Vernons Easy Play #20

10 Easy Play score draws on Saturday 26th December 1998:

Coventry City        1-1   Tottenham Hotspur 
Blackpool            1-1   Wigan Athletic    
Walsall              2-2   Wycombe Wanderers 
York City            3-3   Burnley           
Barnet               1-1   Plymouth Argyle   
Leyton Orient        1-1   Swansea City      
Rochdale             1-1   Carlisle United   
Airdrie              2-2   Raith Rovers      
Greenock Morton      1-1   Clyde             
Stenhousemuir        2-2   East Stirlingshire

[A full set of fixtures for this game is also available]

The table below is courtesy of Camelot's phone line (0845 9100000 *114).

Category       Prize        Winners        Total       Percentages
8+draws      £14,889.00           3       £44,667.00       34.8%
7 draws         £108.50         112       £12,152.00        9.5%
6 draws          £17.00       1,411       £23,987.00       18.7%
5 draws           £5.00       9,528       £47,640.00       37.1%
Totals                       11,054      £128,446.00      100.0%
Ticket sales                             £339,089.00

• The average prize was £11.62 and one in every 30.7 tickets won a prize (=3.26% of players).
• York City have become the first team to achieve three 3-3 Vernons Easy Play score draws.
• Ticket sales fell by almost £150,000 - whilst a chunk of this could be attributed to the Christmas break, it's still a massive body blow to the game.
• Prizes won in this draw must be claimed within 180 days i.e. by 11.00pm BST on Thursday 24th June 1999.

Next game: #21 (Saturday 2nd January 1999) [134 jackpot winners]
Previous game: #19 (Saturday 19th December 1998) [121 jackpot winners]

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