MOG, Johnnybev, stop reading now !
The EURO 2012 Championship is just around the corner, so time to kick off a new competition to provide a bit of Lifer interest through the coming weeks. Those who have been around a while will know we ran this spread betting competition for the 2010 World Cup, and it’s fair to say explaining the concept to some on here was akin to teaching Jodie Marsh quantum physics. So read on, its not as difficult as first appears.
The Rules
You have an imaginary £500 to place FOUR BETS split accordingly; one each at £200, £150, £100 and £50.
Each nation competing in the EUROs are given a spread rather than fixed odds; points are then awarded to each nation on the basis of how they perform in the tournament.
Points are awarded as follows:
Winner = 100 points
Runner up = 75 points
Beaten Semi finalist = 50 points
Beaten ¼ finalist = 25 points
Third place in Group = 5 points
4th place in Group = 0 points
The way you earn (or lose) your imaginary money is simply by either BUYING the higher spread of a country if you think they are going to score more points (do better) than their spread suggests, or by SELLING the lower spread of a country you think is going to register less points (do worse than the spread suggests). This is the key, you’re looking for four countries you think will do noticeably better or worse than where the spread points indicate they are likely to do.
Each entrant will also be asked how many goals (in normal time) will be scored in the whole competition. This will be used as a decider in the event of a tie.
The Spreads
Group A
Poland.................. 17 – 19
Greece.................. 15 – 17
Russia................... 24 – 26
Czech Republic..... 16 – 18
Group B
Netherlands.......... 36 – 38
Denmark................ 8 – 10
Germany............... 49 – 51
Portugal................ 23 – 25
Group C
Spain..................... 55 – 57
Italy....................... 25 – 27
Ireland.................... 9 – 11
Croatia.................. 16 – 18
Group D
Ukraine................. 16 – 18
Sweden................. 14 – 16
France................... 27 – 29
England................. 29 – 31
EXAMPLES
Portugal have a spread of 23 – 25. If you think they will do better in the tournament and will earn more than 25 points (ie. you think they will get to the semi final at least), then you should BUY PORTUGAL AT 25. If you are confident on this, use your £200 bet. If you think it’s the riskiest out of your four bets, use your £50 bet.
If Portugal go on to win the tournament, they would receive 100pts. By predicting they would score more than 25 points, you ‘win’ on this bet would be 75 points for every pound you staked (100-25=100), If you had used your £200 stake on this then your imaginary return would be £15,000 (75x200=15,000).
Similarly, if you think Portugal will have a bad tournament, then SELL PORTUGAL AT 23. If they finish 4th in their group (23-0=23) and you had used your £200 stake, your imaginary profit on this would be £4,600 (23x200=4600).
Of course, bets can go wrong and potentially make losses. If you use your £200 stake to buy Spain at 57 thinking they will win the tournament, but they finish 4th in Group C, your loss on this bet would be -£11,400 (-57x200=-11,400).
There are no rules on your four bets on how many buys or how many sells you make.
HOW TO ENTER
Your betting slip should be filled out in the following template:
Username: Joe Bloggs
£200 BUY England @ 31
£150 BUY Ireland @ 11
£100 SELL Sweden @ 14
£50 BUY Greece @ 17
Goals in Competition – 72 (had to chase a few for this last time, so don’t forget)
You can either:
1. Click INBOX in the top right corner, send a message to AFKABartram with the above pasted in.
2. Send an email to afka@charltonlife.com titled ‘CL EURO comp’
First prize is a signed CAFC shirt from the title-winning 11/12 season.
Winner is the person with the highest sum total winnings from their four bets at the end of the tournament.
All scores are calculated for you, you just have to submit your entries.
Entries to me by KO of the first game on Friday.
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Comments
For example, why is Netherlands fixed at 36-38 and not 37-39? Is it just based on how likely you believe each nation will do in the tournament in relation to the amount of "points" awarded for each possible finish?
Please post entries in the two ways listed above, not just on this thread. When all entries are in, I'll post them all up
"points are then awarded to each nation on the basis of how they perform in the tournament."
By points I assume you mean on match results with win=3. draw=1
Winner = 100 points
Runner up = 75 points
Beaten Semi finalist = 50 points
Beaten ¼ finalist = 25 points
Third place in Group = 5 points
4th place in Group = 0 points
Please to say a kind doner has put up a signed shirt from last season's title winning team as a prize, so something to play for.
1 .... Dave Storry .... 18,300
2 .... RedArmySE7 .... 18,300
3 .... AFKA .... 18,200
4 .... cafcdan18 .... 18,000
5 .... Can-addick .... 13,650
6 .... MrOneLung .... 13,150
7 .... stackitsteve .... 13,000
8 .... Boom .... 12,750
9 .... Addickted .... 12,250
10 .... nth london addick .... 11,900
11 .... Scoham .... 11,600
12 .... CHG .... 11,400
13 .... Brunello .... 11,250
14 .... Henry Irving .... 11,050
15 .... Red God .... 10,900
16 .... American Addick .... 10,800
17 .... Valley Gary .... 10,350
18 .... Shirty5 .... 10,300
19 .... Terry Naylor .... 10,150
20 .... Eastbourne Addick .... 10,150
21 .... Swerve .... 10,100
22 .... No.1 in South London .... 9,700
23 .... Heath Hero .... 9,600
24 .... Cedric Winkleburger .... 9,050
25 .... Vancouveraddick .... 8,400
26 .... Eirik Bakke .... 8,250
27 .... cafc7-6htfc .... 8,100
28 .... paulbaconsarnie .... 7,450
29 .... craigcafc .... 5,100
30 .... Gray9 .... 4,850
31 .... The Red Robin .... 4,450
32 .... Frank Gallaher .... 4,350
33 .... Swisdom .... 4,000
34 .... dabos .... 3,850
35 .... Cataddick .... 3,850
36 .... Miserableold-ish git .... 3,600
37 .... RedZed333 .... 3,550
38 .... JT .... 3,400
39 .... Kigelia .... 2,750
40 .... Charltonparklane .... 2,600
41 .... Plaaayer .... 2,300
42 .... colthe3rd .... 2,100
43 .... Robbo on the wing .... 1,700
44 .... CAFCBourne .... 1,200
45 .... Clivey_hero .... 700
46 .... Lawrie Abrahams .... 0
47 .... Paddy Powell .... -500
48 .... Large Addick .... -600
49 .... Folev the red .... -700
50 .... Carl Leaburn .... -700
51 .... Threadkiller .... -1,000
52 .... Red in SE8 .... -2,500
53 .... johnnybev1987 .... -2,800
54 .... Need a Pint (2) .... -2,800
55 .... Lewis Coaches .... -2,850
56 .... Zinedine Bagheri .... -3,100
57 .... carly burn .... -3,400
58 .... Ralphmilnesgut .... -4,100
59 .... Len Glover .... -4,700
60 .... Oldbloke .... -4,950
61 .... theeenorth .... -5,000
62 .... oohaahmortimer .... -5,100
63 .... Nicholas .... -5,450
64 .... Stonemuse .... -5,650
65 .... RodneyCharltonTrotta .... -5,650
66 .... Adamtheaddick .... -6,300
67 .... Budleighaddick .... -7,750
study the form.
....and just 35 runners and riders so far.
Don't leave it to the last minute and forget. You've got to be in it to win it, and a signed shirt from our best season in donkeys is a cracking prize.
1 Weegie Addick
2 JT
3 SotonAddick
4 Gray9
5 Henry Irving
6 cafcpolo
7 colthe3rd
8 br7 addick
9 Plaaayer
10 JtR
11 Addickforlife
12 Mike
13 Low Ears
14 No.1 in South London
15 redcarter
16 Paddy Powell
17 Strasburger
18 cafcrocky87
19 Bedsaddick
20 Lancashire Lad
21 Shirty5
22 CAFCdamo
23 Indigo Joe
24 stackitsteve
25 AidenTheAddick
26 oohaahmortimer
27 WSS
28 BaronPaolo
29 SuedeAdidas
30 Creepyaddick
31 Northern Monkey
32 CAFCBourne
33 TheBrand09
34 cafc7-6htfc
35 Sonicstud85
36 Charltonparklane
37 Will
38 Callumcafc
39 Addicted
40 Valley of dreams
41 CAFCCrazy
42 Red in SE8
43 Valley Gary
44 AFKABartram
45 Jr25
46 Bill Stumps
Nice one centurion !!