The University of Arizona allows anyone to place bets on the rainfall they think Tucson and four other cities will get. Players will win gift cards for scoring the most points.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Debbie Curley is an alumni of the University of Arizona who is getting involved with their “Fantasy Monsoon” game.“The monsoons are a really important part of Arizona life,” Curley said.“I love the idea of learning more about why the monsoons happen, how much we can expect,” she said.
The goal of the game is to correctly guess how much rain Tucson will get along with four other cities including Phoenix, Flagstaff, Albuquerque and El Paso. The game features an online dashboard which shows them the amount of rain that has fallen in past years.“I’m actually probably going to bet just above the mean, frankly because that’s what I want to see,” Curley said.
Curley said the game is helping her become more familiar with the averages for each city, especially the cities she doesn’t live in.Zach Guido is one of the co-founders of the game and an assistant research faculty at the Arizona Institute for Resilience. Last year he came in twenty second place.A risky forecast means players are betting on weather events that don’t happen too often.
People can see where they rank among other players, but for Guido it’s not about the ranking system. Creating the game was more about getting players like Curley familiar with the weather.Players win gift cards, but for Curley, the game is more about hoping Southern Arizona sees a rainy monsoon.
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