Competition Rules
Enter for Free
Entry to the competition is easy. All you have to do is think of a login name and a valid email address.
If you lose your password, you can generate a new one. Or ask the simon@smart-cow.com.
Who can enter
Any business owner or staff member of a UK-based small business can enter. You must be 18 or over.
Predicting the matches
Predict the end score of all the matches in 2024 Euros. You have until 15 minutes before the start of a match to add or change your prediction.
Smart Cow Server time is used. No discussion about that, so be on time if you want to fill in your scores.
As you may have noticed the matches in the next stages are not yet filled at the beginning of the tournament. Once the teams are through to the next round, I will add them. These games can also be changed until 15 minutes before the game starts. Or, if you’re feeling lucky, you can predict them now.
The bonus questions
You can earn extra points during the tournament with the bonus questions. These questions must be answered before a given date and time. Each questions shows the points you can earn.
The scoring
In the group phase the scores at the end of the game are used for the calculation of the scores. For final rounds the score at the end of the game including extra time is used. Goals in a penalty shoot-out are not taken into consideration.
You get points for predicting the correct winner of the match or prediction of a draw. We call this the toto score. In case you also predict the exact amount of goals scored, you get extra points. We call this the full score. If you got the goals correct you get the extra goal bonus, even if you didn’t get the match result correct (e.g. match ends in 1-1 and you predicted 0-1 you will still get 1 points). The last scoring options is the goal difference bonus: if you predict the correct winner, not the exact score, but you predicted the correct difference in goals, you get the goal difference bonus (e.g. you predicted 3-1 or 4-2 and result is 2-0).
| points | |
|---|---|
| toto score | 2 |
| full score | 5 |
| goal bonus | 1 |
| goal difference bonus | 1 |
| bonus question | may be different for every question |
If you want to view the ranking, then go to the ranking page .
The multiplier
Each player has THREE multipliers. If you enable a multiplier on a match, the score for that match is multiplied by 2. You may enable the multiplier on every match and can change your mind and move the multiplier as long this match is still changeable. The multiplier is activated after the prediction for the match is locked. Once activated the multiplier cannot be moved anymore.
Same ranking?
When multiple players have the exact same amount of points, then the following sorting rules are applied on the ranking (most important one at the top):
- amount of full scores;
- amount of toto scores;
- amount of correct bonus questions.
Privacy
Entry to the competition is free, all entries will be included in marketing for Smart Cow Marketing and you can opt out at any time. No data will be shared with 3rd parties for marketing purposes.