contest idea

[auspice]

Football is almost upon us so we're all gearing up for a little gaming. While there's still time why not try to get some contest going which would have huge bucks for the winner. Call it 'reality gaming'. A contestant must contribute 5dimes to his account to the book handling the contest (Olympic perhaps?) and receive NO bonus. The bonus monies not received would act as the prize money for anyone entering the contest. If there's 100 players the price money would be approx 50dimes. The rules....anything goes. Just like in reality. (rethinking this, one might place a maximum $$ value on any one bet....maybe a vote on it might be in order) Anyone can play anything re football for any amout at any time. No one can take down their post-up until after the football season. The account with the most monies at the end of the season wins. Everyone keeps their own dollar balance at the end of the contest. In the event that a contestant enters the contest and doesn't meet the minimun standards for bonus play, the bonus comes out of their account before it's refunded back to the player.

Maybe there should be separate contests for NFL and college. Also perhaps different contests re amount of post-up funds. One for 5dimes and one for 5hundred with obviously different prize amounts to be won.

Seems any sportsbook would jump at the opportunity as it'd mean a ton of post-up cash and no bonus money up front to be shelled out and it'd be a huge advertising gimic. Shoot, the one for the NFL in Vegas every year draws huge participation and it only draws players that have access to Vegas in some fashion. This could be just huge as it'd have all the players with a monitor in front of them.

Maybe Kosar with his razor sharp wit and pedigree can broker this contest and use it as a means of advertising this site for Jack as well. Maybe not. Just a thought.

 

[kosar]

Auspice,

I like some aspects of your idea, particularly the part where bonus monies are used for the prize money. Also, the 'anything goes' part is something different from most contests. There would have to be *some* parameters, but not many. Like maybe no more than a three team parlay or teaser and a max bet of 550 or 10% or whatever bankroll we start with.

I'm not sure the 'real money' aspect is really feasible. By that I mean that it would be difficult to monitor/verify an actual account balance at a book. Not sure that makes sense, but I think we'd have to revert to a 'pretend bankroll' and keep track of it like that in a dedicated thread/forum.

I don't think there would be much, if any, interest at the 5 dime level.

500 is probably the highest that we could go to get a decent turnout. Also, something like that would compete(because of the post-up requirement, if there is one) with the two established big contests (assuming they will be run again this year). Those are the priority and I doubt whichever books sponsor them this year would necessarily like another contest drawing players away, as there is only so much money people have to post up.

One way or another though, there should be some way we could get an 'anything goes' contest going. The other contests are great, but they only offer sides/straight bets and there would probably be some interest in something more varied. I'll talk to Jack about it.

 

[auspice]

Appreciate the response. I had just thought of the Hilton contest that happens every year out in Vegas. It cost a nickle to enter which isn't refundable. It draws hundreds with the nickle entry fee ultimately being used as the prize money. The Castaways was the huge contest prior to the Hilton and it worked about the same way. The problem with both contests is: no half-times, set number of plays with pre-arranged point spreads, ect. It's a mess and ya got to be more of a game player than a handicapper.

Honestly, there's no problem with not having a contest. I just thought a big outfit like Olympic could attract hundreds of players at the 5dime post-up level. Players that would welcome a 'reality based' contest with huge prize money. If Olympic could, it would be a huge source of post-up monies and a new way of marketing in the internet landscape. Again, no problem with not having a contest and I do appreciate your thoughts on the matter.

 

[kosar]

Yeah, I know what you're saying, and that would be great if we could get one with huge payouts and a 5 dime post up, but think about it. I suspect that that high of a post up would get maybe 4 or 5 players tops. It's just not possible here, or at any site.

The big Hilton contest is 1500, btw.

You wanna split it and hire a proxy?

 

[auspice]

Nah. I hate those kind of contests. And to be honest, I'm not very good with them. Most of my plays are halftimes. My selfish ambition would be to get the contest continued into a college basketball contest with huge prize monies and 'everything goes'. I'd have an honest chance regardless if there's a thousand entries. But it'll never happen. Just another day dreaming about winning someone else's bonus money...lol.

 

[ocelot]

How about a MadJacks NFL Suicide Pool? I prefer to call this kind of contest Survivor actually as only the winners each week move on which minimizes record-keeping as season progresses.

 

[auspice]

kosar

'I suspect that that high of a post up would get maybe 4 or 5 players tops. It's just not possible here, or at any site.'
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Wonder how many contestants could be drawn from all the sites cumulatively? In other words, it would be Olympics job to 'shop' the contest at all the sites? It would be one contest with contestants entering from multiple websites. The results could be posted in each site each week. Everyone would know how the other contestants are doing and their respective position each week. Sort of like a lotto with different states involved. More prize money and a marketing tool for Olympic and the sites can advertise it too. Just a thought.

Heck....it could even be a little more 'different' in that the contest could be players from 20 different sports books in the same contest. The results would be assimilated every week and posted and each sportsbook would be responsible for monies won or lost in the contest by the player. It would be real money with a chance to win in this huge multi-book contest.

 

[kosar]

Well, I guess that would be possible, but as you mentioned it would have to be Olympic (or whoever) that pushed it everywhere. Even among all the sites put together I still don't think many people would post up the 5 dimes for the contest. It also seems pretty complicated for the book to segregate a 'special' acct for everybody to insure that they were only betting on football for the purposes of the contest, etc. I dunno, man. Call Spiros and get the ball rolling.

Ocelot,

Do you mean the kind where you just pick the straight up winner and can't use the same team twice? Or what kind of a format were you thinking of?

 

[auspice]

" Call Sprios and get the ball rolling."
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Maybe something like this?


aus: 'Spiro, I'm Kosar's friend and I've got a great idea...

Spiro: 'aus is that you, you little wennie. Grow a pair you filthy maggot. And don't go passing yourself off as somebody's friend you pathetic little clump of dirt. You got no friends. Now piss off before I send someone out to stomp your wrinkled little azz into the next time zone.'
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besides, I called earlier this week and he wasn't in. I'll try back.