Every World Cup has its star
01 August, 2010
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In June, The Actuary launched a World Cup online predictions game sponsored by Star Actuarial Futures, and nearly 300 valiant readers took up the challenge, buoyed perhaps by the same misplaced confidence that accompanied Messrs Rooney, Ronaldo and Messi on their respective journeys to South Africa.
They checked the form book, studied the helpful ‘World Cup fever’ article in the June issue and used all their actuarial powers to forecast the scores at each stage, only for most to fall foul of dodgy linesmen, punishing penalties and the brain-numbing blasts of the vuvuzelas.
Nevertheless, a few brave souls kept their nerve to scoop the main prizes, and prove that actuarial powers of prediction are alive and well. Team shirts were also on offer along the way for naming England goalscorers, but obviously these were few and far between. Congratulations to the winners below — and thank you to Star Actuarial for supplying the prizes. 1st prize: iPad 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G: Shaun Cooper 2nd prize: £300 Selfridges voucher: Jesper Mathiasen 3rd prize: £100 Selfridges voucher: Russell Oades
The Actuary hopes to announce more prize games soon. To join The Actuary’s PredictorPro channel, where you can enter predictions for the 2010/11 Premiership season and for other sports, visit http://theactuary.predictorpro.com/
