|
A dead pool, also known as a deathpool or a ghoul pool is a game of prediction which involves guessing when someone will die. Sometimes it is a bet where money is involved. The combination of dead or death and betting-pool, refers to such a gambling arrangement. A typical modern dead pool might have players pick out celebrities who they think will die within the year. There are several scoring variants. For example, a player might be rewarded few, if any, points for predicting the death of someone who is over 80 years old or is suffering from a terminal disease. Another common method to calculate score is subtracting the celebrity's age from 100. Other pools require participants to form a list ranked on how sure they are that a person on the list will die, with points given based on how high a person on their list is ranked, and others award points based on how many other contestants selected the deceased celebrity. Another variant on the game has a single point awarded for each correct prediction, regardless of the celebrity's age or medical condition. The advantage of this scoring method is that there is more scoring, and it rewards research (learning which celebrities are experiencing failing health) rather than luck. Tug of war is an easily organized, impromptu game that requires little equipment. ...
A prediction is a statement or claim that a particular event will occur in the future in more certain terms than a forecast. ...
This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Gambling (or betting) is any behavior involving risking money or valuables (making a wager or placing a stake) on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity depends partially or totally upon chance or upon ones ability to do something. ...
The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ...
“Megastar†redirects here. ...
One example of the concept is a series of segments on the Howard Stern Radio Show, where show regulars would place bets into a celebrity death pool, each trying to predict the next celebrity to pass on. The practice has been expanded to include wagering on such abstract entities as businesses. This article is a biography of Howard Stern as an individual; for information regarding his radio show see The Howard Stern Show. ...
Fucked Company is a website created by Philip J. Kaplan as a dot-com dead pool[1] which reports dot-com or technological companies having serious or embarrassing problems. ...
Definitions of celebrity vary from contest to contest. Smaller pools may rely on consensus of the players as to who is famous. Others require an obituary to appear in a recognized newswire such as the Associated Press or Reuters. The Lee Atwater Invitational employed a Fame Committee consisting of non-contestants who assess ahead of time the name-recognition of each celebrity. The Rotten.com Dead Pool, the largest in the world, uses NNDB as its source of qualified celebrities, and as arbiter of their life status. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Obituary for World War I death An obituary is a notice of the death of a person, usually published in a newspaper, written or commissioned by the newspaper, and usually including a short biography. ...
A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ...
The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...
Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY); pron. ...
It has been suggested that Soylent Communications be merged into this article or section. ...
NNDB, ostensibly standing for Notable Names Database, produced by Soylent Communications, is an online database of biographical details of notable people. ...
The concept and success strategies are also detailed in an annual guide called "The Dead Pool", written by KQRS radio personality Mike Gelfand and author Mike Wilkinson. KQRS also does an annual on air dead pool contest, similar to Stern's, where show hosts and listeners will attempt to pick which celebrity will die in that calendar year. KQRS Billboard KQRS (92. ...
KQRS Billboard KQRS (92. ...
In most pools, killing the celebrity in question is considered cheating and results in the killer's immediate disqualification from the pool. Such a dead pool was depicted in the aptly-titled Clint Eastwood movie, The Dead Pool. Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. ...
The Dead Pool (1988) is the fifth and last film in the Dirty Harry series. ...
See also
An assassination market is a theoretical market wherein any party can place a bet (using anonymous electronic money, and pseudonymous remailers) on the date of death of a given individual, and collect a payoff if they guess the date accurately. ...
A tontine is an investment vehicle which combines features of a group annuity, group life insurance, and a lottery. ...
External links |
Feeds |
Contact