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Xpressbet Showdown Handicapping Tournament 2012 Official Rules

The Tournament

The Xpressbet Showdown Online Handicapping Tournament (“Showdown” or “Tournament”) is a two (2) day competition in which registered players attempt to earn the highest cumulative earnings based on single, $20 'live' Win wagers in each of twenty (20) mandatory races - ten (10) on Saturday and ten (10) on Sunday ($400 wager total). The top three (3) ranked players overall will earn entry into the 2013 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas, plus $500 for airfare and lodging. The next (4) ranked players will earn seats in the estimated $1 million 2013 Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas, plus $500 for airfare and lodging. The final three (3) players win a $2,000 cash prize. NHC Tour members can also earn tour points in the Showdown.

How To Enter

  • Qualifiers:
    Sixty players will automatically be registered for Showdown with no fee: the top 30 qualifiers from Xpressbet’s Beat the Host Championship Round and the top 30 qualifiers from Xpressbet LIVE Tournament. Players may qualify for up to two complimentary entries.
  • Non-Qualifiers:
    Non-qualified players must register for the competition online following the instructions at www.xpressbet.com. There is a $300 registration fee per-entry, which will be deducted from the player’s wagering account. The registration fee is non-refundable.
    Registration opens Friday, March 30, 2012.
    Each account holder may register for a maximum of two entries at $300 each ($600 total) with one account per person permitted.
    Showdown is open only to new and existing Xpressbet account holders in good standing. Register Early. Xpressbet, LLC (“Xpressbet”) is not responsible for incomplete registration transactions.

How To Play

  • Registered entrants place single, online, ‘live’ $20 Win wagers on one (1) horse in each of twenty (20) mandatory races, ten (10) on Saturday and ten (10) on Sunday ($400 total wager).
  • Players must play all 20 races to qualify for prizes.
  • Track and race information for the mandatory races will be available at www.xpressbet.com for Saturday races on Friday, April 13, 2012 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time and for Sunday races on Saturday, April 14, 2012 by 5:00 PM Eastern Time.
  • Entrants must use their online Xpressbet wagering account to place wagers in order for the wagers to be eligible for the Tournament.
  • Wagers must be submitted online via Contest Wagerpad (click the link located on the regular Wagerpad). Wagers submitted in any other manner will not count in the competition. Wagers placed by telephone or mobile device do not qualify.
  • Cancellation of any Tournament wagers will result in disqualification from the tournament.
  • In the event one of your selections is scratched, wait until the scratch is listed on the Contest Wagerpad and then wager on another horse in that race. DO NOT CANCEL TOURNAMENT WAGERS. THIS ACTION WILL RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION.
  • Wagers on scratched horses earn zero in the competition. If a player notices that his horse is scratched in a particular race, he may submit a single $20 ‘live’ Win wager on another horse in that race via the Contest Wagerpad before wagering for that particular race closes. Wagers must be submitted via the Contest Wagerpad.
    Please Note: The scratch of the original runner must appear on the Xpressbet Contest Wagerpad before a wager on another horse in the race will be accepted. Do Not Cancel Any Wagers.

How To Win

  • The winner of the Tournament will be selected from wagers placed by eligible registrants received during the Tournament period. Winner(s) will be determined solely based upon the total winnings of the 20 eligible wagers and tie-breaking procedures described below. Winner (s) will be determined by Xpressbet Management, whose decisions are final and binding in all respects.
  • Odds of winning are determined by number of eligible entries received for the Tournament.
  • Ties:
    First Tie-breaker: The player with the wager with the highest winning mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. If a tie still remains, the player with the second-highest mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others. This process will continue until the tie is broken.
    Final Tie-Breaker: If two (2) or more players remain tied after the first tie-breaker procedure has been exhausted, the final tie-breaker will go to the player who chronologically is first to register for the tournament. If two or more players still remain tied and advanced to Showdown via the Beat the Host Championship or Xpressbet LIVE tournaments, the placing will go to the player who chronologically was the first to register for those respective qualifying tournaments.
    All Decisions are final.
  • Winners will be notified via one of the following: email, US postal mail or telephone.
  • Prizes will be posted at www.xpressbet.com by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, April 16, 2012.
  • NOTE: A single player may only win one (1) DRF/NTRA NHC qualifying seat during Xpressbet’s 2012 Tournament Schedule. A single player may win a maximum of two (2) entries to Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series.
  • If a player who previously has qualified for the maximum number of Las Vegas tournament seats wins a duplicate seat to that tournament, the seat will go to the next highest qualified eligible finisher and the awarding of tournament seats will be adjusted according to the standings.
  • According to 2012 NTRA rules, in order to win a seat in the 2013 DRF/National Handicapping Championship a player must be a member of the NHC Tour. If you plan to compete for an NHC Championship seat in an Xpressbet tournament, you must first become an NHC Tour member and enter your Tour number at registration.

Prizes

1st Place: One seat in the 2013 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

2nd Place: One seat in the 2013 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

3rd Place: One seat in the 2013 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

4th Place: One seat in the 2013 Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

5th Place: One seat in the 2013 Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

6th Place: One seat in the 2013 Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

7th Place: One seat in the 2013 Coast Casino’s Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas plus $500 for airfare and lodging

8th Place: $2,000 cash deposited to player’s Xpressbet account

9th Place: $2,000 cash deposited to player’s Xpressbet account

10th Place: $2,000 cash deposited to player’s Xpressbet account

Things You Should Know

  • Player wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing wagers.
  • Only online wagers on mandatory tracks and races which are submitted via the Contest Wagerpad are eligible for competition. Wagers submitted by any other method are not eligible for competition.
  • For Tournament scoring purposes, mutuel payoffs on winning selections will be capped at 20-1 ($420).
  • NHC Tour Points can be earned in Showdown. NHC Tour members must include their ID number at registration.
  • Entries must be made in accordance with these Official Rules; any other attempted form of entry will NOT be accepted.
  • Any use of robotic, automatic, macro, programmed or like call-in or registration entry or wager methods will void all such entries by such methods, and result in disqualification of any entrant using such methods.
  • Results for the competition will be posted on the Xpressbet web site, and winners will be notified by 5:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday April 16, 2012.
  • Prizes will be awarded as soon as winner qualification is verified.
  • Prizes may not be substituted, transferred or assigned by participants.
  • Liability for any and all federal, state and local taxes rests solely with the prize winner.
  • For names of winners, send a self-addressed stamped envelope for receipt by April 30, 2012 to: Xpressbet, LLC, 200 Racetrack Road, Building 26, Washington, PA 15301.

To Establish an Xpressbet Account:

Xpressbet applications are accepted online at www.xpressbet.com; by calling toll-free (866) 889-7737; or in-person at an Xpressbet center at any one of the following race tracks: Golden Gate Fields (Albany, CA), Hawthorne Race Course (Cicero, IL), Laurel Park (Baltimore, MD), Pimlico Race Course (Baltimore, MD), Portland Meadows (Portland, OR), Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, CA), Suffolk Downs (East Boston, MA), The Meadows (Meadowlands, PA), The Meadows OTB - Harmar (Pittsburgh, PA), The Meadows OTB - Moon Township (Coraopolis, PA), The Meadows OTB - New Castle (New Castle, PA), The Meadows OTB - West Mifflin (West Mifflin, PA) and Thistledown (Cleveland, OH). Follow all instructions, first providing your name, complete residential address (including zip code), telephone number, date of birth, social security number, drivers license number and state, email address and mailing address (if different from residential address). You will also be asked if you wish to receive email updates about Xpressbet, LLC.; you may complete and submit the application (and register for the Tournament) without consenting to receive such email updates. If submitting application online, indicate your preference by either retaining or removing the checkmark from the designated box. Then, select a username and password, security question and answer, and PIN and account password for your Xpressbet account. Upon completion of these steps, and valid identity check, you will be assigned a unique Xpressbet account number. As part of the application procedure, you may then also activate your Xpressbet account for wagering by depositing funds into the account. The Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use may be found at www.xpressbet.com by clicking on the appropriate links on the home page and certain other pages of the web site.

Once the application procedure has been completed and your Xpressbet account has been established, you may register for the Tournament by following instructions located on the home page of the Xpressbet web site located at www.xpressbet.com.

Taxes:

Liability for any and all federal, state and local taxes rests solely with the prize winner.

General Conditions:

In order to be eligible to receive prizes, the prize winner is obligated, and by entering agrees, to execute an Affidavit of Eligibility, General Release of Liability, Indemnity and Publicity Consent (where legal), which is to be returned to Xpressbet within the indicated time period. Non-compliance with this requirement or return of prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and prize forfeiture, with an alternate winner being selected from all remaining eligible entries received for that drawing.

By accepting a prize, the winner agrees to the use of his or her name, voice, photo, biographical information and/or likeness for promotional/advertising/trade purposes by Xpressbet, LLC. and will be required to participate in such publicity communications as Xpressbet, LLC. requests without further compensation, except where prohibited by law.

Indemnification:

By registering for the Tournament, each entrant (i) agrees to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules and all decisions of Xpressbet and the judges, which are final and binding in all respects; and (ii) releases and holds harmless Xpressbet, LLC., its parent company, affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind to persons, including death, or property damage, resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize, or participation in this Tournament.

Limitations of Liability:

Xpressbet, LLC. assumes no liability for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Tournament including, without limitation, errors in the printing of the offer and official rules, selection, notification and announcement of the winners, or distribution of the prizes. If for any reason Tournament prize seats are not available Xpressbet reserves the right to substitute a cash prize of $5,000 for each DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Seat and $3,000 for each Coast Casino HorsePlayer World Series seat. In such cases there will be no cash awards for airfare.

Xpressbet, LLC., its parent company, affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall assume no liability of any kind whatsoever in any cases in which their inability to act results from an event or situation beyond their control, including, but not limited to Acts of God, civil or military authority, acts of public enemy, war, riot, civil disturbance, fire, explosion, earthquake, flood, strike, third party non-performance lockout, labor disturbance, or any other cause beyond the control of a party. In such event, Xpressbet, LLC. reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Tournament and award the prizes, as set forth in Modification/Suspension/Termination below. No responsibility is assumed by Xpressbet, LLC. for late, lost, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, illegible registration submissions/phone calls/wagers, postage due mail, disconnected, inaudible, interrupted phone calls, any computer, telephone, cable, satellite, network, electronic or Internet hardware or software malfunctions, failures, connections, availability or garbled or jumbled transmissions, service provider/Internet/web site/use net accessibility or availability, traffic congestion or unauthorized human intervention. Xpressbet, LLC. reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds, in its sole discretion, to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Tournament or web site; to be in violation of the Terms and Conditions of Use of the web site, or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules. Xpressbet, LLC. is not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by web site users or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Tournament and assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to the web site.

Modification/Suspension/Termination:

If, for any reason, the online and/or telephone component of the Tournament is not capable of running as planned by reason of, but not limited to, infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which Xpressbet, in its sole opinion, deems could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the online and/or telephone components of the Tournament, Xpressbet reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, modify or suspend the online and/or telephone components of the Tournament and select the winners for all affected drawing(s) from all eligible deposit entries received by means other than via corrupted component(s) of the Tournament, all eligible wagers entries received via corrupted components of the Tournament prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Xpressbet and/or call-in entries received for such affected drawing(s) prior to and/or after (as appropriate) the action taken by Xpressbet or by some other means determined by Xpressbet in its sole discretion to be fair, appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules. In such event, notice will be posted at www.xpressbet.com.

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