$100 Challenge

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The concept is simple: Each one of us will deposit $100 into an online sport betting account, whoever has made the most money by the end of the 2011 AFL season is declared the winner!

The Rules

  • Only allowed to bet on AFL related events
  • Once you’ve lost all your money, that’s it – no more rebuys – you’re OUT!
  • Must communicate all bets made through this website.

Want to join us? Create an AFL betting account at sportingbet.com.au (just a regular betting account) and join in the fun. When we post our bets for the week, tell us your bets by making a comment. Or you can email us and we’ll post them up for you.

Remember you must be over 18 to join this challenge. Also remember that it’s AFL betting. You can’t go bet on the horses or anything like that!

Our Bets (click the following links)

Our Season-Long Wagers (with one another)

  • Whoever finishes higher out of Matty P and Beno in Dream Team (overall, not ladder position) in our main FootyHigh league wins 2 cartons of beer.
  • Sarge reckon’s Dale Thomas will finish top 10 in the 2011 Brownlow and issued Matty P a $20 bet on this claim which has been accepted.
  • Matty P reckons Cats will finish top 4 in 2011. Sarge disagrees. A $20 wager has been issued and accepted.

Click on the banner below to deposit some money and participate in the $100 AFL Betting Challenge!

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Last Minute Punt!

After my huge win in the $100 Challenge last week, I’ve been checking out the odds trying to decide which big bet to follow up with. I didn’t think there was too much value to be had, but there’s one I’ve been sweating on all week, and I’ve decided at the last minute to pull [...]

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Jump on Freo!

I was going to do it anyway, but the latest announcement of Ottens being withdrawn from the Freo VS Cats clash at subie (knee soreness) has made me take action and place a 5er on Freo to win by under 40 @ $2.70. I said at the start of the year if Chapman and Ottens [...]

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Easter Monday Extravaganza!

Don’t you just love Easter? 4 days weekend, time to relax with family and friends but most important of all a looong weekend of footy! It’s been a cracker of a week of footy so far kicking off with an intimidating performance by Browny which Matty P and myself were lucky enough to enjoy live [...]

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Round 1 Superpost

It Begins! Round 1 is done and dusted and footy proved to be well worth the wait, with the exception of Blues vs. Tiges (Seriously AFL, no one wants to see this shit, hide it away on Sunday afternoon sometime in the middle of the season, and kick things off with a grand final rematch!). [...]

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NAB Final Bet – $100 AFL Challenge

It’s been a pretty dull pre-season for me since my team got knocked out in the first round of the comp  and even our challenge games are being relocated due to bad weather and then cancelled… due to bad weather. That comedy of errors aside, I’ll attempt the impossible and create some interest in the [...]

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Week 2 NAB Cup Bets – $100 AFL Betting Challenge [Sarge]

Week 2 of the NAB cup kicks off tonight with a crackerjack game featuring the Hawks and the Bulldogs. Us boys are heading out to watch the game in town tonight. Matty P will be back in form and it’ll be the first game of footy we’ve watched as a group since the incredible grand [...]

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Matty P gets his punt on – $100 AFL Betting Challenge

It’s now week two of the NAB cup, and the first week was so underwhelming (Jeers to the interchange rule!) that I’ve decided to make things a little more interesting by laying a little money down in the $100 challenge. I’m not much of a gambler, so expect me to be pretty conservative. Although there [...]

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First bets are in – $100 AFL Betting Challenge [Sarge]

The NAB cup is well and truly underway and our good friends at sportingbet have up some juicy odds that I’m going to take my debut punt at in the $100 AFL Betting Challenge we’re holding here at FootyHigh. The Punt For my debut punt I’ve put $5 on the lions (VS Bulldogs) under 40 [...]

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