Just because I can’t get enough (even though I haven’t done one in a while…), let’s have a little gambling game for the World Cup. We’ll make it easy given the holidays and busy season for some is coming.
You’ve got $10 to spend, current betting odds have given the price per team. You get 3 points per win and 1 point per draw in the group stage, 2 points for advancing, and then 2 points for winning in the round of 16, 4 for round of 8, 6 for winning in semis, 10 for winning in the final. Bonus of 1 point for winning in the consolation game.
Prices per team:
$5 - Brazil, France, Argentina, England, Spain
$4 - Germany, Belguim, Netherlands, Portugal
$3 - Denmark, Croatia, Uruguay, Senegal, Switzerland,
$2 - USA, Poland, Mexico, Serbia, Wales, Ghana, Ecuador
$1 - Morocco, Cameroon, Canada, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, Tunisia, Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Saudi Arabia
Admittedly, this game may be skewed for someone who knows a hell of a lot more about soccer than I do. Threw this together and have no idea if it’ll work. But hey, it’s something to do. Picks due by kickoff of the England/Iran match. (In case someone wants to sneak in Monday morning, Sunday likely won’t impact this game).
I’ll make an exception for late entries on Monday morning. You can get picks in up until Senegal/Netherlands but you can’t pick England or Iran if you enter late.
First place gets a vintage set of AO$100, second place AO$25, third place a week at space camp in Universal Orlando!