Hello all,

this weekend there will be a football game (soccer, for our American friends) between the top 2 Teams in the league. In what I assume is an effort to improve attendence for a Sunday Modern tournament, a TO is giving out an extra prize pack to the Top players of that tournament that guess the football match result right, and doubling their winnings if they get the result exactly right.

The Magic Tournament Rules only forbid betting in the tournament itself (MTR 5.3 - Wagering: Tournament participants, tournament officials, and spectators may not wager, ante, or bet on any portion (including the outcome) of a tournament, match, or game.), but I'm still feeling uncomfortable with this situation. Is this OK?

Edited Pedro Gonçalves (Nov. 4, 2016 10:42:21 AM)

Please encourage the TO to check with their WPN rep before they try this.

d:^D

It appears that the WPN rep is OK with this. Thanks for the advice, though.

On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 7:46 AM, Pedro Gonçalves
<forum-31254-72ea@apps.magicjudges.org> wrote:
> It appears that the WPN rep is OK with this. Thanks for the advice, though.


It might bear mentioning that this sounds area dependant enough that
I'd encourage any TO wanting to do it to check with their WPN rep. You
may get a different answer and that might be the correct answer for
your area, not all answers apply to all parts of the globe.

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