Beat the Bot Official Rules
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1. Sponsor
Beat the Bot (the "Contest") is run by Build Better Digital LLC, 732 S 6th St, Las Vegas, NV 89101 (the "Sponsor"), which publishes the Garbage Time Stats channel.
2. Who can enter
The Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who, at the time of entry, are at least 18 years old and have reached the age of majority in the state where they live (19 in Alabama and Nebraska, 21 in Mississippi). Owners, employees and contractors of the Sponsor and members of their immediate families and households cannot win a prize. The Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law.
3. Contest weeks
The Contest runs in separate weekly rounds, starting November 12, 2026 and continuing through the end of the 2026 NFL season, unless the Sponsor ends it earlier under section 13. Each week the Sponsor posts a card of 5 NFL games with a point spread on each game, and the Sponsor's bot makes its own 5 picks. The time the bot's picks were locked is shown on the entry page, and the bot's picks are shown to you on the entry page as you make yours. Each weekly round opens when the card is posted and closes at the scheduled kickoff of the earliest game on that card. Entries received after that time are not accepted. The Sponsor's computer is the official clock.
4. How to enter
Go to the entry page, pick one side in each of the 5 games, give a handle to be shown publicly and a valid email address that is yours, confirm you are 18 or older, and submit. Entry is free. The first time you enter, the Sponsor emails you a confirmation link. Your entry counts only after you open that link, which you can do at any time before that week is scored. One entry per person and per email address per week. If you submit again with the same email before the round closes, your new picks replace your old picks. Entries made by scripts, bots or any automated method, or with an email address that is not yours, are void. If there is a dispute about who made an entry, it belongs to the authorized account holder of the email address used.
5. Scoring
Each pick is graded against the point spread shown on the card when it was posted. That spread does not change after the card is posted, even if sportsbooks move their lines. You earn 1 point for each correct pick. If a game lands exactly on the spread (a push), nobody earns a point for that game, including the bot. If a game on the card is cancelled, postponed past the end of that NFL week, or not played to an official result, nobody earns a point for that game. Final scores come from the official NFL result as reported by a major sports data provider. The Sponsor's scoring decisions are final.
6. Prize, drawing and odds
There is one prize each week: $100 in cash (approximate retail value $100). Every eligible player whose score for the week is higher than the bot's score for that week is placed in a random drawing run by the Sponsor after the week's last game, and one winner is drawn. Tying the bot does not qualify. If no eligible player beats the bot in a week, no prize is awarded for that week and the prize does not roll over. The odds of winning depend on the number of eligible players who beat the bot that week. The prize cannot be transferred or swapped for anything else.
7. Telling and paying the winner
The Sponsor emails the potential winner at the address used to enter, usually within 3 days after the week's last game. The winner has 7 days to reply and may have to confirm eligibility, age, state of residence and identity before the prize is paid. The prize is paid by one of the methods the Sponsor offers (Cash App, Venmo, PayPal, Zelle or bank transfer), to an account in the winner's own name. The Sponsor collects payment details only from the winner and only to pay the prize. If the winner does not reply in time, is not eligible, cannot be verified, or cannot accept payment by any offered method, the prize is forfeited and the Sponsor may draw another winner from the same pool.
8. Taxes
The winner is responsible for any taxes on the prize. If your prizes from the Sponsor reach the federal reporting threshold in a calendar year, the Sponsor will need a completed IRS Form W-9 before paying and will issue the required tax form.
9. This is not betting
The Contest is free and no money is wagered. The bot's picks and anything else the Sponsor publishes are entertainment, not betting advice, and nothing here promises any result. If you choose to bet on sports elsewhere, do it only where it is legal and only if you are of legal age. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER.
10. Your handle, your email and your information
The handle you enter is shown publicly on leaderboards, and if you win it may be shown on the entry page, in results emails and in Garbage Time Stats videos and posts, without further payment, except where the law does not allow that as a condition of entry. By entering you agree to receive Contest emails from the Sponsor, including weekly results and other messages from Garbage Time Stats. Offers from sportsbooks, if any are ever sent, go only to players who have separately confirmed they are 21 or older. You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in any email. Unsubscribing does not affect an entry you already made. The Sponsor does not sell your email address. How your information is handled is described in the privacy notice.
11. Platforms and leagues
The Contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by or associated with TikTok, Instagram, Meta, YouTube, Google, the NFL or any NFL team, or any sportsbook. Team names and marks belong to their owners and are used only to identify the games. You are giving your information to the Sponsor and not to any of those companies, and you release each of them from any responsibility for the Contest.
12. Release and limits
By entering you agree to these rules and to the Sponsor's decisions, which are final. To the extent the law allows, you release the Sponsor and its owners, employees and contractors from any claims arising from the Contest or the prize, and the Sponsor's total liability to any player is limited to the amount of that week's prize. The Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete or garbled entries or emails, or for technical failures of any kind.
13. Changes and disqualification
The Sponsor may disqualify anyone who tampers with the entry process, enters more than once using different email addresses, or breaks these rules. The Sponsor may cancel, pause or change the Contest if something outside its control (including technical failures, fraud or a change in law) makes it impossible to run fairly. If a week is cancelled after entries were taken, the Sponsor may award that week's prize by random drawing among eligible entries already received.
14. Disputes
These rules are governed by the laws of the State of Nevada. Any dispute will be resolved individually, not as part of a class action, in the state or federal courts located in Clark County, Nevada.
15. Winner list and questions
To ask who won a given week, or to ask anything else about the Contest, reach the Sponsor by email at bag@garbagetimestats.com or by mail at the address in section 1 within 60 days of that week.