Was it a fair result? And the referee, did he play a role in the result of this match?
Blog aimed to share information on the progress of our Bolão for the 2014 World Cup. Bolão is a Brazilian version of a sweepstakes, or pool, or predict-the-score; same thing is also known in spanish as quiniela, or prode. Football is a Latin American passion, and our Arris team in CALA decided to run a Bolão to finally understand which of the various countries really understands of football.
Thursday, June 12, 2014
DAILY UPDATE - 12-JUNE
Brazil 3 - 1 Croatia
Was it a fair result? And the referee, did he play a role in the result of this match?
Was it a fair result? And the referee, did he play a role in the result of this match?
Stats - so who'll make it to the Round of 16?
Only 3 unanimous choices to classify to the next round: Brazil, Argentina and Spain.
Stats - Top Scorer & Goals
Here Messi rules with 19 with Neymar following close with 14.
Below the Top Scorers of all World Cups. Recent results lean towards 6 goals per Top Scorer.
Stats for Total Goals - Master Bonus of 80 points
As expected there's a very spread distribution on the Total Goals. Probably the Master Bonus will be a key factor to provide that needed final sprint of the Bolao.
The table below contains the total goals scored in the last World Cups:
The table below contains the total goals scored in the last World Cups:
Final Stats - Champion, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
So Brazil is the favorite. 23 out of 44 put Brazil as the Champion.
Preferred 2nd place is Argentina with 14.
Russia and Portugal appear surprinsingly as Champion in 2 bets.
Preferred 2nd place is Argentina with 14.
Russia and Portugal appear surprinsingly as Champion in 2 bets.
Final List of Participants
I received several last minute entries. We have a total of 44 participants. Pancho is participating 4 times (himself and 3 kids) and Carlos Cunha twice (himself and his son).
Brazil leads with 13 participants, followed by the US with 11 and Mexico with 9.
Brazil leads with 13 participants, followed by the US with 11 and Mexico with 9.
Statistics
From the bets we have registered so far, I found out some interesting stats.
Brazil leads the odds with 19 players selecting Brazil as the World Cup champion. Other 6 selected Germany, 5 Spain and 4 Argentina.
Argentina leads the 2nd place with 11 indications. I wonder if all Brazilians are dreaming with a Brazil vs Argentina final. Interesting to see that Brazil has 9 indications as 2nd place, with 9 people predicting a new Maracanazo.
Messi leads the Top Scorer with 12 indications, followed by Neymar with 9.
As soon as I finish all bets I'll publish the complete stats.
Friday, June 6, 2014
Participants List as per June 6th 12PM EDT
Country | Name | Recebido | |
Argentina | Luciano Lazzari |
| |
Brasil | Antonio Carlos Gonçalves | Yes | |
Brasil | Douglas Siqueira | Yes | |
Brasil | Luis Silva | Yes | |
Brasil | Marcos Takanohashi | Yes | |
Brasil | Patricia Pereira | Yes | |
Brasil | Salvador Storino |
| |
Chile | Francisco Céspedes | Yes | |
Chile | William Perez |
| Yes |
Colombia | Javier Leon |
| |
Mexico | Antonio Gonzalez |
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Mexico | Arturo Salomon |
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Mexico | Edgar Alcantara |
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Mexico | Jesus Barrios |
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Mexico | Jonathan Portillo |
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Mexico | Jorge Tavira |
| |
Mexico | Leopoldo Espinosa |
| |
Mexico | Miguel Cruz | Yes | |
Mexico | Reynaldo Cascante |
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Mexico | Rogelio Diaz |
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Mexico | Sebastián Jiménez |
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USA | Camilo Villamil |
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USA | Carlos Gomez |
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USA | Claudia Giacomelli | Yes | |
USA | Diego Egas | Yes | |
USA | Emilio Chalita |
| |
USA | German Iaryczower | Yes | |
USA | Gloria Lozano | Yes | |
USA | Jennifer Smith |
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USA | Raja Chandrasekar |
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USA | Roberto Muñoz | Yes | |
USA | William Lalinde | Yes |
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Getting to the deadline
All,
Place your bets this weekend, the World Cup starts next June 12th. So far I have 28 confirmations though only 9 Excel bets with me.
We'll use this blog to have daily score updates published so everyone can follow it. I'm building a Google Drive folder to store all bets so we have transparency on the whole process.
Let's heat it up!
Cheers,
Marcos
Place your bets this weekend, the World Cup starts next June 12th. So far I have 28 confirmations though only 9 Excel bets with me.
We'll use this blog to have daily score updates published so everyone can follow it. I'm building a Google Drive folder to store all bets so we have transparency on the whole process.
Let's heat it up!
Cheers,
Marcos
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