XPRESSBET BEAT THE HOST TOURNAMENT
FOUR WAYS TO WIN
- WEEKLY: Top three (3) performers each week win a share of $2,000 in cash prizes.
- 1st: $1,000
- 2nd Prize: $750
- 3rd Prize: $250
- SEASON: Top five (5) cumulative season-long earners will earn a seat to either:
- The 2025 Pegasus World Cup Championship Betting Challenge ($6,000 value each)
- The 2024 1/ST Ultimate Betting Challenge ($6,000 value each)
- CHAMPIONSHIP: Beat the Host at least once to qualify for the Beat the Host Championship Round which will award the top seven (7) finishers prizes including:
- One (1) entry into the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Championship Betting Challenge (PWCBC).
Entries are valued at $6,000 each and must be played online at Xpressbet.
- Six (6) $1,500 in Xpressbet contest credits that can be used as buy-in for either the $1,500
Xpressbet Florida Derby Challenge (March 30, 2024) or the $1,500 Xpressbet Santa Anita Derby
Challenge (April 6, 2024). Entries are valued at $1,500 each and must be played online at
Xpressbet.
- SWEEP THE HOST: Top the host’s earnings in all 8 weeks to win or share in a $6,500 Sweep the Host bonus.
TOURNAMENT DATES
- Beat the Host takes place every Saturday in January and February.
- Tournament & Host Schedule:
- Saturday, January 6, 2024 - Pete Aiello
- Saturday, January 13, 2024 - Millie Ball
- Saturday, January 20, 2024 - Tom Quigley
- Saturday, January 27, 2024 - Jeff Siegel
- Saturday, February 3, 2024 - Brian Nadeau
- Saturday, February 10, 2024 - Frank Mirahmadi
- Saturday, February 17, 2024 - Jeremy Plonk
- Saturday, February 24, 2024 - Eddie Olczyk
- The Beat the Host Championship Round takes place Saturday, March 9, 2024.
REGISTRATION
- Registration is FREE and begins Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
- One (1) free registration per account holder only.
- Register once to play all eight weeks, or join at any time before the Championship Round.
- Beat the Host at least once to qualify for the Beat the Host Championship Round
- Beat the Host competition is open only to Xpressbet account holders in good standing.
HOW TO PLAY
- Place a ‘live’ $5 Win bet on one horse in each of ten (10) contest races ($50 total wagered) each Saturday during the promo period.
- Last five (5) live races at Gulfstream Park
- First five (5) live races at Santa Anita Park
- BACK FOR 2024: The Host’s pick for each race will not be revealed until the race begins.
- Your goal is to exceed the Host’s total mutuel payouts for his/her $5 Win bets. Beat the Host at least once to qualify for the Beat the Host Championship Round on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
- Beat the Host Qualifying Rounds begin Saturday, January 6, 2024 and are held every subsequent Saturday in January and February.
- Beat the Host Championship Round is held on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
- Contest wagers must be submitted via the Contest Wager Pad or the Mobile Contest Wager Pad only. No phone wagers.
- Player wagering accounts will be credited with winnings for all competition wagers and debited for all losing wagers.
- Mutuel payoffs are capped at 20-1 ($105) for contest scoring purposes.
- Scratched horses count as zero in the competition. If a player has submitted a Contest Wager on a scratched horse, he or she may submit a second single $5 Win wager on another horse in the race after the scratch has been processed by the tote.
WEEKLY PRIZES
- Players can win multiple weekly prizes.
- Any player that Beats the Host once automatically qualifies for the Beat the Host Championship Round
- Weekly Prizes are awarded to the top three finishers based on total mutuel payoffs:
- 1st - $1,000
- 2nd - $750
- 3rd - $250
SWEEP THE HOST BONUS
- $6,500 Sweep the Host Bonus is awarded to any single player who exceeds the host’s cumulative mutuel total in all eight weeks of the Qualifying Round.
- If more than one person Sweeps the Host, the $6,500 is divided evenly between tied players.
- If no player Sweeps the Host, a $4,000 consolation prize will be awarded to the player(s) that are the last to lose to the Host in weekly competition. The $4,000 consolation prize is divided evenly between tied players.
CUMULATIVE SEASON PRIZES
- Players who cumulatively earn the most money throughout the eight (8) Qualifying Rounds of the 2024
Beat the Host competition will have their choice of the following:
- Two (2) entries into the 2025 Pegasus World Cup Betting Championship (PWCBC). Entries are
valued at $6,000 each and must be played online at Xpressbet.
- Three (3) entries into the 2024 1/ST Ultimate Betting Challenge (held March 2, 2024). Entries are
valued at 6,000 each and must be played online at Xpressbet.
TIES FOR PRIZES
- All weekly competition ties between player and host go to the host.
- Prize for tied position and prize for next lowest position will be combined and the total will be divided evenly among all tied players.
TIES FOR SEATS
- First Tie-breaker--The player with the single highest winning mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others.
- If a tie still remains, the player with the second-highest single mutuel payoff of all tied players will be ranked above the others.
- This process will continue until the tie is broken.
FINAL TIE BREAKER
- If two (2) or more players remain tied after the first tie-breaker procedure has been exhausted, the final tie breaker will go to the player who chronologically is first to register for the Beat the Host tournament.