I just won Best of the Best!
Discussion
dfen5 said:
Do they actually photo shop the ball out or paste the players onto a new background? If it is shopped out, it's a tidy job.
This week's x495 - y480?
I often wonder this. But then it's really up to whomever judges it and where they think the ball is. Which begs the question, what if it's a pisshead doing the judging? This week's x495 - y480?
I have visions of them dragging a random drunken punter in off the street to get it done.
"I can't see the
ball, who are you people, I just wanna go home"
Jimmy Recard said:
Judges decide where the ball could be.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-not...
VAT Notice 701/29: betting, gaming and lotteries
2.6 Is a ‘spot-the-ball’ competition a form of pool betting?
If the ‘spot-the-ball’ competition is to determine as nearly as possible the actual position of the ball in the original photograph it is pool betting. However, a competition decided by reference to the decision of a panel of judges is a game of skill. The supply of the right to play games of skill is standard-rated.
Definitions of game of chance, stake money and session or participation charge
3.1 What is a game of chance?
‘Game of chance’ is defined in Note 2 of Group 4 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Essentially, it is either a game of:
pure chance, such as dice or roulette, where the result cannot be influenced by the player, or
chance and skill combined, such as whist or rubber bridge, where the player either cannot eliminate chance or can only do so by exercising superlative skill
Many other games including any athletic games or sports are not regarded as games of chance. The supply of a right to play games of skill, such as:
certain spot-the-ball competitions (see paragraph 2.6)
duplicate bridge, and
chess
is standard-rated. You will therefore need to distinguish carefully between the games of chance and the games of skill which you promote.
You can find further information about the treatment of the supply of sporting services in Notice 701/45 Sport.
/Rant onhttps://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-not...
VAT Notice 701/29: betting, gaming and lotteries
2.6 Is a ‘spot-the-ball’ competition a form of pool betting?
If the ‘spot-the-ball’ competition is to determine as nearly as possible the actual position of the ball in the original photograph it is pool betting. However, a competition decided by reference to the decision of a panel of judges is a game of skill. The supply of the right to play games of skill is standard-rated.
Definitions of game of chance, stake money and session or participation charge
3.1 What is a game of chance?
‘Game of chance’ is defined in Note 2 of Group 4 of Schedule 9 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994. Essentially, it is either a game of:
pure chance, such as dice or roulette, where the result cannot be influenced by the player, or
chance and skill combined, such as whist or rubber bridge, where the player either cannot eliminate chance or can only do so by exercising superlative skill
Many other games including any athletic games or sports are not regarded as games of chance. The supply of a right to play games of skill, such as:
certain spot-the-ball competitions (see paragraph 2.6)
duplicate bridge, and
chess
is standard-rated. You will therefore need to distinguish carefully between the games of chance and the games of skill which you promote.
You can find further information about the treatment of the supply of sporting services in Notice 701/45 Sport.
It's b
ks, same reason that they used to have spot the ball in your local newspapers and those daft write in lottery comps where you had to provide a tie breaker, no one ever read all the stupid tie breakers and judged them properly they drew 3 out a hat and picked the best tie breaker of the three.Stupid b
ks loophole that's existed forever yet this Tory government seems fit to clamp down on being disabled.../Rant over.
FredClogs said:
/Rant on
It's bks, same reason that they used to have spot the ball in your local newspapers and those daft write in lottery comps where you had to provide a tie breaker, no one ever read all the stupid tie breakers and judged them properly they drew 3 out a hat and picked the best tie breaker of the three.
Stupid bks loophole that's existed forever yet this Tory government seems fit to clamp down on being disabled...
/Rant over.
It's b
ks, same reason that they used to have spot the ball in your local newspapers and those daft write in lottery comps where you had to provide a tie breaker, no one ever read all the stupid tie breakers and judged them properly they drew 3 out a hat and picked the best tie breaker of the three.Stupid b
ks loophole that's existed forever yet this Tory government seems fit to clamp down on being disabled.../Rant over.
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