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| Bob Barker dead? If this is not a hoax Sarah West is taking an early lead in the Death Pool. |
2018 Death Pool picks are paid and sealed. With Travis and Katie taking their first year at the helm residing over the proceedings and clarifying some rules, there was spirited debate around Aids as a terminal illness and death row inmates in the State of California (thank you Charlie Manson). Updated rules for 2018 are below. Entry fees increased to $5 and we had 37 total players. The pot is a whopping $185.
Here's the run down of the celebrity picks this year as they were selected by random picking order (names in a hat) those present in person pick first.
Mya Lehman-Carol Brunett
Kaite Zibell-Nick Carter
Aaron Veum-John Goodman
Margie Ulrich-Tom Cuise
Travis Ulrich-Donald Trump
Ava Lehman-Nick Nolte
Monica Veum-Robert Redford
Trevor Leto-Dick Van Dyke
Laura Zibell-Makaully Culkin
Gary Zibell-Burt Reynolds
Andrew Veum-Richard Simmons
Gillian Ulrich-Lamar Odom
Robby Zibell-Betty White
Amanda Veum-Shirley McClain
Joe Luther-Chris Berman
Joe Leto-Ginger Baker
Jan Jarlsberg-Mike Tyson
Roman Leto-Rich William
Grace Leto-OJ Simpson
Brooke Ulrich-Oprah
Chad Ulrich-Darrel Strawberry
Nancy Borchert-Phil Spector
Karen Day-Joe Walsh
Kim Cloutier-Susan Summers
Jim Cloutier-Kanye West
Ellen Joyce-Ozzy Osbourne
Ellen's Friend, Tara-Aaron Carter
Michael Felix Ziarnik-Bart Starr
Pam Ziarnik-Charle Rose
James, Joe Luther's Boss-David Arquette
Adam Rollin-George H. W. Bush
Tom Luther-Brett Bielema
Kevin Luther-Anthony Hopkins
Sarah West-Bob Barker
Tara Luther-Bob Newhart
Greg Luther-Dustin Diamond
Jen Luther-Ameilo Estavez
The rules are simple and here they are:
- The person must be a celebrity "now" and not become a celebrity because of their death
- The celebrity cannot be a death row inmate, even in states that don't execute death row inmates (e.g., California)
- The you cannot kill anyone on your list
- The celebrity cannot be dead before you post your picks
- The celebrity must be human (no animals)
- The celebrity cannot already be diagnosed with a terminal illness. Clarification in 2018: Aids will be recgonized as a terminal illness. You cannot pick someone diagnosed with Aids. If you already have a pick with Aids, they're grandfathered in. You can keep them.
- Points are awarded by subtracting the age of the dead celebrity from 100 (50 year old gets you 50 points, 80 year old gets you 20 points, etc.)
- All selections and entry fees must be submitted by noon on Thanksgiving Day
- NEW in 2018: In the event of a roll-over and you don't have a bet for the previous year entry fee will include current and previous year and you only get 1 pick.
- NEW in 2018: You must be able to verbalize your pick. So you cannot make a bet for an unborn baby or someone in a coma.
- NEW in 2018: You must be paid up to win.
- NEW in 2018: Current owners of the pick have 'right of first refusal' to keep that pick, even if someone dies
