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Wager Board
| Winner | Paid? | Wager Date | Stakes | Wager |
| - | - | 7/21/2008 | Amazon item <$25 | Bill D. bets Ray that the Red Sox will go further in the 2008 postseason than the Angels |
| Bill* | N | 7/21/2008 | 6 pack | Pete bets Bill that the Mariners will beat the Red Sox in the 7/21-23 series, however it is mutually agreed that this will not count in any official wager wiki stats, as Pete knows full well it is a dumb bet |
| Pete | N | 06/17/2008 | drinks and apps next time we're out somewhere | Bill S. bets Pete that the two WaMu stock proposals up for shareholder vote on June 24 will not pass. (A split = a push) |
| Pete | Y | 06/15/2008 | lunch | Pete bets Ray that Tiger Woods will win the U.S. Open |
| - | - | 05/25/2008 | $50 | If BRKA beats the S&P in 16 or more of the months between Jan 2008 and December 2009 inclusive, then Bill wins. If BRKA beats the S&P in 15 or fewer months during that period, then Pete wins. Beating the S&P means that in a comparison from the first of each month through the final day, BRKA rose by a higher percentage (or fell by a lower percentage) than the S&P 500 index. |
| - | - | 05/13/2008 | $50 | Tony D. bets that Mc Cain will be elected President in 2008; Pete bets that Obama will be. Anyone else constitutes a push (or maybe a putsch) and bet is off if election is decideded by the Supreme Court |
| - | - | 03/2008 | Lunch | Ray bets Pete that Barry Bonds will get a major league at-bat this year |
| - | - | 03/26/2008 | Amazon item<$25 | Pete bets Bill that Bedard will finish higher in the 2008 Cy Young voting than Beckett |
| - | - | 02/25/2008 | $100 | Ray bets Pete that Rossi will beat Gregoire in the 2008 gubernatorial election (bet void if race does not come down to Rossi v. Gregoire) |
| - | - | 01/10/2007 | Lunch at Tat's | Pete bets Ray, Mike C., and Bill S. that Wamu will not be acquired (i.e. an unambiguous announcement) in 2008 |
| - | - | 11/13/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Bill bets Pete that Hillary will not be the next president |
| - | - | 10/16/2007 | Lunch | Pete bets John Silva that if extraterrestrials visit they will be recognized as much more moral than us; if they load us onto their slave ships, John wins the bet |
| Pete | N | 10/2/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Pete bets Ray that the Angels/Sox series does not go 5 games |
| Pete | N | 10/2/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Pete bets Bill that the Angels/Sox series does not go 5 games |
| Pete | Y | 10/1/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Pete bets Terry Eckberg that Red Sox will win the playoff series v. Angels |
| Ray | Y | 9/12/2007 | $5 | Pete bets Ray that Ichiro's 6th inning RBI would be the GWRBI |
| Bill | Y | 09/02/2007 | Online purchase up to $25 | Bill bets Pete that UW will beat Boise State |
| - | - | 06/11/2007 | Loser(s) sing a national anthem and post it on youtube | Pete bets Ray and Jim F. that Al Gore will not enter the 2008 Presidential race |
| Pete | Y | 04/09/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Pete bets Bill that the Mariners will beat the Bosox on 4/11 (subject to Felix starting) |
| - | - | 04/09/2007 | Amazon item <$25 | Ray bets Pete that Obama will be the Democratic VP nominee in 2008 |
| - | - | 02/22/2007 | $5 | Jim Hughes bets Pete that the human population will be less than 1/1,000th of what it is now by the year 2012 (For the record, wikipedia says the human population in early 2007 is 6.6 billion) |
| - | - | 01/17/07 | lunch | Ray bets Pete that a Republican will be elected president in 2008 |
| (push) | N/A | 1/2/2007 | $10 | Ray bets Bill that Florida will finish below Boise State in the BCS rankings if they lose to Ohio State (bet is a push if Florida wins) |
| Kevin M. | N | 11/2006 | lunch at Ipanema | Pete bet Kevin M. that UW would beat Gonzaga |
| Push | N/A | 8/24/06 | lunch | Pete bets Stephen that when the racial segregated teams on Survivor:Cook Islands are merged, there will be more whites than Asians |
| Pete | Y | 5/1/2006 | lunch | Ray bets that the Pond of Voodoo bricks will not hold in the water without reinforcement |
| Matt | - | 5/1/2006 | Bottle of wine (approx $30) | Ray bets Matt that Reggie Bush will have 1000 yards running in his rookie season |
| Pete | - | 4/21/2006 | $20 | The winner of 3 out of the next 5 bets between Ray and Pete wins this meta-bet |
| None | - | 4/21/2006 | 20 pushups in public area of Wamu Center | NBA MVP - Matt takes Lebron, Pete takes Kobe |
| None | - | 4/21/2006 | 20 pushups ? | NBA MVP - Matt takes Lebron, Ray takes Kobe |
| Pete | - | 4/13/2006 | Book from Amazon (max $50) | Pete bets his cousin Lesli that Rumsfeld will not make it to the end of the current Presidential term as the Secretary of Defense |
| Pete | Y | 4/10/2006 | $50 (Later traded to cancel Fart Machine bet) | Pete bets Bill that the A's are more likely to make the 2006 postseason than the Red Sox. (Bet is a push if neither team makes it or both win their division, but if one team wins and the other team is the wildcard, the person with the wildcard loses.) |
| Pete | N | 3/14/2006 | 6-pack | Ray bets Pete that the there's no official Wamu policy requiring employees to take seven straight days with no communication with the bank |
| Pete | N | 08/05/2005 | $20 | Pete bets his cousin Chris Caldwell that John Roberts will be Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court by 2010. |
| (none) | - | 05/24/2005 | Losers buy winner lunch | When will Ray get (order) a blackberry? Pete: 7/4/05; Stephen: 6/20/05; Murray: 6/14/05; Snit: 6/12/05 |
| Pete | Y | 04/06/2005 | $10 | Denise bets Pete that he will be asked to take down some of his cube decorations within 2 weeks of the Property Services inventory inspection of the floor. Denise will pay Pete double ($20) if a picture of Pete's cube appears in a wamu.net story. |
| Pete | Y | 03/30/2005 | Lunch | Ray bets Pete that the Mariners will win more than 85 games in 2005 (exactly 85 games is a push) |
| Pete | Y | 03/07/2005 | Loser must purchase winner's choice of MJ posters (up to $20) and display prominently in their work area for 2 weeks. | Denise bet Pete that Michael Jackson will be found guilty on one or more of the charges in the criminal trial underway |
| Matt | ? | ? | Double or nothing TO bet | Matt bet Bill that the Eagles would make the 2005 Super Bowl |
| Matt | ? | ? | $50 | Bill bet Matt that Terrell Owens would not make the 2004 Pro Bowl |
| Drew | ? | 05/06/2004 | Lunch | Pete bets Drew that the Mariners will win the series against Texas, for every series in May-Oct (Drew net'd 1 lunch) |
| Pete | Y | 10/25/2004 | Pete bets 2 lunches to Ray's 1 | Pete bets Ray that the losing major party candidate in the presidential election will make a concession speech by midnight EST 11/3. |
| Bill | Y | 09/30/2004 | Item from Amazon (up to $25) | Pete bets Bill Davis that the Red Sox will lose in the first round of the 2004 playoffs |
| Pete | Y | 08/01/2004 | Lunch | Ray bets Pete that the Pope will die before the end of 2004 (originally Thanksgiving) |
| Ray, Snit | Y | 03/22/2004 | Lunch/Month | Ray and Richard bet Pete that the Mariners will play under .500 in 2004. At the end of each month, if the Ms are sub-500, Pete will buy R&R lunch; if the Ms are over .500, R&R will buy Pete (one) lunch. |
| Stephen | Y | 03/10/2004 | Lunch | Whoever guesses the date closest to announcement of the Jerry Gross termination gets a lunch on the others. Snit 3/31; Drew 4/2; Angela 4/2; Pete 4/18; Murray 5/30; Ray 6/15; Stephen 10/15 |
| Pete | Y | 03/09/2004 | Lunch | Pete took the Mariners over the Rangers in bet with Drew on the 3/9 Spring Training game |
| Ray | Y | 01/30/2004 | Lunch | Pete bet Ray that the 2004 Super Bowl winner would win by >10 points |
| Angela | Y | 01/29/2004 | Lunch | The wamu.com team states that the site will be down at least 19 hours and possibly as much as 30 for the BIF migration. Angela wins the wager if it is le to 30 hours; Pete wins if it is more than 30 and le to 45; Stephen wins if it is greater than 45 hours |
| Pete | Y | 12/01/2003 | Lunch | Stephen bet Pete that Tony Moser was not really married to Nicole Prosser |
| Snit | Y | ? | $1 for each point between a tie and 20 point Texas lead; $5 for every point by which A&M wins or Texas scores over 20. | Snit bets Drew that Texas will beat the spread against A&M (20 points) |
| Pete | Y | 12/22/2003 | Lunch | Pete bet Ray that Boise State would beat TCU in the 2003 Fort Worth Bowl |
| Pete | Y | 08/01/2003 | Lunch | Pete (500k), Stephen (2m) and Drew (10m) bet on the # of secure messages in the 6.5 system |
| Bill | Y | 10/01/2003 | $20 | Pete bet Bill that the A's will beat the Bosox in the Division Series |
| Pete | Y | 07/16/2003 | Lunch | Ray bets Pete that CRM will be consolidated under Corporate Technologies by 4/15/03 |
| Pete | Y | 08/14/2002 | Lunch | Bill bets Pete that Boston will win the 3-game series with the Mariners 8/15-17 |
| Bill | Y | 08/15/2003 | Lunch | "Bill bets Pete that the New England team (Saugus, MA) will beat the Northwest team (Richland, WA) in their Little League World Series game 8/17" |
| Drew | Y | 07/29/2003 | Lunch | Bill bets Drew that the Red Sox will win the upcoming Texas series |
| Bill | Y | 07/29/2003 | Lunch | Pete bets Bill that the Mariners will finish with a higher winning % then the Bosox |
| Pete | Y | 07/29/2003 | Lunch | Pete bets Bill that the Yankees will beat the Red Sox for the 2003 AL East title |
| Pete | Y | 07/16/2003 | Lunch | Drew bets Pete that Bush will not win re-election |
| (tie) | - | 06/17/2003 | $100 | Bill bets John Masker that SeeBeyond will fall out of the Leaders Quadrant in Gartner’s EAI Magic Quadrant by the Q204 release (two releases from now). |
| Snit | Y | ? | Pappy Van Winkle 20 Year Old Family Reserve | Bill bet Richard that Anaheim would win the NHL championship (and there might have been some other hockey stuff in there). |
| Pete | Y | ? | Lunch | Pete bets Bill Davis that the Mariners will beat the Yankees on 4/29 (Meche v. Clemens) |
| Bill | ? | <3/31/2003 | $100 | Ray bets Bill Davis that Wamu will be acquired by the end of December 2004 |
| Drew,Ray,Perry | Y | 02/05/2003 | Lunch | Pete bets Drew, Ray, and Perry that ""Joe Millionaire"" will chose Sara instead of Zora" |
| ? | ? | ? | $1 | Perry bets Drew that Florida St. beats Georgia |
| Pete | Y | ? | ? | Bill bets Pete that his team (with James and Bill W) will have a higher total in games 2 & 3 of bowling than the ERMS team minus Ray's scores. |
| Pete | Y | ? | ? | Pete bets Ray that Tejada will finish higher than Soriano in the 2002 AL MVP voting |
| Pete | Y | ? | ? | Pete bets Bill that Tejada will finish higher than Soriano in the 2002 AL MVP voting |
| Dave | Y | 10/18/2002 | Count off 25 push-ups on the meeting room table during Sudhir's staff meeting, wearing whatever team cap the wager winner supplies. | Bill bets Dave C that the Giants will beat the Angels |
| Pete | Y | 10/16/2002 | ? | Bill bets Pete that the Giants will beat the Angels in the World Series |
| Bill | Y | 10/17/2002 | Lunch | Pete bets Bill that 8 out of 10 randomly picked eBusiness staffers will know who Dean Kamen is. |
| Pete | Y | ? | Lunch | Bill bets Pete that the Cardinals will beat the Giants in the NLCS |
| Pete,Dave | Y | ? | Lunch | Bill bets Pete and Dave C. that the Twins will beat the Angels in the 2002 ALCS |
| Pete | Y | 09/27/2002 | Lunch | Dave C. bet Pete that UW would beat Idaho by 30 points |
| (tie) | - | 09/01/2002 | Lunch | Bill D. bet Pete that the Red Sox will finish with a better record in 2002 than the Mariners Lunch |
| Bill | Y | 08/23/2002 | 10 Pushups, on the table at the staff meeting | Bill Davis bet James that Adobe is working on something that will convert pdf files to html files with the same look and feel (nav on left, content on right). Bill to produce evidence before 1/1/2003. |
| Pete,Bill | N | 08/14/2002 | Lunch | Sudhir, Callahan bet Pete, Bill Davis that Amazon.com will be bankrupt by end of Q2 2003 |
| Pete | N | 08/07/2002 | Loser sings winner's choice of songs at karaoke bar | Darren bets Pete that WSU will win the 2002 Apple Cup |
Wager Rules
- All wagers established without stakes clarified will be for lunch (max $25)
- During any disagreement, a wager should be established before looking up an answer.
Pete's Wager Stats
Last updated 6/17/2007:
| Total Pete Wins* | Total Pete Losses | Pete Wins v. Ray | Pete Losses v. Ray |
| 30 | 11 | 9 | 4 |
Net Stakes Won:
- Ray 11 lunches, $5
- Pete 5 lunches, 1 six pack, 1 Amazon item, two unknown (probably lunches)
*Note: Pools (bets with more than two possible outcomes) not included
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