10 Days of FESTIVUS CHALLENGE Tampa Bay
 

Got this email from TB on this contest..

Tampa Bay Downs unveils a holiday tradition all its own with the introduction of the “10 Days of FESTIVUS CHALLENGE,” an online handicapping contest offering a $1,000 cash Grand Prize to the overall winner and total prize money of $2,400.

In addition to a second overall prize of $300 and a third overall prize of $100, players will compete for a daily prize of $100.

Entry in the FESTIVUS CHALLENGE is free and all wagers are mythical. The contest runs over the 10 days of live Thoroughbred racing at Tampa Bay Downs from Dec. 3-21, 2014. Challege participants are required to make mythical win-place-show wagers on their selections each day of FESTIVUS. Online registration for the "10 Days of FESTIVUS CHALLENGE" is available now at www.festivuschallenge.com.

Sign up today and get ready to celebrate FESTIVUS


Went thru the sign-up process and :zz: couldn't find way to ENTER:zz:
or to advance...please someone figure it out for me:confused:

http://www.derbytrail.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55762 ;)

:o..ok...i forgot:zz:However i still have problem registering..on the register page fill in the info but there is no submit button that i could find...could you please help:{>:

Click "Register" tab...

Then Submit :D

I:wf..on register page fill in name rank serial# etc..but no where is there a submit or register tab:zz:...they don't want me to enter, they are afraid i might win:$:

Never mind:p...problem was with I.E...My default is chrome but couldn't get it up last few days:D...just got it working and the register page was complete and i got in...IE was only 1 page:zz:...i better win something or i'll be :mad:

No comment :p

This thing starts tomorrow but they still only have a "register" page up. :confused:

This is a pain in the a.s.s to get to, but i got to the entry screen. Go to Rules, then at the bottom right side of the screen where it says "powered by" click there. The you log in if you haven't already, it brings up i think an Aqueduct race. But if you click on Festivus it brings up the screen for tomorrow's Tampa races. :zz:

Somehow, it worked! Brilliant. But, how in the world did you discover this?

Kept clicking and scrolling, it works sometimes lol! :D

Hahahaha! I bet not many figure that out.. Wow.. Pretty sad of the site to not have an easy log in. Will be interesting to see how many get to play because of this glitch.

Hope we here are the only ones to play...we might have a shot at winning something.:D

sounds good if we are

Spent over 45 minutes trying to make a selection the #8 in the 8th I believe was my first choice and then just to select something for a hundred to stay eligible---- the #1 in the first.

Through trial and error i found i could not select the first or the last horse in any race

finally I got $100 wagered and will be eligible the next day of racing friday because you must wager $100 and you must wager everyday of the contest

click on the FAQ. Its written in Italian , I believe

As long as I beat you I will be happy :D

Wed. 12/3
 

Race 2-$20 W #6 HEADSTONE
Race 4-$10WP#9 STARSHIP SILVERADO
Race 8-$20 WP#9 NATIONAL
Race 9-$20 W #6 ANNAMONARCOS

Good Luck All!

Followed your instr and had to hit festivus 3 times before tampa came up..:zz:
Didn't try to navigate beyond 1st race, figured i'd get lost:eek:...geez, i hate this contest already:wf...anyway, threw a dart..thanks for the help Mike..

12/3

Race # 1 #4 $100 win

R1) $10 Win/$10 Place ~ #3 Magical Cat
R4) $20 Win / $10 Place ~ #4 Eltham
R8) $50 Win ~ #8 Collin's Smile

A caution to all. I think that it's important to check for scratches, especially if you post your picks early.

Their scratch rule is somewhat unusual and ties in to the "you must bet your $100 or be disqualified" rule.

Here's the provision concerning scratches:

"Selection scratches: If your selection is scratched at any time before 0 minutes to post, you may make another selection. No changes may be made after that point. If your horse is scratched and you do not make another selection, you are credited for the mythical dollars, but players must be aware they need to make a bet on another race to utilize their entire $100 bankroll. Exception: if the player chooses a horse in the last race that is a late scratch after the cutoff time has expired, the player is given the post time favorite."

So, if your pick in the next to last race is a late scratch and you have had to do something associated with real living, you get disqualified for failing to wager your full $100. Who comes up with these chicken**** rules?

Agree.. Shouldn't take long to go through the players this way.

Think it was clyde:) or the guy that came up with this contest...if everyone gets eliminated he gets all the prizes...:eek:

all- they now have a login tab at the top....but my pick entered yesterday was gone/wiped......needed to redo

Ron

The picks I had made yesterday had also been wiped out. When I went to redo them this morning, I was able to access the site and log in, but on the selection page, I was able to choose the amounts to wager, but was unable to pick the horse I wanted. The column marked "Pick" had the percentages of those who had selected the horse, but no way that I could find to make a pick. Then the next time I tried, everything worked properly. Very strange arrangement.

This thing blows already :wf

Now it says Dec. 8th :rolleyes:

I too had to re-enter my picks. Not sure what Dec. 8th is all about.

It is a festivus contest. Air your grievances :)

I checked to see if I could get this to work on my cell phone, it wouldn't. I would not normally post so early, but being busy at work and it not working, I was going to reach out to a friend ;)for help in changing picks if scratches came up. I certainly normally know it is not recommended to post that early. :)

This doesn't sound good! :zz:

Just re-entered picks!
 

Finally got it to work I hope on my cell! No scratches posted on Equibase yet, will keep checking.

Check your browser. That was my issue.

Still can't select the 1 in the first race, but she's not listed in scratches. :confused:

Scratches and changes....
 

Changes Time Posted
#3 Sandy Point Jockey - Eric Vera Rodriguez changed to Kevin Gonzalez 11:44 AM ET
Race: 3 Changes Time Posted
#2 Not Enough Cats Scratched - Veterinarian 10:59 AM ET
Race: 4 Changes Time Posted
#7 Bigasmar First Start Since Reported as Gelding 5:00 AM ET
Race: 5 Changes Time Posted
#3 Officer Fred Scratched - Veterinarian 10:59 AM ET
#4 Singing Monarch (IRE) First Start Since Reported as Gelding 5:00 AM ET
#7 Senor Gato Scratched - Stewards 11:11 AM ET
Race: 7 Changes Time Posted
#1 Tiz Sardonic Joe Scratched - Veterinarian 10:59 AM ET
#2 Paltarrevenge Scratched - Veterinarian 10:59 AM ET
Race: 9 Changes Time Posted
#9 Big Debbie Jockey - Eduardo O. Nunez changed to Antonio A. Gallardo 11:44 AM ET
#11 Queen of England Scratched - Also-Eligible

I picked the 1 last nite...just got home from long day and haven't checked the site..the 1 ran out so guess i'm a loser for the day:eek:

$98 :) tied for 142nd place. The leader had over $3200 :wf:zz:

Same here. I have to use Firefox to log in, otherwise I get a "URL Not Found" message.

Yeah, it's another hopeless contest.

Guess that means we will need to hope for bombs from here on. Usually that stage arrives a bit later on in a contest.:(:(

access is brutal
 

works with ipad but not with iphone6 plus

anyone else have this particular issue ?

i'd quit but got lucky and have to continue

roy lerman!

After looking at the first day's standings, it is clear that I had the wrong approach to this contest. I played the first day the way I might play a day at the races, placing $10 or $20 Win-place bets on what I thought were contenders. Then saw that the leader had over $3200, which I assume was the result of betting $100 on Flying Posse in Race 8, who paid $65.20 to win. My approach could not possibly reach that total in a full 10 days of play, even if just about every pick came in.

So, for the rest of the contest I'm going to completely change my approach. I'll simply try for the highest score of the day by making a single $100 win bet on a huge price horse and hope for the best. I guess there's no shame in having a score of zero for every day if you have the chance of having that single hit that could win the best day's performance. It's a bizarre way to play a contest, and is contrary to all of my handicapping habits, but that seems to be the only way to have any shot at all.

Does anyone else feel the same way?