THE COST: Ten dollar $10.00 entry fee. All fees ( no administrative expenses, no cash to winners) will be donated to the CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY. Half of the proceeds will be designated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and the other half to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Free entry if residing in New Zealand or Australia. Receipts will be issued by the Canadian Cancer Society if requested.I will tabulate and submit at the end of the challenge.
ENTRY: You can play singles or enter by team. In other words go it alone or get together with other(s). You can pledge your entry fee by email and then either wait to catch up with me somewhere in Ontario this summer or mail a cheque to my address ( check by email ). Multiple entries are accepted.You can be identified by your name, a team name or a numbered account ( a modern game ).
THE TASK: You will have $10,000 bob credited to your newly opened account on entry. Let us call it the Bowls Ontario (BO) stimulus package. Your mission, "should you choose to accept it ...", will be to parlay that amount into a substantial profit. The method of your madness is to wager any amount of your dollars( minimum bet of $1000 ) on the upcoming BIG THREE Provincial Championships. This isn't the easy win, place show of the races, you have to pick the winners of the event. But to make it a cinch to be successful you win if your selections qualify for the Canadians ( 1st or 2nd ). If you lose all your money, game over and placed on the bankrupt list. Despite baseball's Pete Rose rule you can, are even encouraged, to bet on your own team.
THE ODDS: You have and are creating them as we speak by submitting your ranking predictions. They are ever changing so you can submit your 'bet' when you judge the odds are best for your maximum return.
PAYOUT: the Parimutuel system will be used but with no 14.25% commission deducted before the winning distribution. Wikipedia has a clear explanation of the calculations.
PRIZES: The enjoyment of the camaraderie and the satisfaction of doing something for others without credit. However; To the top woman (team) and man (team ) a vintage Henselite spray marker. I traded a bowls bag for 9 markers in Australia in 2006. I am using one of those markers this year and it still works. Best they be in action. No guarantees but you at least will have a memento of your superior handicapping.
GENDER POWER: As an aside, I will tabulate the Women and Men totals to determine who wins the Handicapping Knobbie.
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