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3 GAME PARLAY Revised for Covid
DAILY DOUBLE - SPORTS CENTER CONTEST #1175 HERE
CLOSES TUESDAY 5:00 PM Chicago (UTC -6) TUESDAY 11:00 PM (UTC +0)
NBA OVER/UNDER - SPORTS CENTER CONTEST #1176 HERE
CLOSES WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM Chicago (UTC -6) THURSDAY 1:00 AM (UTC +0)
MARCH MADNESS SQUARES HERE
CLOSES SUNDAY MARCH 14 at 5 PM Chicago (UTC -6) SUNDAY MARCH 14 at 11 PM GMT (UTC +0)
OR WHEN WE GET THE RIGHT NUMBER OF ENTRIES
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MARCH MADNESS SQUARES FAQ
Many of you have played in previous "Squares" contests before. But, for all those that are new to this kind of contest...
We have received many questions about "Squares". Here are the top 4 most asked questions.
I'm sure there will be many more. Feel free to post them in this thread, or send me a PM.
Also, if you have enough information already, there is no need to read through all this stuff.
But since people were asking questions, here are some answers... and hopefully it will answer them
#1 JUST HOW DOES A SQUARES POOL WORK?
Here is an example of how a box pool works.
We start off with a BLANK 10 by 10 grid.
STEP ONE: People sign up and donate 100 WRZ$ to The Honest Bookie. AND THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO DO. We do the rest. You just sit back and WIN!
STEP TWO: Once we reach the entry time limit, we will take all the people who signed up and start randomly filling in the boxes with their names. In the example, you can see where Ice and I ended up. Just imagine all the boxes have names in them.
Now obviously this works best with 100 people. However, depending on the number of people entered, you will probably get multiple boxes for your one time entry donation.
STEP THREE: We then use a random number generator to assign the numbers 0 - 9 along the top and the side of the grid.
Now, how do you win?
For every game you look at the last digit of both teams score. If your numbers match, YOU WIN.
In this example:
If the final score of a game is 74 to 69 - ICE WINS
If the final score of a game is 68 to 62 - JG WINS
It really is that simple... and there will be 63 games and chances to win. SO EVERY GAME MATTERS!
#2 WHAT ABOUT THE "FIRST FOUR" GAMES (also known as the play in games), WHY AREN'T THEY INCLUDED?
First, what are the "First Four" Games. There are really 68 teams selected on "Selection Sunday" not 64 like they used to have. They have to eliminate 4 teams before the tournament starts to get to the round number of 64. And the reason we don't include them is TRADITION. March Madness is one of the world's largest bracket pool contests (remember our Hockey Bracket Contest) If people included the "First Four" games, they would have less time to fill out their brackets. And it would give us less time to take entries.
So let's hear it for TRADITION
#3 WHAT ARE THE PAYOFFS GOING TO BE FOR EACH ROUND?
That's a good question and the answer is, we don't know yet. The payoffs will be determined by the final size of the pool.
The size of the pool will be based on the total number of people playing, and the amount of bonus WRZ$ added to the pool by The Honest Bookie. We can say that the for each round, the payoffs will increase, with the Championship game being the biggest and best payoff
Which leads us to the next question.
#4 DON'T WE NEED 100 PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS WORK SINCE THERE ARE A 100 SQUARES?
Yes, in an IDEAL WORLD we would love to get 100 people. And based on what we have come to expect for the sports contests so far, it ain't going to happen
Our recruitment goals are based on four levels.25 people - each player gets 4 squares for their entry
33 people - each player gets 3 squares for their entry (with one square left to possibly increase the pot of the final game)
50 people (our real target) - each player gets 2 squares for their entry
100 people - yeah, right... but would give each person 1 square per entry
If we find ourselves falling short of these goals, we reserve the right to offer people the opportunity to buy multiple entries so that we get the even number we need. We also reserve the right to cut off entries if we reach one of these goals and there isn't a lot of time left (So the sooner you enter, the better) It all depends on how many people we can get and how fast we get them.
Those have been the 4 most asked questions so far.
If after getting bored reading through all of this, you still have questions...
POST THEM in this thread or PM ME!
So if you haven't signed up yet...
MARCH MADNESS SQUARES HERE
CLOSES SUNDAY MARCH 14 at 5 PM Chicago (UTC -6) SUNDAY MARCH 14 at 11 PM GMT (UTC +0)
OR WHEN WE GET THE RIGHT NUMBER OF ENTRIES
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We had some exciting NASCAR action on Sunday at the Pennzoil 400, a 312-lap NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Nevada. We split the top drivers into three groups. Our choices — Group 1, 2, or 3, or The Field, with a shot at a bonus for picking who would take home the Championship title.
Final results:
WINNER - Kyle Larson
2nd - Brad Keselowski
3rd - Kyle Busch
Larson took home the victory in Hendrick Motorsports' No. 5 car in Las Vegas at the Pennzoil 400 on Sunday in his first top-row finish since 2019 and his first win since his firing and suspension less than a year ago. Larson led a race-high 103 laps before securing his seventh career Cup win. While Kevin Harvick, the pole-sitter for Sunday's race, surprisingly finished in 20th place, it was Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney who filled out the top five.
6 people correctly picked GROUP THREE
Fatima99
wellwhocares
Demonbinder
bun_4eva
anna1561
porschez
= 84 WRZ$ each
Congratulations to all the winners
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Monday featured two close NHL match ups. To win we had to guess the winner in each. The favorites are in bold and red.
GAME ONE
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Minnesota Wild
Kaapo Kahkonen made 26 saves to notch his first career shutout for the Minnesota Wild in a 2-0 victory over Vegas on Monday night that stopped the West Division-leading Golden Knights' six-game winning streak.
GAME TWO
Los Angeles Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks
Adam Henrique’s goal three minutes into overtime Monday night gave the Ducks a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. It was Anaheim’s eighth straight one-goal game, which tied a team record.
7 people correctly picked both the MINNESOTA WILD and the ANAHEIM DUCKS
phoebess
PennySerenade
Carole16
angellove0810
Zbignieww
KareninaAnna
johngriffen
= 72 WRZ$ each
Congratulations to all the winners
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