Getting really involved with the World Cup? Now's your chance to take that involvement to the next level. I will be taking bets on the following two upcoming matches:

Match #37: Slovenia VS England - June 23rd (10:00am Mafia Time)

Match #38: USA VS Algeria - June 23rd (10:00am Mafia Time)

Limitations:

Minimum bet: $25,000

Maximum bet: $500,000 (I will consider increasing this for future matches, but this will be the limit for prelims)

How to bet:

You may bet on one (1) or both (2) matches if you wish. All bets must be on either a Win or a Tie.

To place a bet, send me a message in the following format:

Match #: (#37 or #38)

Team you are betting on to Win or Tie:

Amount you wish to bet:

If you would like your bet to be public or remain anonymous: (in the event I choose to post betting pools)

The bet must be wired to me (Ritzo) in order for it to count. I will send a confirmation message of your bet(s) once I have received it (Please allow time for a confirmation if I do not happen to be online at the time).

To make things easier, if you wish to bet on both matches, please send two (2) separate messages.

Payout:

Successful bets will be paid out 1:1. This means, if you bet $100,000 on team A to win (and they do), I will send $200,000 your way. Ties will result in no payout (if you had bet on a win) unless you had bet on the tie. I hope this is as clear as possible.

The betting period will last until June 23rd (8:00am Mafia Time). All bets received after this time will not count and will be sent back.

If I receive a high volume of bets, please allow time after the end of the match (up to 24 hours) for the winners to be paid off.

Good luck and happy betting!

#37 England wins i bet on 100k
#38 USA wins i bet on 100k 

#37 England to win 100k
#38 Game to be tied 100k

Money has been sent to you.

Current pools are as follows:

Match #37: Slovenia VS England

 WIN (England) - $400,000

 WIN (Slovenia) - $125,000

 TIE GAME - (none)

Match #38: USA VS Algeria

 WIN (USA) - $300,000

 WIN (Algeria) - (none)

 TIE GAME - $100,000

8 hours left until betting closes: now's the time to get your bets in!

As of two hours ago betting is closed and both matches are now currently in progress.

There's a total of 2 million in bets. Let's see what happens!

Results:

Match #37: Slovenia 0 - 1 England

Match #38: USA 1 - 0 Algeria

Total betting pool amount: $2,075,000

Congratulations to the following winners!

Diablos ($500,000)

Anonymous ($500,000)

Lolita ($400,000)

DonnieBrasco ($200,000)

Anonymous ($150,000)

Cruel ($100,000)

Thanks for playing!

Are you thinking about continuing this betting business? Would love to see more of these, especially @last 16 :D

If I have time, I plan on it.

If you organise something like this again let me know