Contest Rules
U Pick 'em
5 per
Simple enough.. get points for correctly picking the 64 team tournament. Rounds are weighted 1,2,3,4,5 and 7. Tie breaker is correct picks first round, then second round then final score total. 5 beans per bracket.
Lotto
4 per
Same as last yea 4 to get in.. the winner gets a ton!
A one time drawing will occur before the first game of the tournament. Each pick will cost only 4 jelly beans. The winner AGAINST THE POINT SPREAD of each game advances.
Here's an example. Let's say tonight's game has the number 1 seed playing the 16th seed. The Star & News (which will be the official spread for this pool) has the number 1 seed winning by 12 points. If the number 1 seed wins by a 12 point margin or better.. The person who picked that team advances. The person who picked the 16th seed loses. If, however, the 16th seed team beats THE SPREAD by making the final score margin less than 12 points, the owner of the 16th seed now takes ownership of the 1 seed ticket. If the 16th seed team were to beat the number one seed in this example then the owner would of course keep that ticket. Don't let all this confuse you. Our crack staff will make sure that it all goes down the way it should. You don't really have to do anything but root for your teams. Every pick has the same probability for winning. Winner takes 150 Jelly beans, 2nd place gets 50 and 3rd and fourth get 25 each. Any teams not picked will be donated to the house.
Auction
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This instant classic needs no explanation. The final 16 teams are auctioned to the highest bidder. For each victory your team gets you get a percentage of the pot. 1st win 5%. 2nd win 5 %. Third win 10 %. The winner wins the remainder.
16 Lotto
10 per
There will be a blind draw for the 16 teams. There is NO Spread with this, what you pull is what you get. 10 beans a pull. The beans pay out are: 4th and 3rd get 15. 2nd gets 30 and 1st gets 100. I would like to see 16 different people in this on.. Come on folks.. wudda ya say?
16 U Pick 'em
5 per
Simple enough.. get points for correctly picking the 16 team tournament. Rounds are weighted 1,2,3,4. Tie breaker is final score total then correct picks first round, then second round. 5 beans per bracket.
SUPERGRID
5 per
This exciting option (courtesy of the Beedub's Brain trust circa 2004) allows ALL participants an option to win for EVERY game in Tournament! (2007 edit: Now starts in the sweet 16) As the tourney progresses so does the payout, so that the final game is worth a whooping 40% (That equates to 100 beans for a 5 bean investment) The kicker is that you are illegible to win for each and every game!
HOW IT WORKS:
There are 25-50 "slots" on an x-y grid labeled 0-9 on the x axis, double numbered on the Y (and x). The axis represents the higher score vs. the lower score. When the score is final, the owner of the grid-box with last digit for each teams score, wins that rounds payout.
Payout Schedule: Modified in 2007! -First round has 8 winners, ANY win that round nets you 5. Next Round 10. 35 for the championship round and 100 for the Champ!
Why? This way there is a big payout at the end and significant payouts for the final four, and the champions. Remember EVERY square is "Live" for every game from the sweet 16 on. -Coolbeans indeed!