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OFFICIAL LEAGUE RULES AND OVERVIEW
MEGA-MAX LEAGUES
All Mega-Max Leagues are played on Merit Tournamaxx video trivia game machines.
Effective June 1, 2010 and beyond
1. How to play. To participate in
Mega-Max leagues, simply log-in/register as explained on the Merit Video Game
machine at your favorite participating location. You must register your
actual full and complete name as found on your driver’s license or legal photo
identification. For current league game selection information, check the game
machine or click "league info" above then "schedule" to see ads for the games
that are available for league competition. All Merit Industries Tournamaxx
rules as found on the official Merit Tournamaxx site - concurrently apply to all
Mega-Max League play rules as provided herein.
 Click to enter official Merit Tournamaxx Website
2. How you are ranked. To
establish your league average/ranking and for prize winning eligibility, each
player must play a league game at least five times during the league session
(each month). During each month-long league session, players compete - to test
their skills against all other league players who choose to join the league from
approximately 200 participating locations. Players may compete as often as
they like during each monthly league session but they must compete at least five
times to acquire an average for ranking. Each player's average of their
best five scores are recorded for their position in the league's ranking.
All league competition is conducted on Merit video trivia machines and all games
used in league are laboratory tested and proven games of skill. Players
are required to compete at least five times - to enhance the "skill" factor of
the league competition. This five time play requirement - eliminates the
chance of one fluke game unfairly catapulting a player in the league standings.
Again, each player's score in the league is based upon their best five
individual game scores. Player's may continue to compete during the league
as many times as they like; in order to achieve a higher "best five game average
score". Once a player competes in the league five times - their
score can not go down. A lower score will not affect a player’s average
- because the system continues to track only their best five scores.
After the initial five efforts, their score can only improve. When a
player achieves a better score than one of their previous best five scores -
their average improves.
3. What does it cost? All Mega-Max
machines are priced to give 6 credits for $1. Each Mega-Maxx league play
cost 4 credits per game.
4. Some restrictions. Players may
not compete under multiple
names.
5.
How prizes are awarded?
All prizes are awarded by Mega-Max Leagues. Location level league
prizes are distributed by shipment to the local machine owner/operator.
The local machine owner/operator will deliver the prizes to the location where
the player - played the most.
Machines that do not connect to the
Merit Industries main server for prolonged periods will void all play. If
your machine has not recently connected, alert the location owner / management
immediately and ask them to contact the machine owner/operator.
Players may check this site, a few
days after each league session ends; www.momegamaxx.com, then click on "league
results" to find their position in the official and final league standings.
Checks will be delivered to your "Home Location" as soon as possible following
all drawings - assuming W-9s have been properly provided where necessary.
5a. Please
allow two to three weeks
for prize delivery to your home location.
Statistics can be delayed or lost. IMPORTANT: It will normally take
forty eight hours after a league ends for all machines to connect. The
official league-ranking/winner posting - cannot be done until all machines have
communicated at least twice. Communications with Merit's server is
conducted at night. Two days are needed - to allow all machines to share
final data with the server and to receive the computed results back from the
server as other machines make contact as well. Sometimes there
are malfunctions caused by equipment failures or extreme weather. There
are multiple machine owner/operators involved and occasionally an owner/operator
may accidentally move a machine before all data has been sent, or other
mechanical/technical issues may impede data transfer to and from all machines
and Merit's server. None of these factors are controlled by the Mega-Max
League officials. Due to these types of facts, after each league ends and
then another 48 hours passes, the winners are then posted on this site.
Once posted, all standings are then final - we cannot make changes. We
will always wait at least 48 hours to allow all machines to connect, but if they
do not actually do that - we are unable to know. Players and Location
Owners can help by checking the machine's last connection information on the
machine. The "last connection time and date" are posted on the Tournamaxx
page/screen on the machine. Help us to ensure all data was transferred -
following a league ending date by looking for yourself and notifying the
location management about any lack of connection. Often times, the machine
can be turned off and then back on - it will reboot and make a connection.
Prolonged machine connection failures void all uncollected data/play. It is
extremely important for players and location owners to help on this issue!
5b.
Lost or misplaced prize checks will be
reprinted once the Mega-Max Officials are notified less a $20.00 check
cancellation fee.
Prizes under $20 are not replaceable
due to prohibitive cancellation cost. To inquire about a prize check
ALERT your location owner to contact the machine owner/operator.
5c. Mega-Max League officials; reserve the right to
substitute any advertised prize with an item which is similar in nature and or
cost. Again, should an occurrence arise where a specific brand or type of
prize has been advertised by Mega-Max leagues, which then becomes discontinued
or otherwise becomes unavailable, it will be replaced by something of similar
value.
League players who earn any combination of prizes during
a calendar year totaling in excess of $599.00 must mail a properly completed and
signed W-9 tax form to the Mega-Max League officials at
P.O. Box 40 Sullivan,
Mo. 63080.
The completed W-9 must be received within seven (7) days of league winner
postings, it is the responsibility of all players to know if they have earned in
excess of $599.00 year to date and proactively supply a properly completed W-9
to the league office. The W-9 must be received as an original (no fax or
copies) by officials no later than ten days after posting of winners, or the
prize may become forfeited. Any player who has provided a completed W-9
during an earlier league in any calendar year is not required to duplicate the
process until the next calendar year.
Participation in league and or acceptance of any league
prize indicates acceptance of all league rules.
click
here to link to a printable w-9 form
Note: the U.S. Internal Revenue Service
mandates that any individual who annually receives $600 or more in prizes must
be provided a 1099 at the end of the calendar year. In order to do that,
we must have a properly completed W-9 for each such player on file. It is
the player's responsibility to determine if he/she owes income tax or not.
Players are advised to discuss the matter with their tax advisor when filing
their annual tax return.
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