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Alcopop’s gambling horse revealed…

Posted on March 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

So we’re here – Cheltenham has arrived, and the good poppers have spoken. We’ve a strong team of fantastically-hearted folk behind the pop gambling winnings crusade tomorrow, and it is with a heart bursting with pride and excitement, that I can reveal the horse we will be betting on is,

TELL MASSINI (and not just ‘cos he sounds a bit like Screaming Maldini).

With fetlocks of steel and hooves of gold, this powerful champ may well be favourite – and it’s easy to see why (check the pic). This fella just can’t lose. Keep an eye on it tomorrow…. Timeform rate him as ‘general of victory’ (probably).

And for those of you with pure hearts and clear minds, do know it’s not too late to get involved – The full rules are here, and I’ll be keeping an eye on my emails right until the off. The race is at 14.40 – so we’ll keep the promotion open until 10 minutes before.

Let’s go Team PoP – god, i feel like I own a racehorse :-)

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Friends, roamers and gentlepoppers – Cheltenham gambling with Team PoP!

Posted on March 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Just a quick update to tell you to ready the nags, and lay your money down – because Cheltenham Festival is on its way, and with it – the joy of the sport of kings. The whole of PoP (AKA Jack and Kev) will be heading up on Friday and, in the spirit of racing, we thought it might be fun to get the whole of Team PoP (aka you!) backing one horse to a splendid victory for us all.

So we’re proposing that for every order in the shop this week, £1.50 (or £3 if you order a tenner or more’s worth of stuff) of it will be going into the Team PoP gambling fund – and all put on a single horse in the Albert Bartlett (who are, incidentally, Britain’s largest growers of root potatoes) Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham on Friday (2.40pm). Then and if we win – we’ll split the money between every popper playing and either pay out in cash, or double it for credit in the pop shop (whichever you prefer)…

So – that means if you bought the Stagecoach EP, and we back a 10-1 winner – you’ll get back £15 cash, or £30 to spend in the good PoP Shop.

Now it just comes to choosing the horse – so take a look at this link, and anyone who gets involved can email in their vote for the horse we should bet on… I’ll tally the votes and announce who we’re backing on Friday morning so we can all cheer it to a famous victory.

Lets get gambling :-D

Oh – and if you’re one of those super types who already has pretty much everything PoP related and gave nothing more to buy, drop me a quick email and we’ll sort you out xx

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BSM 5-A-Side Tournament video shows Alcopop have the skills to very much pay the bills

Posted on August 14, 2009 by | Leave a comment

Ole – it’s time that the football season begins in earnest (although in fairness the only league that truly matters kicked off last week) – and in celebration of this dramatically ace fact, I’m keen to show you some true, liquid football… The kind that teenagers dream of their heroes performing, and premiership footballers strive their hardest to achieve.

This, ladies and gentleman, is the official video from the BSM 5-a-side tournament where tie-dye dreams were made, and dashed, and Blakfish became (for the day) official Alcopop cheerleaders. Look out for some incredible skills, most notably by Brett Ackroyd giving defences a torrid time, and a red hot interview with yours truly.

Strong times, strong African coloured kits.

Next year Team Pop, next year….

BlakPoP

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Free bets at Cheltenham races for all Alcopop shoppers…

Posted on March 9, 2009 by | 7 Comments

Alcopop Records are going to Cheltenham racing festival (physically on Friday and digitally Tue – Thur)… Because in between releasing cracking record after magnificent T-Shirt, we love a bit of low end gambling! And we should very much like to get you all involved.

Therefore, we’ve decided on a brusque new promotion that will mean that anyone purchasing anything in the next week from the Pop shop during the festival will get a free bet on one of the races at Cheltenham, courtesy of us. One pound per ten spent, with prizes paid out in prime pop merch.

So – if you spend anywhere between 1-10 pounds in our shop you’ll get a quid bet, 11-20 = 2 pounds, 21 – 30 = 3 pounds and so on. I’ll be picking the horses, and sticking the money down on Betfair (which should end up with better odds than anywhere else) and updating every bet via the Alcopop Twitter feed pre race – so you’ll know what has gone on for who.

Follow us here if you don’t already, or to find out what Twitter is – this is your link!

Got it? So, when said nag romps home at 30-1 after you’ve purchased our new 16 pound mega deal (for instance) you’ll win a further 60 quids worth of stuff – which will be nice. Similarly, just 3 pounds on an Encyclopedia single could win you a T-Shirt and Family Machine album if Crack away Jack comes in at 16-1 tomorrow. And let’s be fair, he probably will.

Plus – for anyone who doesn’t fancy a flutter, but still has some excellent tips – let us know via comments below or emailing info@ilovealcopop.co.uk. Go horse go!

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