As you may have seen, this week's You Bet resulted in all three bets receiving an equal number of votes, which meant we had to place 33p on each one but luckily for us, one of them came up trumps and earned us some winnings.
Frank Lampard was the hero of the hour after his goal opened the scoring for Chelsea against Wigan, which meant £1.65 headed back our way after we parted company with our 99p for this week.
So what does that give us by way of a grand total for the entire 10-week run? Well it gives me great pleasure to say that from our original £10 stake fund, we managed to accumulate
£29.30
for Great Ormond Street Hospital!
Not an enormous fortune, you might think, but do you know of a bank account whose interest rate triples your money over ten weeks? No, we thought not! So let's rejoice and give thanks for all the success we've had as we give thanks to all of you that took the time and effort to cast your votes each week.
It's been a great success and a lot of fun too, so well done everybody and thanks again for helping us to support the kids at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Sunday, 14 January 2007
Friday, 12 January 2007
You Bet! Week 10
Well who'd have thunk it. We've finally reached the end of the road as Week 10 of 10 has arrived in our You Bet challenge.
We started all the way back in November 2006 with a paltry £10 to fritter away on bets which we hoped would reap further rewards to benefit our chosen charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
And reap we did. OK, so we didn't make an enormous fortune, but gambling is a veritable minefield when it comes to avoiding outright monetary loss. Fortunately, our consciencious selections and your thorough approach to voting for the right bet have virtually tripled our initial outlay.
But there's still one last week of betting left. Will the totaliser rise still further? People, it's all down to you.
We've come up with something slightly different for Week 10. All three options will win £5 for our charity should they come up trumps, and all three are 'first goalscorer' bets. The question is, which one will you vote for? Will it be:
Bet A
Blackburn v Arsenal: Thierry Henry to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
Bet B
Chelsea v Wigan: Frank Lampard to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
Bet C
Watford v Liverpool: Dirk Kuyt to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
It could hardly be simpler. Just select the bet you favour most below, and press 'Vote'.
Well what are you waiting for?
Voting on this event has now closed.
Your votes must be in by start of play on Saturday 13th January 2007. For the last time, good luck!
We started all the way back in November 2006 with a paltry £10 to fritter away on bets which we hoped would reap further rewards to benefit our chosen charity, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
And reap we did. OK, so we didn't make an enormous fortune, but gambling is a veritable minefield when it comes to avoiding outright monetary loss. Fortunately, our consciencious selections and your thorough approach to voting for the right bet have virtually tripled our initial outlay.
But there's still one last week of betting left. Will the totaliser rise still further? People, it's all down to you.
We've come up with something slightly different for Week 10. All three options will win £5 for our charity should they come up trumps, and all three are 'first goalscorer' bets. The question is, which one will you vote for? Will it be:
Bet A
Blackburn v Arsenal: Thierry Henry to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
Bet B
Chelsea v Wigan: Frank Lampard to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
Bet C
Watford v Liverpool: Dirk Kuyt to score first
Potential winnings: £5.00
It could hardly be simpler. Just select the bet you favour most below, and press 'Vote'.
Well what are you waiting for?
Voting on this event has now closed.
Your votes must be in by start of play on Saturday 13th January 2007. For the last time, good luck!
Thursday, 4 January 2007
You Bet! Week 9
FA CUP SPECIAL!
Yes, it's a welcome return to You Bet and it's our penultimate week before the tally's totted up and the cheque's written out for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Our Blue Peter-style totaliser is currently flashing away at £29.65 (because in our world you can have totalisers that show two decimal places) but we're hungry for more, so let's get back in the swing of things by looking at this week's betting options... and whaddya know - it's the Third Round of the FA Cup this weekend, so a nice bit of added edge for you there.
Bet A
Birmingham v Newcastle: Draw
Potential winnings: £3.20
Bet B
Tamworth v Norwich: Tamworth to win
Potential winnings: £7.00
Bet C
Liverpool v Arsenal: Half-time - Liverpool leading, Full-time - draw
Potential winnings: £15.00
...and of course the procedure has by now been well documented: simply vote for the bet you think we should put our £1 for this week, and the one that gets the most votes by start of play on Saturday will end up as our selection. If the bet comes up trumps, the winnings go back into the kitty to push our charity total up further still. Here's where you can make your selection...
Voting on this event has now closed.
Best of luck, and let's hope for more winnings!
Yes, it's a welcome return to You Bet and it's our penultimate week before the tally's totted up and the cheque's written out for Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Our Blue Peter-style totaliser is currently flashing away at £29.65 (because in our world you can have totalisers that show two decimal places) but we're hungry for more, so let's get back in the swing of things by looking at this week's betting options... and whaddya know - it's the Third Round of the FA Cup this weekend, so a nice bit of added edge for you there.
Bet A
Birmingham v Newcastle: Draw
Potential winnings: £3.20
Bet B
Tamworth v Norwich: Tamworth to win
Potential winnings: £7.00
Bet C
Liverpool v Arsenal: Half-time - Liverpool leading, Full-time - draw
Potential winnings: £15.00
...and of course the procedure has by now been well documented: simply vote for the bet you think we should put our £1 for this week, and the one that gets the most votes by start of play on Saturday will end up as our selection. If the bet comes up trumps, the winnings go back into the kitty to push our charity total up further still. Here's where you can make your selection...
Voting on this event has now closed.
Best of luck, and let's hope for more winnings!
Thursday, 21 December 2006
You Bet! Week 8
So here we are in Week 8 of You Bet, and I'm happy to report we've already tripled our money with three weeks yet to play. Well done everyone!
Last week's winning bet took our total to £30.65, so let's see if we can win even more this week. Here's your three bets from which you must choose the one most likely:
Bet A
Arsenal v Blackburn: Adebayor to score first
Potential winnings: £4.00
Bet B
Wigan v Chelsea: Lampard to score first
Potential winnings: £7.00
Bet C
Middlesbrough v Charlton: Half Time - Middlesbrough leading, Full Time - draw
Potential winnings: £15.00
If you don't know what to do now, where the hell have you been since November 2nd? Oh alright then, here goes.
Simply vote for A, B or C above according to the one you think's most likely to happen this weekend and whichever gets the most votes before midday on Saturday 23rd December 2006 has a £1 bet put on it courtesy of Some People Are On The Pitch. If that bet pays out, all winnings go back into the kitty and at the end of the 10-week run, any money we've accrued goes off to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
PLEASE NOTE:
The poll for this week seems to be having a technical fault insofar as it's only showing one vote as having been registered. If your vote fails to show up on the graph after you log it, please drop us a line at write4us[at]spaotp[dot]com with your name and the bet you've voted for and we'll keep a track of things ready for the big 'off' this weekend. Apologies for any inconvenience...
So here, then, are those ever-important voting buttons:
Voting on this event has now closed.
Good luck!
Last week's winning bet took our total to £30.65, so let's see if we can win even more this week. Here's your three bets from which you must choose the one most likely:
Bet A
Arsenal v Blackburn: Adebayor to score first
Potential winnings: £4.00
Bet B
Wigan v Chelsea: Lampard to score first
Potential winnings: £7.00
Bet C
Middlesbrough v Charlton: Half Time - Middlesbrough leading, Full Time - draw
Potential winnings: £15.00
If you don't know what to do now, where the hell have you been since November 2nd? Oh alright then, here goes.
Simply vote for A, B or C above according to the one you think's most likely to happen this weekend and whichever gets the most votes before midday on Saturday 23rd December 2006 has a £1 bet put on it courtesy of Some People Are On The Pitch. If that bet pays out, all winnings go back into the kitty and at the end of the 10-week run, any money we've accrued goes off to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
PLEASE NOTE:
The poll for this week seems to be having a technical fault insofar as it's only showing one vote as having been registered. If your vote fails to show up on the graph after you log it, please drop us a line at write4us[at]spaotp[dot]com with your name and the bet you've voted for and we'll keep a track of things ready for the big 'off' this weekend. Apologies for any inconvenience...
So here, then, are those ever-important voting buttons:
Voting on this event has now closed.
Good luck!
Thursday, 14 December 2006
You Bet! Week 7
My my, how time flies. It's Week 7 of 'You Bet' already!
Let's see if we can add a bit more than the 65p we won last week (grateful though we are for it) by assessing this week's parade of punts:
Bet A
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers: Draw
Potential winnings: £3.00
Bet B
Everton v Chelsea: Everton to win
Potential winnings: £5.50
Bet C
Charlton v Liverpool: Liverpool to win 3-0
Potential winnings: £12.00
Whichever of these three gets the most votes is the one we'll be putting our weekly Pound on. Any winnings we get go back into the kitty and at the end of the 10-week run, all the money accrued goes to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Time to cast your votes, then...
Voting on this event has now closed.
Let's see if we can add a bit more than the 65p we won last week (grateful though we are for it) by assessing this week's parade of punts:
Bet A
Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers: Draw
Potential winnings: £3.00
Bet B
Everton v Chelsea: Everton to win
Potential winnings: £5.50
Bet C
Charlton v Liverpool: Liverpool to win 3-0
Potential winnings: £12.00
Whichever of these three gets the most votes is the one we'll be putting our weekly Pound on. Any winnings we get go back into the kitty and at the end of the 10-week run, all the money accrued goes to Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Time to cast your votes, then...
Voting on this event has now closed.
Wednesday, 7 June 2006
Place your bets
With the World Cup only two days away, the more financially ambitious amongst you may have already been tempted to have a flutter while the competition's on. Yet for those of you that think the only available options are to bet a couple of quid on Brazil winning outright or Michael Owen being top scorer, then you're very much mistaken.
A cursory look around the web brings forth all manner of different things to bet on during the World Cup, from the ubiquitous to the frankly mind-boggling.
As well as the usual bets on individual match results and group winners, there's also, as ever, a list of top goalscorers to choose from, but these days the breakdown of options is more extensive than ever before.
You can bet on the top goalscorer for Australia, the Ivory Coast or any other country for that matter. You can also bet on the highest scorer that plays his club football in the Premiership, Serie A or La Liga. And if you want to get really specific, try betting on the highest scoring Liverpool, Chelsea or Man United player.
But that's all a bit tame by 21st Century standards, to be honest. You can approach this whole gambling business from a somewhat different and even negative angle in 2006. PaddyPower and BetFred are offering you the chance to stake some reddies on which team will pick up the most cards during the tournament (Argentina being the favourites so far at 13/2), while SkyBet offer a selection of familiar names to choose from in the category 'First Player Cautioned For Diving'. You'll be wanting Didier Drogba at 8/1, if I'm not mistaken...
In fact when it comes to strange and ludicrous wagers, SkyBet really have lost the plot in a big way. They're offering odds of 33/1 on England being booted out of the World Cup due to rioting fans and 25/1 on Jens Lehman of Germany saving a penalty against England (huh, yeah, right...)
But the best bet they offer of all is for the amount of streakers you'll see during the entire competition. For a £5 bet, you'll win £75 if four of them turn up, but to be honest your winnings will be the last of your concerns at the time. You'll be too busy trying to remember how to instantly record programmes on your Sky+ box.
A cursory look around the web brings forth all manner of different things to bet on during the World Cup, from the ubiquitous to the frankly mind-boggling.
As well as the usual bets on individual match results and group winners, there's also, as ever, a list of top goalscorers to choose from, but these days the breakdown of options is more extensive than ever before.
You can bet on the top goalscorer for Australia, the Ivory Coast or any other country for that matter. You can also bet on the highest scorer that plays his club football in the Premiership, Serie A or La Liga. And if you want to get really specific, try betting on the highest scoring Liverpool, Chelsea or Man United player.
But that's all a bit tame by 21st Century standards, to be honest. You can approach this whole gambling business from a somewhat different and even negative angle in 2006. PaddyPower and BetFred are offering you the chance to stake some reddies on which team will pick up the most cards during the tournament (Argentina being the favourites so far at 13/2), while SkyBet offer a selection of familiar names to choose from in the category 'First Player Cautioned For Diving'. You'll be wanting Didier Drogba at 8/1, if I'm not mistaken...
In fact when it comes to strange and ludicrous wagers, SkyBet really have lost the plot in a big way. They're offering odds of 33/1 on England being booted out of the World Cup due to rioting fans and 25/1 on Jens Lehman of Germany saving a penalty against England (huh, yeah, right...)
But the best bet they offer of all is for the amount of streakers you'll see during the entire competition. For a £5 bet, you'll win £75 if four of them turn up, but to be honest your winnings will be the last of your concerns at the time. You'll be too busy trying to remember how to instantly record programmes on your Sky+ box.
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