The sports predictors have been popular, and Cloud 9 was the first time I've mixed up the different sports to put people out of their comfort zone, but we might get more entries if we stick to one sport like soccer where people feel they are more knowledgeable about the teams involved (and more entries usually means I can push for a bigger prize pool)
My main issue when planning competitions is balancing fun with a need to promote our services (it's one of the reasons I'm here after all!). If I can include mechanics that encourage visits to our site or players placing bets then I can usually secure a much larger prize budget, but at the same time adding these kind of requirements usually results in fewer entries. It's a fine balancing act!
Ronnie @ Cloudbet
Cloud 9 was the most interesting event. Because at first you have to pass free-rolls, then you got the real prize.
In order to get more people involved in the site, maybe it will be interesting to add extra bonuses.
Lets image that this there will be also system with cloud. For example, you post a prediction which soccer team will win. But eligible in round players can also make a prediction which player or in what interwal will team make a score. Like on the site, you can not only place who will win, but also predict number of goals, corners, exact score in the half time and etc. The prizes can also be simpolic , like 3-5 freespins for a correct prediction (but only 1 per user).
Exaple: you start a prediction competition Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace. Some members select Tottenham as a winner, then go to
https://www.cloudbet.com/en/sports/soccer/tottenham-hotspur-v-crystal-palace/e1491559, and select 1 extra prediction from the list (like both teams will score and 1st half).
This will encorage people not only choose who wins, but also visit cloudbet.com, go through the list of predictions, make a choise.
Who knows what this could lead to? Maybe people will make it a habit to visit the site and look what to choose for extra. And maybe this habit will grow into making a deposit on the site he-he