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BEAT THE BOOKIE - WORLD CUP 2026 - Round 1 Fixtures

Leeds_Addick
Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,861
edited June 12 in General Charlton

Welcome back to Beat The Bookie after a short break! This is a World Cup edition that will run for the duration of the tournament.

The rules are as usual with each round of games equivalent to a normal week of fixtures.

The Rules

  • Each round a selection of games will be posted up.
  • You will be given a virtual tenner to put on either a single, double or treble.
  • Simply post your bet from the selections and we'll work out everyone's virtual winnings/losses.
  • If you don't use your bet you get -£10 for that round for competition purposes.
  • Anyone joining part way through will start on the same balance as the lowest in the competition.
  • Any bets affected by postponements will be settled using remaining selections. If all selections are cancelled you will get a £20 stake for the next round.

On the morning of the 18th I will post the results from round 1 and the fixtures from round 2 but of course you can make your selections anytime before the games kick off.

The rounds are defined as follows.

Round 1: Group stage round 1

Round 2: Group stage round 2

Round 3: Group stage round 3

Round 4: Last 32

Round 5: Last 16

Round 6: Quarter finals

Round 7: Semi finals

Round 8: Final

The competition has also had a visual refresh which will hopefully make it a bit easier on the eye.

I hope I haven’t missed anything but feel free to give me a shout if I have done. 

The selections for round 1 are:

fixtures_week_1.png

Good luck!

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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,477
    You're a star, @Leeds_Addick
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 42,301
    South Africa - Draw
    Canada - Draw
    USA - Draw

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,767
    Nice one and the visuals are ten times better 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,767
    South Korea 

    Bosnia

    England / Croatia draw 
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,820
    Switzerland
    Austria
    Brazil
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,415
    South Korea 
    Japan 
    Brazil v Morocco - Draw
  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,605
    Japan and Turkey win double please. 
  • blackpool72
    blackpool72 Posts: 24,420
    Brazil 
    Germany 
    England 
  • addix
    addix Posts: 1,262
    USA
    Sweden 
    France
  • theeenorth
    theeenorth Posts: 2,316
    Mexico
    Japan
    Ghana

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  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 2,167
    Colombia 
    Austria 
    Sweden 
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,290
    USA/Paraguay draw
    Sweden/Tunisia draw
    England win
  • charscot
    charscot Posts: 498
    Sweden
    Canada
    Austria
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 2,039
    Belgium
    Brazil
    Sweden
  • Charlton_Stu
    Charlton_Stu Posts: 3,966
    England 
    Netherlands 
    Sweden 
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,724
    Sweden 
    Belgium 
    France. 


    Thank you.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,297
    If we get a virtual tenner, how does that work? 3.33 on each team? And what if we lose all 10, how can we continue betting? Sorry, but I’ve never looked at these threads before.
  • cherryorchard
    cherryorchard Posts: 1,768
    Mexico
    Scotland

    Thanks.
  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,861
    jimmymelrose said:
    If we get a virtual tenner, how does that work? 3.33 on each team? And what if we lose all 10, how can we continue betting? Sorry, but I’ve never looked at these threads before.
    It’s a tenner on a single, double or treble e.g. if you bet on 3 teams the odds are the product of the 3 teams. 

    You get a fresh tenner for each round irrespective of whether you’ve won or lost the previous rounds.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 4,125
    Treble please on

    Mexico
    Canada
    Belgium

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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,911
    Belgium, France, Argentina.
  • Dannoo_86
    Dannoo_86 Posts: 761
    Mexico
    canada
    USA


  • charente addick
    charente addick Posts: 3,946
    Ghana, Iran, Netherlands
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,297
    3 singles on 3 draws please:

    Canada v BH
    Netherlands v Japan
    Australia  v Turkiye
  • CafcWest
    CafcWest Posts: 6,356
    Paraguay
    Sweden
    Spain
  • last_line
    last_line Posts: 626
    Mexico,  Argentina,  Portugal treble please
  • norwayaddick
    norwayaddick Posts: 424
    Mexico
    USA

    Thanks for running this!
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,297
    Leeds_Addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    If we get a virtual tenner, how does that work? 3.33 on each team? And what if we lose all 10, how can we continue betting? Sorry, but I’ve never looked at these threads before.
    It’s a tenner on a single, double or treble e.g. if you bet on 3 teams the odds are the product of the 3 teams. 

    You get a fresh tenner for each round irrespective of whether you’ve won or lost the previous rounds.

    Ok, so I get a free tenner given to me each round, thanks for clarifying that, but my first question is still bugging me, sorry

    If I walked into a bookie with 10 quid, I would still have to say how much I want to put on each bet. I could split it into 4,3,3 or 7,2,1 etc. I couldn't say that it’s an equal amount on each unless he gave me 1p change. Or are you saying that we get 3 x 10 pound bets? 


  • Leeds_Addick
    Leeds_Addick Posts: 4,861
    jimmymelrose said:
    Leeds_Addick said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    If we get a virtual tenner, how does that work? 3.33 on each team? And what if we lose all 10, how can we continue betting? Sorry, but I’ve never looked at these threads before.
    It’s a tenner on a single, double or treble e.g. if you bet on 3 teams the odds are the product of the 3 teams. 

    You get a fresh tenner for each round irrespective of whether you’ve won or lost the previous rounds.

    Ok, so I get a free tenner given to me each round, thanks for clarifying that, but my first question is still bugging me, sorry

    If I walked into a bookie with 10 quid, I would still have to say how much I want to put on each bet. I could split it into 4,3,3 or 7,2,1 etc. I couldn't say that it’s an equal amount on each unless he gave me 1p change. Or are you saying that we get 3 x 10 pound bets? 


    No worries! You get 1x£10 bet to place on 1 single, 1 double or 1 treble. So imagine I'm thinking of betting on 3 teams: England (1.7), Ecuador (2.25) and Paraguay (3.7).
    • If I place just one single, on for example England, and it comes in, I'd get £10 * 1.7 back = £17
    • If I place a double on England and Ecuador and it comes in, I'd get £10 * (1.7 * 2.25) back = £38.25
    • If I place a treble on all 3 selections and it comes in, I'd get £10 * (1.7 * 2.25 * 3.7) back = £141.53
    So the selection you've made here is invalid because you you can't have 3 singles.
    jimmymelrose said:
    3 singles on 3 draws please:

    Canada v BH
    Netherlands v Japan
    Australia  v Turkiye
    But I'll assume you want a treble with these 3 selections unless you post again
  • AndyG
    AndyG Posts: 6,369
    Treble please

    England
    Turkey
    Argentina

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