RULES 2008-09 -- MAAC Basketball Prediction Game

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Subject: RULES 2008-09

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SaintlySaint

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Date Posted: 13:11:36 11/12/08 Wed

Rules.

1. Players pick the winner of the game and the margin of victory. You are awarded points if you pick the winner of the game and are withn 10 points of guessing the margin of victory. The closer you are to guessing the margin of victory, the more points you win. But if you pick the losing team, you lose points.

2. Example. SaintlySaint picks Florida to beat SPC by 20 points, and bets 100 points. Florida wins the game by 25 points. SaintlySaint gets 100 points multiplied by 5 (the difference between the predicted and actual margins of victory) for a total of 500 points. Example continued -- SaintlySaint picks Florida to beat SPC by 4 and SPC wins by 2, betting 100 points. SaintlySaint loses 100 points multiplied by 6 (difference between the predicted and actual margins) for a minus 600 points. The most points you can loses is 10 multiplied by your point bet.

3. There is a maximum point bet players can make, indicated in the first parenthesis next to your point total. Players do not need to meet the threshold for a minimum bet (2nd parens) unless they want to qualify for the participation bonus.

4. Players do not have to pick every game. But there is a bonus added -- consisting of 10% of your total points BEFORE the night's games -- if you bet the minimum for every game picked.

5. Accuracy bonus. If you are within 2 points of the actual margin, a 5% accuracy bonus is added to your wager for that game, if within 1 point a 10% bonus is added, and if the exact margin is guessed, the player earns a 25% bonus.

6. Players can also earn extra points for simply participating. In previous years, some players cherry picked games and ruined the spirit of the game. As a result, I implemented the "Gorvy" rule. Participation bonus points are not available on nights where there is only 1 MAAC game. On nights when there are multiple MAAC games, players will earn a bonus of 2% of their total points for each game played that night, provided that the player bets the minimum bet (or higher) for ALL games played that night. Example. There are 6 MAAC games on a given night. If the player makes the minimum bet in ALL 6 games, he will earn a 12% bonus of his total points at the end of the night. You cannot earn points under this scenario by betting the minimum in only 4 of the 6 games, and then expect an 8% bonus.

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Author: SaintlySaint [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 15:11:22 11/14/08 Fri The participation bonus will be 2% times the number of games that night. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]