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Re: Hole In One Challenge is dumb as structured

• Steven1163 2,912 Posts

  Sun, Mar 31 2013 11:23 AM

  They should take a page from the LPGA sponsors and sponsor one hold per challenge roun and if a hole in one is made on thatparticular hoe u should get 5,000 credits.....simple little concept....and even change the hole for this challenge every day

• SPINO1 5,394 Posts

  Sun, Mar 31 2013 11:26 AM

  I dont see what the issue is here , its called "HOLE IN ONE CHALLENGE"/ Correct ?

  Not oooo i nearly got it in challenge !!!

  So you pay your credits to have a go at getting a HOLE IN ONE...Think about it , you actually get a bonus if you get close.

  You took the chance and still get something for not making the shot !

  But the way i think it should be set up .is pay 10cr for every go and have it as a "rolling jackpot" untill someone makes the shot.Then just start over with a different challenge.

   

• gedi83 277 Posts

  Wed, Apr 3 2013 9:48 AM

  Regarding HiO challenges there is one thing which could make them at least remotely attractive for rational players:

  - Obviously, it is a lottery, even if skill-based, as the chance to win is small and the prize is huge;

  - Unlike WGT HiO challenges, most lotteries pay out a substantial fraction of the received money (like 80%), not just a tiny bit of them;

  - What could be done is that the prize proportions (for within 5ft, 1ft, HiO) would be set as now, but the actual prizes would depend on how much money people actually spent on these challenges during the recent days/weeks/months.

  I suspect something like that is already implemented, as longer/harder holes give larger prizes than shorter/easier ones, but it rather seems that the payout is closer to 10 or 20% of received credits, not 80%. And what I suggest is not charity. It's actually good business. Of course, WGT would get only 20% of paid credits or so, but I bet the "sales" would increase more than 5 times :-)