Red Robin Bracket Challenge
www.redrobinbracketchallenge.com (the “Challenge Website”) during the “Registration Period” to connect to the Challenge registration page. Fully complete the online registration with all required information, including your name, valid email address, and phone number (including area code). Each registrant will designate their own ‘Screen Name’, and must enter their username (email address) and password. The designated ‘Screen Name’ will be displayed on the ‘Standings Page’ during the Challenge. Each registrant’s username (email address) & password will allow entrants to return to the Challenge Website to Log-in and view their entries, points and standings.
Eligible Entries – Open to eligible entries received by 12:00 pm EST on 3/17/2016: No entries received after 12:00 pm EST on 3/17/2016 will be considered, regardless of the accuracy of their submitted bracket.
Grand Prize – Determine all (63) Games Correctly (“Perfect Bracket”): If any eligible entrant correctly determines the winners of all sixty-three (63) games in the Designated Tournament, they will win the Grand Prize subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. The Grand Prize is: $1,000,000 paid out as a 40 year annuity with equal payments of $25,000 (present value annuity: $500,000). The first $25,000 will be paid within fourteen (14) days of verification of any/all winners, with each subsequent payment paid on the yearly anniversary of the first payment date. No lump sum payout will be available for award.
A maximum of one (1) Grand Prize will be awarded. In the event of multiple eligible and verified Grand Prize winning entries, the Grand Prize will be evenly divided between those eligible entrants who submitted a verified Grand Prize winning entry. In order for the Grand Prize to be awarded, an eligible entrant must submit an eligible entry that correctly determined the winners of all sixty-three (63) games in the Designated Tournament. If no eligible entrant correctly determines all 63 games, then the Grand Prize will not be awarded.
Runner-Up Prizes – Most Points (“Bracket Winner & 2 Runner Ups”): The (3) eligible entrants (excluding any Grand Prize winner, if any) who score the most points in the Challenge will win the Runner-Up Prizes subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with these Official Rules. The Runner-Up Prizes are:
- First Place (to the highest scoring entrant, excluding any Grand Prize winners): $5,000 Cash
- Second Place (to the second highest scoring entrant, excluding any Grand Prize winners): $2,500 Cash
- Third Place (to the third highest scoring entrant, excluding any Grand Prize winners): $1,000 Cash
A maximum of three (3) Runner-Up Prizes will be awarded.
Total approximate retail value of all prizes available to be awarded in this Challenge is $1,008,500 (present value is $508,500).
Bracket Entry – Must be completed and submitted by 12:00 pm ET on 3/17/2016:
Bracket entries must be completed and submitted between:
- 3/13/2016 – Following team selection announcements for the Designated Tournament
- 3/17/2016 – Prior to 12:00 pm ET
NOTE – Play-in game byes: The play-in games on 3/15/2016 and 3/16/2016 are byes, and not part of the prediction challenge.
Bracket: Once the Designated Tournament team selections have been announced on 3/13/2016 and positioned in the official bracket (the “Official Bracket”) – all registered or newly registering entrants must fully complete the provided bracket form (the “bracket”) on the Edit/Update Picks page of the Challenge Website.
Tie-Breaker: Each entrant will also be required to submit their entry of the Total Cumulative Points to be scored in the Championship Game on 4/4/2016. Any entrant who fails to complete the Total Cumulative Points ‘tie-break’ will be assigned a point total of 0 cumulative points for the Championship Game.
Save Picks: Entrants are required to click the ‘Save Picks’ button on the Challenge Website to save their bracket selections, cumulative score or updates. Any changes or entries made without clicking the ‘Save Picks’ will not be saved or recognized for this Challenge.
Team Toggle (create bracket using Red Robin menu items): The Challenge Website includes a ‘Team Toggle’ button which allows entrants the option to create their entry by selecting different Red Robin menu items. Each menu item is designated a starting slot on the bracket and represents the actual team assigned to that slot on the Official Bracket for the Designated Tournament. The menu item will remain consistent with the team assigned to that same original slot in the Official Bracket. Once the ‘Save Picks’ button is clicked, the bracket will display the team selections that were made using the Team Toggle. All results in this Challenge will be solely based on the accuracy of the prediction of the entrant’s team (or menu item representing such team) compared to the official performance of the actual teams in the Designated Tournament . The Team Toggle option is for entertainment purposes only and will have no bearing on the scoring of the Challenge.
Completed bracket entries must be received by 12:00 pm ET on 3/17/2016 in order to be eligible to participate or win any prize. Any registered entrant who fails to fully or correctly complete the on-line registration form, or fully and correctly complete the required bracket for all (63) games in the Designated Tournament (and Save their picks) will be disqualified from the Challenge and will be ineligible to win any prize. Any registration or bracket not received by the required deadline for any reason including, but not limited to transmission error, internet problems, equipment or website malfunction, internet traffic or errors caused by viruses or hackers will be disqualified and Sponsor is not responsible for any such occurrences. Sponsor is not responsible for any delays or difficulty in receipt an eligible entrant’s Bracket that prevents participation.
Any incomplete or illegible entries will be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, damaged, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or the failure to capture any such information or effects of hackers or failure of any electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Each entrant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another individual or using commercial subscription notification and/or entering services, or any entry using another person’s email address or name will be disqualified and ineligible to participate or win any prize. No mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be deemed void.
In the event of a dispute as to any on-line registration or entry, the authorized account holder of the e-mail address used to register will be deemed to be the registrant and he/she must be eligible according to these Official Rules. The “authorized email account holder” is the natural person assigned an e-mail address by an Internet access provider, online service provider or other organization responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. All entries received become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned.
Scoring – Bracket Points: Each eligible entrant who has successfully completed the on-line registration and bracket as required by these Official Rules will receive the following points for each of the (63) games for which they have correctly determined the winning team:
1 point for each correct pick in Round 1
2 points for each correct pick in Round 2
3 points for each correct pick in Round 3
4 points for each correct pick in Round 4
5 points for each correct pick in Round 5
6 points for the correct Champion
Any incorrect entries will receive 0 points. The maximum point total for correctly determining the winning team in every game played during the Designated Tournament is 120 points. At the completion of the designated tournament, each eligible entrant bracket entry received will be compared to the Official Bracket outcome for the Designated Tournament.
Prize Awards: The following prize awards will be available to eligible entrants participating in the Challenge: