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CELEBRITY DEATH POOL

May 1st, 2025 - December 31st, 2025


Ever find yourself wondering when George Soros is going to die, only for him to FINALLY croak a few weeks later? It's time to start capitalizing on celebrity deaths. This is the Celebrity Death Pool.

LEADERBOARD

Name Celebrity Predictions Points
Ashley Paul Mccartney
William Shatner
Ron Jeremy
Mccully Culkin
Ted Nugent
Dion
Ralph Nader
Jack Nicholson
Eric Clapton
Liza Minnelli
0
The IT-alian To be determined shortly. 0
Your name here Your celebrity picks here 0

HOW IT WORKS:
1. Guess the celebrities you think are going to die in the year 2025.
3. Send your celebrity list, your pseudonym, TXID, and your receiving XMR address to me via email. (<- I wrote that before I found out that would be considered gambling.)
4. Watch the leaderboard above until December 21st, 2025 to see who wins the Celebrity Death Pool.
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HOW TO ENTER:
Email me your celebrity death list. With your entry, you get to guess 5 (FIVE) celebrities.

HOW DOES WINNING WORK?
When a celebrity of your choosing dies, you will earn points. This is a point-based system. Whoever ends up with the most points at the end of the timeline (Dec. 31st, 2025) will win. To obserbe US federal law, there are no real monetary entry fees collected, and there is not a monetary prize provided. The winner gets nothing of true value. Please still join regardless.

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HOW POINTS WORK:
Deduct the celebrities age from 100. The number leftover is your score for that death.
For example:
100 - 90 year old dies = 10 points
100 - 65 year old dies = 35 points
If a 100 year old dies, you will earn 0 points. This is where BONUS POINTS come into play.

BONUS POINTS:
You can earn even more points per death.
1. First Blood - 20 points
Whoever guesses the celebrity that dies first from when the pool is started will win the First Blood bonus.
2. Take no prisoners - 10 points
An incarcerated celebrity dies.
3. Blown away - 20 points
A celebrity dies from obvious foul play (murder).
4. Car Crash = Cash - 20 points
A celebrity dies from a car, airplane, train or helicopter accident.
5. Hangin' in there - 40 points
A celebrity dies from a suicide.
6. The Chris Farley Special - 10 points
A celebrity dies from an overdose.

RULES:
You can NOT murder the celebrity in order to win. Hiring hitmen to kill the celebrity you bet on is not allowed, because that is so wrong since it's cheating.

WHAT IS THE PRIZE?
The winner gets their own page on the Celebrity Death Pool Hall of Fame. This page will also include a way for people to donate to you so they can say "congratulations" for winning. This is a semi-loop hole that escapes the gambling accusations, but, it is almost guarenteed that nobody will donate to you. That's why I recommend pretending to be a female if you win, utilize a female name and female picture for your page, and rake in those donations. You can include anything you want on this page -- perhaps a wishlist of items you'd like, giftcards you'd like, a message you want people to see, your email so people can send you e-gift cards, your shipping address if you welcome physical goods, etc. It's optional for people to donate to you. I most likely will donate to you. The plus side of having your Death Pool Hall of Fame page is that it stays up permanently. So even if ten years pass, people can still choose to donate to you. I will ensure that your Hall of Fame page is highlighted multiple places so that plenty of people see it. For the highest chance of receiving donations, I'd recommend to pretend to be a female with a terminal illness, so you NEED donations.

ENTER NOW. EMAIL YOUR LIST AND YOUR PSUEDONYM TO: ashleyjones@icum.to