1.1 In these rules,
“complete game” means a game which has been declared as having a final result in accordance with the rules and regulations of that sport.
“Corporation” means the Atlantic Lottery Corporation;
“cut-off time” means the latest time the Corporation will accept wagers on each particular game on each PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List and may be subject to change without notice;
“daily reduction factor” means the calculated value that determines the reduction factor of the net prize liability of individual winning tickets found during the winner selection process that may be calculated once the first $2.0 million in net prize liability for any one PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List has been exceeded. The daily reduction factor has, as its numerator, the daily limit for that day, and, as its denominator, the daily net prize liability;
“extra play” means additional innings, periods or overtime of games;
“game” means an individually numbered sporting event, round of golf or match on the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List;
“instructions” means the most recent information made available to players on how to play PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER);
“lottery game” means in these rules a participatory game of chance in which a player makes predictions on the outcome of games;
“main reduction factor” means the calculated value that determines the reduction factor of the net prize liability of individual winning tickets found during the winner selection process once $2.0 million in net prize liability for any one PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List has been incurred. The main reduction factor has, as its numerator, the difference between $2.0 million and the net prize liability, defined as $2.5 millon, for that PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List as at the end of the previous day, and as its denominator, that day's daily net prize liability before any reduction;
“net prize liability” means, for an PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List, the cumulative total of all prizes payable by the Corporation on all winning tickets on that PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List for all games on that List completed to the end of a particular day, less wagers made on such winning tickets;
“Line” means the estimated total score for each game on a weekly list as released by Atlantic Lottery Corporation. This is the total score that the player bases his/her Over or Under prediction on;
“Odds” for each result means the anticipated likelihood of that result occurring and the anticipated wagering distribution on that result, as determined and published by the Corporation in accordance with these rules, expressed in numeric form as a ratio to one (1).
“player” means a person who requests a ticket to be issued and pays the appropriate price therefore;
“postponed event” means an event that is not considered as played by the governing body of the applicable league and commences from the beginning at a later time,
“PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List” means the complete weekly schedule of games, the total lines and odds associated with those games as recorded in the Corporation's central computer system and made available by the Corporation for wagering by players;
“results” means the final results of games as defined by these rules and published by the Corporation;
“retailer” means a person authorized by the Corporation to sell or issue PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) tickets from a lottery terminal to the public;
“selection” means a player's choices from the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List with respect to the number of games to be played, the outcomes predicted for the identified games, and the wager placed on that set of outcomes;
“suspended event” means an event that is stopped and is continued from the point of suspended play at a later time. The original event must have started for there to be a suspension of play. In the case that a suspended event is re-played from the beginning, the event will be treated as a postponed event and the odds for all outcomes will be set to be 1.00,
“wager” means the amount of money a player wishes to stake on his selection;
“winning ticket” means a valid ticket that bears a selection that exactly matches the results as determined in accordance with these rules and as published by the Corporation, for all games selected.
1.2 In these rules words in the singular shall include the plural; and words in the masculine gender shall include the feminine.
2.1 These rules and the Rules and Regulations of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation, with the necessary modifications, apply to the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) lottery game conducted by the Corporation in participating Atlantic Provinces. In the event of any discrepancy or inconsistency between these rules and the Rules and Regulations of the Atlantic Lottery Corporation and the conditions and explanations appearing on a ticket or such other conditions as are established by the Corporation, these rules shall prevail.
2.2 The Corporation may amend these rules at any time and in any manner.
2.3 The Corporation, in its sole discretion, may at all times refuse to issue tickets bearing any selection or may limit the aggregate wager or prize payout on any game, combination of games, or ticket, or combination thereof.
2.4 The Corporation, in its sole discretion, may delay publishing the determination of results of any game.
2.5 PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) is not associated with, sponsored or authorized by any professional sports league, member teams, team players or other affiliates in any way.
2.6 The Corporation, in its sole discretion, can change odds for any event(s). The odds posted to the player(s) at purchase will be the official odds for that transaction except where noted in the following game participation section in regards to cancellations, past posting and implementation of the daily reduction factor.
2.7 Within these Rules and Regulations, the game names OVER/UNDER and PRO•LINE TOTALS are interchangeable. All Rules and Regulations that apply to one of these game names applies equally to the other game name. Therefore, a wager placed using a selection slip or PlaySphere wager confirmation with either game name is considered to fall under these exact same Rules and Regulations.
2.8 The Corporation, in its sole discretion, will cancel an event entered in error, with odds values for all possible outcomes set to be 1.00, for the following cases:
a) an event where the teams/players are not correctly entered as the visiting and home teams/players;
b) an event where the teams/players are not correctly entered as competing against each other in an event scheduled by the governing body of the applicable league for same date.
3.1 Persons under the age of 19 shall not participate in this lottery game.
3.2 In the event of any discrepancy between published game information, lines or odds, and the official game information, lines or odds available from the Corporation, the latter shall prevail.
3.3 A player shall, in the manner provided in the instructions, indicate on the selection slip his selection and present the completed selection slip to a retailer and pay to the retailer the selected wager (from $2 to $25) prior to the cut-off time of the earliest event selected.
If playing PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) using a PlaySphere account, a player shall, in the manner provided in the instructions, indicate his selection and submit the selection through PlaySphere prior to the cut-off time of the earliest event selected.
3.4 Players must select between a minimum of two (2) games and a maximum of ten (10) games.
3.5 For Baseball, Basketball and Football, the total scores used for the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) game include extra play (overtime or extra innings).
3.6 For Regular Season Hockey and Soccer, the total scores used for the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) game include the overtime but do not include the shootout.
3.7 When the continuation of a suspended game is part of a doubleheader, the PRO•LINE TOTALS game offered for wagering on that date will be the regularly scheduled game, which will follow the completion of the suspended game.
3.8 Any event that has actually commenced or has been completed prior to the issuance of a ticket which included a wager on that event may, with respect to such ticket, have an odds value of 1.00 assigned to each of the Under Win and Over Win outcomes for that event. If all selections on a ticket are assigned an odds value of 1.00 for each of the Under Win and Over Win outcomes, the ticket holder(s) will be entitled to a refund of the amount wagered.
3.9 Any event which is postponed, resulting in that event being considered incomplete in accordance with the rules and regulations governing that sport shall have an odds value of 1.00 assigned to each of the Over Win and Under Win outcomes for that event.
If an event is considered suspended by the rules and regulations governing that sport, the resulting event must be completed within 48 hours of the original cut off time of the event. If the event is not completed within 48 hours of the original cut off time, the event will be considered postponed by the Corporation and the odds value of 1.00 assigned to each of the Over Win and Under Win outcomes for that event.
If all selections on a ticket are assigned an odds value of 1.00 for each of the Over Win and Under Win outcomes, the ticket holder(s) will be entitled to a refund of the amount.
3.10 For the purpose of awarding prizes, final results of the games are as determined by the Corporation, including extra play, as verified by the Corporation. In the event of conflicting, misprinted, or erroneous game results, the results, as determined by the Corporation, shall be final and binding upon all players.
3.11 The net prize liability on any PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List will be limited to a maximum of $2.5 million. For any PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List if, at the end of a particular day on that List on which games are scheduled, the net prize liability would first exceed $2.0 million, then that day's daily net prize liability will automatically be reduced by multiplying it by the main reduction factor. Each prize payable on a winning ticket where the final game on that ticket is completed on that day will then automatically be reduced by the main reduction factor as follows: (a) the wager on that ticket will be subtracted from the prize which would otherwise be payable; (b) the remaining amount will be multiplied by the main reduction factor; (c) the wager will be added back; and (d) that total amount shall represent the prize payable on that ticket. The Corporation shall not be liable to pay any amount greater than that total amount. However, if the day on which the net prize liability would first exceed $2.0 million is the final day on that List, then the foregoing will be modified for that day as follows: (a) if the net prize liability would be $2.5 million or less, then there will be no reduction; and (b) if the net prize liability exceeds $2.5 million, then the numerator of the main reduction factor will be equal to the difference between $2.5 million and the net prize liability for that PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List as at the end of the previous day.
3.12 a) Where paragraph 3.11 applies, for the remaining days on that PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List on which games are scheduled, the net prize liability attributable the remainder of the List period will be limited to a maximum of $500,000. The daily net prize liability of each such day (the daily limit) will be limited to $500,000 divided by the number of days remaining at the time the net prize liability for that PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) List would, without paragraph 3.11, first have exceeded $2.0 million, plus any unused daily limits from all previous remaining days on the List.
The unused daily limit for any such remaining day is calculated by deducting from that day's daily limit its daily net prize liability where the daily limit is the higher of the two. Any such unused daily limit may be used to increase the daily limit of the following day(s).
(b) Where a day's daily net prize liability would, based on paragraph (a), exceed that day's daily limit, then that daily net prize liability will automatically be reduced to equal such daily limit by multiplying it by the daily reduction factor. Each prize payable on a winning ticket where the final game on that ticket is completed on such remaining day will automatically be reduced by that day's daily reduction factor in the same manner as set out in paragraph 3.11 for reductions by the main reduction factor.
4.1 For proposition wagering, the Corporation will assign, either, an Over Win or an Under Win that correspond to each of the possible outcomes to the question, situation or proposition offered on the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) list. The player selects his predicted outcome to the question, situation or proposition offered by the Corporation by selecting either an Over Win or an Under Win, depending on which corresponds to the outcome desired by the player. ALC will determine the results for each proposition play offered based upon the criteria established by the Corporation for each such proposition and the official results or information from the official body of the game(s) to which the proposition wager is related to. The winner of the proposition event will be determined by the player or team that meets the criteria of the question, situation or proposition offered by ALC on the PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) list.
4.2 All results entered by Atlantic Lottery Corporation are final. In the case where the official body of the league concerned changes the results of the proposition after results have been entered by the corporation, the original entered results (as defined by the corporation) must and will stand.
4.3 All rules applying to incomplete events for PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER), also, apply to PRO•LINE TOTALS (OVER / UNDER) proposition play. For example, if a Baseball game is defined as incomplete by ALC, then, all proposition play relating to that incomplete game is, also, considered incomplete and the odds will be reverted to 1.00 for the Over and Under Win.
4.4 Both teams/players offered in a proposition play must compete against each other in an event scheduled by the governing body of the applicable league for same date.
4.5 For Baseball Total Bases, each player must complete, at least, one plate appearance, according to the official league website, or the event will be treated as incomplete and the odds reverted to 1.00. A completed plate appearance is defined as a batter who completes his plate appearance with an out or reaches, at least, first base safely.
4.6 For Baseball Strikeouts, each player must pitch, at least, one complete plate appearance, as defined in 4.5, according to the official league website, or the event will be treated as incomplete and the odds reverted to 1.00.
4.7 For Hockey Scorers and Basketball Most Points, each player must play at least one second in the game, according to the official league website, or the event will be treated as incomplete and the odds reverted to 1.00.
4.8 a) For American Football Player Props (Most Rushing Yards, Most Passing Yards, Most Receiving Yards and Most Receptions), if a player listed in the match up is on the inactive list on the date the corresponding game is played, according to the official league website, the event will be treated as incomplete and the odds reverted to 1.00.
4.8 b) For Canadian Football Player Props (Most Rushing Yards, Most Passing Yards, Most Receiving Yards and Most Receptions), if a player listed in the match up is not on their teams depth chart on the date the corresponding game is played, according to the official league website, the event will be treated as incomplete and the odds reverted to 1.00.
5.1 The potential prize for a ticket is calculated by multiplying the odds for each of the selected outcomes together and, then, multiplying this product by the wager amount.
6.1 Where a winning selection includes a game, which is not completed before 2:30 a.m. (in Atlantic Standard Time or Atlantic Daylight Savings Time), prizes will not be available for payment until 24 hours following the determination of results for such game.
6.2 All winning tickets must be claimed within two (2) years from the date of purchase.
6.3 All winning tickets with a value of $250 or more should be taken to any Bank of Nova Scotia in the Atlantic region or any Atlantic Lottery Corporation office for redemption. Please refer to our website www.alc.ca for details.