Steem World Cup Contests; A Short Compilation

As some of you may already know, the 2018 FIFA World Cup just kicked off 2 days ago. While I admit that I am not a big fan of any sports-related competitions like this(except maybe esports) I am however a big fan of betting games that I have a higher chance of winning and/or one that I absolutely have nothing to lose and a possibility of having much to gain. In other words, I love free money or in Steem's version free STEEM/SBD, Don't we all? XD

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So for today's post I've compiled a very short compilation of contests related to the ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup with a high possibility of earning some STEEM/SBD in the process without losing anything.

#1 SteemitBoard World Cup Contest

How to join?
Officially register to the Hive account@steemitboard contest by sending 0.010 SBD or 0.010 STEEM to Hive account@steemitboardpool with “worldcup2018” as the memo.

How to enter?
For each match, Hive account@steemitboard will publish a related post at most 24 hours before the match begins. Under each post, there will be comments made by Hive account@steemitboard. All you have to do is to vote (Vote only, replies under the steemitboard comments are highly discouraged) for the team you think will likely win or in case of a possible draw upvote the third option, tie.

You are only allowed to upvote one among the three options. There is no limitation(as I know) as to how low the upvote weight could be. A 1% upvote is valid as long as you have followed all the rules and the vote was cast before the scheduled start time of the match.

Only one vote will be taken into account. If you remove your vote and/or vote for another result, you will be disqualified for this match. Think twice before voting for your result!

If you're eligible and your vote is valid, you will receive a comment from Hive account@steemitboard on one of your posts notifying you of a successfull guessed match prediction and an added badge on your Steemitboard profile, otherwise you get nothing (not even a notification or any comment xD).

What prize will you receive?

The current prize pool is at least 1700SBD thanks to some generous sponsors. Every STEEM/SBD received for registration for this contest is also being added directly to the prize pool. The prize pool will be split into:

1st place: 20% of the prize pool
2nd place: 10% of the prize pool
3rd place: 5% of the prize pool

The remaining of the prize pool will be split among all participants proportionally to their number of lightened badges and the total of successful votes among participants.

You can always check your Steemitboard profile or http://steemitboard.com/board.html?user=YOURUSERNAME to check how many valid guesses you have done correctly.

You can read the full details of the said contest here: SteemitBoard World Cup Contest - Collect badges and win free SBD - 1700 SBD prize pool!

#2 The Steem-Oracle Project

Harnessing the Wisdom of Steemians!

The Steem-Oracle Project is an interesting experiment by Hive account@culgin in which it uses the collective intelligence or wisdom of the crowd to somehow predict real-world events. What perfect way to test this out is to take advantage of the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2018 event.

How to enter?
Hive account@steem-oracle will be posting a contest post at most 24 hours before the match begins. All you have to do is to upvote the contest post with at least 30% voting strength and reply with your pick (e.g. For Spain vs Portugal, Just reply Spain or Portugal or Tie). And that's it!!!

What prize will you receive?

• If the crowd gets it right: 90% of all SBD + STEEM rewards from contest posts will be distributed to Steemians who predicted the result correctly
• If the crowd is wrong: 50% of all SBD + STEEM rewards from contest posts will be distributed to Steemians who predicted the result correctly
• Top 10 predictors will also receive auto upvotes from Hive account@culgin and Hive account@steem-oracle for the next 30 days after overall results are announced

You can read the full details of the said contest here: The Steem-Oracle project: Harnessing the Wisdom of Steemians!