January 5 th  2020:  How the Cup was Won Setting the Scene Here are the starting positions. First to seven full pyramids, completing the “Vindemiatrix-Denebola Bowl”, wins the cup for this Christmas. This year the candidate numbers have been moved up by one unit but with Abigail taking 1. This is to counter any bias on the roulette wheel! There is a slight change to the hazards this year. 0  Leader goes back level with second place.          00  The players below second place all go level with second place.     (The leader’s scorer remains unchanged.)           Each of these hazards only applies once during the contest with any subsequent occurrences being           registered as “null”.    Text Commentary Spin 1: 24 Graham Spin 2:   8 null Spin 3: 12 Caroline Spin 4: 13 Andy So the state of play after 4 spins is: Spin 5: 0 All players above second place go back level with second place. But joint second place is zero. So all players back to zero! The state of play after 5 spins is the restart position. No more chip removals though from now on.                Spin 6 33 Andy Spin 7 24 Graham Spin 8   8 null Spin 9   4 Graham Spin 10   2 Caroline The state of play after 10 spins. Spin 11   5 Nikki Spin 12 10 null Spin 13 32 Caroline Spin 14 27 null Spin 15 15 Nikki The state of play after 15 spins Spin 16 26 Marcus Spin 17 19 null Spin 18   8 null Spin 19   4 Graham Spin 20   4       Graham Spin 21 16 Marcus Spin 22 15 Nikki Spin 23 28 null Spin 24 36 Marcus Spin 25   3 Andy The state of play after 25 spins Spin 26 33 Andy Spin 27 13 Andy Spin 28 21 Abigail Spin 29  3 Andy Spin 30 29 null Spin 31 16 Marcus Spin 32 15 Nikki Spin 33 15 Nikki Spin 34 25 Nikki Spin 35 24 Graham Spin 36 21 Abigail Spin 37 13 Andy Spin 38   1 Abigail State of play after 38 spins Spin 39 35 Nikki                   Nikki wins La Copa de Ray for Christmas 2019 !!