Sweepstakes, like sticker albums and wallcharts, are part of World Cup tradition. Here, we provide all the information you need to create the best World Cup 2022 sweepstake around!
Offices, sports clubs and families around the country will organise a sweepstake ahead of the World Cup, a means for everyone to get involved, giving you a team to root for throughout the competition.
This is a variation on wagering in World Cup winner odds.
World Cup sweepstakes can be organised in different ways, but they will be generally be done by throwing 32 pieces of paper into a hat (usually metaphorical) with each of the teams on. Entrants will then pay a fee to draw at random, selecting ‘their’ team.
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The idea is to have all 32 teams allocated. Of course, in some cases you will need people to have multiple teams.
The revenue from the fees is then used as a prize pot – how this is split is naturally flexible, though ‘picking’ the World Cup winner will inevitably produce the largest prize.
An organiser of a World Cup sweepstake needs to make a note of who ends up with which team. Ideally, there will be a means to contact each person. Teams are then taken off the board as they are knocked out from the tournament.
There are means to conduct a sweepstake without the relatively laborious process of cutting up pieces of paper, with numerous websites providing sweepstake generators where all you need to do is enter the names of the people involved.
Some will prefer the old-school approach, though, and who can blame them.
Other Things To Include:
One of the downsides to a World Cup sweepstake is how many entrants are out of the running immediately. If you draw Qatar or Ecuador, the prize money isn’t heading your way.
A means to get around this is to add some additional elements where sweepstake contestants can guess a certain outcome from the World Cup to win a prize.
Looking to pre-tournament football betting market produces some suggestions. If it’s a £5 entry, perhaps players can pay an extra £2 to guess the Golden Boot winner. Maybe there is a category to predict how far England get.
Naming the total number of goals in the tournament is a popular way to go, and can provoke some intrigue even once your team(s) has been knocked out.
It’s also relatively common to add a wooden spoon prize for the first team eliminated. While the general concept of a sweepstake is simple, there are plenty of your own twists that can be added.
World Cup 2022 Sweepstake Teams
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Qatar
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Ecuador
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Senegal
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Netherlands
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England
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Iran
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USA
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Wales
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Argentina
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Saudi Arabia
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Mexico
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Poland
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France
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Australia
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Denmark
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Tunisia
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Spain
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Costa Rica
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Germany
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Japan
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Belgium
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Canada
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Morocco
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Croatia
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Brazil
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Serbia
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Switzerland
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Cameroon
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Portugal
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Ghana
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Uruguay
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South Korea
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