Any ideas what this is ??

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  1. dazler

    dazler Member

    maybe i should have a go on the pools with it and split the winnings !!
     
    dazler, Sep 12, 2018
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  2. dazler

    dazler Member

    i cant find any other pics of mine online , would be over the moon if someone else finds any :cigar::cigar:
     
    dazler, Sep 12, 2018
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  3. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    i need help, Sep 12, 2018
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  4. BaseballGames

    BaseballGames Well-Known Member

    Thanks for the referral, INH, but we think fid and ownedby' nailed what it is. It woulda stumped us, since such things are completely alien here in the States -- so, sorry, we've got no idea what the generic name for such devices would be. Delighted to have learned something, though! (Dang, doesn't anyone have boardgame questions?)
     
    BaseballGames, Sep 13, 2018
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  5. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I don`t see how this would work for football pools.

    There used to be 92 clubs playing 46 games each Saturday and you purchased 10 or 12 goes and you had to guess which of those games would be a Score Draw.

    You placed your X next to the game you thought might be a Score Draw.

    1point = Home Win or Away Win, 2 points = No score Draw, 3 points = Score Draw.

    If you got 8 score draws that was 24 points the maximum possible, if there was only 8 score draws that weekend and you were the only person to predict all 8 you won the jackpot.

    I don`t see how you could put this device against a list of 46 games.

    BTW
    I got 8 score draws and 24 points once, but so did everyone else.:eek:
    I won £84 back in the 80`s rather than £250,000
     
    daveydempsey, Sep 13, 2018
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  6. daveydempsey

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    It might be a form of calculus similar to Napiers Bones but with the X = 10.
     
    daveydempsey, Sep 13, 2018
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    Football.png
     
    daveydempsey, Sep 13, 2018
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  8. Fid

    Fid Well-Known Member

    Fid, Sep 13, 2018
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  9. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    Oh yes, when was it we silly yanks coined that term, "soccer"? I've completely forgotten the history behind that. :hilarious:
     
    Jivvy, Sep 13, 2018
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  10. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    davey, my Pa had one of these, but I don't recall the exact detail of how it worked. It was certainly Pools.
     
    Ownedbybear, Sep 13, 2018
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  11. BaseballGames

    BaseballGames Well-Known Member

    Jivvy, the word "soccer" is derived from ""Association football."
     
    BaseballGames, Sep 13, 2018
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  12. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    It's entirely possible I was giving @daveydempsey a bit of hard time on that one. ;)
     
    Jivvy, Sep 13, 2018
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