Do they still do the 50/50? They stopped at the hockey games, despite a majority of the pots going over $1,000. They were doing it digitally, still accepting cash though. Tickets were graduated up to $20 worth. They accepted cash or card. It was geared towards getting you still spend the $20.
[/quote]
They stopped doing this at basketball a few years ago.
[/quote]
Well that's just great. There goes the huge influx of cash we were going to use to compete with the mega-conferences and bring the top national talent in here
Well that's just great. There goes the huge influx of cash we were going to use to compete with the mega-conferences and bring the top national talent in here
May not amount to a huge amount of money, but it's a lot of money to walk away from. Hockey went to selling Chuck-a-Pucks. Sold a lot at the beginning, but the fad has ran its course. I won a couple seasons ago, and received a $25 card to Falcon Outfitters. "Best deal" on pucks was $20. Haven't, and won't, bought any since. I'm one that would spend at least $20 per game on 50/50. If it broke $1,000, I'd spend another $10 or $20.
People like me don't just donate a sum of money. But if you come around with some tickets for a cause, I'm usually in for $20 or more.
Well that's just great. There goes the huge influx of cash we were going to use to compete with the mega-conferences and bring the top national talent in here
May not amount to a huge amount of money, but it's a lot of money to walk away from. Hockey went to selling Chuck-a-Pucks. Sold a lot at the beginning, but the fad has ran its course. I won a couple seasons ago, and received a $25 card to Falcon Outfitters. "Best deal" on pucks was $20. Haven't, and won't, bought any since. I'm one that would spend at least $20 per game on 50/50. If it broke $1,000, I'd spend another $10 or $20.
People like me don't just donate a sum of money. But if you come around with some tickets for a cause, I'm usually in for $20 or more.
Same. I would usually buy 10 or 20 bucks worth. It all adds up. I’ve never won, but I just figured it would happen at some point.
Same. I would usually buy 10 or 20 bucks worth. It all adds up. I’ve never won, but I just figured it would happen at some point.
They want the easy big money it seems. 17 home games, average $500 take home per game, that's about $8k that they're walking away from for one sport. And that's not selling the naming rights for it.
Beaker wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:34 am
That would make the 50/50 a little awkward to have to take out your card and swipe it to buy a $1 ticket. No, thanks.
I understand where they are going with the whole cashless thing and I don't like it one bit but it's inevitable. I pay cash for everything possible. It's sad how often 20 somethings can't make change. If they can actually count the money you hand them, then they can punch it into the register and it'll tell them how much to give back, but the problem I've witnessed first hand a number of times is that they are unable to count how much money you gave them or count out the change to the correct total. Just recently I was at a department store making some purchases. My total came up to $44.57. I handed the kid 3 $20 bills. He literally looked at me and asked me how much I had handed him. I provided him the answer, which he entered into the register, then I had to tell him what to pull out to make correct change. That wasn't an isolated event.
I rarely use a debit card...mainly for gas. When I worked in an office, I used to watch people swipe a card into a vending machine. LOL. You kidding me?
And I agree about people not being able to make change. FFS it is simple math. But after all the common sore math crap, I'm not surprised. I would have told the kid you handed him 3 $50 bills.
Michael W.
BGSU-12 TIME MAC CHAMPION
FALCON FOOTBALL ROCKS!
