New Posts For Thread: "The Pools" and "Spot The Ball"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ballDid you ever get involved with this?I did for quite some time and never got a touch!What was galling and, I now think I was naive for not realising was with "Spot The Ball"I had a little rubber stamp with a fair few tinny and close crosses and did mIn the 1950s (before i was born)my dad won the pools first divi .He got the lot.He went out and bought a house and a business (freehold).Set him up for life.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548191169#548191169In the 1950s (before i was born)my dad won the pools first divi .He got the lot.He went out and bought a house and a business (freehold).Set him up for life.Fri, 25 Mar 2016 11:44:51 -0500As I said right at the start, I at least know I was naive, although that's probably why it galls so much, and I did put "a fair few bob" on it"!TK....It doesn't prove at all that the collector was "ok".The ones who pocketed the Pools Coupons had to bhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548188679#548188679As I said right at the start, I at least know I was naive, although that's probably why it galls so much, and I did put "a fair few bob" on it"!TK....It doesn't prove at all that the collector was "ok".The ones who pocketed the Pools Coupons had to bFri, 25 Mar 2016 08:34:53 -0500also when in any competition they pick out the winners and runners up prizes they will be from all over the country ,if the persons/judges who picked a hand full of winning envelopes and lets say 3 from the London area were winners 2 of these wouldhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548181915#548181915also when in any competition they pick out the winners and runners up prizes they will be from all over the country ,if the persons/judges who picked a hand full of winning envelopes and lets say 3 from the London area were winners 2 of these wouldThu, 24 Mar 2016 13:54:22 -0500'…..But frustration at winning so little over the years drove Mr Cook to contact the organisers about when anyone last scooped the jackpot – which, unlike the Lottery’s, does not roll over each week if not won.So the £0.25m jackpot payout by thttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548177263#548177263'…..But frustration at winning so little over the years drove Mr Cook to contact the organisers about when anyone last scooped the jackpot – which, unlike the Lottery’s, does not roll over each week if not won.So the £0.25m jackpot payout by tThu, 24 Mar 2016 03:49:39 -0500any pictures of spot the wife ?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548175549#548175549any pictures of spot the wife ?Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:56:51 -0500I remember the case of a chap who did the spot the ball in a National Sunday newspaper in the 1970's.He couldn't believe his luck when he realised he had the original photograph. He placed the original photograph over the one in the newspaper and cahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548175533#548175533I remember the case of a chap who did the spot the ball in a National Sunday newspaper in the 1970's.He couldn't believe his luck when he realised he had the original photograph. He placed the original photograph over the one in the newspaper and caWed, 23 Mar 2016 18:55:37 -0500When I was in my early teens, I used to collect in a scrapbook newspaper photos of games that I had been to. One such game was West Ham v Spurs in either 1972 or 1973.A year or so later, my dad's weekly pools coupon (delivered and collected by a collhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548175427#548175427When I was in my early teens, I used to collect in a scrapbook newspaper photos of games that I had been to. One such game was West Ham v Spurs in either 1972 or 1973.A year or so later, my dad's weekly pools coupon (delivered and collected by a collWed, 23 Mar 2016 18:46:45 -0500Me and a mate won the spot the ball a few times in the 70's but we had an advantage in that we knew where the ball was. It's a long story but true. Meanwhile this article sums up the decline of Spot the Ballhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-290https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548175377#548175377Me and a mate won the spot the ball a few times in the 70's but we had an advantage in that we knew where the ball was. It's a long story but true. Meanwhile this article sums up the decline of Spot the Ballhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-290Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:43:54 -0500Oh...and every game on Spot The Ball seemed to be played in fog.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548174859#548174859Oh...and every game on Spot The Ball seemed to be played in fog.Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:52:28 -0500third time......I am sure sometimes were 2 pictures put together.............some looked very strangehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30668673/the-pools-and-spot-the-ball?post_id=548170643#548170643third time......I am sure sometimes were 2 pictures put together.............some looked very strangeWed, 23 Mar 2016 12:16:41 -0500