CharityMania Official Tiebreaker Rules

Use the following links to view the official Tiebreaker Rules for each CharityMania fundraiser. Please note, every organization that conducts a CharityMania fundraiser reserves the right to modify the Tiebreaker Rules for their specific fundraiser. Contact the organization that provided you with the ticket if you have any questions.

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FootballMania Tiebreaker – Total Yards Gained A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of points scored by the 3 teams on the ticket that week. If two or more tickets have the same score, then the ‘total yards gained’ (sometimes listed as ‘total net yards’) by the teams on the ticket is used as a tiebreaker to determine the winner. The more total yards gained by the teams on the ticket, the higher the ticket’s value. Please note that higher tiebreaker values are better for the ‘High Score Winners’ and lower tiebreaker values are better for the ‘Low Score Winners’. A tiebreaker example Let’s say that a ticket has San Diego, Denver, and Seattle. Those 3 teams score a total of 95 points and gain a total of 1204 yards of offense. Another ticket has Green Bay, Chicago, and Tampa Bay. Those teams also score a total of 95 points but only gain a total of 1155 yards of offense. Both tickets have the same point total but the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for highest scoring ticket because its teams gained more total yards.

HoopsMania Tiebreaker – Total Rebounds A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of points scored by the teams on the ticket. If two or more tickets have the same score, then the ‘total rebounds’ by the teams on the ticket is used as a tiebreaker to determine the winner. The more rebounds the teams get, the higher the ticket’s value (which is better for the ‘High Score Winners’). The fewer the rebounds, the lower the ticket’s value (which is better for the ‘Low Score Winners’). A tiebreaker example Let’s say that one ticket’s teams score a combined total of 400 points and pull down 200 rebounds. Another ticket has different teams that score the same number of points (400) but only pull down 180 rebounds. Both tickets have the same point total but the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for highest scoring ticket because its teams had more rebounds.

BaseballMania Tiebreaker – Total Hits A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of runs scored by the 3 teams on the ticket that week. If two or more tickets have the same number of runs scored, then the number of hits by the teams on the ticket is used as a tiebreaker to determine the winner. The more hits by the teams, the higher the ticket’s value. Please note that higher tiebreaker values are better for the ‘High Score Winners’ and lower tiebreaker values are better for the ‘Low Score Winners’. A tiebreaker example Let’s say that a ticket has New York, Chicago, and Boston. Those 3 teams scored a combined total of 50 runs and had 146 total hits. Another ticket has Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle. Those teams also scored a combined total of 50 runs, but only had 135 total hits. Both tickets have the same runs scored but the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for highest scoring ticket because its teams had more total hits.

RacingMania Tiebreaker – Average Pole Position A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of points scored by the 3 teams or drivers on the ticket that week. If two or more tickets have the same score, then the average pole position of the 3 drivers is used as a tiebreaker to determine the winner (we add up the pole position numbers for the three drivers and divide by 3). The better the average pole position, the higher the ticket’s value. Please note that the better pole position values are better for the ‘High Score Winners’ and worse pole position values are better for the ‘Low Score Winners’. A tiebreaker example Let’s say that a ticket has the drivers Gordon, Biffle, and Busch. Those 3 drives score a total of 515 points and have an average pole position of 5.7. Another ticket has the drivers Mears, Martin, and Stewart. Those drivers also score a total of 515 points but only have an average pole position of 7.3. Both tickets have the same point total but the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for highest scoring ticket because its drivers had the better average pole position.

GolfMania Tiebreaker – Weighted Score A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of combined strokes by the 5 golfers on the ticket in a contest (i.e. one of the majors written on the GolfMania ticket). In the event two tickets have the same total score in a contest, then the GolfMania “Weighted Score” is used as a tiebreaker. To determine the tiebreaker Weighted Score, take your golfers’ scores in round one and multiply them by 1; take the scores in round two and multiply them by 2; take the scores in round three and multiply by 4; and take the scores in round four and multiply them by 8. Add up all these Weighted Scores to get the tiebreaker total Weighted Score. Please note that lower Weighted Scores are better for the ‘Best Score Winners’ and higher Weighted Scores are better for the better for the ‘Worst Score Winners’. A tiebreaker example Let’s say that in the US Open a ticket has Woods, Els, Striker, Cink, and Goosen and they have the following combined scores by round: 355, 353, 346, 349… for a total combined score of 1403. In the same contest another ticket has Mickelson, Harrington, Garcia, Ogilvy, and Furyk and they have the following combined scores by round: 351, 349, 355, 348… for a total combined score of 1403. Both these tickets have the same combined scores so we need to use the Weighted Scores as a tiebreaker: The first ticket’s Weighted Score is equal to (355 x 1) + (353 x 2) + (346 x 4) + (349 x 8) for a total Weighted Score of 5237. The second ticket’s Weighted Score is equal to (351 x 1) + (349 x 2) + (355 x 4) + (348 x 8) for a total Weighted Score of 5253. Based on these values the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for best scoring ticket because it has a better Weighted Score.

HockeyMania Tiebreaker – Total Shots on Goal A ticket’s score (or value) is equal to the total number of goals scored by the 3 teams on the ticket that week. If two or more tickets have the same number of goals scored, then the number of shots on goal by the teams on the ticket is used as a tiebreaker to determine the winner. The more shots on goal by the teams, the higher the ticket’s value. Please note that higher tiebreaker values are better for the ‘High Score Winners’ and lower tiebreaker values are better for the ‘Low Score Winners’. A tiebreaker example Let’s say that a ticket has Edmonton, Chicago, and San Jose. Those 3 teams scored a combined total of 23 goals and had 62 total shots on goal. Another ticket has Los Angeles, Calgary, and New York. Those teams also scored a combined total of 23 goals, but only had 57 total shots on goal. Both tickets have the same goals scored but the first ticket would win the tiebreaker for highest scoring ticket because its teams had more total shots on goal.