***New Rule*** All Plays at UHC can be CHANGED up until starting time of each sport. The UHC is a contest and your plays are NOT locked in until the start of each game!

ALL UHC Wagers are based on amount RISKED, ie..lets use a bet based on 5 units...its as though you went up to the table in Las Vegas and wagered $500.

Yankees (-150) vs Orioles (+130)
Favorite Loses	= -5 units
Favorite Wins (5/1.50)	= +3.33 units
Dog Loses	= -5 units
Dog Wins (5x 1.30)	= +6.5 units

For UHC Major League Baseball, MLB sides and totals are combined into one contest. You have the option of selecting all totals, all sides, or you can mix them up accordingly.

For UHC Baseball, there will only be ONE (1) category, MOST UNITS EARNED.There will also be ONLY one (1) Grand Prize Winner who will receive $5,000

The standings can always be seen at www.ultimatehandicappingchallenge.com, the official website(s) of the UHC. The UHC site will post weekly as well as overall standings at our site as well as numerous  sites on the internet.

Each selection must be rated between one(1) and five(5) units. The units represent the strength of the selection and is used to determine the amount of points won or lost each week. PLEASE NOTE THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OFF SHORE AND LAS VEGAS WAGERING, ALL WAGERS ARE BASED ON RISK AMOUNT. YOU CAN RISK BETWEEN 1-5 UNITS ON ANY PARTICULAR PLAY. UNITS ARE COMPARABLE TO DOLLAR AMOUNTS.

A maximum of up to fifty (50) units can be played each week. This is the maximum but it is not required that your units add up to this amount.

A minimum of ten (10) units MUST be played each week (unless you pass). Those that enter less than 10 units for the week will automatically go down as a PASS regardless, but, ie, if you submit plays equalling less than 10 units for the week and WIN, those games WILL NOT count towards your score. If you submit plays equalling less than 10 units for the week and LOSE, those games WILL count towards your score. The objective here is to make sure that ALL services submit at least 10 units per week unless they go down as a "PASS".

Additional Major League Baseball Rules. Major League Baseball games are official after 5 innings of play, or 4.5 innings if the home team is leading. If a game is subsequently called or suspended, the winner is determined by the score after the last full inning unless the home team ties the score or takes the lead in the bottom half of the inning. Then the winner will be determined by the score at the time the game is called. 

When wagering on total runs, the game must go the regulation 9 innings, or 8.5 innings if the home team is leading, otherwise it will constitute a "No Action" play, and all selections will not count. Selections on total runs will be "NO ACTION" if a pitcher change occurs prior to both listed pitchers throwing at least one pitch

UHC Baseball plays are accepted as "Listed." In the event of a pitching change prior to the game, all plays on a team are considered "No Action". 
NOTE: Each team's starting pitcher is defined for betting purposes as the pitcher that throws the first pitch.

Any Game that is resumed the following day or any day thereafter as a continuation of a previously started game is "NO ACTION" and does not count.

Any selections on TOTAL RUNS Over/Under that tie (push) will not affect your score. Although such games do NOT count towards your score, they WILL in fact count towards your 10 units minimum per week and 50 units maximum per week, ie, if you submit 10 units for the entire week and some or all of those units are constituted as ties or pushes, you will NOT be able to replay those units. The units count towards your 10/50 minimum and maximum requirement. The same applies to those who have used up all 50 units, ie, if you submit 50 units and the week has not ended yet and some of those units were used towards a game that pushed on the total runs, you will NOT be able to re-use those particular units.

If for ANY reason your selection is constituted as a NO-PLAY ( rain out, pitcher change, etc), your selection(s) will obviously be void and you will be able to re-use those units again. Example: if you selected 30 units throughout the week and the week has not yet ended and 5 of those units were a No-Play due to a pitcher change, rain out, etc, you will be able to replay those particular units. Using this example, you will only have 25 units recorded with the option of selecting an additional 25 units by weeks end. (Please note: as indicated above, the only exception is a game that ties or pushes on the Total Runs Over/Under).

If the week has ended and you have submitted only 10 units (which is allowed), and one or all of those selections have become void due to being a No-Play for whatever reason (rain out, pitching change, totals o/u push, etc, etc), you will NOT go down as a pass. Do not be alarmed as the software program will pick this up. Although some of your units have become void, the units that were live plays will be calculated accordingly and you won't go down as a pass.

The official UHC Baseball week will run Monday through Sunday. Please select your plays wisely as you must stay within the guidelines of 10 units minimum per week and 50 units maximum per week. A suggestion if you play many games per week is not to use up all of your selections early in the week and to also give your plays a smaller rating per play.

Please note that once any UHC Challenge has started, you CANNOT withdraw from the contest. This is strictly to protect the integrity of the UHC. If you wish to drop out of the contest for whatever reason after it has already begun, you must pass for 4 weeks and eliminate yourself. Your record will also remain at the UHC site with the record that you have at the time of elimination.

You may PASS three (3) times (meaning weeks) during the entire MLB challenge... More than 3 passes for the regular season constitutes automatic elimination, NO EXCEPTIONS. THERE ARE NO PLAYOFFS FOR UHC MLB

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SELECTIONS ARE SUBJECT TO LISTED PITCHERS. IF THE PITCHER(S) THAT YOU SELECTED ARE SCRATCHED FOR ANY REASON, THAT PARTICULAR GAME BECOMES VOID (NO PLAY). AGAIN, FOR UHC PURPOSES, WE WILL USE LISTED PITCHERS, NOT ACTION.

The UHC Baseball Challenge ends at the conclusion of the regular season, whereafter the $5,000 prize will be given out . We do NOT carry the playoffs.

The Complimentary plays are Free plays to the public and DO count as selections. These are the ONLY games that are available to the public. All other selections are available ONLY to other contestants right after the games start.

Once the line is given out,  it NEVER CHANGES. Everyone gets the same lines.

Games that are not up after you log-in are officially off the board for UHC purposes.

ALL selections can be submitted right up until game time!

If any contestant is caught cheating or trying to abuse or take advantage of any glitch that may unfortunately arise in the uhc software for any reason, they will be disqualified immediately. No questions asked!

If for any reason you believe that your score is incorrect, please contact the UHC office at the end of that particular week. Scores will not be changed after a seven (7) day time frame. This applies to all contestants.

You must use the UHC Software to submit all of your weekly selections. If for any reason, the software is not functioning or the server is down, please submit all of your plays via e-mail to support@nationalsportsmonitor.com or please call the office at 516-883-4550 and leave your selections on our voice mail. Please ONLY submit games via E-MAIL or phone in the case of a technical emergency. When leaving your selections, please remember to rate your selections 1-5 units. Although you won't be aware of the line due to the fact that you were unable to log-in, it will be calculated accordingly using the same line for everyone as always.

We urge you to read over the RULES AND REGULATIONS very carefully.

All decisions made by the UHC will be Final.