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It’s time! Get your name in the 7th Annual Super Bowl Candy Pool!

Enjoy the Super Bowl and win candy bars all at the same time!! What more could you ask for?

Deadline for submission is midnight PST on Wednesday, February 3^rd. Keep in mind, however, that once the grid is full, no more entries will be accepted, so do not delay. The number of participants we have will determine how many squares each person will get, and if we have extra squares left over, they will be assigned to participants in the order we hear from you.

For those of you who are new this year to the Cottle Super Bowl Candy Pool, here is the rundown:

The object of this game is to win candy bars. To do this, you will be assigned a square on a grid which corresponds with a possible game score. If the numbers for your square match the game score, you win. Payouts are given on each score change and every score change is worth a candy bar regardless of how many times the score has changed during the quarter. This is similar to a common office pool with the following major exception: Participants don’t buy squares or send in any money. They just get the chance to win. Craig & Kristin supply the prizes.

To play, just send an email or comment on our blogs, telling us what your favorite candy bar is and you’ll be entered into the pool. If you’d like, you can send a couple of choices; in the event you are a lucky winner of multiple candy bars, you can have a variety. We will continue to take entries until the grid is full, or we reach the deadline, which ever comes first. Last year we had twelve different people winning a total of 20 candy bars. Everyone can play – kids too.

We love the Candy Bar Pool because it makes it fun to watch the game no matter which team wins. We’ll send out a grid showing everyone’s numbers as soon as it is full. Then watch Super Bowl XLIV and hope for a high scoring game, so we have lots of winners! We’re rooting for you!

The fine print:

How it works: The pool is displayed on a 10 x 10 grid with numbers along both the top and left side of the page. The top row of numbers represents one team and the side row represents the other team. Square assignments will be made randomly. Once the participants’ names are filled in, the numbers are drawn at random and placed left to right along the top of the grid, and top to bottom down the side of the grid.

Every score change is worth a candy bar, regardless of how many times the score has changed during the quarter, and the extra point after a touch down does count as a score change. The score at the end of each quarter, and the final game score are all worth an extra candy bar. So those who have the score at the end of each quarter will win at least 2 candy bars (maybe more, depending on what else has happened during that quarter).

Deadline for entry is midnight PST on Wednesday, February 3^rd. Once the grid is full, no more entries will be accepted regardless of the date. If this happens, an update will be posted on the blogs.

No submission of candy bars is required! All winning candy bars come from Craig & Kristin as a reward for participating in our pool.