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2008 Ellis Park Publichandicapper Challege |
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TOP THREE PLACES: Win entry to the 2009 DRF/NTRA National
A trip for two to the 2009 Breeders'
Cup World A one-year subscription to
the Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions)! A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! A trophy proclaiming you “America’s Finest Handicapper” |
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2nd & 3rd place: Win entry to the 2009 DRF/NTRA
National AND a free three-month subscription to Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions) A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! 4th & 5th place: Win entry to the 2009 Horseplayer World Series at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas, including hotel and $500 for airfare A free three-month subscription to Daily Racing Form Online PPs A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! |
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6th thru 10th: An entry in the TwinSpires.com Biggest Vegas Qualifier held at TwinSpires.com on Saturday, November 29th. The top 15 winners of that contest will gain entry into the 2009 National Handicapping Championship. A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! Lucky 11th Place: Two tickets to the 2009 Kentucky Derby! Does not 12th thru 16th: A $100 credit for wagering at TwinSpires.com A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! 17th thru 20th: A PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt! (Plus, the player with the best record each month during the PublicHandicapper.com Challenge will win a 30-day subscription to Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions)!) |
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Plus pick all four winners any given week and win a 10-card
monthly subscription to For complete details, read the Official Rules
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There are just four easy steps necessary to participate in the PublicHandicapper.com Challenge 1. Go the Sign Up To Play! page, fill out the form, and submit it. 2. Go to the Make Your Picks page, use your new user name and password, and just follow the directions. (See the How To Play section of the Official Rules below.) 3. After you submit your picks, check out the Standings page to see who the other players like and to see how you're doing. 4. Come back next week to play again and prove to the rest of us that you really know what you're doing. You might just win... |
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To win the PublicHandicapper.com Challenge, 1. Play at least 60 races between May 2, 2008 and October 25, 2008, including all nine Breeders' Cup races on October 25 at the official Breeders' Cup World Championships, and be 21 years of age or older. [Please note, we do not play the 5 Breeders' Cup races on Friday, October 24.] 2. Show the highest profit at the end of the contest. In each race you play, you automatically bet a hypothetical $2 to win. If your horse wins, you earn the profit, if your horse does not win, you lose $2.00 (e.g. If the horse pays $8.40 you get $6.40 credited to your account. If the horse loses, you get $2.00 subtracted from your account). NOTE: No winning horse will pay out at odds of more than 30-1. Any horse paying more than $62 to win at the track, will pay exactly $62 in the Public Handicapper.com Challenge. 3. Choose your races carefully. You are allowed to pass races. The only requirement is that you make picks on at least 60 races, including all nine Breeders' Cup races on October 25, by October 25, 2008. (And of course that you meet all eligibility requirements outlined in the Official Rules below.)[Please note, we do not play the 3 Breeders' Cup races on Friday, October 24.] 4. Know what you're doing... |
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The Official PublicHandicapper.com Challenge Rules 1. ELIGIBILITY NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The PublicHandicapper.com Challenge ("Contest") is a game of skill sponsored by PublicHandicapper.com and open to legal residents of the United States and Canada, 21 years of age or older. Employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, representatives, and immediate family members of PublicHandicapper.com, and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, including but not limited to the Daily Racing Form and the National Thoroughbred Racing Association ("NTRA"), are not eligible to participate. CONTEST IS LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTIVE E-MAIL ADDRESSES DURING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW. NO PLAYER MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PLAYER ID AND PASSWORD. Eligibility of finalists for the National Handicapping Championship shall be established by NTRA and DRF and shall apply to the National Championship event. Eligibility of finalists for the Horseplayer World Series will be established by Coast Casinos. Eligibility to win entries to the TwinSpires.com Biggest Vegas Qualifier Ever is determined by the state in which the player resides. If advance deposit wagering is not allowed in that state then the player will have to forfeit entry to the contest. 2. HOW TO ENTER Entry into the Contest is FREE. All entries for the Contest must be received by 1 p.m. EDT, Saturday, July 26, 2008. All entries become the exclusive property of PublicHandicapper.com. You can enter PublicHandicapper.com contests via computer by filling out the online registration form. Once you have submitted the completed registration form, PublicHandicapper.com will confirm your entry via electronic communication. Each individual player may only enter the Contest once. In other words, NO PLAYER MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PLAYER ID AND PASSWORD. Contest entries will be disqualified at the sole discretion of PublicHandicapper.com if you attempt (i) to enter the Contest through any means other than those outlined in these Rules; or, (ii) to disrupt the Contest or circumvent the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. And, if either of the above occurs, PublicHandicapper.com reserves the right to remedy any such action, disruption, or circumvention in a manner, determined solely by PublicHandicapper.com, that is fair and equitable to Contest participants. PublicHandicapper.com reserves the right to remove any player whose account has been inactive for six or more weeks. By playing the Contest, you will receive a minimum of two Contest announcements each week via e-mail. All contestants agree to receive Contest announcements as a condition of entering. If your e-mail address changes mid-game, do NOT register again under the new address. Use the Change Email link that is available at the top of every page. 3. DURATION The Contest will begin with a race(s) run on Friday, May 2, 2008. Entries for the first race will be posted on PublicHandicapper.com no later than Thursday May 1, 2008. The Contest will include a minimum of 100 races, the last of which -- the Breeders' Cup Classic -- will be run on Saturday, October 25, 2008. In order to qualify for prizes, Contestants must play a minimum of 60 races, including all nine Breeders' Cup Races listed on the card for the official Breeders' Cup World Championships being held on October 25, 2008. [Please note, we do not play the 5 Breeders' Cup races on Friday, October 24.] New registrations made after Saturday July 26, 2008 will not be eligible for grand prizes (as there will be less than 60 races left to handicap), but will be eligible for monthly and weekly prizes. All of the rules contained in these "Official Rules" apply to the 2008 edition of the PublicHandicapper.com Challenge only, and not any past or future contests featured on PublicHandicapper.com. 4. HOW TO PLAY Each week, usually, but not always, on Friday morning, "This Week's Races" ("Races") will be announced via email to all active players, and on the PublicHandicapper.com Web site. The Races will be thoroughbred horse races scheduled to take place on the following day at a racetrack of the editors' choosing. The Race information will include the names of the horses scheduled to run, the jockeys, and estimated track odds. PublicHandicapper.com accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of the pre-race information. In most cases, two of the Races will be the featured Races of the Week on the Daily Racing Form website, www.drf.com. Each player in the Contest will review and handicap the Races and decide whether or not to play in that week's Contest. (In order to qualify for prizes, players must participate in a minimum of 60 races, including all nine races listed on the card for the official Breeders' Cup World Championships being held on October 25, 2008.) [Please note, we do not play the 5 Breeders' Cup races on Friday, October 24.] If opting to play the Races, a player will then choose the horse he or she believes will finish first, second, and third in each race, and, using the "Player Picks" form, post those picks live on the Public Handicapper Web site. (Players may play all, some, or none of the races.) For each Race handicapped, the player will place a hypothetical $2 win bet using PH Money (the bet is made automatically when the picks are posted). If a player's first place selection wins the Race, he or she will have his or her player account credited with PH Money equivalent to the track price on a $2 win bet for that horse, minus the $2PH initial hypothetical wager. If the player does not pick the winner, his or her account will show a loss or debit of $2PH ($2.00). The credits and debits will accrue from week to week. The player with the most PH money in his/her player account at the end of the Contest ("Winner") will win. Only first place ("Win") selections count in the Contest. In the event that a player's first place horse scratches out of the Race, it will be replaced by the second place horse. If the first and second place horses scratch, they will be replaced by the third place horse. If all horses scratch, the player will have no selection that week. Players must place all wagers personally. No person shall directly or indirectly act as an intermediary, transmitter or agent in placing wagers for the Player, unless authorized by the local venue and for good reason shown. PublicHandicapper.com reserves the right to remove any player whose account has been inactive for six or more weeks. 5. ODDS CAP No winning horse will pay out at odds of more than 30-1. High priced longshots can skew results, putting consistent handicappers at a disadvantage. Any horse paying more than $62 to win at the track, will pay exactly $62 in the Public Handicapper.com Challenge. 6. PRIZES AND WINNER The players finishing in the top three places (having the player accounts with the most, second, most, and third most PH money) win entry into the 2009 DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship (NHC IX) in Las Vegas, including airfare and hotel costs. The player finishing in first place also wins:
Players finishing in second and third place
will also win a
free three-month subscription to Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions), and a
Public Handicapper.com T-shirt. The 11th place finisher will win a PublicHandicapper.com T-shirt and two tickets to the 2009 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. The prize is tickets only, and does not include travel or lodging expenses. The 12th through 16th place finishers will win a Public Handicapper T-shirt and a $100 credit for wagering at TwinSpires.com The 17th through 20th place finishers will win a Public Handicapper T-shirt. In the event of a tie (two or more players, that are both eligible to win, have the same amount of PH money in their PH accounts), the players will split the prize appropriate to the place in which they finish. If there is a tie among the top three players, the number of winning selections will be used as a tie-breaker. (The player that selected the most winners will win the tie-breaker.) All three qualifying entrants for the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship must be in attendance at the National Championship on each day of the event. If one of the top three finishers cannot attend, the next highest placing qualifier will earn a place. Depending on a particular situation, PublicHandicapper.com in cooperation with the NTRA may assign an alternate qualifier. Players agree to abide by these determinations. Eligibility of finalists for the National Handicapping Championship shall be established by NTRA and DRF and shall apply to the National Championship event. If one of the top 3 finishers has already qualified for the National Handicapping Championship, the 4th place finisher will qualify, and so on. If the 4th or 5th place finishers have already qualified for the Horseplayer World Series, the 6th place finisher will qualify, and so on down the line. Winners are responsible for any expenses related to the prize, including any applicable tax, insurance, etc. Total prize package is valued at approximately $5,000 US Dollars. PublicHandicapper.com reserves the right to substitute different prizes of equivalent value. The Winner will be notified in an email on or before November 15, 2008. The Winner will be announced on the PublicHandicapper.com Web site and in an email to all registered players on or before November 17, 2008. Interested parties may also find out who won by sending a stamped self-addressed envelope after November 18, 2008 to: Winners List, PublicHandicapper.com Challenge, 594 Broadway, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10012. PublicHandicapper.com is a game of skill. Odds of winning are determined by the number of valid entries received and by the skill of the individual contestants. In order to qualify for prizes, players must participate in a minimum of 60 races, including all eight races listed on the card for the official Breeders' Cup World Championships being held on October 25, 2008, and may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within 7 days of notice of winning. By entering, each entrant agrees to be bound by the Official Rules and grants PublicHandicapper.com, the Daily Racing Form, and the NTRA the right to use his/her name, voice, picture and likeness, without compensation, for the purpose of publicizing his/her winning and acceptance of prize. Entrants release PublicHandicapper.com, the Daily Racing Form, the NTRA, its employees, directors, officers and agents, subsidiary and affiliated companies from any and all claims or liability resulting from the Contest and his/her acceptance of the prize. Noncompliance may result in an alternate winner being chosen. 7. MONTHLY CONTEST During the Contest, PublicHandicapper.com will award prizes to the players with the best record at the end of each calendar month. Monthly prizes will be award for May, June, July, August, September, and October 2008. Eligibility rules for the monthly contest are the same as for the Contest, with the additional requirement that players must play every race in the calendar month to be eligible for the monthly prize. There will be one winner in each monthly contest. The winner will be determined by the same methods as these rules outline for the Contest. The winner of each monthly contest will be awarded a 30 day subscription to the Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions). The winner will be notified by email, and the winner's name will be announced on PublicHandicapper.com, in the first week of the month following the month in which the monthly contest took place. 8. WEEKLY CONTEST Any player who correctly selects the winner in all featured races in a given week will win a 10-card monthly subscription to Daily Racing Form Online PPs (in Formulator 4 *or* PDF versions)(the "Weekly Prize"). There will be a minimum of four races featured each week. In the event that more than four races are featured, players will have to select winners in all races to be eligible for the Weekly Prize. (For example, if six races are featured, players must select winners in all six races to be eligible.) 9. CONDITIONS By entering, participants agree to be bound by these complete Official Rules and the decisions of PublicHandicapper.com, which shall be final. All federal, state, and local laws apply. PublicHandicapper.com, Contest sponsors and the employees, officers, directors, shareholders, agents, and representatives of PublicHandicapper.com and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising, promotion and legal advisors, including but not limited to the Daily Racing Form and NTRA, are not responsible for and shall not be liable for: (i) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected, incomplete, illegible, or unintelligible entries; (ii) telephone, electronic, hardware, or software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures, or difficulties; (iii) errors in transmission; (iv) any condition caused by events beyond the control of PublicHandicapper.com that may cause the Contest to be disrupted or corrupted; (v) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused by a prize or resulting from acceptance, possession, or use of a prize, or from participation in the Contest; or (vi) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Contest, including but not limited to incorrectly listed post times. PublicHandicapper.com may prohibit any player from participating in the Contest, if at the sole discretion of PublicHandicapper.com, a player repeatedly shows a disregard for the these Rules, or acts (1) in an unsportsmanlike manner; (2) with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other player or PublicHandicapper.com representative; or (3) in any other disruptive manner. PublicHandicapper.com may terminate the Contest early at its own discretion; provided that all prizes will still be awarded. Winners will be chosen by current player standings in the Contest at the time of termination. Computer entries will be deemed to have been submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. NO PLAYER MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE PLAYER ID AND PASSWORD. 10. CONTACT US You can contact PublicHandicapper.com at , or by writing to PublicHandicapper.com, 594 Broadway, Suite 1202, New York, NY 10012
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1st place ALSO wins: