Frequently Asked Questions

Players can start joining their pools on August 1st, 2020.Buy-in pools close for entries on Monday, September 14 @ 10:09 PM EDT.The main free pool closes on Monday, September 9th at 10:19 PM EST. Other free pools may close at different times, stated in related blog posts about that free pool.You should submit your pick before the weekly deadline or before Sunday @ 12:59 PM EDT. However, there will be different deadlines for picks and entries for the first week. For Week 1, the deadline for making picks is set on Monday September 14 @ 10:09 PM EDT. For Weeks 2 to 17, the deadline for picks of the early games (Thursday Night Football and other pre-Sunday games) is at the scheduled start time of those games.The NFL Survivor Pool will end after the completion of the regular season. Individual pools may end earlier if all participants are eliminated before the end of the season.The guaranteed prize means this is the minimum we will award for that specific pool. If the number of entrants is large enough, then the pool will be larger than the guaranteed amount! 100% of all entries go towards the prize pool. Nitrogen takes zero (0%) in fees. NO RAKE, NO HOUSE CUT.Winners will receive prizes in their Nitrogen Sports account no later than 5 days after the final game of the regular season. In the event that a survivor pool already has a winner before the regular season ends, we will award the prizes early after verification of the accounts and entries of the winners.The total prize of a pool will be split evenly among the winning entries in case more than one person wins it. The formula used will be: Totaldivided by the. This means that if a user has multiple winning entries in the same pool then that user will have a larger share of the shared prize pool.There were 5 entries left standing at the conclusion of the Nitrogen Pool with 30 BTC prize pool. The 5 entries left were from Player A (2 entries), Player B (2 entries) and Player C (1 entry).The total prize pool (30 BTC) divided by the number of winning entries (5) is 6 BTC. Therefore, Player A, who had two entries, will receive 12 BTC; Player B, who also had two entries, will receive 12 BTC and Player C, with one entry, will receive 6 BTC.There were 5 entries left standing at the conclusion of the Nitrogen Pool with 30 BTC prize pool. The 5 entries left were from Player A, Player B, Player C, Player D and Player E.The total prize pool (30 BTC) divided by the number of winning entries (5) is 6 BTC. Therefore, all users will get the equal share of the pot (6 BTC) since no player had multiple winning entries in the poolThere are no rollover requirements involved in any part of this promotion. Winners can withdraw prizes from this promotion at any time.Free pools will award either bitcoin or bitcoin free bets in the sportsbook. Winners from the free pools will have rollover requirements before they can withdraw their prizes. Please check Nitrogen Sports’ general site rules about Promotional Funds rollover requirements.You can absolutely buy into the paid pools more than once! However, you can only submit one entry to the free pool.No, you are not allowed to join pools using multiple accounts. We have extremely sophisticated methods for detecting multiple accounts in our system. Any players or team of players that attempt to defraud the contest by using more than one account will forfeit all promotion prizes and be banned from the contest and other Nitrogen Sports promotions and contests. Any prizes won from fraud accounts and related fraud accounts will be split evenly among all remaining valid winners.No. We are not taking a percentage of the prizes! Every last satoshi is awarded to the pool winner(s). NO RAKE, NO HOUSE CUT.Yes. You can view the picks of other players after the first game on each Sunday has kicked off.All games that end in a tie will be counted as a loss and will end your Survivor Pool entry.You must select a winning team each and every week in order to advance to the next week. That means selecting a team on a bye will be counted as a loss, therefore ending your Survivor Pool entry. You are responsible for knowing which teams are playing (and which ones are not playing) each week when making your selection.No. Your survivor pool picks are final. No refunds will be granted, no picks will be entered by customer support, and no exceptions will be made.If a game is rescheduled or cancelled due to unforeseen events, Nitrogen Sports will do its best to inform the affected players. Ultimately, once the cutoff time is reached, picks are final and cannot be reversed.Yes, you can select your entire list of picks on day one or wait until the closing dates each week. It is entirely up to you.Unfortunately, no. Only winning picks will allow you to move forward to the next round. If you forget to submit a pick for any week, that will count as a loss and mark the end of your Survivor Pool entry.We use the scheduled time for the first game each week. We do not use the kickoff time. All picks that fail to be submitted before the scheduled time will not count and the system will not allow them to be processed. We recommend that you do not leave your picks open until the last minute.No refunds will be granted; no picks will be entered by customer support; and no exceptions will be made.No. All entries are final and will not be refunded. No exceptions will be made.No. All pick submissions are final. Nobody will be allowed to change a submitted pick. No refunds will be granted, no picks will be changed by customer support, no exceptions will be made.In the case of a software defect, users must inform Nitrogen Sports immediately. Taking advantage of any defect -- intentional or not -- (e.g. changing an old pick from an old week, making a pick for a game already started) will result in disqualification from the contest. Any prizes won from defect advantages, if proven to be a technical error from the software’s side, will be split evenly among all remaining prize winners.In case you notice an error in the results (e.g. wrong teams advanced, or wrong teams were graded as wins or losses), please notify Nitrogen Sports immediately by emailing [email protected] or creating a Support Ticket on site. The correct results won’t be affected by these grading errors or other similar errors, and the prizes will be awarded only to the valid winners after the correction is made. All probable errors will be corrected first before declaring any winners in all pools.If the entire season is rescheduled or cancelled, at any point of the season, Nitrogen Sports will evaluate and consider the various scenarios at that point of the season and will come up with a fair decision with regards to the pool payouts.In the case where no rule can be applied, Nitrogen Sports reserves the right to apply their own judgement in handling and weighing the options to resolve the issue. In the case where the judgement can/will affect multiple players, we try our hardest to ensure all decisions remain consistent across all player accounts.