1)     Entry fee $50 (Up to two entries per person). Total entry fee for one entry is $150.  

2)     The contest is Saturday, November 17. There is no limit to the number of contestants who may participate.

3)     The top finisher in the contest will qualify to compete in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Handicapping Championship tournament to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2008. Air transportation and hotel accommodations are courtesy of Autotote Enterprises. Contestants must take prize. No cash equivalent will be offered.

4)    One hundred percent of the total prize money will be returned to contestants. 

5)    All prizes are aggregate and if ties exist, prize money will be divided equally by entrants finishing in all positions involved in the tie.

The Contest

1)   The tournament will be a live money contest. Contestants must purchase a $100 wagering card. Contestants will use the $100 account card to place wagers. 

2)   Players must wager on a minimum of five races for at least $20 each. Players may wager on more than five races and for more than the minimum of $20, but at the end of the day they must have fulfilled the minimum requirements. In other words, contestants may wager on as many races as they want for any amount as long as the minimum requirement of having wagered on at least five races for at least $20 is met. 

3)   Contestants may wager on only one horse in each race.   

4)   Entrants may only place Win, Place and Show wagers. 

5)   There is no cap on win, place or show prices. 

6)   Entrants keep all pari-mutuel winnings.

7)   Contestants can wager on multiple pools in one race (i.e. win, place and show in the same race) but the total of the wager must be at least $20 and this will count as only one wager for the purposes of meeting the five race requirement.

8)   Contestants who make any type of wager other than win, place or show will be disqualified from the contest. Adding additional cash to a bankroll will also result in a disqualification.

9)     Contestants may wager on the full card of the following tracks: Aqueduct, Philadelphia, Hawthorne, Finger Lakes and Turf Paradise.

10) The winner of the contest is the person who has the highest total in his account at the conclusion of the contest.

11) Patrons must personally place wagers. No intermediaries or agents may place wagers. Entrants may make their wagers at any Autotote facility or through an On the Wire phone account. There will be no refunds. There will also be no refunds in the event that a contestant is disqualified. 

12) At facilities, tournament wagers must be made on self-service terminals or Tiny Tims using a tournament plastic account card and pin number.

13) No cancellations on any wagers for any reason after post time. In the event of a late scratch, the rules of the host track will prevail.

14) Since this is a live- money/ live results contest, anyone withdrawing money from their account before the contest is official, will no longer be considered an entrant in the contest.

15) All official track rulings will apply to horses and wagering pools.

16) Autotote is not responsible for shut outs or incomplete transactions. No exceptions under any circumstances.

17) Autotote is not responsible for lost or mutilated account cards.

18) The decision of the judges in all matters related to the contest is final.

19) All contestants must be at least 21 years of age.

20) Winners are subject to all state and federal tax requirements.

21) The receipt of a registration form signifies the entrant’s acceptance of all rules   and conditions stated herein. An entry constitutes acceptance of and responsibility for adherence to all rules and conditions of the contest as stated in the complete rules.

22)  By accepting a prize, each winner releases and agrees to hold harmless, Autotote Enterprises, and their parent and their affiliated and subsidiary companies, advertising and promotion agencies and their respective trustees, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of each of them from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to person, including death and property, arising in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a prize, participation in any contest related activity or participation in this contest. 

23)  Where permitted, the winner agrees to permit Autotote and their parent and affiliated and subsidiary companies and those acting pursuant to the direction  or control of either of them, the right to print, publish, broadcast and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including to but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, the winner’s name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness and biographical information as news or information and for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without additional consideration, compensation, authorization and remuneration; and further without such additional compensation, appear for, or provide biographical information for use in, any presentation or other activity which may include filming/ audio/ video/electronic or other recordings and / or interviews, as may be determined from time to time by Autotote.

24) Officers and employees of Autotote and their immediate families, and employees of the Department of Special Revenue, State of Connecticut, and their immediate families, are not eligible to enter the contest.

25)  Autotote reserves the right to fund the entry fees of invited members of the media.

26) The right is reserved to terminate, withdraw or modify this contest at any time without prior notice. In this event, all contest fees will be refunded.

Tie-Breaker

In the event of a tie for first place, the person who has correctly picked the most number of horses who finished first, wins. For example, one person has six winners and the other person has four horses, then the winner is the person with six winners. If both players have the same number of winners, then the person whose horses have the highest winning win pay-offs, wins. For example, one player has total win pay-offs that equals $35.80. ($7.80, $12, $10 and $6 = $35.80). (Place and show prices would not be used to break the tie).  If his total is higher than the person he is tied with, then he wins the contest. In the event that there is still a tie, then a coin flip will determine the winner.

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Contestants can play at any CTOTB branch or through an "On The Wire" phone wagering account***

***Only residents living in the following states may open an On the Wire phone wagering account: CT, FL, KY, LA, MA, MT, NH, OH, VT, WA, WY.