Sports Betting Rules




NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

7 JUNE

minus two points and the away team’s score plus or minus two points, not being a drawn result selection.

(xii) Investors selecting the home team’s score and the away team’s score plus or minus three points.

(xiii) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus one point and the away team’s score.

(xiv) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus one point and the away team’s score plus or minus three points.

(xv) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus two points and the away team’s score plus or minus three points.

(xvi) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus three points and the away team’s score plus or minus one point.

(xvii) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus three points and the away team’s score plus or minus two points.

(xviii) Investors selecting the home team’s score plus or minus three points and the away team’s score plus or minus three points, not being a drawn result selection.

(xix) Investors selecting the home team’s score and any score for the away team.

(xx) Investors selecting any score for the home team and the away team’s score.

(xxi) Investors selecting any score for either team.

4.2.4 Matches Forfeited

In the case of a team or player forfeiting a match investors shall be entitled to a refund in accordance with this rule.

4.2.5 Postponements And Abandonments

At its absolute discretion, the Board may allow a period of up to and including seven days for a postponed match to be conducted and included in a Pick The Score game. If a match is postponed for a period of more than seven days it shall be deemed to be abandoned.

A Pick The Score investment will become void and refunds will be made to all investors where a match in such investment is abandoned or is deemed by the Board to be abandoned.

4.2.6 Extra Time Provisions

The Board shall not take into account any points scored during a penalty shoot out for the purposes of determining the score for Pick the Score.

Note: Board wishes to include JackPot provisions for Pick the Score also. Present rules for Pick6 are a guide.

4.3 Pick the Winner

4.3.1 Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Pick The Winner” shall consist of a Totalisator game on a sporting event or sporting events from which winning options are offered.

“Winning Option” means the contingency or contingencies declared the winner according to the rules of that competition.

4.3.2 Object of the Game

The object of Pick the Winner is to select the Winning Option from the match or matches included in the game.

4.3.3 Dividend Payment Priorities

(a) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Dividend Pool shall be divided among those investors selecting the Winning Option in the designated match.

(b) In the event of no investor selecting the Winning Option, the Dividend Pool shall be shared amongst all investments.

4.3.4 Matches Forfeited

In the case of a team or player forfeiting a match, the opposing team or player shall be deemed the Winning Option. In the case of an event where more than one winning option for a match had been offered, the following rules shall apply:

(a) If a draw, tie or dead-heat are offered as betting options in an event, the draw, tie or dead-heat option shall not be deemed to be a Winning Option;

(b) Where play had not commenced, all the bet options offered for the winning competitor or team, except a draw, tie or dead-heat if these options are offered, shall be deemed to be Winning Options and Returns will be divided by the number of such Winning Options;

(c) Where play had commenced, the Winning Option shall be determined by the match position at the time of forfeiture.

4.3.5 Postponements And Abandonments

For investments on a Pick The Winner game with one or more abandoned or postponed matches, the result of that game may be declared and dividends paid on those matches completed. At its absolute discretion, the Board may allow a period of up to and including seven days for a postponed match to be conducted and included in the original game.

A Pick The Results game will become void and refunds will be made to all investors where less than three matches in the game are completed within a period of up to and

4.4 Pick The Results

4.4.1 Interpretation

In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:

“Pick The Results” shall be a totalisator game, and consist of a schedule of matches which teams or players are selected to win or draw.

“Winning Option” means the team, player or option acquiring the highest points in a match or a draw option is available, it shall win if both teams or players score the same number of points in a match.

4.4.2 Object of the Game

The object of Pick the Results is to select the Winning Option in each match included in the game.

4.4.3 Dividend Payment Priorities

(a) Subject to the provisions of these Rules, the Dividend Pool shall be divided among those investments selecting the Winning Options in all matches making up the particular game.

(b) In the event of no investment selecting all Winning Options, the Dividend Pool shall be shared among investments who select the most number of Winning Options in the game.

4.4.4 Postponements And Abandonments

For investments on a Pick The Results game with one or more abandoned or postponed matches, the result of that game may be declared on those matches completed. At its absolute discretion, the Board may allow a period of up to and including seven days for a postponed match to be conducted and included in the original game.

A Pick the Results game will become void and refunds will be made to all investors where less than three matches in the game are completed within a period of up to and



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