My easy way of making quite a bit of money per week

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thread starter InternetCafe Apr 20 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So I found a pretty good way to make money at my local internet cafe. Well, its more than a cafe, because it has 350 seats. Anyway, what I do is host MW2 tournaments. The internet cafe is letting me host tournaments as long as I pay them 10% of what I get, which is almost nothing. Anyway, here is what I do: 1. Organize people joining the tournament. I get 150 people to join max, and its ALWAYS full. It usually fills up within a day or two. 2. I make an entrance fee for the tournament. The entrance fee is 25 SEK (Swedish Kroner) which is around 3.5 dollars. This means that I get 3750 SEK just from people signing up for the tournament. 3. Then I offer a ~15% reward to the person who wins the tournament, and 5% for the runner-up. This means that I give 750 SEK total as a reward (20%)and 15% to the company, which is around ~560 SEK. 4. Then I pocket the rest of the cash. This means I get around ~2400 SEK Every weekend, and sometimes I host the tournament twice a week. This means I get around 350 dollars every time I host a tournament. The tournament usually lasts 2-3 hours. What you do is just make a list of people in a FFA match, and make it knockout, so the top 3 players (out of 8) move on to the next round, and you will end up with 1 winner. Just thought I would share my excellent way of making money to the public, so people know that there are great ways to make money if you know how to use your brain :]. You should try this if you have an internet cafe nearby! Also, most money I ever got in a week was during spring break, when I hosted 5 tournaments, and got around 1700 US Dollars, which is quite a bit of money.

myknotsdontfit + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Couldn't the internet cafe just host their own tournaments and pocket all the money themselves? So I guess you got lucky they're allowing you to do so.

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KewlEH 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

yeah well i bet i can do even less work for more money.

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InternetCafe 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] myknotsdontfit : Couldn't the internet cafe just host their own tournaments and pocket all the money themselves? [/quote] Actually I was wondering this myself, but they say that they don't have time, because they are only 3 guys working there, and most of the time they are getting money from the people who want to enter, so they dont have time to host tournaments. This is good for me so I can continue making money.

dappersnake 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

nice hustle

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InternetCafe 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] dappersnake : nice hustle [/quote] Excuse me? I believe what I am doing is perfectly legal. In fact, the people who I host the tournaments for encourage me to have more tournaments. If they want more tournaments, then I'll give them as many as they want.

myknotsdontfit 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Hustling isn't restricted to illegal acts, it just means to make money. Also, you can start hosting bets for outcomes and a percentage of those winnings goes to you.

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InternetCafe 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] myknotsdontfit : Hustling isn't restricted to illegal acts, it just means to make money. Also, you can start hosting bets for outcomes and a percentage of those winnings goes to you. [/quote] Oh haha. Well I don't really understand what you mean because my english isn't really the best in the world. But if you could explain it in more detail that would be nice :]

BoxWoman 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] myknotsdontfit : Hustling isn't restricted to illegal acts, it just means to make money. Also, you can start hosting bets for outcomes and a percentage of those winnings goes to you. [/quote] That would be gambling, which I'm pretty sure is illegal unless you have a license from the state.

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SuperSeller 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Lol nice man. I don't know of any internet cafes near me . They are not too popular actually. Most people have home computers so..

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Dania 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

wow, that's cool.

myknotsdontfit 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Well it might get a little busy for you so you should enlist a partner. Allow people to bet for who would win 1st place and/or 2nd place or minor bets as, who would win the round. Of course, make sure they're betting against each other but you would be the middleman and you can just collect a percentage of winnings since you're hosting the tournament and doing the exchange of winnings for bets.

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InternetCafe 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] SuperSeller : Lol nice man. I don't know of any internet cafes near me . They are not too popular actually. Most people have home computers so.. [/quote] Most people have home computers here too, but kids in Sweden are in love with skipping school to play games, so they can't go home to play games. So Internet Cafe's are a must here. I even named my Basil ID after one :D. But at least it gives me something to do. During the summer I will be hosting 4 tournaments a week for 12 weeks (entire summer break for me), and my goal is to make at least 15,000 US dollars, which I am pretty sure I will be able to do. Then I can finally afford that PSP I always wanted to buy, and a couple games :D

SuperSeller 04/20/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] InternetCafe : Most people have home computers here too, but kids in Sweden are in love with skipping school to play games, so they can't go home to play games. So Internet Cafe's are a must here. I even named my Basil ID after one :D. But at least it gives me something to do. During the summer I will be hosting 4 tournaments a week for 12 weeks (entire summer break for me), and my goal is to make at least 15,000 US dollars, which I am pretty sure I will be able to do. Then I can finally afford that PSP I always wanted to buy, and a couple games :D [/quote] Holy crap, stuff is expensive in Sweden huh? O.o

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myknotsdontfit + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] BoxWoman : That would be gambling, which I'm pretty sure is illegal unless you have a license from the state. [/quote] IRREGAR? RUH-ROH. Well, it's up to TS if he wants to risk it.

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