OT: You're Invited - Virtual KY Derby Party News

[Bob Stockler]

To make "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports" even more
exciting, I've planned a Derby Pool for our Virtual Kentucky
Derby Party in the filePro Room on Saturday, May 7th.

For the innocent among you, a Derby Pool consists of guests
at a Derby Party paying x-dollars to draw the name of a horse
in the race out of a hat.  After the race, the money in the
pool is divided among those holding the names of the win (1st),
place (2nd) and show (3rd) horses.

The price for a horse in this pool will be $5.  There should
be 20 horses in the Derby, giving a pool of $100.  The holder
of the winning horse will get $70, the holder of the place
horse will get $20, and the holder of the show horse $10.

To enter the pool, send me a personal email with the subject:
"Derby Pool", with your postal address in its body.  Entries
will be accepted in the order received.  Send yours NOW.

At first, the limit is one horse per person.  If, as the date
draws near, there have not been 20 entries, I will email those
who are entered, offering the opportunity to buy another horse.

If there are exactly 10 entries, it will be a $50 pool with all
entrants each getting two horses, with the pay out so adjusted.

If it's close to 20 entrants when the pool closes I will try to
sell the remaining ones to Esak, Karen or Nada or I'll buy them.

I just think it would be a lot of fun to hear 20 people in the
filePro Room, rooting their horses home in the KY Derby!

Here's how the drawing for horses will be held:  I have two old
felt hats - in one of them we'll put slips with the names of all
entrants, and in the other, slips with the names of the horses.
While in the filePro Room, and during the pre-Derby TV show,
Karen will draw the name of an entrant and Nada will draw the
name of the horse for that entrant.  These will be announced live
as they're drawn so you who participate will know who to root for.

No entries I receive after midnight on Saturday, April 30, will 
be accepted.  On Sunday, May 1st, I will email all entrants to
send me $5 by snail mail.  Any entrant whose $5 has not been
received by me by post time Derby Day will be eliminated from
the pool.

If there is little interest I'll cancel the pool, and let the
few entrants know.

Bob

PS - Karen is Mrs. Esak, Nada is Mrs. Stockler.

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