HOW TO PLAY
All TwinSpires.com players meeting the ELIGIBILITY requirements below may participate.
Players may participate by placing a WIN wager on a single horse (or coupled entry), for any amount they choose, on any one or all of the three races listed below on October 31, 2015:
TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint (Keeneland, Race 4)
TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (Keeneland, Race 5)
TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint (Keeneland, Race 7)
Only a player’s first WIN wager placed on a single horse any one or all three of the races listed above are eligible for this promotion.
Combination Win/Place, Win/Show and Win/Place/Show wagers are not eligible for this promotion.
Boxed bets or multi-horse wagers are not eligible for this promotion.
If a player’s first wager is on a horse that is later scratched, s/he may place another Win wager on a single horse or betting interest, and it will count as his or her qualifying wager.
Advance wagers placed on Friday, October 30, will qualify for this promotion.
HOW TO WIN
TwinSpires will refund all qualifying Win wagers placed on the official second place finisher all three of the TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Sprint Series races listed above – in accordance with the Official Equibase Results Chart for each race.
In the event there is a dead heat for second place in any Breeders’ Cup Sprint race, TwinSpires will refund all qualifying Win wagers placed on all horses that tie for second place.
Qualifying Win bets will be refunded up to a maximum of $25 per player, per race.
ELIGIBILITY
a) The TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Winback (the “Promotion”) is open to TwinSpires.com registered players only; legal residents of the United States who are at least 18 years or older. The following states have higher age requirements: Alabama (min. age 19), Iowa (min. age 21), New Hampshire (min. age 21), Washington (min. age 21). TwinSpires.com is a free service; sign-up opportunities exist via www.twinspires.com or by calling 877-SPIRES-1.
b) Employees, agents, successors, and assignees of Sponsor, its advertising agencies and promotional companies involved in this Promotion, as well as family and household members of same, shall be ineligible to participate in the Promotion and shall be ineligible to receive any prize awarded in this Promotion.
c) Names and likenesses of Promotion winner(s) may be used by Sponsor and Sponsor’s designee(s) for promotional purposes without further compensation to Churchill Downs Incorporated or the Promotion winner(s).
d) No person may enter for another person, or in another person’s name. Any person, found violating any of these provisions will be disqualified and the entry submitted by said person shall be ruled ineligible for prize awards.
e) By entering, all participants and/or entrants release Churchill Downs Technology Initiatives Company and its parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and their respective employees, officers, directors, agents and shareholders, from and against all claims and damages arising in connection with each entrant’s participation and/or entry in this Promotion and/or their receipt or use of any prize awarded in this Promotion. This promotion is governed by U.S. law and is void where prohibited by law.
METHOD OF ENTRY
The Promotion is open to all TwinSpires.com customers who have a valid, open TwinSpires.com wagering account. Players with valid TwinSpires.com wagering accounts may automatically enter the Promotion at any time by placing a wager or wager(s) to Win on a single horse or betting interest in The TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, and/or TwinSprires Breeders’ Cup Sprint on October 31, 2015 at Keeneland Racecourse.
CONDUCT
Churchill Downs Incorporated and TwinSpires.com each reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel, terminate, and/or suspend the Promotion and to disqualify any individual who tampers with the process, violates these official rules, or acts in a disruptive or unsportsmanlike manner. Without limiting the foregoing, Churchill Downs Incorporated and TwinSpires.com may, in its sole discretion, prevent an entrant who has been disqualified, has questionable eligibility, or is otherwise ineligible to receive a prize, from continuing to participate in the Promotion.
GENERAL CONDITIONS
TwinSpires’ decisions with respect to any winners and any other matters pertaining to the Promotion shall be final. Potential winners may be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release of liability and publicity (where permitted), and return same, properly executed, within five (5) days of issuance of prize notification. If TwinSpires is unable to contact a potential winner within five (5) days of the initial attempt to contact, if a potential winner fails to complete and return all requested forms by the specified date or if a potential winner fails to comply with any of the requirements, his/her prize will be forfeited and an alternate prize winner shall be selected. By entering the Promotion, all entrants consent to the use of their name, photograph, likeness, biography, voice and/or video for advertising and promotional purposes, including online announcements, worldwide and without limitation and without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law.
All costs, taxes, fees, and expenses associated with a prize or the acceptance and use of any element of a prize not specifically addressed above are the sole responsibility of the respective winner. All federal, state, and local taxes on prize are winner’s responsibility. Prizes may not be transferred or exchanged.
INTERNET/TECHNOLOGY PROBLEMS
If for any reason the Internet portion of the program is not capable of running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes beyond the control of TwinSpires, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of this Promotion, TwinSpires and its affiliates/agents reserve the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion and select winners in a manner, which in the sole judgment of TwinSpires, is fair, appropriate and consistent with these Official Rules. TwinSpires and its affiliates/agents reserve the right to disqualify any individual who violates these Promotion Rules or the associated rules sets referenced. Herein, if anyone tampers with the entry process or engages in any conduct detrimental to TwinSpires, the Promotion or any other player (in each case as determined at TwinSpires’ sole discretion), to lock out any individual whose eligibility is in question, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend this Promotion at any time. The Released Parties assume no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries. None of the Released Parties are in any way responsible or liable for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry to be received by TwinSpires on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any associated Web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to participant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading of any materials in this Promotion.
NOTIFICATION
Winners will be notified by e-mail. In the event of a dispute about the identity of any player, entries made online will be declared made by the authorized account holder of the TwinSpires account submitted at time of entry. A potential winner will be required to provide proof that the potential winner is the authorized account holder of the TwinSpires account associated with the winning entry.
RULES AND WINNERS LIST
This Promotion is subject to these Promotion Rules and any other rules set expressly referenced herein. Game players agree to abide by the terms of these Promotion Rules and by the decisions of TwinSpires, which are final on all matters pertaining to this Promotion.
TwinSpires reserves the right to change these Promotion Rules at any time, in its sole discretion. Promotion rules may be obtained on the TwinSpires website.
A winners’ list will be posted on the TwinSpires website no later than one week after the Promotion and may also be obtained by sending a SASE to the address below.
PROMOTION SPONSOR
The sponsor of the Promotion is Churchill Downs Technology Initiative Co. The address for the purposes of this Promotion is:
Churchill Downs Technology Initiative Co.
800 West El Camino Real #400
Mountain View, CA 94040
Attn: Lucky Kalanges
HEADERS
The section headers contained herein are only provided for convenience purposes only and shall not be used to modify or interpret the terms of these Official Rules. To begin the Breeders’ Cup Winback, log into your account at http://www.twinspires.com. For questions about this game, e-mail player.services@twinspires.com
CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEB SITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, TWINSPIRES RESERVES THE RIGHT TO SEEK FROM ANY SUCH PERSON DAMAGES AND ANY OTHER REMEDIES AVAILABLE TO TWINSPIRES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
