Sportdaq was the web-based sister game to the

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. Sportdaq started during August 2004. Players buy and sell

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in sport stars using £10,000 of virtual cash that they are given to play with. Each week players of the game are given

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s for the shares they own based on how much press coverage the sport stars they hold shares in got that week in a number of London-based daily newspaper sport sections, web sites and

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news reports. Additionally, money can be made throughout the week by correctly predicting the outcome of selected sporting events, known as Win Bonuses paid at £1 per share held at the win bonus deadline. Sportdaq and its sister website Celebdaq were both closed on 26 February 2010, as part of a series of cuts to the BBC's online services.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sportdaq/news/statements/2010/02/01/62431.shtml Sportdaq to close Relaunch
In 2021 the creator of the ne
CelebDAQ
announced plans to recreate SportDAQ with similar ideas to the original.

Weekly events

;Millionaires Day - Saturday : Everyone who has a

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worth over £2 million gets 'kneecapped'. Sport stars are listed and sometimes delisted according to a traders vote. ;Top Trader - Tuesday : The person who has made the most

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in percentage terms in accordance with the rules during the last 7 days. ;Dividend Thursday: The dividends earned during the previous 2 days are handed out after midnight UK time.

Kneecapping and status symbols

When a player accumulates over £2 million, all of his or her money and shares are taken away and replaced with a fresh £10,000. This prevents people from controlling the market when they acquire large amounts of cash. As compensation they are given status symbols to replace the number of millions they had. * £1 million: fat wad of cash * £5 million: sexy car * £10 million: luxury yacht * £25 million: very big house in the country * £50 million: executive jet * £100 million: exotic island * £500 million: crown of a minor nation state * £1 billion: you become

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(the only difference to Celebdaq with regard to status symbols) The first player to break the £1 billion mark and win a Roman Abramovich icon did so in February 2007.

References

External links

*{{bbc.co.uk, id=sportdaq, title=BBC Sportdaq
Sportdaq Talk - a fan based site with no official connection to the BBC
Sportdaq Internet properties established in 2002 Internet properties disestablished in 2010 2002 establishments in the United Kingdom 2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom