Matty
Well-Known Member
A mate of mine has developed a predictions website, where you predict the Premier League results (as opposed to scores). The scoring for this is "odds based", which is described below. Essentially it's an attempt to reward people who correctly predict unusual results more than those who predict the easy outcomes (so if you predict Bournemouth to win against Arsenal you'd get more points than if you predict Chelsea to beat Watford).
Arsenal v Norwich City
If 60% of people who play predict an Arsenal home win, 17% predict a Norwich City away win and 23% predict a draw then the odds will be calculated as:
Arsenal home win 6/4
Draw 4/1
Norwich City away win 9/2
The ‘odds’ are converted to decimal odds and that’s the score you earn for a correct prediction
If you correctly predict a Home Win you would score 2.5 points;
if you correctly predict a Draw you would score 5 points;
if you correctly predict an Away Win you would score 5.5 points;
an incorrect prediction would score 0 points.
This ‘market based’ scoring removes the reliance on bookies odds in the previous version of the game (and will make scoring updates easier from a personal point of view) but still rewards correctly predicting the un-favoured result. But the emphasis, as always, is still on predicting the correct result, because you score nothing for an incorrect prediction.
The rules are explained in more detail within the website but, anyway, here's the URL for anyone who wishes to have a look and join up. You can create your own mini leagues for friends etc.
http://www.predictionsleague.com/
Arsenal v Norwich City
If 60% of people who play predict an Arsenal home win, 17% predict a Norwich City away win and 23% predict a draw then the odds will be calculated as:
Arsenal home win 6/4
Draw 4/1
Norwich City away win 9/2
The ‘odds’ are converted to decimal odds and that’s the score you earn for a correct prediction
If you correctly predict a Home Win you would score 2.5 points;
if you correctly predict a Draw you would score 5 points;
if you correctly predict an Away Win you would score 5.5 points;
an incorrect prediction would score 0 points.
This ‘market based’ scoring removes the reliance on bookies odds in the previous version of the game (and will make scoring updates easier from a personal point of view) but still rewards correctly predicting the un-favoured result. But the emphasis, as always, is still on predicting the correct result, because you score nothing for an incorrect prediction.
The rules are explained in more detail within the website but, anyway, here's the URL for anyone who wishes to have a look and join up. You can create your own mini leagues for friends etc.
http://www.predictionsleague.com/