2011 Melbourne Cup Sweep

2011 Melbourne Cup Sweep

Having a bet on the Melbourne Cup is an Aussie tradition and one of the most common ways of doing this is by getting involved in a Melbourne Cup Sweep at your workplace, office or Cup Day BBQ.

To help you organise your 2011 Melbourne Cup Sweep BackAWinner.com.au has provided a free A4 printable sweep page to make the process nice and simple for you. Plus you can read on for tried and tested tips on the best way to run the Cup Sweep.

How To Run A Melbourne Cup Sweep

Here are some simple step by step instructions on how to run a successful sweep.

How Does A Sweep Work?

A number of people each buy a ticket in the ‘sweep’. Tickets usually cost between $1 and $5 and represent a horse in the race. Tickets are drawn randomly and odds are ignored.

The prize pool for the sweep is made up of money paid for the tickets. The winner usually receives half of the prize pool, second place gets about a third and the remainder of the pool goes to third place. Sometimes last place, or horses that are scratched get their money back.

How To Organise A Sweep

1.) Download our FREE printable A4 2011 Melbourne Cup sweep page
2.) Set a ticket price e.g. usually between $1 and $5
3.) If you have a large group you can run multiple sweeps with a different value e.g. a $1 sweep, a $2 sweep and for the ‘high rollers’ and $10 sweep
4.) Sell tickets, allowing participants to draw their ticket randomly.
5.) The number on the ticket will correspond with the horse number.
6.) You should record the ticket number for each person ticket e.g. Fred has ticket number 2 in the $5 sweep
7.) Once the race is run you can distribute the prize pool.

To make life easier here is a sample breakdown of prizes for a $1, $2 and $5 sweep

Remember if you are feeling generous you can give last place their money back (just deduct this from third places’ winnings).

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