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Holy frijoles, what an offseason.  Wait, did we have an offseason?  There was a draft.  There were some workouts.  Doesn't really feel like we had an offseason though.  Oh well.  The 2020-21 NFL Season begins tomorrow and that means the Mock Gambling Thread is back!  Will @AbsolutSurgen be able to defend his title?  Time to find out.  Are you new and don't know what this is?  Keep reading.

 

The Mock Gambling Thread is a competition that is a part gambling, part predicting, and part forecasting contest. The competition lasts for the entirety of the NFL season and is open to all regular board members.  Each player starts with fictitious $1,000 that you can gamble as much or as little as you like on the week's Feature Game. There are two ways to increase your cash:

  • Bet on the outcome of the Featured Game each week (with the spread). The featured game will be chosen each week from among the nationally televised games with the line set from when I post the thread.
  • There will be a number of questions that will ask you to make predictions or to forecast certain outcomes across the NFL during the week. Correct answers earn you cash. You do not lose cash for wrong answers. The types of questions will vary each week, as will the amount of cash they can earn you.
  • The competition continues through NFL season and post-season. At the conclusion of the Super Bowl the user with the most "cash" left will be the winner.


THE RULES
1. You make your bet and answer the questions simply by posting on the thread each week with your pick for the featured game along with your bet, followed by your answers to the prediction questions.

2. Everyone starts with $1,000. If a user doesn't start until week 3, they still start with $1,000. Your best bet it to get in early and play every week.

3. If you somehow reach $0 you are not out of the competition. You can't bet on the feature game during weeks that you are broke, but you can answer the prediction questions and hope to earn cash to gamble the following week.

4. IMPORTANT: I will set a deadline for getting your entries for the week in (usually before kick-off of that week's first game). It is imperative that you make your post before the deadline. The entry thread will be locked at the deadline so if you don't get your entry in by then you lose out on the chance to make money that week.

5. I work full time AND am 24/7 on-call AND have a near crippling gaming addiction AND probably drink too much! Responsibilities and personality flaws allowing, I will attempt to post the results and the next week's game/questions each Tuesday, as early as possible. Keep in mind though that there may be some wackiness here and there based on my schedule and hangovers. Pay attention.

6. For the official recording of stats/yardage NFL.com will be used. Whatever their site says on Tuesday morning is what counts.  No whining.

7. Accounts created within the current calendar month are not eligible to play and any entries from such accounts will not be considered.

 

If you have any questions, ASK!


Prize(s): The winner will be declared the Champion of the 3rdd D1P Edition of the Mock Gambling Thread and also take home a Fanatics.com gift card so you can get some swag from your team! 

 

@thewhyteboar

@Biggie

@Dodger

@Keyser_Soze

@Greatoneshere

@RedSoxFan9

@BasemntDweller2

@Alpha1Cowboy

@johnny

@Kal-El814

 

WEEK 1 FEATURE GAME AND QUESTIONS FOLLOWS THIS POST

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WEEK 1 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS

 

DEADLINE FOR WEEK 1 ENTRIES - 9/10/2019 (Thursday) 20:19 EASTERN
THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!

 

Week 1 Feature Game
Houston Texans (+9.5) at Kansas City Chiefs
(Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner)

 

QUESTIONS
1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Texans TD, Texans FG, Texans safety, Chiefs TD, Chiefs FG, Chiefs safety, or other? ($300 for the correct call)

 

2) How many field goals (not PATs) will be scored in the Feature Game? ($300 for the correct call)

 

3) How many penalties will be thrown and accepted in the feature game? ($300 for the correct call)

 

4) Which team will have more turnovers in the Week 1 match-up between the Seahawks and the Falcons?  ($200 for the correct call)

 

5) Call the winners:
Chicago at Detroit
LA Chargers at Cincinnati
Tennessee at Denver
($200 for EACH correct named game winner, $600 bonus if you call all 3 correctly)

 

6) How many total points will be scored in the Washington at Philadelphia game? 0-10, 11-24, 25-36, 37-45, or 46-55 or 55+ ($300 for the correct guess)

 

7) Name the player who will score the first touchdown of the Tampa Bay @ New Orleans game (by "score" we mean "the player holding the ball in the end-zone; don't name a QB unless you are guessing a rushing TD by them) ($400 for the correct answer)

 

8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week one. ($1,000 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called)

 

Good luck!

 

### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ###
Chiefs for $500
1. Chiefs TD
2. 4
3. 6
4. Seahawks
5. Lions, Chargers, Broncos
6. 37-45
7. Godwin
8. McCaffery, McLaurin
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Okay, hopefully Eagles don't give me a heart attack into the playoffs like they do . . . every year. Last year was a heartbreaker. So, here we go!

 

Kansas City Chiefs to win: $200

 

1. Kansas City Chiefs TD

2. 5 field goals

3. 10 penalties

4. Falcons will have more turnovers

5. Detroit, LA Chargers, Tennessee

6. 25-36 points total

7. Godwin

8. Gurley, McLaurin

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25 minutes ago, Dodger said:

Shit I forgot, so if Houston is +9.5 does that mean they have to win by 10 or does it mean KC has to win by 10?

 

An easy  way to remember is a minus means that team is the favorite and a plus means they are the underdog

 

And if the other team is a + that means they can win  or not lose by whatever the amount is.

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23 hours ago, Slug said:

WEEK 1 MOCK GAMBLING - SPREAD AND QUESTIONS

 

DEADLINE FOR WEEK 1 ENTRIES - 9/10/2019 (Thursday) 20:19 EASTERN
THREAD WILL BE LOCKED AT THE DEADLINE SO GET YOUR ENTRIES IN!

 

Week 1 Feature Game
Houston Texans (+9.5) at Kansas City Chiefs
(Remember you are betting against the spread, not just the outright winner)

 

QUESTIONS
1) What will be the first scoring play of the Feature Game? Texans TD, Texans FG, Texans safety, Chiefs TD, Chiefs FG, Chiefs safety, or other? ($300 for the correct call)

 

2) How many field goals (not PATs) will be scored in the Feature Game? ($300 for the correct call)

 

3) How many penalties will be thrown and accepted in the feature game? ($300 for the correct call)

 

4) Which team will have more turnovers in the Week 1 match-up between the Seahawks and the Falcons?  ($200 for the correct call)

 

5) Call the winners:
Chicago at Detroit
LA Chargers at Cincinnati
Tennessee at Denver
($200 for EACH correct named game winner, $600 bonus if you call all 3 correctly)

 

6) How many total points will be scored in the Washington at Philadelphia game? 0-10, 11-24, 25-36, 37-45, or 46-55 or 55+ ($300 for the correct guess)

 

7) Name the player who will score the first touchdown of the Tampa Bay @ New Orleans game (by "score" we mean "the player holding the ball in the end-zone; don't name a QB unless you are guessing a rushing TD by them) ($400 for the correct answer)

 

8) Name the player who will rush for the most yards AND the player that will have the most receiving yards in week one. ($1,000 for each player named correctly, $3,000 bonus if both names are called)

 

Good luck!

 

### Example Answer Post and MY ENTRY ###
Chiefs for $500
1. Chiefs TD
2. 4
3. 6
4. Seahawks
5. Lions, Chargers, Broncos
6. 37-45
7. Godwin
8. McCaffery, McLaurin
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Chiefs $1000

Chiefs TD

3

7

Falcons

Chicago,LA, TN

46-55

A Kamara

D Henry , S Diggs

 

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