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    Contest Idea

    Head to head

    20-30 man person contest

    bracket style each round last a week.

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    make it happen guru

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    Head to head bracket style any sport on table or just baseball? Give me little more it will happen

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    Let's get some more ideas in here. What other types of prizes you guys thinking. The contest guru is listening to everything and anything.

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    Let's get some ideas flowing

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    i like the idea

    but i would start with a bracket of 16

    until the traffic at the site picks up some.

    do a baseball one

    1 week
    min of x amount of plays

    winner advances

    it would be fun

    takes 1 month to get a winner

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    this has been done before

    but a daily 3 team parlay thread where if you hit it you get a $25 FP from a sponsor book

    no ML's over say -140

    no more than 1 FP per week for non active players

    players that have made a deposit in the last 30 days can get more than 1 per week
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddy View Post
    this has been done before

    but a daily 3 team parlay thread where if you hit it you get a $25 FP from a sponsor book

    no ML's over say -140

    no more than 1 FP per week for non active players

    players that have made a deposit in the last 30 days can get more than 1 per week
    Like this idea let me work on this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddy View Post
    i like the idea

    but i would start with a bracket of 16

    until the traffic at the site picks up some.

    do a baseball one

    1 week
    min of x amount of plays

    winner advances

    it would be fun

    takes 1 month to get a winner


    I have been thinking about running one of these. We have solid 15 -20 people who are in the contest forum i think would need around 35-40 lurking around to make it go.

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    this sounds enticing. and gets me excited on the lower portion of my torso.
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    Quote Originally Posted by habhabj View Post
    this sounds enticing. and gets me excited on the lower portion of my torso.

    Get ready Hab we are just warming up here at ATB
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    I used to work for a magazine and I ran a 13 run pool. Each player picked the name of a baseball team out of a hat. Then each team had to score from 0 to 13 runs on different days/nights....0 runs one night, one run another night, two runs another night, three runs another night...up to 13 runs. Whoever owned the team that scored from 0-13 runs on different nights won the whole pot...this used to get into the thousands...lots of fun during a long summer!
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    Quote Originally Posted by marklec View Post
    I used to work for a magazine and I ran a 13 run pool. Each player picked the name of a baseball team out of a hat. Then each team had to score from 0 to 13 runs on different days/nights....0 runs one night, one run another night, two runs another night, three runs another night...up to 13 runs. Whoever owned the team that scored from 0-13 runs on different nights won the whole pot...this used to get into the thousands...lots of fun during a long summer!

    I will PM you tonight to learn more

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    Sounds good, Guru!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddy View Post
    i like the idea

    but i would start with a bracket of 16

    until the traffic at the site picks up some.

    do a baseball one

    1 week
    min of x amount of plays

    winner advances

    it would be fun

    takes 1 month to get a winner
    I think we have enough right now for a bracket of 16.
    Head to head play throughout the week? Winner advances.

    Also i want to start to vary up the prizes love points and free plays but what would people like?

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    What type of prizes you want?

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    cash for each round

    get a book to sponsor it

    $25 1st RD $200 total in prizes as you have 8 winners
    $50 2nd RD $200 total in prizes as you have 4 winners
    $100 3rd rd $200 total in prizes as you have 2 winners
    $200 to the winner $200 total in prizes

    make it that you must deposit $50 into a book

    16 players x $50 deposit gets the book $800

    the $50 is yours to play with but it at least gets the book some action and possible new signups

    again these are all copied ideas from other contests in the past but really what else can you do?

    everything gets repeated anyways.
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    Been in a couple of those i like it. Thank you. I will move on this

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDaddy View Post
    cash for each round

    get a book to sponsor it

    $25 1st RD $200 total in prizes as you have 8 winners
    $50 2nd RD $200 total in prizes as you have 4 winners
    $100 3rd rd $200 total in prizes as you have 2 winners
    $200 to the winner $200 total in prizes

    make it that you must deposit $50 into a book

    16 players x $50 deposit gets the book $800

    the $50 is yours to play with but it at least gets the book some action and possible new signups

    again these are all copied ideas from other contests in the past but really what else can you do?

    everything gets repeated anyways.

    If you make this happen CG that would be sweet...would be the best contest ATB ever held and the start of something big ....

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    see if you can get legends or betdsi maybe justbet or sportbet.com?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thejrichshow View Post
    see if you can get legends or betdsi maybe justbet or sportbet.com?
    We will have two BIG contests coming. I will have a new one Sunday with a great prize and will keep on working to get the bracket going.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thejrichshow View Post
    Head to head

    20-30 man person contest

    bracket style each round last a week.

    I been doing little contest with Frankie for tennis and i think this idea would be a ton of fun. Head to head
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    great idea it gets the banter going
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    Bracket contest would be awesome, also not sure how many tennis fans there on here. But some weekly tourneys would be cool in tennis. Maybe choose a ATP 500 or ATP 1000 to do
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jrod124 View Post
    Bracket contest would be awesome, also not sure how many tennis fans there on here. But some weekly tourneys would be cool in tennis. Maybe choose a ATP 500 or ATP 1000 to do
    For sure JROD. we are doing a Wimbledon one and it is going great.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BIGJBALLERS View Post
    I been doing little contest with Frankie for tennis and i think this idea would be a ton of fun. Head to head
    Alright i am on it!
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    having a baseball contest where you chose the winner of each series and used the total number of runs in the last game as the tiebreaker. top 5 winners get prize ranging from freeplay to atb points

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    JM and I would participate.. Like this contest idea alot

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    Quote Originally Posted by jak1279 View Post
    having a baseball contest where you chose the winner of each series and used the total number of runs in the last game as the tiebreaker. top 5 winners get prize ranging from freeplay to atb points
    I like that idea. Tell me a little more? How many series would you pick.
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    you would use the full week of baseball Monday-Sunday. Picks would have to be in by First game Monday. You can chose the series I think Max 15 games including the Sunday night game as the tiebreaker. 10 ATB Points for entry. I think we will get alot of players. I would be more than happy to help you put it together
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