Mise-o-jeu Rules

Mise-o-jeu is governed by the BY-LAW RESPECTING FORECAST CONTESTS AND NUMBERS GAMES which includes limitation of liability.

I) General Rules, applicable at any time as long as they are not modified by the specific rules applicable to certain types of events (section II).

SELECTIONS

1. For each selection, make your predictions by answering up to a maximum of 8 questions contained in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer in force. Each question concerns the performance of individuals, teams or other contingencies related to sports or other events. For the purposes of these rules, "event" means any event or part of an event (e.g., a period of a hockey match, first half of a football match), as determined by Loto-Québec and being the subject of a question. 

2. In order for a selection to be a winning selection, and subject to the following, at least one prediction of the selection must relate to a completed event as defined below, and all of your predictions on "completed" events must be accurate according to Loto-Québec's Official Results. If no event referred to by a selection is "completed", the selection is void and the participant is only entitled to a refund of the amount wagered on that selection.

Moreover, a prediction may be accurate only if at least two individuals or teams concerned by a single question have taken part in their respective "completed" event, failing which that prediction is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection. In cases where this condition is met but where one or several individuals or teams referred to by such prediction do not take part in their respective "completed" event in accordance with the specific rules stated below, only the predictions on such individual(s) or team(s) shall be considered void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

An individual who takes part in an event for another team than the one he is associated is deemed not to have taken part in the event referred to in the question. Moreover, whenever a question concerns the performance of an individual during several events, that individual must take part in at least one event for the team with which he is associated.

For questions related to opposing individuals who should take part in a same event consisting of only one match, where the two individuals don’t face each other during a same event consisting of only one match, any prediction on such individuals is considered void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

3. For the purposes of these rules and subject to the Specific Rules, an event is "completed" in all cases where a result or final score or a score that is considered final is determined as such by the authorities in charge of the event in question and Loto-Québec issue an official result for that event. All other event is deemed to be not completed and a prediction on such event is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

However, and subject to the specific cases provided below, an event will be deemed to be not completed in case of a delay, rescheduling or any other similar circumstance rendering impossible by Loto-Québec the determination of a result within seven (7) days following the date on which this event was to end. However, and subject to the rules of the “Total” and “Action performed during a match” sections as well as the specific rules stated below, for the sports listed below, in case of an event taking place on a maximum of one day, this event will be deemed not completed if:

• in hockey, basketball, football and rugby: no final result is issued at 7 a.m. two days after the date indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer;
• in baseball and table tennis : no final result is issued at 7 a.m. the day after the date indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer;
• in soccer: no final result is issued at 7 a.m. two days after the date indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer. However, the results or final score resulting of a disciplinary sanction are not considered as a final result for the purposes of these rules. In such a case, the event will be deemed to be not completed and any prediction on such event is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection;
• in fighting and E-Sports events: no final result is issued at 12 p.m. the day after the date indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer.

Any prediction on such event deemed to be non completed is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

4. Where a question relates specifically to a part of an event (e.g., the 2nd period of a hockey match, the first five innings of a baseball match, the first half of a football game, or a portion of a non-sport event), the outcome of the question is determined solely by what occurs during that part of the event, without considering what happens in the remainder of the event. 

5. Unless otherwise indicated, the continuation of a suspended event started on a previous date is never part of the daily Mise-o-jeu Betting offer.

SPREADS

6. For questions with spreads, Loto-Québec sets out in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer a number (the spread) used to determine by how many goals (points, strokes or other) a team or individual must beat his opponent for a prediction to be accurate. The favourite of an event is indicated by a negative (-) sign in front of the spread and the underdog, by a positive (+) sign. The favourite is deemed to be the winner if he wins the event by a margin that is greater than the spread. For example, in a match Montréal vs. Boston and where the spread attributed is 1.5 and for which Montréal is named the favourite (by a negative sign), Montréal must win by two goals or more. Furthermore, Boston is deemed to be the winner if: (1) Montréal wins the match by one goal, (2) the match is a tie, or (3) Boston wins the match.

TOTAL

7. For questions related to the total number of goals (or points, hits, rebounds or other) during one or several events that are specified in the question, Loto-Québec sets out a number of goals in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer. Loto-Québec then determines the outcome of these questions based on whether total number of goals scored during the event or the events concerned is greater (+) or lesser ( - ) than the indicated number.

Where an event is interrupted and considered non completed in accordance with these rules, if the total number of goals (or points, hits, rebounds or other) made at the moment of the interruption is greater than the total indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer, the event will be deemed to be completed regarding these questions and the result or score at the moment of the interruption will be considered final for the purposes of the determination of the results by Loto-Quebec.

OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

11. Dates and times specified in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer in connection with a question indicate the time limit by which a prediction on this question can be registered ("the time limit").

12. If a match (including a part of a match) or a non-sport event referred to by a question starts before the time limit or if a result associated with a question is announced or known before the time limit, only the predictions regarding that match or that event, registered before the actual beginning of the match or before the announcement or knowledge of the result are valid.

13. The prize to be won for a winning selection is equal to the product of the odds indicated in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer (subject to the application of the “Dead heat rule”) with respect to accurate participant predictions, multiplied by the amount wagered (e.g., 1st odds X 2nd odds X wager).

However, Loto-Québec reserves the right to limit to $2,000,000, at any time, the prize amount payable for each winning selection. In such case, if there is more than one winner for the same winning selection, the prize to win for each of them is determined in proportion to the amounts wagered on the winning selection.

14. Loto-Québec may, at any time and at its discretion, modify the odds of the betting offer. The odds applicable at the time of the transaction take precedence over any other odds previously associated with any of your predictions. For the purposes of these rules, “transaction” means a transaction made at a Loto-Québec retailer or online, leading to the registration of a selection in the central computer system.

15. A prediction may be void due to an error. For the purposes of these rules, such errors include:

1. Obviously wrong odds (including due to an incident or public announcement)
2. Error in the Betting Offer, such as incorrect events, teams or players, spread or total;
3. When the event’s integrity has been jeopardized;
4. When an event does not follow the sport’s generally accepted format and rules (e.g. unusual period length or match duration, points counting procedure, format of a match, less than the maximum allowed players, distance of a race, number of periods etc.).

16. The results are determined by Loto-Québec in accordance with the present rules, and at a time of its own choice. Loto-Québec does not recognise protest(s), overturned decisions or amended results after it has entered the final result of the event into the on-line system.

17. Loto-Québec may, at its discretion and at any time, refuse to accept bets and to perform a transaction bearing any selection or any question which it may determine, for any reason whatsoever, in which case the Participant is only entitled to a refund of his stake. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Loto-Québec reserves the right, in its discretion, to increase or decrease the limit on the amounts that may be wagered, at any time and without notice.

18. Check all your selections information. ONLY SELECTIONS REGISTERED IN THE CENTRAL COMPUTER SYSTEM PARTICIPATE IN THE GAME.

19. A selection registered as part of a transaction made at a Loto-Québec retailer can be cancelled only within thirty (30) minutes of its registration, but never after the first time limit pertaining to the selection or never after midnight the day of its registration.

20. Mise-o-jeu is in no way authorized, sanctioned or sponsored by a sports league or any of its teams, nor by any player, athlete, personality or other person or entity connected thereto.

II) Specific Rules applicable to certain types of events when not modified otherwise by indications contained in a question of the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer.

A. EVENTS - HOCKEY

i. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, for questions related to the performance of a team during a match, the score is determined by including, if applicable, overtime play and shootout.

ii. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, for questions related to the number of shots on goal or hits made during a match by a particular player or team, the number of points or goals scored during a match by a particular player, the number of minutes in penalties assessed to a player or team during a match, or number of minutes of ice time for a player during a match, the score is determined by including, if applicable, overtime play, but before shootout.

iii. A player is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if his name appears on the official game summary and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during the match. For questions related to the performance of a player during several matches, this player is deemed to have taken part in an event if his name appears on the official summary of at least one match and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during said match.

Unless otherwise indicated in a question, a goaltender is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if the official game summary indicates that he has played from the start of the match.

B. EVENTS - BASEBALL

i. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, a player is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if the official game summary indicates that he has played from the start of the match. For questions related to the performance of a player during several matches, this player is deemed to have taken part in an event if his name appears on the official summary of at least one match and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during said match. In both cases, if he is a pitcher, his name must appear as such on the summary.

ii. When a doubleheader is part of the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer, the match that appears first in the betting offer always refers to the first match started. Likewise, when only one match of a doubleheader is part of the betting offer, this match refers to the first match started, whether it is a rescheduled or regularly scheduled match.

Where a question relates specifically to one match of a doubleheader listed in the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer, the outcome of the question is determined solely by what occurs during that match, whether it is a rescheduled or regularly scheduled match.

iii. For the questions "Who will register the most strikeouts?" and "Who will accumulate the most "total bases"?", where a match is interrupted and considered non completed in accordance with the general rules, if the official summary indicates that the two players concerned by the question have been replaced or that the player with the lowest score has been replaced during the match, the match is deemed to be completed regarding these questions and the result or score at the moment of the interruption will be considered final for the purposes of the determination of the results by Loto-Quebec.

iv. For questions related to the performance of a single individual during a match (ex: Total number of strikeouts registered in the match by a pitcher), where the match is interrupted and considered non completed in accordance with the general rules, if the official game summary indicates that the player referred to in the question has been replaced during the match, the match is deemed to be completed regarding these questions and the result or score at the moment of the interruption will be considered final for the purposes of the determination of the results by Loto-Quebec. 

v. For questions related to the total bases accumulated by a player during a match, the score is calculated by adding all hits made by the player as follows: Single = 1, Double = 2, Triple = 3, Home Run = 4.

C. EVENTS - BASKETBALL

i. A player is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if his name appears on the official game summary and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during the match. For questions related to the performance of a player during several matches, this player is deemed to have taken part in an event if his name appears on the official summary of at least one match and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during said match.

D. EVENTS - FOOTBALL

i. A player is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if his name appears on the official game summary and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during the match. For questions related to the performance of a player during several matches, this player is deemed to have taken part in an event if his name appears on the official summary of at least one match and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during said match.

E. EVENTS - SOCCER

i. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, the score is determined by excluding, if applicable, overtime play and shootouts.

ii. Usually, a match consists of 90 minutes of scheduled play (2 halves of 45 minutes). In other cases the following will apply:

a) If the match consists of 90 minutes of scheduled play (3 periods of 30 minutes), all predictions on questions relating to the outcome of the match remain valid and all predictions on questions relating to the 1st or 2nd half of the match are void and cannot be part of a winning selection.

b) If the match consists of 80 minutes of scheduled play (2 halves of 40 minutes), all predictions remain valid.

c) If the playing schedule is different from the above, all predictions are void and cannot be part of a winning selection.

iii. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, for questions related to the goals scored by a particular player during one or several matches, own goals are not accounted for in for the purposes of the determination of the results.

iv. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, a player is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one match if the official game summary indicates that he has played from the start of the match. For questions related to the performance of a player during several matches, this player is deemed to have taken part in an event if his name appears on the official summary of at least one match and said summary indicates that he has indeed played during said match.

v. For questions related to the total number of cards in a match, a player who receives a red card as a result of having received a second yellow card is considered to have received only one card in that sequence.

Cards shown to any “non-player” (managers, substitutes, already substituted players, player on the bench, coach or other staff) are not taken into account in determining the results.

vi. For questions related to the performance of a single individual during a match (ex: Will the player score at least one goal during the match?), where the match is interrupted and considered non completed in accordance with the general rules, if the official game summary indicates that the player referred to in the question has been replaced during the match, the match is deemed to be completed regarding these questions and the result or score at the moment of the interruption will be considered final for the purposes of the determination of the results by Loto-Quebec.

F. EVENTS - FIGHTING

i. A fight for which the announced result is "no contest" is deemed to be not completed and cannot be part of a winning selection.

ii. When disqualification occurs, any prediction on the following questions is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection: "How will the fight end?" and "How will the fight end and in which round?"

G. EVENTS - TENNIS, TABLE TENNIS

i. A player is deemed to have taken part in an event if the player has started it.

ii. If a player withdraws during a match, all predictions on this match are void and cannot be part of a winning selection, except for predictions on any questions whose outcome has been unconditionally determined.

H. EVENTS - GOLF

i. Except for questions related to the winner of a tournament on the golfer or on the team who will obtain the best final ranking of a tournament, the score (or ranking) is determined, if applicable, by excluding playoff holes.

ii. A golfer is deemed to have taken part in the event if the golfer has started it.

iii. For questions related to the golfer who will obtain the best final ranking of a round (among three golfers), all the golfers concerned by the question must have taken part in the event, without which all the predictions regarding this question are considered void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

I. EVENTS - CAR RACING

i. A driver is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of only one race if he is positioned in the starting grid or starts from the pit lane, even if he does not complete a lap or is subsequently replaced. For questions related to the performance of a driver during several races, this driver is deemed to have taken part in an event if he has taken part in at least one race.

ii. For questions related to the winner of a race or on the driver who will obtain the best ranking, if all drivers referred to in the question abandon the race, the winner will be the one having completed the highest number of laps. If all drivers abandon the race and have completed the same number of laps, any prediction on that question is void and cannot be a part of a winning selection.

J. EVENTS - RUGBY

i. Unless otherwise indicated in a question, the score is determined by including, if applicable, overtime play.

K. EVENTS - CYCLING

i. A cyclist is deemed to have taken part in an event consisting of a single stage race if he starts the race, even if he does not complete it. For questions related to the performance of a cyclist during a multiple stages race, the cyclist is deemed to have taken part in the event if he has taken part in at least one of the stages of the aforementioned race, even if he doesn't complete it.

ii. For questions related to the winner of a race, the winner of a stage or the cyclist who will obtain the best ranking, if all cyclists referred to in the question abandon the race or the stage, any predictions on that question is void and cannot be part of a winning selection.

L. EVENTS - NON-SPORTING (CINEMA, MUSIC, TELEVISION AND POLITICS)

i. Is deemed to have taken part in the event an individual, team, film or other if he/she/it is referred to by a question of the Mise-o-jeu Betting offer.

M. EVENTS - NON-SPORTING (E-SPORTS)

i. A player or a team is deemed to have taken part in an event if the player or the team has started it.

ii. A player or a team who has been disqualified or has withdrawn during a match is deemed to be the loser of the match.

iii. In the event where a team changes its name before the beginning of a match, any prediction regarding the performance of this team during the match is considered void and cannot be part of a winning selection.

iv. If a match or map is replayed due to a tie, the new match or map is never part of the daily Mise-o-jeu betting offer.

July 29, 2024

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