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Not as you'd notice:D

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The weekly draw at its height had around 2000 members at £1 per week for this I understand that the club received 60 /65% say £1300 52 WEEKS A YEAR. The downside was that it needs collecting + new members need to be found to replace natural wastage. The fact that it was connected to another club is irellievent. This type of draw is not only aimed at the supporters but at every household in the area. so therefore the bigger the prize the bigger the bait.
Macca's club house draw would never raise this type of money, nor would our present commercial team who are all Don's people full of big ideas with little sunstance i'm affraid ( I exclude the guy in the shop from this as he seems to get plenty of praise) We seem to have missed the boat on so many levels, back to basics boys get your arses out there and earn your money.

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I wasnt meaning a club house draw Dave, pretty much the same as it is now/was with the exception that we do the running of it in return for being able to offer local winners rather than ones all over the North of England.

Yes, to begin with the prizes would be smaller as £2k a week income could only offer £500 jackpot - however I'm thinking along the lines that if you know people who have won you are much more inclined to enter. When we first began the Gold Bond we only had average crowds around the 500 mark and couldn't possibly have dreamed about average crowds at 1600 +. We now have a bigger market than we did and possibly more collectors available to push it.

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I believe the income dropped to around £1200 a week 18 months ago, but I'm not sure whether it has increased/decreased since

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Seven days !
Is this going to be the 'next week' we've been waiting for ?

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What do we think before Saturday's game, a minutes silence or a round of applause !!:rolleyes:

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I think three cheers would be good , but will he go quietly? I don't think so, I reckon he will want the earth for his shares .I won't hold my breathe butkeep my fingers crossed that the news really is acurate.

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Macca the thing about the existing weekly draw ( if run properly) means that you aren't hitting the speccys but the people of Accy. How many houses are there between The Crown and say Highams these should all be canvassed.
That way you leave the regulars with an extra pound for Liz's 50/50 or whatever. We should maximise every opportunity no club will ever survive on gate money. Certainly not at £6+ per game for season tickets.

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Long Time Red is correct in a lot of ways wth revenue streams

The weekly draw is a win win or should be for the Club the more folk in it the bigger the kick back

Localising it at the moment there are probably reasons for it maybe needing agents to run it?

I am a member of a few different local groups who have members draws weekly & monthly and they provide as Macca says Localised winners which in turn generates it's own publicity and keeps it's loyalty base whilst continuing to ensure they grow providing bigger prizes and more income revenue.

Maybe it is something that could be really pushed & worked upon with a "Community Club" in that part of any membership could maybe become an integral part of an income generator.

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I can't believe that the biggest and best news story that has hit our club in ages has turned into a debate about the pros and cons of the weekly draw!!!

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ha ha!

are you joining the new one then?

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If the club were quick enough there could be a special draw for the date & time for when it all becomes official :)

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Or they could run a sweep- listing Date n Time.:D

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Can I have "next week" please?

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Nice little bonus for Blackpool players in this weeks winners :D

£200L.1901 - Players PoolMr I Holloway