Wits & Wagers
If nobody bets on the exact correct answer, who gets paid?
The rulebook's winning-guess and payout steps settle it, and the community replies agree.
- Wits & Wagers rulebook · Rulebook · Winning Guess (from Step 4)
- Wits & Wagers rulebook · Rulebook · Step 4 — Pay out the Bets
- NorthStarGamesBruce · Community · 2017-12-27
- Syvanis · Community · 2017-12-27
- Syvanis · Community · 2017-12-28
- Oiler1 · Community · 2017-12-28disagrees
Only the closest guess without going over can win, so the exact answer is the winning slot. The player who wrote it gets the 3-point bonus even if no one bet on that slot. Bets on any other slot lose, including the next guess below the answer: with an answer of 1938, a bet on 1936 gets nothing.