations of the mysterious complexity of folded pieces of paper placed in a hat.

Well Fuck my old boots. :lou_lol:

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This is the value of a free press.

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You’re meant to fold the pieces of paper?

No wonder I never win. :lou_angry:

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As I’ve said, the draw will take place using random number* generation on my laptop.

The code is written but I haven’t put names to numbers as yet because Sotonians are a parsimoniously stingy bunch and not all tickets have been bought.

In my dry runs number 7 got Germany or Brazil more often than any other number. Which means if life was a rehearsal @fowllyd would be laughing .

Sat in a tent in Weymouth drinking Punk IPA waiting for it to rain at the moment so might spend a bit of time jazzing up the code to create a bit of theatre. Well as much theatre as an ASCII terminal can provide.

* @pap will be along soon to explain that computers can’t really generate random numbers, but it’ll be good enough.