Christmas Hamper 2023

Our Christmas Hamper 2023 is a market made up of twelve hand-picked events taking place over the Christmas period. See below for what is included in this year's hamper.

The Hamper will be suspended at 00:00 on Christmas Day and be made available at certain intervals between events.

Unless stated otherwise, events postponed/delayed but still completed by midnight on 1st January will settle as per the official result.

Any non-event/no-result will be awarded 50 points unless stated otherwise.

Monday 25th December

Christmas Day Weather

London Temperature (°C) at noon x 5.

100pts bonus if it snows in London on Christmas day.

(Temperature settled using the Met Office St James' Park site)     

(Snow must be observed at London City Airport)

Basketball - 5 NBA Fixtures [17:00–03:30]

Total Steals across all 5 fixtures

[Allocation of 10 points per game abandoned or postponed beyond Jan 1st]

American Football - 3 NFL Fixtures [18:00-01:20]

Raiders @ Chiefs, Giants @ Eagles, Ravens @ 49ers

Christmas Sacks: Home Team Sacks x Away Team Sacks

Number of sacks by Chiefs, Eagles and 49ers x Number of sacks by Raiders, Giants and Ravens

(e.g. if sacks completed ended 3-2, 4-3, 2-2, the market makes up (3+4+2)x(2+3+2)=63)

[Allocation of [2,2] for any games that are abandoned/postponed beyond Jan 1st]

Tuesday 26th December

Cricket - South Africa v India 1st Test [08:00]

First Innings Opening Partnership

(Number of runs scored by opening partnership in the first innings)

Football - 5 Premier League Fixtures  [12:30-20:00]

Christmas Cards: Highest Booking Points make-up across the 5 Boxing Day games

(Normal Bookings rules apply)

Horse Racing - King George VI @ Kempton [14:30]

Winning Distance x10

(Distance between the 1st and 2nd placed horses, in horse lengths. Maximum make-up 300 (30x10))

WEDNESday 27th December

Cricket - New Zealand v Bangladesh T20 1 of 3 [06:10]

New Zealand score in first 6 overs

(Number of runs scored by New Zealand players in the first 6 overs of their innings)

Horse Racing - Welsh Grand National @ Chepstow [14:50]

Race Multi-Distance

(Distance between the 1st and 2nd placed horses, multiplied by the distance bewteen the 2nd and 3rd placed horses, in horse lengths. Maximum make-up is 900 (30x30)).

THURSday 28th December

Football - Brighton v Spurs, Arsenal v West Ham [19:30-20:15]

Sum of 1st Match Goal Minutes

(Minute of first goal scored in each game, summed)

(e.g. Goals in 12th minute and 34th minute would settle at 12+34 = 46)

[Allocation of 25 for each game that is abandoned or postponed beyond Jan 1st]

FRIday 29th December

Darts - 6 PDC World Championship 3rd & 4th Round Matches (best of 7 sets) [12:30-19:00]

Total 'Bull Finishes' across all 6 ties, squared

A Bull Finish is a leg checkout that ends with a bullseye

(e.g. if there are 5 Bull Finishes in total, the settlement is 25)

[Exactly six 'best of 7 sets' ties must be played on this day, else MU = 50]

Saturday 30tH December

Rugby Union - The Big Game 15: Harlequins v Gloucester [17:30]

Total Tries Squared

(Number of tries scored in the game, squared)

(e.g. If 7 tries were scored, the market would make up 7x7=49)

MONDAY 1ST JANUARY

Football - Liverpool v Newcastle [20:00]

Mo Salah Player Goal Minutes. DOUBLED if he is shown a card.

(Total minutes of goals scored by Salah, doubled if he is shown a card)

(e.g. Goals in the 7th and 33rd minute, and a yellow card would settle at (7+33)x2=80)

All times are UK time (GMT)