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Sportsbet AFL & NRL Online Footy Tipping Competition Terms & Conditions of Entry (2014)

Information on how to enter and prizes forms part of these Terms & Conditions of Entry. These Terms and Conditions of Entry serve as separate Terms and Conditions of Entry for the Competitions being conducted for each of the Codes referred to herein where such a Competition is being conducted by Sportsbet on the Sportsbet Northern Territory Web Site server. Entry into the Competition is deemed to be an acknowledgement of these Terms and Conditions of Entry. Entries not complying with these Terms & Conditions of Entry are ineligible and Sportsbet reserves its absolute right to disqualify any Sportsbet Customer or Group from the Competition if any entries do not comply with these Terms & Conditions of Entry.
The competition is conducted on the Sportsbet Northern Territory web site server and is only open to current members of Sportsbet who have current customer accounts with Sportsbet (“Sportsbet Customer”) and who have satisfied all standard Sportsbet regulatory identification requirements. The competition is to be free of charge to Sportsbet Customers.
In these Terms & Conditions of Entry, unless the contrary intention appears, the following words and phrases have the meanings set out opposite them:
“Registered Participant” means a person who is eligible to participate in the Competition;
“Code” means the series of Matches of –
National Rugby League conducted by the National Rugby League (NRL) between member teams of the NRL over the NRL Season; or
Australian Rules Football conducted by the Australian Football League (AFL) between member teams of the AFL over the AFL Season;
“Competition” means Sportsbet Football Tipping Competition whereby winning entries are based on the Results of Matches at the conclusion of the relevant Code’s Rounds and Home and Away Season;
“Season” means the 2014 season of a relevant Code including Home and Away rounds inclusive;
“Round” means a round of matches of the relevant Code conducted during that Code’s Season;
“Home and Away Season” means a number of rounds of which Matches are played between member teams of the respective Code of –
National Rugby League (NRL) consists of 26 rounds over the NRL Home and Away Season, inclusive of State of Origin series matches; or
Australian Rules Football (AFL) consists of 23 rounds over the AFL Home and Away Season;
“Match” means a single game, of and conducted by the relevant Code, between member teams of that Code;
“Margin Match” means the difference between the score of the winning and losing team for a nominated Match where the Registered Participant is required to enter a winning margin. The nominated Margin Match will generally be listed as the final Match of each Code’s Round. A Registered Participant is required to check the Web Site the week of the Round if a Margin Match is not nominated in advance of the Round;
“Margin Difference” means the number of points between the margin entered by the Registered Participant for the team they tip to win during a Margin Match and the actual margin for the match. The Margin Difference will be calculated depending whether the Registered Participant has tipped the winning team for the Margin Match. If the Registered Participant has tipped the winning team for the Margin Match, the Margin Difference will equal the difference between the actual margin and the margin entered by the Registered Participant. If the Registered Participant tipped the losing team the Margin Difference will equal the actual margin. Registered Participants equal on Score with a lower Margin Difference will be ranked higher than those with a higher Margin Difference subject to conditions 11, 12 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19; For example: If Team A defeats Team B by 10 points, and you have selected Team A to win by 20 points, your Round Margin is 10. If you have selected Team B to win by 20 points, your Round Margin is 10.
“Score” means the allocation of points to a Registered Participant for the correct selection of winning teams. One point is awarded for each correct selection of a winning team. Registered Participants with a higher Score will be ranked higher on a ladder. Registered Participants equal on Score with a lower Margin Difference, be it for a single Round and/or an Accumulative Margin difference, will be ranked higher on a ladder than those with higher Accumulative Margins subject to conditions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19;
“Accumulative Margin” means the sum of the Margin Differences for all Margin Matches over the combined Rounds to date for a Registered Participant. The Accumulative Margin is calculated for all Margin Matches each Round during the Home and Away season. Registered Participants equal on Score with a lower Accumulative Margin will be ranked higher on a ladder than those with higher margin Accumulative Margins subject to conditions 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 19;
“Ladder Ranking” means the position a Registered Participant is ranked on a Public Ladder for any Code;
“Away Team” means the team that is listed by the sporting code as playing away from their home ground. If the Code does not nominate an Away Team, the Away Team will be nominated at the discretion of Sportsbet;
“Cash Deposit” means an equivalent amount of value accredited to a Registered Participant’s Sportsbet account which may be withdrawn from the Registered Participant’s Sportsbet account in exchange for cash at the election of the Registered Participant unconditionally;
“Free Bet Prizes” means an equivalent amount of value accredited to a Registered Participant’s Sportsbet account which may be wagered by the Registered Participant at the election of the Registered Participant subject to Standard Free Bet Terms & Conditions as set out on the Sportsbet Northern Territory website;
“Results” are the results of Matches as officially determined by the relevant Code in accordance with the rules of that Code following the completion of a Round;
“Private Group” means a group of 2 or more Sportsbet Customers who have entered the Competition under a collective registration and who may, by using the tipping results of those Sportsbet Customers, conduct a separate non-commercial private competition, the winner or winners of which may be eligible for prizes offered by the Group’s Manager or other provider and which do not form part of the prizes offered by Sportsbet in this Competition;
“Northern Territory Web Site server” means the Web Site of Sportsbet at www.sportsbet.com.au/tipping or any Sportsbet ‘milliondollartipping.com.au’ white label web site or the Sportsbet mobile telephone device web site at www.m.sportsbet.com.au/tipping or the Million Dollar Tipping iPhone App accessible on the Internet through the World Wide Web as regulated by the Northern Territory Racing Commission in accordance with Sportsbet’s license to conduct business as a Sports Bookmaker under the Northern Territory Racing and Betting Act;
“Weekly Cash Prizes” shall mean a cumulative total of $230,000 of Cash Deposits issued to select winning Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the entire home and away season and $260,000 of Cash Deposits issued to select winning Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the entire home and away season. Subject to Conditions 10, 11, 18 and 19 Weekly Cash Deposits amounts will be issued for each Code as follows:
Place 1 – $10,000 Cash Deposit per Code per Round of the Home and Away Season;
“End of Season Cash Prizes” shall mean a cumulative total of $212,500 of Cash Deposits issued to select winning Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the entire home and away season and $212,500 of Cash Deposits issued to select winning Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the entire home and away season. Subject to Conditions 12, 14, 18 and 19 End of Season Cash Deposits amounts will be issued for each Code as follows:
Place 1 – $100,000 Cash Deposit
Place 2 – $50,000 Cash Deposit
Place 3 – $20,000 Cash Deposit
Place 4 – $10,000 Cash Deposit
Place 5 – $5,000 Cash Deposit
Place 6 – $4,000 Cash Deposit
Place 7 – $3,000 Cash Deposit
Place 8 – $2,000 Cash Deposit
Place 9 – $1,000 Cash Deposit
Place 10 – $500 Cash Deposit
Places 11 to 15 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $300 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants
Places 16 to 20 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) 250 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants
Places 21 to 50 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $100 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants
Places 51 to 100 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $50 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants
Places 101 to 250 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $25 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants.
Places 251 to 500 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $50 of Cash Deposits issued to each of the Registered Participants.
Places 201 to 500 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $10 Cash Deposit issued to each of the Registered Participants.
“End of Season Free Bet Prizes” shall mean a cumulative total of $7,500 of Free Bet Prizes issued to select winning Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the entire home and away season and $7,500 of Free Bet Prizes issued to select winning Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the entire home and away season. Subject to Conditions 12, 14, 18 and 19 End of Season Free Bet Prizes amounts will be issued for each Code as follows:
Places 501 to 750 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $20 Free Bet Prize issued to each of the Registered Participants;
Places 751 to 1,000 (“End of Season Minor Prizes”) $10 Free Bet Prize issued to each of the Registered Participants.
“Best of Club” shall mean a cumulative total of $10,350 in Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the entire home and away season and a cumulative total of $9,200 in Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the entire home and away season. Subject to Conditions 14, 15, 18 and 19 Best of Club Free Bet Prizes amounts will be issued for each club in each code as follows:
Place 1 – $250 Free Bet Prize per Club Ladder per Code
Place 2 – $150 Free Bet Prize per Club Ladder per Code
Place 3 – $100 Free Bet Prize per Club Ladder per Code
Place 4 – $50 Free Bet Prize per Club Ladder per Code
Place 5 – $25 Free Bet Prize per Club Ladder per Code.
“Weekly Go For Gold Free Bet Prizes” shall mean a cumulative total of $4,600 of Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the entire home and away season and a cumulative total of $5,200 of Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the entire home and away season. Ten Weekly $20 Free Bet Prize amounts per code will be issued to each winning Registered Participant subject to Condition 13;
“Take on a Trader Free Bet Prizes” shall mean a cumulative total of $12,350 of Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the AFL Code for the “AFL Trader’s” ladder for the entire home and away season and a cumulative total of $13,850 of Free Bet Prizes issued to Registered Participants per the NRL Code for the “NRL Trader’s” ladder for the entire home and away season subject to Conditions 14, 16 and 18. A Registered Participant is required to register to appear on the AFL Code or NRL Code “Take on a Trader” ladders to be eligible to win these Free Bet Prizes. Information on registration is available via the AFL Trader information page and NRL Trader information page on the Sportsbet website;
“Sportsbet” means Sportsbet Pty Ltd (ABN 87 088 326 612), the conductor of the Competition, with a registered office address of Suite 7, Brett Dixon House, Fannie Bay Race Course, Dick Ward Drive, Fannie Bay, 0820 Northern Territory and licensed to conduct the business of a Sports Bookmaker by the Northern Territory under the Racing & Betting Act NT 1993.
The Competition is open to Sportsbet Customers who have satisfied the requirements of the Sportsbet Membership Rules. Employees of Sportsbet and its agencies associated with this Competition and their immediate families are ineligible to enter. Entry into the Competition is free.
Entry into the Competition is available for the following Codes, if applicable:
from 09/01/2014 and closes on 08/09/2014 for the NRL Code;
from 09/01/2014 and closes on 01/09/2014 for the AFL Code;
To enter the Competition for a particular Code, a Participant must:
be a registered member of Sportsbet;
become a registered member of Sportsbet by registering their details via the on-line registration form on the Sportsbet Web Site at www.sportsbet.com.au/register/now and satisfy the Sportsbet Membership Rules or become a registered member of Sportsbet by registering their details via the on-line registration form on any Corporate white label ‘milliondollartipping.com.au’ website or become a member of Sportsbet by registering their details via the on-line registration form at www.m.sportsbet.com.au or via the iPhone app;
register their tipping profile details via the on-line registration form using their existing Sportsbet account located on the Sportsbet Web Site at www.sportsbet.com.au/tipping/settings or via the on-line tipping profile registration form on any Corporate white label ‘milliondollartipping.com.au’ website or become a member of Sportsbet by registering their details via the on-line tipping profile registration form at www.m.sportsbet.com.au or via the iPhone app;
for each Round, make a selection of the teams the Sportsbet Customer tips to win and the number of points margin by which they expect the winning teams’ scores to exceed the losing teams score for the one nominated match each Round which requires a winning margin prediction and submit that entry via the Sportsbet Northern Territory Web Site server in the manner and within the time frames set out on the Sportsbet Web Site. A draw cannot be selected as a Match result selection.
A Sportsbet Customer may register their own personal details as per condition 6c) for participation in the Competition. Sportsbet however reserves the right not to accept for registration or allow any such registration to continue for any Sportsbet Customer if the registration contains anything defamatory or is otherwise offensive in any way. More than one registration in the Competition per Customer is not permitted and any Customer with more than one Registration is not eligible to win a prize.
Once a Sportsbet Customer becomes a Registered Participant that person will be allocated one point towards their Score for each correct selection of a winning team. Registered Participants will be ranked by their Score, where the highest Score is the highest rank and then by their Margin where the lowest Margin is the highest rank. In the event of a Match in a given Round being drawn, cancelled, abandoned, not completed or not played for any reason and/or a Result or rescheduled date is not officially declared within thirty (30) days of the date the Match was originally scheduled to be played, it is treated as a win for both teams competing in that Match and one point will be awarded to all Registered Participants.
A Registered Participant may make or change a selection of the team the Registered Participant tips to win for a given Match in a Round at any time prior to the scheduled starting time of that Match.
If a Registered Participant:
does not submit an entry for a given Match in a Round, then the Registered Participant’s tip for that Match will be deemed to be for that of the team determined to be the “away team” which will be displayed on the Web Site as the team on the right-hand-side;
does not submit an entry into the Competition for a given Round, the Registered Participant’s tips for that Round will be deemed to be those of the teams determined to be the “away teams” to a maximum of five correct tips for that Round;
enters the Competition after the commencement of the first Round, then the Registered Participants tips for those Rounds that have been completed will be deemed to be those of the teams determined to be the “away teams” to a maximum of five correct tips for each such Round. A Registered Participant cannot claim past Round retrospective Weekly Cash Prizes or Weekly Go for Gold Free Bet prizes for past Rounds if entering the Competition after the completion of a Round but the Registered Participant is eligible for future Round prizes and End of Season prizes.
Weekly Cash Prizes winners for each Code will be determined by the Registered Participant’s Score for that Round and then by their Margin Difference for the same Round. The Registered Participant(s) with the Highest Round Score and Lowest Round Margin will have the highest Ladder Ranking and be deemed the winner(s) of the Weekly Cash Prizes for each Code. Where Registered Participants have identical Scores and identical Margin Differences for the same Round for a Code the Registered Participants will equally share the Weekly Cash Prizes subject to Conditions 10, 18 and 19.
End of Season Cash Prizes winners and the ladder ranking of end of season place winners for each Code will be determined by a Registered Participants grand total Score for all Rounds in the Home and Away season and then by their Accumulative Margin. The Top 500 ranked Registered Participants with the Highest Score grand total and Lowest Accumulative Margin total at the end of the Home and Away season of each Code will have the highest Ladder Ranking and be deemed the winner(s) of the End of Season Cash Prizes for each Code. Where Top 500 ranked Registered Participants have identical Scores and identical Margin Differences at the end of the Home and Away season the Registered Participants will equally share the End of Season Cash Prizes subject to Condition 18. . End of Season Cash Prizes and their values (if any) for end of season place winners for each Code are set out on the Web Site for the relevant Code. Therefore:
the Registered Participant(s) with the highest rank will be considered the first place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the second highest rank will be considered the second place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the third highest rank will be considered the third place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the fourth highest rank will be considered the fourth place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the fifth highest rank will be considered the fifth place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the sixth highest rank will be considered the sixth place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the seventh highest rank will be considered the seventh place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the eighth highest rank will be considered the eighth place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the ninth highest rank will be considered the ninth place winner; and
the Registered Participant(s) with the tenth highest rank will be considered the tenth place winner; and
the Registered Participants with the eleven (11th) to five hundred (500th) highest ladder rank per Code will be eligible for End of Season Minor Cash Prizes. End of Season Minor Prizes and their values for end of season place winners are as set out on the Sportsbet Web Site for the relevant Code; and
the Registered Participants with the five hundred and one (501st) to one thousand (1,000th) highest ladder rank per Code will be eligible for End of Season Free Bet Prizes. End of Season Free Bet Prizes and their values for end of season place winners are as set out on the Sportsbet Web Site for the relevant Code.