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2008 Sports Haven Handicapping Contest Rules February 9 & 10th 1) Entry fee $300 (maximum, two entries per person). $250 will go to the prize pool. $50 will be used to play in the live money contest. 2) Contest is limited to 350 entries. The contest is a two-day event that will be held Saturday, February 9 and Sunday, February 10, 2008. 3) The top three finishers in the Sports Haven contest will qualify to compete in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Handicapping Championship tournament to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2009. Air transportation and hotel accommodations are courtesy of Autotote Enterprises. The fourth and fifth place finishers qualify for the 2009 Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans in Las Vegas. 4) If the contest is fully subscribed, there will be $87,500 in prize money. One hundred percent of the $87,500 will be returned as prize money. If the contest is not sold out, prize money will be awarded based on the percentage breakdown in the prize list below. 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. 6) Two thousand dollars (2.29% of contest money collected) will be awarded to the leader on the first day of the contest. The prize money is based on the contest being fully subscribed. If it is not sold out then 97.71% of total entry fees collected will be distributed Sunday. 7) The remaining $85,500 or 97.71% will be distributed to the top 10 finishers after the two day event. (Order of finish is determined by combining the Saturday and Sunday scores). Contestants finishing 11 - 20 will win a FREE entry into the 2008 Bradley Teletheater contest (Date to be Determined).
Prize money - Contest awards (based on 350 entrants)
The Contest 1) The tournament will be a live money contest. $50 of the $300 entry fee will be used by the players to place wagers. Players will be required to wager $20 on each contest day. The remaining $10 may be wagered at any time during the two day contest as long as the wagers are for a minimum $2. Contestants will use an account card to place wagers. 2) Entrants keep all pari-mutuel winnings. 3) Entrants must make wagers that total at least $2 on a minimum of 10 races each contest day. In other words, people must wager at least $20 each day (10 races for a minimum $2). The remaining $10 may be wagered at any time over the two day period as long as the minimum wager on the race is at least $2. (You could bet $ 1 to win and $1 to place. This constitutes $2 wagered on a race). The wagers may be win, place or show only. 4) Contestants may only wager on one horse in each race. 5) A contestant may play as many races as he would like on each contest day for any amount as long as it’s for at least $2 a race. The wagers may only be win, place or show. The only requirement is that a contestant plays TEN races for at least $2 a race. If a player does not wager on at least ten races, then $2 would be subtracted from his total for the number of un-played races. For example, if seven races were played, leaving three un-played races, then a total of $6 would be subtracted from the player’s total ($2 per race). 6) There is no cap on win, place or show prices. 7) 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. 8) Contestants may wager on the following tracks: Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park, Tampa Bay, Fairgrounds and the first seven races from Santa Anita. A player who wagers on a non-contest track will have all his contest money negated on the day in which the infraction occurred. 9) The winner of the contest is the person who has the highest total in his account after two days. 10) Patrons must place all wagers in person. No intermediaries or agents may place wagers. All entrants must be present to participate in the contest at Sports Haven. There will be no refunds. There will also be no refunds in the event that a contestant is disqualified. 11) All tournament wagers must be made on self-service terminals or Tiny Tims using a tournament plastic account card and pin number. 12) 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. 13) 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. 14) All official track rulings will apply to horses and wagering pools. 15) Autotote is not responsible for shut outs or incomplete transactions. No exceptions under any circumstances. 16) Autotote is not responsible for lost or mutilated account cards 17) The decision of the judges in all matters related to the contest is final 18) All contestants must be at least 21 years of age. 19) Winners are subject to all state and federal tax requirements. 20) 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. 21) By accepting a prize, each winner releases and agrees to hold harmless Sponsor, 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. 22) 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. 23) 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. 24) 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. 25) People who have already qualified for the DRF/NTRA tournament may not qualify again. In the event that a person who has already qualified finishes first, second or third, then the fourth place finisher will qualify for the DRF/NTRA contest. If this occurs then the contestant, who already qualified for the NTRA contest, will win a spot to the Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans. People who have already qualified for the Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans are also not eligible to win a spot in the tournament again. 26) Autotote reserves the right to fund the entry fees of invited members of the media.
NTRA Tie-Breaker
The first three finishers in the Sports Haven Handicapping Challenge will qualify for the Daily Racing Form/ National Thoroughbred Racing Association tournament to be held January 2009 in Las Vegas.
In the event that there is a tie for third place there will be a one- race playoff. The person who wins the playoff will qualify for the NTRA tournament. The playoff will not affect the prize money distribution.
A play-off race will be determined. Each person will make a $2 win, place or show bet on a designated race. The person who earns the most money in the race qualifies for the NTRA contest. In the event that there is a tie after the race, then another race will be selected and each player will make a $2 wager. This will continue until there is a winner.
The above rules will apply if there is a tie for fifth place. The winner of the play-off will earn a spot in the Coast Casinos Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans .
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