European Championship betting types, help!

[Angellike]

As the Euro's approach so do the various betting options, such as predicting the whole championship. My question to you is which one is preferrable?

The two I have come across so far are:

1) You get (A)points in prediciting the exact outcome of a match (e.g. we predict a 2-0 scoreline and the match ends 2-0 France vs Romania), (B)points for the correct aggregate (e.g. we predict 2-0, match ends 3-1), ©points for prediciting the correct 1-X-2 result (e.g. we predict 2-0, match ends 1-0). Most A-points win.

2) You get points based on the 1-X-2 odds pre-game, e.g. 1.30 points if you predict France to beat Romania and they do, 4 points for a draw and 11 points for a Romainian win.

I'm sure there are other variants, which one do you prefer (and where can one find it?)

[BonusPater]

I won’t disclose the details just yet, but we're planning to run a competition somewhat similar - but still very different - to the ones you mention. Would be great with some more thoughts on the preferred type of competition - nothing is set in stone yet, and we might very well amend the competition, based on the feedback in this thread :)

[Angellike]

It depends a bit on the type of audience you are trying to attract.

For a beginner/intermediate I think the simplicity of "Choose scoreline --> Hope it hits' is attractive. 

For a somewhat more experienced player the aspect of getting points for the subseqent odds provides a much more (skillful(?)) challenge. It's also a lot more hard work as the odds will change and being quick/up to date will benefit you a lot more than the abovestanding. Having said that, having a beginner choose who is going to win might work as well, as they don't care about the odds --> Their gut feeling is much more important.

I'm sure there is room for multiple competitions, especially if you offer a broad selection of buy ins.

If I where a person trying to attract people to gamble on my (European Championship) style of betting, my first order of business would be: "How do I get the person most interested in watching the game?". Even if a EC is very interesting on its own, finding a way of having them come to my site is obviously paramount. I might try something very "gambly", e.g. having people predict the number of corners, goal kicks, throw ins, cards, subs, goal scorers etc (perhaps all of them and call it "Euro-precition-o-rama!"