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2010 "BETA" Breakout Playoff Hockey Challenge

Contest Rules and Regulations

1. “Beta” Breakout Playoff Hockey Challenge is Open to any resident of the World (excluding Quebec Canada) or where prohibited by Law, except employees CI Fantasy Sports, Cornerstone International, their assignees, and licensees, and members of their immediate families living in the same household.

2. All entries will be accepted until Monday April 19th, 2010 at 23:39:59 hrs pacific time. No entries will be accepted beyond that date and time. Your Player selection held at that time will be considered your starting player roster and we will use that player roster to back date your players to the start of the playoff. Player rosters will be held static for 1 day and then trading will begin on Tuesday April 20th, 2010, with effective date being April 21st 2010. Contest will run till the last game of the Stanley Cup Finals. Contestant rankings will become available on Tuesday April 20th, 2010.

3. Only two entries per person per household. More than two entries from the same person may be removed at the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports. Each contestant will require a login and password to access their entries online. The login can be an email address or user defined name/numeric combination that must be unique to that user and to our system. A valid email address will be a requirement of access to the website CI Fantasy Sports. The email address does not have to be unique to the user, as the username can facilitate the unique requirement.

4. No purchase necessary. Only Official Service package entry forms listed on the Beta Test CI Fantasy Sports website (Fee Based method, payment required) or reasonably drawn facsimile (FREE Method) will be accepted. Reasonably drawn facsimiles will be accepted as long as the following conditions are met:

1. Entry must be received at the post offices of CI Fantasy Sports on or before Monday April 19th, 2010. Please mail entry to: “Beta” Breakout Playoff Hockey 2010, P.O. Box 70005, 1-1660 Kenaston Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P OX6..

2. A 500 word essay must be included describing the meaning of what hockey is to Canada (must be 500 word exactly)

3. Full contact information including email address must be included so we can email you your login credentials.

CI Fantasy Sports reserve the right to disqualify any entry that has been incorrectly completed, illegible to transcribe, or does not meet any of the requirements above. All entries received become the property of the contest. The participant mailing list may be made available to select companies with information on products or services, which may be of interest to you. If you wish to be removed from this list, please send us a letter to: Hockey Mailing List Removal, P.O. Box 70005, 1-1660 Kenaston Blvd, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 0X6, asking to be removed from that list. Please identify your name and address in your letter, so we will remove your information appropriately. This contest is run under the requirements of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). List availability will only be done with the permission of CI Fantasy Sports.

5. Players statistics are accumulated from the start of the NHL Post Season (April 14th , 2010) and will continue to the last day of the NHL Playoffs (Approx June 2010). Statistics are to be considered final from the day they are recovered, regardless of any subsequent changes made by any other reporting organization. CI Fantasy Sports will compile the statistics with or without the assistance of an outside statistical service. The contest statistics are adjusted at the sole discretion of CI Fantasy Sports. Statistics and rankings will be updated daily at 10:00:00 hrs Pacific Time (PT) and at any subsequent time deemed necessary by CI Fantasy Sports. All Inquiries on statistics require you to contact support@cifantasysports.com . We will not take any phone, mail or fax inquiries for this purpose unless otherwise requested or at the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports. Statistics may take from 24 to 48 hours to enter the system, but in some instances because of the verification process, we may delay adding these statistics for up to 5 days from time they have been completed and reported by other sources in the media, and the internet. All statistics will be applied to the date they have been accrued and verified by the NHL.

6. Prizing: Prizes will be award at the end of the contest…there are no weekly or promotion prizing associated with this contest.

The prizing format is outlined as such:

1st place: $600.00
2nd Place: $300.00
3rd Place: $150.00
4th Place: $100.00
5th thru 10th: Full Service package option added to any entry in the 2010-2010 Regular Season Hockey Contest.

In the determination of Grand prizes, in the event of a tie, the prize will be awarded using the following tie break formulas:

Grand Prize Awards: In the event of a tie for any of the Grand Prizes at the completion of the contest, the contestant with the most goals, will be ruled the winner. If they still remain tied, then the contestant with a better overall +/- rating will be determined the winner. If they still remain tied at this point, a random draw will be made to determine the winners.

All Prize awards are determined by CI Fantasy Sports. Contestants will be contacted by CI Fantasy Sports to notify them of their prize award and will arrange payment of said prize allocation.

7. A contestant may only win ONCE in the contest, and will forfeit any subsequent entreis under their name that qualifies for pricing. The highest level of prize will be awarded and the lowest attainment prize will be forfeited. Once is identified as a contestant (not an entry) who may have 2 entries in the contest. If one of the entries wins a prize in a category, then the other entry does not qualify to win at a later date, or a lower grand prize. Example: Joe Smith has entry 1 and entry 2. Entry One (1) wins 2nd place, so this means Joe smith’s entry # 2 can not win a prize as well. In this event the next best ranking entry would be awarded the prize for finishing in that spot..

8. All prizes must be accepted as awarded, no substitutes. By entering this contest you agree to the use of your name, address, photograph, and contest selections for publicity without compensation. Chances of winning are dependent upon skill used in picking your roster of players and the total number of entries received. Contest Host, organizers, licensee's, licensers and sponsors are not responsible for any injury incurred by a contestant as a result of winning or participating in the contest. For the purposes of the contest and awarding prizes, it is the sole responsibility of the contestant to inform CI Fantasy Sports of any discrepancy with his or her contest selections. There will be no compensation to any contestants for reasons of omission/ errors of CI Fantasy Sports, their assignees, and sponsors, and each contestant will be treated in this fashion

9. If a player retires, is injured or decides not to play in the 2010 NHL Playoffs, no compensation will be made to anyone who has picked that player. It is the sole responsibility of all contestants to verify the selections on the entry form meet any and all requirements for gaining points in the contest. If a selection is represented inaccurately, does not play in the NHL, or any other circumstance, but that player remains on the entry form, it is the sole responsibility of the contestant if they choose to select a player that does not meet any conditions represented here but is represented on the entry form. All contestants will have access to unlimited trades It is the sole responsibility of the contestant to confirm they have picked players that are active and not injured in the NHL during the course of this contest, and no compensation is awarded for any mistakes or mis-representation of injury, retirement or league inclusion information on the entry form.

10. The online registration process gives you access via a paid service through Paypal. The charge for the extra service is $5.95, and this gives you the access to register and play the contest online. Paypal will accept payments by Credit Card or Debit card (independent of having an account with them), or by using an existing paypal account to purchase this service. Please follow the direct website links to make your payments.

11. Player trading will begin on Tuesday April 20th,2010, and will continue to the end of the contest.

Player trades - Trades made up to and including MIDNIGHT (24:00:00 hrs) Pacific Time (PT) will be active for the next days game. All trades made AFTER Midnight (00:00:01) PT will activated for the following days games. For example, Trades made anytime on Monday will be active for a Tuesday game. All traded players will have to be HELD for a period of FOUR (4) days before another trade in that same group can be made. For example, if a player is traded on Monday, then that player will be active for Tuesday, and you will not be able to perform a trade in that group again until Friday, at which point your player would be active on Saturday. Once a player has been traded away, he will also be governed under these rules and you will not be able to pick him back up until the FOUR (4) day period has passed. If you make a trade, and realize you did not want to perform that trade we will not be able to reverse that trade for you. In some circumstances trade reversals will be accommodated upon the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports. Please email support@cifantasysports.com , stating your need for a trade reversal. State the group the trade reversal is to be applied to, and we will use the email server time stamp as the indicator for reversal time verification if authorized.

Trades will be time stamped by the online database clock and will be active according to that time and these rules. Internet trades will be reflected in your roster upon completion of the transaction and may take 24 or 48 hours to be viewed in your online profile. In some circumstances the trade may take longer than 48 hours to appear in you’re online profile. Any interpretation or assigning of time stamp authorization will be under the sole discretion of CI Fantasy Sports, and can be done with or with out the notification of the contestant.

12. The extra services are optional and are not a requirement of entry. A computer with internet access is required to use the Contest Service Centre (access to rankings and trading). The online service centre will grant access to all contestants who have recovered and set up their login information. A computer recommendation is Operating system Windows XP or higher, Mac OS 10, Internet Brwosers such as : Internet Explorer 7 or higher, Firefox 3 or higher, Safari 2.1 or higher. Other systems may be included and used but they are at the discretion of the contestant and CI Fantasy Sports can not guarantee the utilization on our website with lower than those version we have identified.

13. The decisions of the contest organizers will be final on all matters of fact, interpretation, eligibility, procedure and fulfillment. CI Fantasy Sports reserves the right to change or modify these rules and regulations or any other procedure or application during the course of the contest.

14. All support services will be conducted via the Fantasy Cup Hockey Challenge, and CI Fantasy Sports websites. The FAQ, Help and support services via the website will accommodate most inquires. If there is an answer that can not be addressed via the websites, then please contact the support centre at support@cifantasysports.com . Please state your name, address, phone number, email address you used in the contest, and the contest you are playing to submit your question. Our online support centre will make every effort to contact you within 24 to 48 hours with a reply or request for further information. In some instances that time frame may be longer, but we are making every effort to accommodate your inquiry in a timely and accurate fashion. There is no telephone support via our office at CI Fantasy Sports. All phone and fax inquiries may or may not be answered, and will be done so at the discretion of CI Fantasy Sports.

15. By entering this contest you acknowledge acceptance of all contest rules and regulations, and agree to be bound by them.

16. “Beta” BreakOut Hockey Challenge is Owned and Operated by CI Fantasy Sports.

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