One event that never takes a breather is the NHC. Just five days after Scott Coles was crowned champion of the 20th edition, HorsePlayers was offering seats to the 21st renewal during a holiday weekend that had a robust 22 featured events (and, yes, a total of five 2020 NHC seats up for grabs).
It’s been a full week—that’s half a fortnight—since the last NHC qualifier. So we’re calling a halt to this procrastination baloney and scheduling the first online qualifier to the 2020 NHC at HorsePlayers this Friday.
I’m back from vacation now. If there was ever a vacation that one needs a vacation after, it’s a trip to the NHC.
It is the 50th anniversary of the New York Jets’ improbable Super Bowl victory over the Baltimore Colts. So what better time—on Super Bowl Sunday, no less—to have a Cinderella performance on the last day of online qualifying to the upcoming NHC?
NHC fever abounds, and that’s understandable given that the 20th edition of the event is just a week away. But that shouldn’t serve to obscure the return to HorsePlayers of qualifiers to the Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge (BCBC).
Transaction Fee:
Payment processors charge significant fees to merchants to process transactions. We are charged a flat amount per deposit, plus a percentage of the amount that you deposit.
In order to maintain our low takeout rates, HorseTourneys must re-coup a small portion of these merchant fees. At this time, a 75 cent Transaction Fee is added to debit card, credit card and PayPal deposits.
How to Avoid this Fee: There are no transaction fees for ACH (bank transfer) deposits. Frequent depositors that prefer to use debit, credit or PayPal may also consolidate deposits into larger amounts to reduce the total number of deposits.
Low Deposit Fee:
A Low Deposit Fee of 50 cents is added to player deposits when the amount of the deposit is less than $20.00 (U.S.). We incur deposit fees on all player deposits, including both a flat fee per transaction as well as an overall percentage of the amount players deposit. These fees are among our highest operating expenses.
When players deposit very low amounts (less than $20), the percentage of fees we pay on those amounts is proportionally too high, causing HorseTourneys to lose money on that play in many circumstances.
How to Avoid this Fee: By making deposits of at least $20.00 (U.S.), this fee is avoided.
State Fee:
In order for HorseTourneys to maintain legal compliance, some states require source market fees. This fee is typically a percentage paid back to the source market of the activity (typically, the racing associations and/or racing commissions of your local market), and is due on all entry fees played at HorseTourneys.
As a result, a state fee (a small, percentage-based fee that varies on a state-by-state basis depending on the source-market-fee percentage we are charged by a given state) must be added to the entry fees purchased by residents of those states. Unfortunately, state fees are obligatory and cannot be avoided if you reside in a state that requires such source-market fees.
Re-Deposit Fees:
Re-Deposits are defined as deposits made by players of a same of lesser amount of a withdrawal made within the previous 24 hours. Players are allowed up to five (5) instances of Re-Deposits within a 30-day rolling period. Any Re-Deposits above this amount will be incur a 5 percent fee to cover transaction fees associated with those deposits.
How to Avoid this Fee: Players can avoid this fee by simply not making a deposit equal to or less than a previous withdrawal within 24 hours. Entry fees that are intended to be played within the next 24 hours should be played from an existing account balance.
If you have yet to qualify for the NHC, or would like to earn a second seat, and would prefer to do so from the comfort of your own home, then get tied on at HorseTourneys and HorsePlayers this weekend where your last six online opportunities exist. There are two NHC “play-ins” on Saturday, three on Sunday, and one on Friday, which marks the beginning of our 22-featured-tourneys weekend.
It was an $18,174 windfall for Robert Shoemaker II, winner of Saturday’s $40,000 Guaranteed tourney. That was just one of 22 featured weekend events—many of which involved late-game tension.
We’re always pleased when we have something new to add to a given week’s lineup. By that yardstick, we are positively brimming with delight heading into the upcoming Pegasus weekend.
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