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Hollywood Park and Youbet.com present...

Hammer the Oaks
Online Handicapping Contest

Terms & Conditions
American Oaks at Hollywood Park
Saturday
July 5, 2008
Hollywood Park
on
Youbet.com
 

THIS CONTEST IS INTENDED FOR VIEWING IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED STATES LAW (I.E., FEDERAL LAW AND THE LAWS OF PARTICULAR STATES, AS APPLICABLE). DO NOT PROCEED IN THIS SITE IF YOU ARE NOT A LEGAL RESIDENT PRESENTLY RESIDING IN THE UNITED STATES.

THERE IS NO COST TO ENTER, WIN OR PARTICIPATE.


1. VOID IN ALASKA, ARIZONA, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, KANSAS, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, UTAH, PUERTO RICO, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES WHO ARE 21 YEARS OR OLDER AS OF JULY 5, 2008. Employees, directors, contractors or agents of Youbet.com, their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising/promotion agencies, members of their immediate families (parents, siblings, children, spouse) and members of the same households of such employees (whether related or not) are not eligible to participate or win prize(s). Only members of Youbet.com who have an account in good standing during the course of the Contest period are eligible to participate.


2. Players must be at least 21 years of age to participate in these contests.

3. 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 and for good reason shown.

4. Only one entry per person. Multiple entries are cause for disqualification of all involved entries and decisions regarding disqualification are made at the sole discretion of Youbet.com. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means are void.

5. Contest Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008.

The contest periods begin and end on the dates stated above, beginning with the first race at the specified track for that day and ending after the last race is concluded at the specified track for that day. Youbet.com reserves the right to revise contest dates or cancel contest dates at any time prior to the start of the contest period, due to weather conditions, scheduling changes, or other conditions beyond the control of Youbet.com.

6. Contest Tracks and Races
Contest wagers must be placed on races from any of the following designated contest tracks during each contest period: Hollywood Park, all races.

7. To Qualify:
Contest is FREE to enter.

Contest wagers are placed using real money and must be designated as contest wagers by checking the "Enter this wager in a contest" box on Youbet Express See example. Telephone wagers are not eligible for contest play.

Contest play: Contestants must place at least $70 (total) in contest wagers ("Contest Wagers") during the designated contest period to qualify to win a prize. Contestants may place as many contest wagers as they like, on any race or pool type, and for any amount they like (10-cent Superfectas excluded) – all such wagers will count in the contest. Contestants may place more than $70 in contest wagers if they wish.

There is no cap on payouts for contest wagers. All participating players must be a Youbet.com member to participate in any of the contests. 60-Day Free Trial Membership available to prospects living in states where a Youbet.com wagering account is available.

Place your wagers online with real money, following all instructions on the Youbet.com website and/or phone menus. If you do not follow all such instructions, your wager(s) will be ineligible for the contests.

Wagers on horses that are scratched will not count in the contest. Be sure to check for late scratches.

Wagers placed using the Youbet Mobile telephone wagering system are not eligible for contest play.

How to Win: The First Prize Winner shall be determined by highest Return On Investment (ROI) among all qualifying contestants. To win First Prize, a participant must place at least $70 in total contest wagers during the contest period and finish with the highest ROI among all qualifying contestants.

ROI is calculated by summing winning wagers and subtracting from that sum, the amount wagered (minus refunds), and then dividing that total by the amount wagered; expressing the total as a percentage.

7. Prizes:
The qualifying contestant with the highest overall ROI will be declared the First Prize winner.

The First Prize winner shall receive:
A $500 wager credit and an American Oaks tote bag

The second through 70th place finishers shall receive:
2nd place:
a $300 credit and an American Oaks tote bag
3rd place:
 a $100 credit and an American Oaks tote bag
4th - 70th:
An American Oaks tote bag
 
Results will take a minimum of 48 hours to be audited and declared Official. A listing of the winners will be posted on the Youbet.com website within three business days of official track results.
 
Wager credits will be credited within 48 hours of official results being posted on the Youbet.com website. Please allow up to 15 business days for delivery of tote bag.

Tie breakers:
In the event of a tie between any of the top three finishers, the wager credit awards will be divided equally between the tied contestants.

8. Contest results are based only on official, final results for races, as certified by the track steward at each contest track.

9. Youbet.com and its agencies are not responsible for incomplete, inaccurate or incorrect capture of betting information or for computer, telephone, cable, 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. Youbet.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it concludes, in its sole discretion, to be tampering (or attempting to tamper) with the betting process or the operation of the contest or web site; to be in violation of the Official Rules and/or the Terms of Service of the web site; or to be acting in an un-sportsman-like or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person. Youbet.com will prosecute any fraudulent activities to the full extent of the law.

10. Contestants agree to abide and be bound by the Official Rules and the decisions of Youbet.com, which are final and binding in all respects. Winners will be notified by regular (postal) mail or e-mail within 14 days of the end of the last contest period and will be required to complete and return an Affidavit of Eligibility, a Liability Release and a Publicity Release (where legal) within 14 days of receipt of prize notification. In the event of noncompliance with this requirement, prize may be forfeited. If prize notification/prize is returned as undeliverable, such prize will be forfeited. Unclaimed and forfeited prizes will not be awarded. No prize transfer. Prizes will be awarded after the conclusion of the last contest period, within 30 days of receipt and verification of completed Affidavit/Release. Except where prohibited by law, by accepting prize, winner consents to the use of his/her name and/or likeness for advertising/publicity purposes, and any and all rights to said use, without notice or additional compensation, and further agrees that he/she will not use the name of Youbet.com, or any logo, trademark, slogan or other mark associated with Youbet.com, without the express written permission of said company.

11. The Youbet.com NHHC Qualifiers are contests of skill subject to United States law (i.e., federal law and the laws of particular states, as applicable) and void where prohibited by law. By participating, contestant agrees to release and hold harmless Youbet.com and any sponsor, their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising/promotion agencies, and the directors, officers, agents, representatives, shareholders, and employees of any of the above organizations from any and all liability associated (directly or indirectly) with his/her participation in the contests and/or receipt, acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize(s).

12. Limitations of Liability: Youbet.com 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 contests 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. Youbet.com is not responsible for injury or damage to any person's computer related to or resulting from participating in the contests or downloading materials from or use of the web site. If, for any reason, a contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer virus, worms, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of Youbet.com which, in the sole opinion of Youbet.com, could corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the contest, Youbet.com reserves the right at its sole discretion to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the contest and select winners in a manner, which in the sole judgment of Youbet.com, is fair, appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules.

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