Tipster Competition Rules
TIPSTER COMPETITION RULES
Bettingexpert is all about playing fair. Please respect the following Competition Rules (the “Rules”), respect other Tipsters and play fair. Tipsters who do not follow the Rules could be sanctioned at the discretion of the bettingexpert community administrators, in accordance with the Breach Of Rules section below. Rules updated: 20/03/2024.
The Organizer of the Competition
Better Collective A/S with the registered office in Sankt Annæ Plads 28, 1250 Copenhagen K, Denmark, CVR 27652913 (the “Organizer”, “we”, “us”, “our”), the owner of the bettingexpert.com website (the “Website”) is the organizer of the Online Tipster Competition (the “Competition”).
Eligibility
To participate in the Competition organized by the Website, the participant (the “Tipster”, “you”, “your”) must be over 18 years old.
The language that Tipster uses to post tips needs to be in accordance with the version of the site he is on.
Therefore Tipsters must post tips:
- In English if using the English version of the Website
- In Spanish if using the Spanish version of the Website
- In French if using the French version of the Website
- In Serbian if using the Serbian version of the Website
Tips posted differently from described, or in any language that is not listed here, will be considered invalid.
The Competition is open worldwide, however, there are restrictions in place in Excluded Countries (as defined below). Tipsters who permanently reside in an Excluded Country are permitted to participate in the Competition but are not eligible to receive the cash prize due to legal restrictions currently in force.
Countries which may be excluded include, but are not limited to: Italy, Venezuela, Tunisia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Congo, Ukraine, Zimbabwe, Mali, Lebanon, Turkey, Haiti, South Sudan, Iran, Belarus, Quebec, Canada, Brazil, Hong Kong, Kosovo, Iceland, Russia and USA (each an “Excluded Country” and collectively the “Excluded Countries”). The Organizer may add or remove countries and territories from the list of Excluded Countries from time to time at its sole discretion, in order to comply with applicable laws, regulations, regulatory requirements, guidelines and industry codes of practice. However, it is Tipster’s responsibility to keep himself informed on the laws and regulations applicable to him, depending on his country of residence.
In case a resident of any of the Excluded Countries decides to participate and wins the prize, the Organizer will, within the limits of its capabilities, and at its sole discretion, take actions to try to provide him/her with an adequate and fair alternative as permitted by applicable law and regulation, depending on the country of residence of the particular winner.
By taking part in the Competition, Tipsters agree to the Competition Rules and the Privacy Policy, both posted on the Website.
Employees and freelancers hired by the Organizer or any of its subsidiaries, directly or through intermediary companies, are not allowed to participate in the Competition.
How to participate
To post tips you must first register with the Website.
Only one Tipster account is allowed per household.
Post tips as explained in the Technical rules.
Tipsters must have a positive monthly profit at the end of the month to be eligible for any prizes.
Participating in the Competition is free of charge.
And that’s not all. All tips posted across all languages and across all the active Competitions on the Website are automatically eligible and ranked for the global monthly Tipster of the Month competition and annual World Tipster championship leaderboard and considered for a monthly and yearly Competition prize pool. The annual World Tipster competition will reward the top Tipsters over a 12-month period and crown the winner as the World Tipster Champion.
Technical rules:
- All tips posted on the Website must be original content and exclusive to the Website.
- Analyses accompanying tips must be unique and demonstrate enough value and insight to support that particular tip and be well articulated.
- Tip analysis should contain a minimum of 50 words and must be relevant to that specific match. All analyses should contain enough information about a particular match to help readers make well-informed decisions about whether to follow the tip or not. Tipsters can include factors such as form, head-to-head stats, injuries, fixture congestion, or anything else that might support why the tip is a good value for the odds on offer. The main objective of the tips section is not only to provide our users with great tips but also detailed and specific information about sporting events. Tipsters must have a specified number of tips for each competition they want to participate in and a positive profit to become eligible to compete for a prize. The table below explains the minimum number of tips needed per type of Competition:
| Competition | Minimum Tips per Competition |
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8 tips |
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15 tips |
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4 tips |
- The maximum combined stake allowed on any event is 10 units.
- The permitted units staked depend on the odds of a given tip. The table below explains which stakes are allowed across particular odds ranges:
| Odds < 2.5 | max. stake of 10 units |
| 2.5 ≤ Odds < 2.75 | max. stake of 9 units |
| 2.75 ≤ Odds < 3 | max. stake of 8 units |
| 3 ≤ Odds < 4 | max. stake of 7 units |
| 4 ≤ Odds < 5 | max. stake of 6 units |
| 5 ≤ Odds < 6 | max. stake of 5 unit |
| 6 ≤ Odds < 8 | max. stake of 4 units |
| 8 ≤ Odds < 10 | max. stake of 3 units |
| 10 ≤ Odds < 20 | max. stake of 2 units |
| 20 ≤ Odds < 50 | max. stake of 1 units |
| 50 ≤ Odds < 100 | max. stake of 0.5 units |
| 100 ≤ Odds | max. stake of 0.25 units |
- Once a tip is posted it cannot be modified.
- In the event of disputes over tips, the tip description is final. Always make sure your tip description correctly explains your tip.
- When the settlements of tips are disputed, the final decision is based on how the bookmaker in question has settled the bet recommended in the tip. i.e. if the bet is voided by the bookmaker then the tip on the Website is also voided.
- Tips must be posted at least thirty (30) minutes before the event is scheduled to start.
- Only one tip is allowed per market on an event.
- If a match is postponed, the bookmaker’s decision will determine the result. I.e. if your tip was voided by the bookmaker then your bettingexpert tip will also be voided in the same manner. You should always research how bets are voided because this can change depending on the bookmaker. For example, some bookmakers do not void bets when a tennis player retires from a match whereas others do.
- Tips for matches played during a current weekly competition won’t count if they were scheduled and postponed in some of the previous rounds.
Determining the Winner
Your ranking on the leaderboard depends on the number of points you collect during the Competition cycle. The points are rewarded in the following way:
- When you make a tip, you select a stake. (1 – 10)
- If the tip is a winner, the returns are calculated. (stake multiplied by odds – e.g. 10 stake at odds of 6 = 60 returns)
- If the tip is a loser the stake becomes a negative to your total (e.g.10 stake for a loser = -10)
- As the Competition cycle progresses all tips (positive and negative) are added together for a running total (e.g. -10 -10 + 35 + 40 -10 = 45)
- At the end of the Competition cycle, the final leaderboard shows the final standings and who is awarded prizes. Tipsters will be ranked from highest to lowest on the leaderboard based on the number of points they have accrued by posting winning tips.
- In the unlikely event that two or more Tipsters finish the Competition with the same number of points, their prizes will be combined and split evenly between them. For example, if two Tipsters take up 2nd (€100) and 3rd (€50) place on the leaderboard, they will each receive an equal share of the combined 2nd and 3rd place prizes (€75 each).
Prizes
Prizes will be allocated according to the prize pool and your position in the leaderboard of the Competition you are participating in. Depending on the Competition, there will be weekly, monthly and yearly prizes for you.
The precise prize pool, your current rankings and the value of the prizes for best-ranked Tipsters can be checked on the leaderboard for each active Competition. If the competition is not active we won’t display it on the active competitions page.
| Frequency | Competitions Leaderboard |
| Yearly | Tipster of the year |
| Monthly | Tipster of the month |
| Weekly | |
| Per Sporting Event |
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All payments on our Website need to be well-controlled. We need to make sure that we are giving prizes to the right users. Therefore, if you are among the prize winners, we will send you a link to the prize winner registration form (the “Form”) where you can enter your payment details. We will ask you for the following details:
- Name
- Address (street name, city, zip code, country)
- Your username on the Website
- E-mail address
- Skrill Email account
- Identity Card (Copy of Passport, Driving License with a visible date of birth)
Tipsters are required to upload valid documents (ID, Copy of Passport, or Driving License) with a visible date of birth.
We have strict deadlines concerning our payment process. Between the 5th and 10th of each month, the winners will be contacted via email by our website administrators. The email will contain a link to the Form that needs to be filled out with your data before the 12th day of that same month (23.59 CET). All payments are processed within five (5) business days from the deadline to provide your data. If you fail to submit your data by the deadline, please contact us so that we can arrange payment in the next month’s payment cycle.
If you submit your data more than one month after receiving the email with the Form, your prize will be forfeited.
Payments are made via Skrill. Please check here if Skrill provides services to your country. If you don’t have a Skrill account, you can open one now here, it’s FREE!
In case Skrill service is not available in your country (e.g Venezuela), you must contact us directly through the Form and send your PayPal address, as it is the only alternative payment option (you will still have to fill in the Form but leave the Skrill address field empty).
The prize money may be taxable depending on the applicable laws in your country of residence. It is your own responsibility to report the winning amount to the tax authorities in your own country if you are required to do so. If there is an obligation on the part of the Organizer, it will be taken care of before the relevant Tax authorities in accordance with applicable laws.
Personal data
The Organizer is a data controller which will process the personal data of the Tipsters in accordance with the Privacy Policy.
By participating in the Competition, the Tipsters declare that they agree with the processing of the following personal data: first name, surname, Tipster’s username at Website and email address.
We may publish the username of the winner on our Website in order to contribute to the transparency of the Competition and to comply with the advertising-related legislation and recommendations. You may object to publishing this information here.
If you win the prize we might ask you for a copy of your ID card, phone number, domicile and your financial information. Processing this data is necessary for the validation of your information, the transmission/delivery of prizes, payment of the relevant taxes and ensuring that you have satisfied legislative requirements regarding the threshold age for gambling and participating in the Competition.
Please review our Privacy Policy in order to get acquainted with more details about processing your personal data, with whom we share the personal data, and with your rights and our obligations under the data protection rules.
Breach of Rules
All content and comments posted on the Website must contain polite language. Please respect your fellow Tipsters and refrain from using abusive, racist, sexist, homophobic language or any other forms of discrimination. We also ask Tipsters to avoid using any intentionally provocative content e.g. extreme political views. We reserve the right to remove tips if they contain any of the above-mentioned. Website is for everyone regardless of who they are, where they come from or what they believe in. However, we are only in charge of what is posted on the Website and the Website administrators cannot be held responsible or expected to intervene in case of any discriminatory or shameful behaviour towards fellow Tipsters on third-party platforms and websites, including social media.
Any attempt to exploit the Website system is forbidden and will result in sanctions.
Copying other people’s work and posting it on the Website under your name, intentionally exploiting bugs or trying, in any other way, to gain an unfair advantage over other Tipsters is not acceptable. Tips are checked and those caught cheating or bending the rules will be sanctioned. Conversely, honesty and respect for the integrity of the Website are praised and often rewarded.
When Website administrators correct mistakes in tips that breach the rules listed above, they will void any tips that would have resulted in a profit for the Tipster. However, any incorrect tips that lead to a loss to the Tipster will be allowed to stay as they would have resulted from the Tipster’s own lack of compliance with the rules.
The Organizer reserves the right to reward or sanction Tipsters where they see fit. Explanations will always be given when Tipsters operate outside of the normal Competition rules.
Sanctions include voiding tips, warnings about conduct, Competition bans, temporary account bans and in certain circumstances permanent blocking. The extent of sanction is determined by the severity of the offence and if the Tipster is a repeat offender. Cases are judged on individual merit and decisions made by the Organizer are final and should be respected.
Sanctions will be imposed gradually if a Tipster breaches the Rules. The Tipster will receive a warning for their behaviour. If it’s the first warning, the Tipster will be reminded of the Rules and informed of the specific breach. Repeated breaches may result in a competition ban and/or account suspension. If the Tipster receives a second warning of the same type, their account will be suspended. If receive a second warning of a different type, the Tipster will be banned from the competition. Three warnings of any type will result in the account being suspended.
Behaviors that are not allowed and may result in a Tipster being sanctioned include, but are not limited to:
- If your tip analysis is irrelevant, for example, using meaningless dots or other characters instead of providing a fact-supported, substantive analysis made up of words, your tip will be marked as lost.
- Cheating in any form, including odds abuse, will result in your tips being voided.
- Using multiple accounts is not allowed.
- Using translation software is not allowed.
Any other issues or doubts which have no clear guidelines in the above terms and conditions will be dealt with at the discretion of the Website administration.
LICENSE OF USE
By using the Website you grant us an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license (including the right to sub-license) to use, copy, edit, modify, publish, transmit, re-format and share your betting tips and other content you provide on the Website and any other media operated by the Organizer, and to allow any third party to do the same. To ensure you receive full credit for your tips, your username and avatar will be shared along with your tips. If you wish to update them to enhance your anonymity (or boost your profile!) you can do so on your profile page.
Likewise, you are free to use all the content on the Website free of charge. Similarly, feel free to republish or share any of our content on other websites or across social media. All we ask is that you please link back to the original source. We want our content to reach as many people as possible so redistribute, republish and share to your heart’s content – just always remember to link us. Open web FTW!
Request for clarification/Complaints
We hope all Tipsters find these conditions fair and suitable. If you are still in doubt about anything, check out our FAQ which should be able to provide more information on common issues. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Any issues or doubts which have no clear guidelines in the Competition Rules will be dealt with at the discretion of the Website administration.
These Competition Rules are governed by Danish law, except where mandatory local law in your country of residence overrides. Any disputes arising out of or in connection with these Competition Rules shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts in Denmark.
Endnotes
We reserve the right to make changes to the rules of the Competition at our sole discretion and will notify users of any significant changes by making a post on the Website.
