How to set up a Weight Loss Pool with 15 people? Does it matter our start weight? ie:%body fat?

So Im wondering...... what is the best way to do a weight loss pool? This is where we all chip in $10 or so and the winner (who loses the most) takes home the pot.I have started a weight loss group, and although we are in the obese category, more of us are medically considered to be "morbidly obese" which is fine because we are working on losing weight as a team, and together between all 15 of us have lost over 100lbs. So Im wondering, is FAIR for people of different weights to have an equal opportunity to win this?What if Sally weighs 300 and Jim weighs 400?Jims weight would fall off quicker than Sally's. So how would this fair? OR would I need to have 2 separate weight groups?Thanks for the help with the mathematics here =)

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You are right, morbidly obese persons can lose weight faster without endangering their health than those who are "merely" obese. I'd say do it as percentages, with 100% being all the weight one of you has to lose to get into the normal range. For example let's say Jim needs to lose 50 lbs and Mary 100 lbs. It would be easier for Mary to lose 10 lbs in the same time frame that Jim loses 5, but as a percentage they both lost the same.Whoever reaches normal body weight first, wins.