2.67 Billion Olympic Scratchcards

[Billy in Bristol]

2.67 Billion

Thats how many Olympic related scratchcards and tickets that have to be sold by 2012 to raise the intended £750 million. (28p a ticket).

This means that you, me and everybody eligible (about 40.3m) have to each buy 56 between now and 2012.

I know this has f*** all to do with the Albion, but I work in sports administration and already £340m will be taken from developing grass roots sport around the UK...including football. This could be increased to the sole benefit of London.

I have only ever bought 3 scratchcards as its a mugs game, and I am unlikley to do so just to help Lord Coe Chelsea fan. Are you?

There are much better ways to pay for the Olympics than relying on this, honest I know!


Sorry, been doing research all day and got angry wanted a whinge, and this is teh best place I know!

 

[Collar Feeler]

Surely that's a bit of skewed statistics though, they aren't saying that the £750 Million is coming solely from the sale of the Olympics scratchcards they are saying that the lottery will donate that amount of money so it will come from all lottery sales. the olympic scratchcard is just one of a series of games that the Lottery will run to help raise the amount.

 

[Marc]

Surely that's a bit of skewed statistics though, they aren't saying that the £750 Million is coming solely from the sale of the Olympics scratchcards they are saying that the lottery will donate that amount of money so it will come from all lottery sales. the olympic scratchcard is just one of a series of games that the Lottery will run to help raise the amount.

WORD!

 

[Hiney]

I am unlikley to do so just to help Lord Coe Chelsea fan. Are you?

It's got naff all to do with Lord Coe and his club allegience, it's all about helping to raise money for The Olympics

 

[Yoda]

I've brought 5 already. Didn't win tho.

 

[Scarface]

Some people buy that many in a week because they are so addicted to scratch cards and the lottery in general. There was a documentary about it a while ago and some woman had about £10 to live off a month after she had lost the rest on those things.

 

[Yoda]

Some people buy that many in a week because they are so addicted to scratch cards and the lottery in general. There was a documentary about it a while ago and some woman had about £10 to live off a month after she had lost the rest on those things.

I remember seeing that. Used to spend about £45 of her weekly benefit on the things and live off the remaining £10.

 

[London Calling]

£2.7 bn buys you all this, which will do more for the grass rootss of all sports in this country than buying a couple of plastic 4ft high football nets. A large amont of facilities will also be dismantled and transported to the regions.

July 2005 – Appointment of contractor to run power lines underground in Lea Valley Oct 2005 – Olympic Stadium design put out to tender May 2006 – Completion of Wembley Stadium £757m Jan 2007 – Completion of dedicated bus way the East London Transit Scheme 2008 - The Docklands Light Railways Woolwich Arsenal extension opens Dec 2008 – Completion of Velodrome and BMX track Dec 2008 – Completion of aquatic centre (start date December 2005) £70m 2009 – DLR extension from Canning Town to Stratford Regional Station opens 2010 – East London Line Tube extension opens Feb 2011 – Completion of hockey venue (start date February 2010) £14.4m July 2011 – Completion of main stadium (start date July 2008) £281m July 2011 – Completion of four multi-sport arenas (start date January 2009) £96.25m Aug 2011 – Completion of training and Paralympics complex (start February 2010) £6.25m Dec 2011 – Completion of Olympic Village (start date June 2007) £1bn April 2012 – Completion of equestrian events & pentathlon arenas in Greenwich Park £8.8m July 2012 – Completion of modifications to All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon £600,000 July 2012 – Completion of two temporary beach volleyball arenas at Horse Guards Parade £73m July 2012 – Completion of modifications to Millennium Dome, to host gymnastics and basketball £2.5m July 2012 – Completion of substantial changes to Lords Cricket ground £2.6m July 2012 – Completion of four arenas at the Excel exhibition centre, Royal Docks £21m July 2012 – Completion of temporary indoor shooting hall at Royal Artillery Barracks £18m July 2012 – Completion of temporary Greenwich arena to host badminton & gymnastics £14m

Olympic Park Stadium, athletics, opening/closing ceremonies.
Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, modern pentathlon swimming, and water polo finals. The Aquatic Centre will be built regardless of the outcome of the bid.
Olympic Park Velodrome, track cycling.
Olympic Park BMX track, BMX cycling.
Olympic Park Hockey Complex, hockey.
Olympic Park Multi-sport complex, 3 indoor arenas staging basketball and handball preliminaries, volleyball and modern pentathlon shooting and fencing.
Greenwich Peninsula Hall 1, badminton, rhythmic gymnastics.
Greenwich Peninsula Hall 2, table tennis.
Broxbourne, canoe slalom.
University of East London, water polo preliminaries
. A proposed Olympic Park Tennis Complex will be used as an Olympic training venue and a Paralympics competition venue.

LC

 

[The Great Cornholio]

I've brought 5 already. Didn't win tho.

Ditto apart from my G/F winning £1

 

[The Great Cornholio]

BTW - scratchcards are just the start - there will be ordinary type lottery games so it's not just scratchcards raising the money.

 

[Scarface]

Isnt council tax going up in London by £20 to help pay for this?

 

[ILOVEBHA]

Ditto apart from my G/F winning £1

Ditto and i won £4

still lost £1

 

[Brixtaan]

2.67 Billion

Thats how many Olympic related scratchcards and tickets that have to be sold by 2012 to raise the intended £750 million. (28p a ticket).

This means that you, me and everybody eligible (about 40.3m) have to each buy 56 between now and 2012.

not quite that many but what an excellent idea!

 

[Billy in Bristol]

How is this budget looking now?

I was just looking back at my NSC career, and saw this about the Olympics funding..this person would like to change his figures now?

£2.7 bn buys you all this, which will do more for the grass rootss of all sports in this country than buying a couple of plastic 4ft high football nets. A large amont of facilities will also be dismantled and transported to the regions.

July 2005 – Appointment of contractor to run power lines underground in Lea Valley Oct 2005 – Olympic Stadium design put out to tender May 2006 – Completion of Wembley Stadium £757m Jan 2007 – Completion of dedicated bus way the East London Transit Scheme 2008 - The Docklands Light Railways Woolwich Arsenal extension opens Dec 2008 – Completion of Velodrome and BMX track Dec 2008 – Completion of aquatic centre (start date December 2005) £70m 2009 – DLR extension from Canning Town to Stratford Regional Station opens 2010 – East London Line Tube extension opens Feb 2011 – Completion of hockey venue (start date February 2010) £14.4m July 2011 – Completion of main stadium (start date July 2008) £281m July 2011 – Completion of four multi-sport arenas (start date January 2009) £96.25m Aug 2011 – Completion of training and Paralympics complex (start February 2010) £6.25m Dec 2011 – Completion of Olympic Village (start date June 2007) £1bn April 2012 – Completion of equestrian events & pentathlon arenas in Greenwich Park £8.8m July 2012 – Completion of modifications to All England Tennis Club at Wimbledon £600,000 July 2012 – Completion of two temporary beach volleyball arenas at Horse Guards Parade £73m July 2012 – Completion of modifications to Millennium Dome, to host gymnastics and basketball £2.5m July 2012 – Completion of substantial changes to Lords Cricket ground £2.6m July 2012 – Completion of four arenas at the Excel exhibition centre, Royal Docks £21m July 2012 – Completion of temporary indoor shooting hall at Royal Artillery Barracks £18m July 2012 – Completion of temporary Greenwich arena to host badminton & gymnastics £14m

Olympic Park Stadium, athletics, opening/closing ceremonies.
Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, modern pentathlon swimming, and water polo finals. The Aquatic Centre will be built regardless of the outcome of the bid.
Olympic Park Velodrome, track cycling.
Olympic Park BMX track, BMX cycling.
Olympic Park Hockey Complex, hockey.
Olympic Park Multi-sport complex, 3 indoor arenas staging basketball and handball preliminaries, volleyball and modern pentathlon shooting and fencing.
Greenwich Peninsula Hall 1, badminton, rhythmic gymnastics.
Greenwich Peninsula Hall 2, table tennis.
Broxbourne, canoe slalom.
University of East London, water polo preliminaries
. A proposed Olympic Park Tennis Complex will be used as an Olympic training venue and a Paralympics competition venue.

LC