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    Have you guys who play at Yahoo received an invitation for this Champion of Champions thing yet? I thought it was supposed to happen yesterday? Or how can I participate?

    I just hope it's not because the system recognizes that I'm not from the US... (as it's supposed to be open only for US residents)

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    I'm in the US and nothing yet for me.
    I'm pretty certain that Yahoo! will just mass send out invites and mention that it's only available to those in the US.

    But "hockey" is their first sport to allow entry into this event... which is pretty strange, so I expect some hiccups with this as their initial Champions Contest.
    They'll probably even do something quirky where the money is only available through their DAILY FANTASY funds and you have to enter a certain number of contests to get it out.
    I also read that any winnings over $600 (the gambling minimum) must be recorded via tax forms - which sucks because the winner will pay their base tax rate applicable on that extra INCOME.

    For me, I wouldn't mind slipping in a $500 or $100 placing.
    I think places 4th-10th in the SILVER win $50...

    The contests go on Day 1, Day 4, Day 8 of playoffs which should include:
    Day 1: Wed Apr 13 (?): DET@TB, NYR@PIT, CHI@STL
    Day 4: Sat Apr 16 (?): NYR@PIT, PHI@WAS, MIN@DAL, SJ@LA
    Day 8: Wed Apr 20 (?): WAS@PHI, FLA@NYI, DAL@MIN, LA@SJ


    Champion of Champions
    Grand prize: $40,000
    2nd place: $2,000
    3rd place: $1,000
    4th - 100th place: $100

    Silver Cup Contest
    Silver Cup
    Grand prize: $5,000
    2nd place: $1,000
    3rd place: $500
    4th - 100th place: $50

    Bronze Cup Contest
    Bronze Cup
    Grand prize: $1,000
    2nd place: $500
    3rd place: $125
    4th - 100th place: $25

    Plastic Cup Contest
    Plastic Cup
    Grand prize: $100
    2nd place: $50
    3rd place: $25
    4th - 100th place: $10

    TALKING OUT LOUD...
    Just for the GOLD Champion of Champions contest... I'm thinking these numbers are in play:
    ~10,000 yahoo fantasy hockey leagues.
    ~8,000 different winners
    ~50% (4,000) US Citizens.

    So a 1:4000 shot at $40,000 grand prize is a pretty good contest.
    Wish I had a 1st place win... ho-hum.

    Silver contest for this guy.


    At the end of "complete rules" it says that the winner list will be posted here:
    http://winlists.eprize.com/236780.pdf

    Hopefully... one of us will make that list.

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    Hockey is not Yahoo's first sport to do this ... They did it for football this past season. However it was only available for league champions to participate.

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    I am in Canada too and I won, I assume its only guys in the usa that can go in it
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    Quote Originally Posted by NikW71 View Post
    Hockey is not Yahoo's first sport to do this ... They did it for football this past season. However it was only available for league champions to participate.
    Good to hear... well, here's hoping it goes a bit smooth then.

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    Interested in this as well but no invitation yet :/

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    I don't even want to join for the money, but just for fun. I'll see what happens, maybe I'll have to use a VPN or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Irriducibile11 View Post
    I don't even want to join for the money, but just for fun. I'll see what happens, maybe I'll have to use a VPN or something.
    How will you get the $$ out when they ask for ID???

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    I got my invitation but unfortunately, it's stated pretty clearly that it's only open to residents of the 50 US states....
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    Is Ontario one of the 50 states?


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    Shame.....Shame....Shame

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    Well, I'm glad I came here and saw that it isn't open to Canadian residents. I was pretty disappointed that I wouldn't be able to compete after finishing first in one of my leagues. I'm heading down South on Thursday and don't plan to spend any time on my phone/computer. Seems like a lot of fun though. Good luck guys, hope the prize $$ goes to a fellow Dobberite
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    I understand that it has to do with tax etc but why have a competition where it's likely a significant number of entrants are not eligible?

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