Ok instead of this:
8) 1 HAX V 6 DRA - HAX by 20
or this
8) 1 HAX V 6 DRA - HAX
The commisioner would set up a "spread" for each match before anyone can enter their predictions. So in this case if you think HAX will win this game easily by say 36 you could make the "spread" HAX + 30. So the players then have the choice.
1) HAX. They predict that HAX will win by 30 or more.
2) DRA. They predict that either DRA will win the match or HAX will win by 29 or less.
This is commonly used in real life betting to make betting on a one sided match more interesting.
It is also much easier to record the number of correct predictions each week which will just be a number between 0-8. It also doesn't matter too much in a competition like this if the comissioner gets the spread badly wrong on occasion. In real gambling it is a disaster as all money moves there.
For more information maybe ask rabidcamel I gather he is a heavy gambler, I think Naker may be too.
Last edited by yodabig at 5/20/2011 9:05:12 PM