$50,000 XPRESSBET SHOWDOWN

$50,000 XpressBet Showdown is a two-day online handicapping competition in which players attempt to earn the highest cumulative mutuel totals based on single, $20 ‘live’ online win wagers on one horse in each of 10 mandatory races on Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19—a total of 20 competition races ($400).

A total of $20,000 in cash prizes will be awarded to the top four Showdown finishers.

The top six finishers in XpressBet Showdown will earn seats in the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.

The next four finishers (7th through 10th) in XpressBet Showdown will earn seats in Coast Casino’s 2010 Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas.

Showdown registration is limited to 300 players.

Registration begins April 1, 2009.

NHC Tour Points can be earned in Showdown. NHC members should enter their ID numbers when registering.

Dates

• Two-day Tournament—Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19, 2009

Registration

• 60 qualifiers (30 from the Beat the Host Championship and 30 from XpressBet Live) will receive automatic complimentary registration in Showdown.

• Non-Qualified players must register for the competition online at www.xpressbet.com.

• A $500 registration fee is required for non-qualified players. Registration fee is non-refundable.

• Registration opens Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

• Registration fee can be paid via the following methods:

1. Deducted from registrant's XpressBet wagering account

2. Paid with registrant's approved credit card on file with XpressBet

3. Paid with registrant's approved ACH on file with XpressBet

• Register Early. The final tournament tie-breaker goes to the player who registered earliest. XpressBet is not responsible for incomplete registration transactions.

• XpressBet Showdown is open to new and existing XpressBet account holders in good standing only.

• One entry per account holder

Format

• Player must make a single, $20 ‘live’ win wager on one horse in each of 10 mandatory races each day—Saturday, April 18 and Sunday, April 19 (20 total mandatory wagers--$400).

• Player wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing competition wagers.

• Track and race information for mandatory races will be available at www.xpressbet.com on the Showdown information page by 5 pm ET Friday, April 17.

• All competition wagers must be submitted via XpressBet Pro or XpressBet Classic Contest Wager Pad. Wagers not submitted via XpressBet’s Contest Wager Pad will not count in the competition.

• Wagers placed by telephone do not qualify.

• For Tournament scoring purposes mutuel payoffs on winning selections will be capped at 20-1 ($420).

• Do not Cancel Any Tournament Wagers. Cancellation of a 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 Wager Pad and then place a substitute wager on another horse in that race. Do not Cancel any Tournament wagers.

• 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 Wager Pad before wagering closes for that particular race. These wagers must be submitted via the XpressBet Contest Wager Pad. Please Note: The scratch of the original runner must appear on the XpressBet Contest Wager Pad before a wager on another horse in the race will be accepted. Do Not Cancel Any Wagers.

Prizes

Cash Prizes

First—$10,000

Second—$5,000

Third—$2,500

Fourth—$2,500

Qualifying Seat Prizes

First through Sixth-place finishers earn seats in the $1 million DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.

Seventh through Tenth-place finishers earn seats in the estimated $1 million Coast Casino’s Horseplayer World Series in Las Vegas.

Please Note: A single player may only win a maximum of one DRF/NTRA qualifying seat and one Coast Casino’s Horseplayer World Series seat throughout XpressBet’s 2009 Tournament Schedule. A single player may not win more than one qualifying seat to either tournament.

If a player, who previously has qualified for a DRF/NTRA or Coast Casino’s seat in any 2009 XpressBet handicapping tournament or in any other 2009 tournament, wins a duplicate seat to the identical tournament, that seat will go to the next highest qualified finisher and the awarding of tournament seats will be adjusted downward according to the standings.

Ties:

First Tie Breaker: If two (2) or more players tie for a spot in the standings the player who selects the most winners in mandatory races will be awarded the higher placing.

Second Tie Breaker: If, after application of the first tie-breaker, two or more players are still tied, the second tie-breaker will go to the player with the highest single mutuel payoff in mandatory races.

Third Tie Breaker: If, after application of the second tie-breaker is applied, two or more players are still tied, the third tie-breaker will go to the player with the second-highest mutuel payoff in mandatory races.

If two or more players are still tied, the process will continue next to the third-highest mutuel payoff, and then the fourth-highest mutuel payoff and so on in that fashion until the tie is broken through all mandatory wagers.

Final Tie Breaker: If, after all of the above Tie-Breaker procedures have been exhausted, two (2) or more players still remain tied for a position, the final tie-breaker will be decided by the date and time of the successfully completed tournament registration of such tied players. Player(s) will be ranked chronologically according to the date and time of their completed tournament registration. Positions and prizes will be awarded accordingly (earliest to latest).