Revised Potential Rules....


1 bet a day. Tips posted by 2pm.......tips can be posted the night before if you can not get on the net in the day but please mark in bold that they are for the following day to avoid confusion.

£10 mythical single.

Any sport. Sports odds must be offered by Bet 365 whose price will be the one that winnings are calculated on. You must quote the price and any handicap mark on your tip post. Horse racing bets settled at SP.

Events must finish on the day it is posted (or overnight in the case of US sports)...ie no pre-golf tournament outrights, test matches etc for ease of compiling the results.

Horses and dogs win only. Greyhounds need to be named and if they are non runners the reserve will not count.

Football Home Win/Away Win/Draw only (90 mins).

Rugby, Speedway, US Sports. Handicap Singles or outright singles.

Darts, Tennis, Motor Racing, Snooker, Golf 2 or 3 balls win only (no handicap bets allowed).

Anyone selecting a non runner can make a replacement selection as long as it is posted before 2pm

Bets on races before 2pm are allowed but must be posted at least 5 minutes before the advertised off time.

Any selections where the post has been edited will not be accepted and it will forefit your go for that day. If you make a mistake post separately and explain why the first one should not count.

I may have just read it all properly but to just go over the following...


....So each week goes from Monday to Sunday? and therefore there is an imaginery £10 pound to spend each day of the week, and there will also be a winner each week, and each month?

There will be a table with how much profit a member has won each week?

Who is going to go over each of the results and then publish some sort of results table?

Is there going to be a list before Monday (when the competition will start?)
of all the members that will regularly take part in the competion?

Is there a limit on the odds or can they range from as low as 1/20 to as high as 200/1

Is it only profit that counts when the table is shown? For example people that bet with odds such as 1/20 will keep the daily 10 pound quite often, so surely profit only is the way to go here. (maybe already gone through but I haven't fully read the thread).


....And finally, when the rules are completely wrote up, maybe we could ask a moderator nicely if we could just abandon this thread and start a new thread "the tipster competition" and put it as a sticky.

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Correct with point 1.

Correct with point 2, posted on the monday?

Pedpower offered and i'll offer my help if required.

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See my ideas in bold




Would make sense

Additions

Pedpower to collate the figures and decide if each selection is vaild.


Winning returns to be declared exclusive of the £10 stake

Nice one all we are getting it together.

Will do the table with the £10 included as if somebody has 3 losers then a winner at say evens it would show just show £10 profit not the minus £30 from previous days. So the new table would show -£20 for the 4 days if you get me.

2pm each day deadline is good too.

Still going for monday start?

Also will do a weekly table nd a monthly one too.

Only thing to decide is what happens in horse racing if a "winner" gets thrown out after a stewards enquiry.

I'd say the official result (ie after any enquiry) should be the only one that counts but others might disagree.

Monday start seems good to me.

Yeah of course £10 gets deducted for a loser but a 2/1 win would see £20 added not £30 which I think is what your saying too.


Example

Day 1

Pedpower gets a 5/1 winner he's £50 up

Espanyolswan gets a loser he's £10 down.

Edited the rule to clear that one up as I can see now in my first post it was wrong and would cause confusion.

As everyone seems to have had their say here is the rules I see governing the tipping contest.....


Start Monday 5th October 2009.


1 bet a day. Tips posted by 2pm.......tips can be posted the night before if you can not get on the net in the day but please mark in bold that they are for the following day to avoid confusion.

£10 mythical single.

Any sport. Sports odds must be offered by Bet 365 whose price will be the one that winnings are calculated on. You must quote the price and any handicap mark on your tip post. Horse racing and Greyhound bets settled at SP.

Events must finish on the day it is posted (or overnight in the case of US sports)...ie no pre-golf tournament outrights, test matches etc for ease of compiling the results.

Horses and dogs win only. Greyhounds need to be named and the Trap Number given and if they are non runners the reserve will not count.

Football Home Win/Away Win/Draw only (90 mins).

Rugby, Speedway, US Sports. Handicap Singles or outright singles.

Darts, Tennis, Motor Racing, Snooker, Golf 2 or 3 balls win only (no handicap bets allowed).

Anyone selecting a non runner can make a replacement selection as long as it is posted before 2pm

Bets on races before 2pm are allowed but must be posted at least 5 minutes before the advertised off time. Horse racing results determined on the official result not first past the post.

Any selections where the post has been edited will not be accepted and it will forefit your go for that day. If you make a mistake post separately and explain why the first one should not count.


Pedpower to collate the figures and decide if each selection is vaild.


Winning returns to be declared exclusive of the £10 stake




[Also it is probably best to keep comments and banter on the thread to the evening/night once we are up and running as too many superfluous posts when tips are being put up in the morning and early afternoon will just make Pedpower's job harder and could lead to tips being missed.

Surely now, the rules wrote up by Espanyolswan should be the start of a new thread and hopefully be put up as a sticky

Think this topic should just go in the bin now imo.

I take it with no complaints about the rules we are good to go on Monday?

One more thing.....

......Would it be beneficial for other members if when you put a tip up, you write a quick line or two explaining your reasoning behind your selection.

Just a suggestion.

Not really IMO because:

1) If it is nailed on and you say so people will copy you.
2) If its nailed on and you dont say its almost stopping people from doing the same bet.
3) People can pick by name of horse or just put their £10 on their team week in week out.

I'd just think it would lead to responses why your thinking was incorrect (in the posters opinion)

I think just by seeing who is in profit will show whose opinion to respect and whose to ignore and the other betting thread is there to discuss and argue about selections

Is this starting tomorrow then?

[size=200TIPSTER CONTEST STARTS HERE[/size

Entries on this thread by 2pm each day

First day of competition Monday 5th October

Feel free to post entries from now

My entry for Monday........

Sky Bet Grand Prix Darts 1st Round

Wayne Jones to beat Paul Nicholson 5/4 with Bet365.

Can't we try and get a new thread up (hopefully a sticky) with the rules clear etc etc?

If anyone can make it happen (not so much the new thread....the sticky) go for it

Looking forward to it ... count me in.

My entry is Man City to beat Aston Villa at 13/8.

I'll go with

Ricky Ponting to be man of the match in the Champions Trophy cricket final @ 8/1 with BET365

Australia v New Zealand

New Zealand to win at 2/1 (Bet365)

Aston Villa v Manchester City Over 2.5 goals - 1.91 (Sportingbet, Coral)

That's 10/11 in old money.