Sweepstake Highs and Woes

[Lord Camomile]

I just got Croatia in the work sweepstake.

So... probably not gonna win that.

 

[Numbers]

I drew them too.

 

[hitmouse]

Me three! Should we ask a mod to change the title to "people who got Croatia in works sweepstake"? And what's everyone else planning to spend their winnings on after Croatia's glorious triumph?

(Our draw was among a small enough team that most of us got a second go, so I also have Spain. Decent draw, means I'm going to be extremely neutral tomorrow at 5 though.)

 

[Sweet FA]

Hungary

 

[DaveCinzano]

And what's everyone else planning to spend their winnings on after Croatia's glorious triumph?

Dapper new cravats, obvs

 

[Silas Loom]

I don’t have a work sweepstake so I am happy for any of you to issue me a team. I promise to follow its results with rabidly partisan interest.

 

[T & P]

I’ve long organised my work’s sweepstake and I always include a prize for the worst team (least points + worst goal difference), so at least if you get a shit team you can still win money and have an active interest for the group stages at least.

I always seem to draw teams that aren’t good enough to win or bad enough to finish as the worst, though . This year is Turkey

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Albania woo!

 

[strung out]

France in the work sweepstake, Croatia in my running club sweepstake.

 

[May Kasahara]

Mr K tells me his work haven't drawn their sweepstakes yet

No one at my place is organised enough, apparently

 

[planetgeli]

I don’t have a work sweepstake so I am happy for any of you to issue me a team. I promise to follow its results with rabidly partisan interest.

Ok. You got Croatia.

 

[Silas Loom]

Ok. You got Croatia.

Happy with that. Modric’s last hurrah. We probably need a dedicated Croatia thread now. Maybe even a subforum. Or an entire breakaway board devoted to full-throated Kockasti support.

 

[mx wcfc]

The work offering was a thing for one of our charities that involved zapping a QR code and registering on the website.
So that was a no.
What was wrong with writing the teams on a bit of paper and drawing them from a bag?

 

[Sue]

My office had some very complicated online thing where you had to predict a load of stuff for every match. And was a tenner to boot. So obviously I'm not in it.

(The person organising it is Spanish and very confident of their chances.)

What was wrong with writing the teams on a bit of paper and drawing them from a bag?

Exactly.

 

[spitfire]

Romania.

 

[zedr]

Belgium. We paid for a team for our staff room too which got Spain. Hoping they sneak it! There was also some controversy as England, Germany and Portugal were all got by people who got 2 teams not 1.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

Romania.

Me too. I'm not very excited.

 

[Elpenor]

No sweepstake at work, not sure we ever do them as there hasn’t been for previous world cups etc

Maybe we used to pre covid

Will probably only watch some of the England games if I remember, maybe not till the knock out stages.

 

[Silas Loom]

No sweepstake at work, not sure we ever do them as there hasn’t been for previous world cups etc

Maybe we used to pre covid

Will probably only watch some of the England games if I remember, maybe not till the knock out stages.

I think it’s only fair, then, that you too should be forced to support Croatia.

 

[starfish]

Ms starfish got England in hers, so she was quite happy.

 

[Elpenor]

I think it’s only fair, then, that you too should be forced to support Croatia.

My grandfather had Tito as a passenger on his plane a few times during WW2 so seems fair enough to me

 

[Poot]

I've got France. So now I have to cheer on France

To keep it interesting we've got prizes for most goals conceded and most yellow cards.

 

[hash tag]

Slovenia

 

[DaveCinzano]

My grandfather had Tito as a passenger on his plane a few times during WW2 so seems fair enough to me

"...'Ere, I 'ad that Josip Broz in the back of me cabin the other day..."

 

[Saffy]

Husband's got Croatia too!