We turn our attentions to FantasyBet this Friday lunchtime, as I continue my quest to turn my £100 pot into profit.
For those unfamiliar, the initial player prices and scoring system in Fantasy Bet are
very similar to Fantasy Premier League, making it an accessible weekly and daily format for those who pay a lot of attention to the official game.
This week, FantasyBet have rolled out a few of their less conventional selection formats, allowing Fantasy managers to experiment with some refreshing selection criteria in games that offer unlimited funds, smaller budgets and no-captain contests.
There are three free games on offer – the regular £100 freeroll and £50 flash freeroll contests are joined by a £50 freeroll in which the budget is unlimited.
In the low-fee games category there are a number of options. You can join the usual cheap weekly game that has a £100 pot guaranteed, try a £75 game that covers the two Sunday and Monday fixtures (five players are allowed from each of the four teams) or opt for a budget weekend game (squad must be less than 85m), all for £1.10 each.
In the mid-priced games, for a £3.30 fee there are two guaranteed pots. One of my favourites is the Saturday double-up game for a £75 pot and also a Monday night one-game contest, again with a limited budget of 85m. There’s also a £5.50 game with £50 guaranteed payout in which no captain selection is required.
For high-rollers there’s a £100 guaranteed flash game for a £11.00 stake, this is a lucky list contest so you have three minutes to pick from a list of 70 random players, a nerve-wracking yet groundbreaking and entertaining way to pick a Fantasy Football team. There’s also pots with guaranteed winnings of £500 in the ‘big weekly’ contest and £100 for a Sunday and Monday fixtures game, both require a £22 stake.
In Wednesday’s Weekly Shop article, I covered some of the players I’m looking at this weekend. It’s worth bearing in mind though that while the pricing system in FantasyBet is similar to the official game, price falls and rises are not accounted for at the moment so players like Anthony Martial, Dimitri Payet and Ross Barkley can all be picked up for their original prices.
The Bottom Line
Mixed results after a big stake last week, I spent £12.10 on entries, leaving me on £86.96. A few victories provided me a small profit, though. I was third in the double-up game from 27 entries, which brought in £6, and another £2.55 in winnings left me on £95.51. There were losses elsewhere but I’m relieved to have not done too badly after backing clean sheets from Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa that failed to materialise.
This Week’s Stake
Weekly – I’m entering the £1000 game for a £5.50 stake and the £100 game for £1.10 this week. I’m trying out the budget weekend game to see how I fare with less funds than usual – this also requires a £1.10 fee. Then, of course, I’m putting teams in the £50 unlimited game and £100 free-rolls. All of these have guaranteed pots and offer good value.
Daily – I’ve made a team for the Sunday and Monday £75 guaranteed pot for another £1.10 and also going for the Saturday double-up once again for £3.30.
Stake – £12.10
Current balance – £83.41
FFScout Picks League
The Scout Picks failed to end in the money places last week – our 44 points fell far short of Wisey’s 75 point haul. Wisey heavily backed Bournemouth against Sunderland, with Simon Francis (8 points), Matt Ritchie (9 points) and Callum Wilson (18 points as captain) making the difference.
I’ve created a £1.10 entry game in which I will enter our Scout Picks as closely as possible, given a 15-man squad is required with the 100m budget and a captain also needs to be selected. Feel free to go up against them this week and pick your own squad on FantasyBet.
