World Cup 2010 Predictor Competitions

[horsekeeper]

I'm trying to compile a list of World Cup 2010 Predictor Competitions that bookies are running:

Sportingbet-> https://www.sportingbet.com/t/promos...redictor.aspx?

1. Closing date 11-Jun-2010 15:30 UTC
2. Place a qualifying bet of £10 or more before 11th June (on any sports market with odds of 1.2 or greater).
3. We'll give you a play code to redeem against our predictor (which will appear underneath your betslip when you place your qualifying bet).
4. Go to the Predictor homepage and click on "Redeem Now" to enter your predictions.
5. Up to 30 chances of entering
6. Predict the outcome (1X2) of the 48 group games and the WC 2010 winner
7. Entries CANNOT be changed once submitted

Prizes

1. £1m for 45+ correct results and correct winner
2. £50k 40-48 correct
3. £40k 35-39
4. £35k 30-34
5. £25k 25-29

Unibet -> World Cup Predictor Game

1. Closing date 11-Jun-2010 12:00 CET
2. Free Entry
3. Must have a Unibet account to be elligible for prizes
4. Predict the correct scores for all the group games, then which teams will progress through the knockout stages as well as the winner
5. Points based on the odds of 1X2 and bonus points for getting the score fully or partially correct
6. Entries CAN be changed up to closing date

Prizes

• 1st: A trip to Buenos Aires or Rio de Janeiro
  2nd: trip to Barcelona or Milan
  3rd: A trip to London or Manchester
  4th: 40" LCD TV
  5th: Macbook Pro
  6th: 32" LCD TV
  7th: Macbook Pro
  8th: Apple iPad
  9th: Camcorder
  10th: HTC Legend
  11-15th: Xbox
  16-20th: Nintendo Wii
  21-50th: Football & Poker Set
  51-100th: Football & T-Shirt
  101-500th: Sports Bag

Interwetten -> https://www.interwetten.com/en/Sport...Challenge.aspx

1. Free entry for Interwetten account holders
2. Enter predictions for Gameweek 1, 2, 3, then last 16, quarters, semis and final
3. Unclear whether or not Gameweek 1 needs to be done before it starts or if predictions can be done before each match
4. Correct Score: 3points; Correct outcome but wrong score: 1point

Prizes

1. Apple iPhone 3Gs 32GB
2. Sony Playstation 3 with FIFA World Cup Game
3. Nintendo DSi console
4. €50
5. €40
6. €30
7. €20
8. €10

Boylesports -> https://million.boylesports.com/

1. Closing date 11-Jun-2010 14:30 BST
2. Free entry for Boylesports & Fon-A-Bet account holders
3. Select who you think will finish winners & runners up in each of the eight World Cup groups. Once you have this completed, click on the green "next" arrow.
4. Decide who you think will win each of the last 16 (first knockout round) games. Click on the "next" button to proceed to the Quarter Finals and Semi Finals stage.
5. Repeat this process again to decide who you think will be in the Quarter Finals and then the Semi Finals. Click on the "next button" to proceed.
6. Finally, predict the finalists and the overall winner. Click on the "Submit" button
7. No changes once entries have been submitted

Prizes

• €1,000,000 for every prediction correct
• Highest overall points total €35,000
• 2nd highest overall points total €10,000
• 3rd highest overall points total €5,000

Beatbookies -> : World Cup Prediction Game

1. Closing date 11-Jun-2010 15:30 BST
2. Free entry to Beatbookies account holders
3. Preidct 1X2 of all games in the group stage
4. Predictions can be changed at any time before closing date

Prizes

1. €100
2. €30
3. €20

Titanbet -> http://millionmania.titanbet.com/

1. Closing date 10-Jun-2010 15:00 GMT
2. Free to enter as long as you have deposited £/$/€10 or more and bet £/$/€1 or more
3. Predict the outcome 1X2 of all 64 games
4. To make your predictions simply click on the name of the team you think will win each game or click on "Draw" if you think there will be no winner.
5. For the knockout rounds, you simply have to select the name of the team that you think will win the tie (ie proceed to the next round).
6. The fixtures for the knockout stages are decided based upon the predictions that you made for the previous rounds.
7. Entries can be changed
   

Prizes

1. All 64 correct predictions: USD$100,000,000
2. In the event that no participant correctly predicts all 64 results, Titan Bet guarantees USD$1,000,000 Titan Bet account credit to the participant with the most correct predictions (a “Best Entrant”).

[sbrokey]

what about titanbet?

[horsekeeper]

what about titanbet?

Thanks - don't have an account with them yet but added the info based on FAQ and T&Cs.

[wobbler]

I wonder if anyone will win that 1 mil from Titan for 64 out of 64 lol.

[horsekeeper]

I wonder if anyone will win that 1 mil from Titan for 64 out of 64 lol.

It's 100 Million for 64 out of 64!

[wobbler]

It's 100 Million for 64 out of 64!

Oh right, sorry mate I read it as 1 million on their site.

Doesn't really matter it could be 1000 trillion it isn't going to happen.

EDIT: Ah I see now. The closest gets 1 million, that's a pretty good amount!

[My_User_Name]

Doesn't really matter it could be 1000 trillion it isn't going to happen.

Well as improbable as it sounds, it may well happen. They got it covered though:

1.19 Prizes will be credited to the successful participant's betting account and are personal to the successful participant and not transferable or exchangeable. In the event that you win a prize, the maximum monthly amount of prize money that may be withdrawn from your customer account is USD$20,000.

Which basically means that the $100 Million Prize would be paid out in monthly installments of $20,000 over the course of 416 years and 8 months (!).
Damn, even the $1 Million Prize will be paid out over the course of 4 years and 2 months! (hopefully)

[wobbler]

Wow, that's some T&C!!!

I know there is a possibility but we all know it's virtually impossible.

What makes me wonder is how are they funding the $1 million prize money for highest prediction?

Unless I'm missing something.

I'm going to have a go at all of them just for a bit of fun, knowing how limited I am at Boyles I wonder if I won whether they would pay me out at £2.10 a week or summats like that.

[My_User_Name]

Titanpoker is a pretty big brand. They hope to attract customers to their sportsbook by this promotion. I'd say paying $20k a month to the winner won't make too big of a dent in their savings. (Although, personally, I don't think this is a good investment - I expect to be -EV even in the long term.)

[Diamondgeezer]

Well as improbable as it sounds, it may well happen. They got it covered though:



Which basically means that the $100 Million Prize would be paid out in monthly installments of $20,000 over the course of 416 years and 8 months (!).
Damn, even the $1 Million Prize will be paid out over the course of 4 years and 2 months! (hopefully)

The odds must be way over 100 million to 1 though.