Score Predictor Terms & Conditions

SPFL Score Predictor Game Terms and Conditions

These Terms and Conditions prevail in the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communications, including advertising or promotional materials. Entry and claim instructions are deemed to form part of the Terms and Conditions and by participating, all entrants will be deemed to have accepted and be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Please retain a copy for your information.

1. The SPFL Score Predictor Game

1.1 The Scottish Professional Football League Limited, a company registered in Scotland with company number SC175364 and having its registered office at Hampden Park, Glasgow, G42 9DE (the "SPFL"), is the operator of the SPFL Score Predictor Game (the "Game").

PROMOTER: Loch Lomond Distillers Limited, Lomond Estate, Alexandria, G83 0TL, Scotland (“Glen’s Vodka” or the “Promoter”).

1.2 The Game is accessible online at www.spfl.co.uk (the "website"). The Game is governed by the game rules which are published on the website (the "Game Rules") and are available to read at www.spfl.co.uk/score-predictor/pages/rules-of-play. Please familiarise yourself with the Game Rules.

1.3 The SPFL may amend or supplement the Game Rules from time to time and the SPFL will be the sole decision-maker of any matter of interpretation of the Game Rules. The Game Rules form part of these terms and conditions.

1.4 By registering for an SPFL Score Predictor account online at www.spfl.co.uk/register and by submitting score predictions, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions which may be updated from time to time. Please read these terms and conditions, including the Game Rules, carefully before registering for an account. Please check regularly for updates to these terms and conditions and for updates to the Game Rules.

1.5 You will comply with the website Terms of Use when you use your SPFL Score Predictor account and when you participate in the Game.

1.6 The Game is a competition which allows participants to compete for prizes. Prizes will be awarded as follows:

to the participant with the most points in the Game in the relevant calendar month during the 2024/25 SPFL season (“Monthly Prize”);

to the participant with the most total points in the Game at the end of the 2024/25 SPFL season (“Grand Prize”); for designated Rounds only, to any participant who predicts all scores correctly in any single “Round” of the Game as detailed in condition 8 below (“Correct Score Prize”). See below at condition 3.1 for information on Rounds and deadlines for Rounds.

1.7 Further details of how to play the Game, the eligibility criteria and the prizes are set out in conditions 3, 4 and 5 below. Please see appendix I and www.spfl.co.uk/score-predictor/pages/rules-of-play for a list of the prizes that are available to win.

2. How to participate

2.1 The Game will run from 10.00am on 09/01/2025  to 11.59pm on 24/05/2025 (the "Closing Date") inclusive. To participate in the Game you must create an SPFL Score Predictor account on the website at www.spfl.co.uk/register. Full name, email address, and date of birth are required in order to create a SPFL Score Predictor account.

2.2 You may register for an account at any time before the Closing Date and you may participate in the Game at any time before the relevant deadline for submitting score predictions for the final "Round" of the Game (see below at condition 3.1 for information on Rounds and deadlines for Rounds).

2.3 Anyone can register for an account to participate in the Game subject to condition 4.1 below. However, you must meet certain eligibility criteria to be eligible to win a prize (see below at condition 4.1).

2.4 When you create an SPFL Score Predictor account, you will be asked to provide a username which will be displayed on the leaderboard on the website. The SPFL reserves the right to reject a username that, in the SPFL's sole opinion, is inappropriate, offensive or confusing. In the event that a username is rejected, the participant will be notified and given seven days within which to change his or her username. If the participant does not respond within seven days the SPFL may, at its sole discretion, suspend the participant's SPFL Score Predictor account until the issue has been resolved to the satisfaction of the SPFL. In the event that the participant responds within seven days with an alternative proposed username and that username is again rejected by the SPFL at its sole discretion, the participant will be treated as being in breach of these terms and conditions and the SPFL will suspend indefinitely or delete the participant's SPFL Score Predictor account.

2.5 No purchase of any item or services is necessary in order to play the Game and there is no charge to register for an SPFL Score Predictor account or to play the Game.

2.6 Internet access is required to register for an SPFL Score Predictor account and to play the game.

3. How to play the Game and earn points

3.1 The Game is divided into "Rounds" and each "Round" will be a grouping of six SPFL league match fixtures as specified by the SPFL ("Round"). The match fixtures which will make up a Round may be selected from any of the four SPFL Divisions (Premiership, Championship, League 1 or League 2). Participants must accurately predict the correct result or score of a match fixture within a Round to earn points. Participants must predict a score for all games in the respective round to enter. Points will be awarded to a participant based on how close his or her score prediction is to the final score of the relevant match fixture (for points breakdown, see condition 3.3).

3.2 In order to qualify for points, you must submit all of your score predictions for a Round by the deadline for that Round. One hour before the official kick-off time of the first game within the Round is the deadline for submitting all of your score predictions for that Round. This means that if the first match in the Round kicks off on Saturday at 3pm and there is another match in the Round that kicks off on Sunday at 3pm, the Round will close for entries on Saturday at 2pm.

3.3 Points are awarded to participants as follows:

3.3.1 Where a participant predicts a correct result but not the correct score (i.e. win/lose/draw): 2 points;

3.3.2 Where a participant predicts a correct score (i.e. correct prediction of the number of goals scored for both teams): 5 points; and

3.3.3 Where a participant fails to predict a correct result or score: 0 points.

3.4 The scoring is calculated on the match result after full time . Goals scored in extra time or penalty shoot-outs are not taken into account in determining how many points are allocated to each participant.

3.5 In addition to submitting score predictions for a Round, you will be asked to provide a Golden Goal prediction for that Round, that is, you should predict the minute of the first goal to be scored in the Round within 90 minutes. Participants' Golden Goal predictions will be used to determine the winner in the event of a tie break if required.

3.6 The SPFL will not accept:

3.6.1 responsibility for score predictions that are incomplete or where there is delayed or lost transmission across the internet, regardless of cause, including, for example, as a result of any equipment failure, technical malfunction, systems, satellite, network, server, computer hardware or software failure of any kind; or

3.6.2 proof of transmission as proof of receipt of score predictions.

3.7 For help with using your account and for guidance on submitting score predictions, please see the Game Rules or contact [email protected].

4. Eligibility

4.1 Anyone may enter to play the Game. However, there are certain eligibility criteria that you must meet in order to be eligible to win a prize. To be eligible to win a prize, participants must be a resident in the UK and aged 18 years or over and must not be:

4.1.1 employees of the SPFL, BIG Partnership, Glen’s Vodka or any of their holding or subsidiary companies;

4.1.2 employees of agents or suppliers of the SPFL, BIG Partnership, Glen’s Vodka or any of their holding or subsidiary companies, who are professionally connected with the Game or its administration;

4.1.3 employees of any SPFL club or any of its holding or subsidiary companies;

4.1.4 members of the immediate families or households of 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and/or 4.1.3 above; or

4.1.5 subject to a Football Banning Order or banned from attending matches by an SPFL club, where the prize is for tickets to a football match or a season ticket for an SPFL club.

4.2 By registering for an SPFL Score Predictor account online, you acknowledge that you will not be eligible to win a prize if you do not meet the eligibility criteria at condition 4.1 above. In the event that the SPFL announces you as the winner of a prize, the SPFL may require you to provide proof that you meet the eligibility criteria at condition 4.1 above.

4.3 The SPFL will not accept score predictions that are:

4.3.1 automatically generated by a computer including by use of ‘script’, ‘brute force’ or any other automated means;

4.3.2 completed (bulk or otherwise) by third parties, trade, syndicated, or consumer groups; or

4.3.3 incomplete, ineligible or misdirected.

4.4 There is a limit of one SPFL Score Predictor account per person.

4.5 There is no limit on the number of SPFL Score Predictor accounts per household provided that condition 4.4 is met.

4.6 There is a limit of one score prediction in respect of any given SPFL match per SPFL Score Predictor accountholder.

4.7 The SPFL reserves all rights to disqualify you if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Game and/or if you are not eligible to claim a prize under this condition 4.

5. Monthly Prize and Grand Prize

5.1 One Monthly Prize will be awarded every calendar month starting from January 2025 and ending in June 2025 (inclusive) for the leaderboard competition. A list of the leaderboard competition prizes is displayed on the website at www.spfl.co.uk/score-predictor/pages/rules-of-play. Prizes include items of football merchandise (EA Sports 25 game on format of choice), a Glen’s Vodka Hamper (including Glen’s Vodka (70cl) & Glen’s Vodka Merchandise (including Glen’s Football Top, Glen’s Bucket Hat & Glen’s Water Bottle) and a £250 cash prize paid via BACS on a secure payment link. One Monthly Prize will be allocated to the participant who has accumulated the most points in that calendar month by 11.59pm on the last day of each month. (the "Monthly Prize Award Dates").

5.2 The Grand Prize is £2,500 cash, payable by bank transfer to a UK bank account.  The Grand Prize will be awarded to the participant at the top of the leaderboard, as displayed on the website, following the conclusion of the last football match of the 2024/25 SPFL season (the "Grand Prize Award Date"). County of residence will be requested from the Grand Prize winner for the purpose of the winners list if no objection is received.

5.3 When determining the winner of the Monthly Prize and/or the Grand Prize (together a “Leaderboard Prize”), if more than one participant is at the top of the relevant leaderboard, the decision will go to a tiebreaker between the leading participants. The leading participants' Golden Goal predictions, as described in the Game Rules, will be taken into account to determine the winner. The leading participant with the most accurate Golden Goal predictions will be the winner.

5.4 The decisions of the SPFL will be final and no correspondence will be entered in to.

5.5 All Leaderboard Prizes awarded in respect of the Game are:

5.5.1 provided by the SPFL & Glen’s Vodka;

5.5.2 Football Top prize sizes are subject to availability;

5.5.3 not negotiable or transferable and for the non-cash elements of the Monthly Prize no cash alternative is available and for the cash elements of the Leaderboard Prizes, no interest is payable.

5.6 The SPFL reserves the right to substitute a prize, or part of a prize, where circumstances beyond its reasonable control require it to do so.

6. Leaderboard cprize winner announcement

6.1 Glen’s Vodka will contact the winner personally within 7 days of the relevant Monthly Prize Award Date or Grand Prize Award Date, using the email address associated with the participant's SPFL Score Predictor account.

6.2 Any winner who claims a Leaderboard Prize will be requested to participate in any reasonable publicity arranged by the SPFL and/or Glen’s Vodka to promote the awarding of the prize, without recompense. This may include pictures, their name and their town which may be posted on social media and/or the website and/or the Glen’s Vodka website. For the avoidance of doubt, any winners who is or appears to be under 25 will not be featured in any publicity.

7. Claiming a Leaderboard Prize

7.1 If you are the winner of a Leaderboard Prize, you will have 14 days from the date that the SPFL initially informed you by email that you are the winner to claim the relevant Leaderboard Prize by responding to the SPFL stating that you wish to claim the Leaderboard Prize and by providing proof of ID including age (passport, driving licence or equivalent form of ID clearly showing the winner’s date of birth) and your delivery address for delivery of any physical Leaderboard Prize. If you do not respond to the SPFL to claim the Leaderboard Prize and to provide your delivery address and ID within those 14 days, or reject your prize, your claim will become invalid and the next based placed participant on the leaderboard will be able to claim the prize.

7.2 Please allow 14 days for delivery of any physical Leaderboard Prizes to the delivery address specified & 7 days for the cash prize fulfilment via BACS on a secure payment link in your response to the SPFL after valid claim and the completion of the verification process.  Physical prizes will be delivered via courier to the specified delivery address. Please note that Glen’s Vodka are responsible and liable for the delivery of any and all Leaderboard Prizes. The SPFL accepts no liability for the loss, theft or delayed receipt of any prize sent by post.  Cash prizes will be paid by bank transfer through a secure payment link so the winner’s bank details will not be viewable by either the SPFL or Glen’s Vodka.

7.3 Leaderboard Prizes may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.

7.4 The SPFL will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner of all Leaderboard Prizes awarded in respect of the Game. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed his or her Leaderboard Prize, or has not provided their ID, or has not confirmed his or her address for delivery of the Leaderboard Prize or rejects their prize within 14 of days of being notified by the SPFL that he or she has won a Leaderboard Prize, the SPFL reserves the right to offer the relevant Leaderboard Prize to the next best placed participant on the leader board as at the relevant Award Date.

7.5 The SPFL does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the relevant Leaderboard Prize.

8. Correct Score Prize operation and winner announcement

8.1 The SPFL and Glen’s Vodka may indicate that for certain Rounds a Correct Score Prize will be available to any participant who predicts all scores correctly in any single Round of the Game. The Correct Score Prize is a pair of GA match tickets for every home league game next season (2025/26) plus a signed top for one team of the winner’s choice. For the avoidance of doubt, the Correct Score Prize will not be operational in every Round and will only be operational where indicated on the Game that it is in operation for that Round, that round being a “CSP Round”.

8.2 Glen’s Vodka will contact each Correct Score Prize winner within 7 days of the last score from the relevant CSP Round has been finalised and the relevant CSP Round has ended with details of how each Correct Score Prize can be redeemed, using the email address associated with the participant's SPFL Score Predictor account.

8.3 Any winner who claims a Correct Score Prize will be requested to participate in any reasonable publicity arranged by the SPFL and/or Glen’s Vodka to promote the awarding of the prize, without recompense. This may include pictures, their name and their town which may be posted on social media and/or the website and/or the Glen’s Vodka website. For the avoidance of doubt, any winners who is or appears to be under 25 will not be featured in any publicity.

9. Claiming the Correct Score Prize

9.1 If you are the winner of the Correct Score Prize, you will have 14 days from the date that the SPFL initially informed you by email that you are the winner to claim the relevant Correct Score Prize by responding to the SPFL stating that you wish to claim the Correct Score Prize and by providing proof of ID including date of birth (passport, driving licence or equivalent form of identification clearly showing the winner’s date of birth) and your delivery address for delivery of the Correct Score Prize. If you do not respond to the SPFL to claim the Correct Score Prize and to provide your delivery address and ID or reject your prize within those 14 days, your claim will become invalid. 

9.2 Please allow 14 days for delivery of the Correct Score Prize to the address specified in your response to the SPFL after valid claim and the completion of the verification process. Prizes will be delivered via courier to the specified delivery address. Please note that Glen’s Vodka are responsible and liable for the delivery of any and all Correct Score Prizes. The SPFL accepts no liability for the loss, theft or delayed receipt of any prize sent by post.

9.3 Correct Score Prizes may not be claimed by a third party on your behalf.

9.4 The SPFL will make all reasonable efforts to contact the winner of each Correct Score Prize awarded in respect of the Game. If the winner cannot be contacted or is not available, or has not claimed his or her Correct Score Prize’, or has not provided their ID and delivery address, or rejects their prize within 14 of days of being notified by the SPFL that he or she has won a Correct Score Prize, the SPFL reserves the right to cancel the Correct Score Prize.

9.5 The SPFL does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up the Correct Score Prize.

10. Limitation of liability

Insofar as is permitted by law, the SPFL,  its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winners or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up any of the Leaderboard Prizes and/or Correct Score Prizes awarded in respect of the Game except where it is caused by a breach of duty of the SPFL, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.  Glen’s Vodka are solely responsible and liable for the delivery of any and all Leaderboard Prizes and/or Correct Score Prizes.

11. Data protection and publicity

The SPFL will only process your personal information as set out in the SPFL’s Privacy Policy which can be found at: www.spfl.co.uk/privacy-policy  See also conditions 6.2  and 8.3 regarding the announcement of the winners. Your personal details will at all times be kept confidential and in accordance with current Data Protection legislation. Data will be stored for three months after the close of the promotion before deletion. You can request access to your personal data, or have any inaccuracies rectified, by sending an email to [email protected]. By participating in the promotion, you agree to the use of your personal data as described here.

12. General

12.1 It is the responsibility of the entrant to provide correct, up-to-date details when entering the promotion and on prize acceptance.  The Promoter cannot be held responsible for winners failing to supply accurate information which affects prize acceptance or delivery of their prize.

12.2 The Promoter will make available the Grand Prize winner’s surname and county of residence to members of the public or regulators who request such details within 3 months of the closing date of this promotion. Entrants can object to disclosure, or request that disclosure be limited in scope by contacting [email protected]. We may nevertheless disclose the information to the Advertising Standards Authority if required to do so. You may request a copy of the winners list by emailing [email protected] Promoter reserves the right to refuse such requests.

12.3 The Promoter reserves the right to verify all participants and score predictions including but not limited to asking for proof of ID including date of birth (passport, driving licence or equivalent form of identification that clearly states the winner’s date of birth). If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these terms and conditions, the spirit of the promotion, any instructions forming part of this promotion’s entry requirements or otherwise where a participant has gained an unfair advantage in participating or won using fraudulent means,  the SPFL and Glen’s Vodka reserves the right to refuse prize to award a prize or withdraw prize entitlement and exclude you from participating in the Game.

12.4 If for any reason any aspect of this promotion is not capable of running as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, network failure, traffic congestion, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of this promotion, the SPFL reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the Game and invalidate any affected predictions.

12.5 If any act, omission, event or circumstance occurs which is beyond the reasonable control of the SPFL and/or the Promoter and which prevents the SPFL and/or the Promoter from complying with these terms and conditions (including but not limited to global or regional health crises, weather conditions, fire, flood, strike, hurricane, industrial dispute, war, terrorist activity, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, epidemic, pandemic, famine, plague or other natural calamities and acts of God), the SPFL and/or the Promoter will not be liable for any failure to perform or delay in performing its obligations but will always endeavour to minimise the effect to participants in order to avoid undue disappointment.

12.6 Neither the SPFL nor the Promoter has control over internet or communication networks and neither is liable for any problems associated with them due to traffic congestion, technical malfunction or otherwise. Neither the SPFL nor the Promoter will be held liable to any individual for any fraud committed by any third party nor for any event beyond its control including, but not limited to, user error and any network, computer, hardware or software failures of any kind which may restrict, delay or prevent participation in the Game.

12.7 It is not the intention of the Game in any way to encourage people to consume excessive amounts of alcohol. The SPFL and Glen’s Vodka encourage responsible drinking and would direct consumers to read http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/ for more information.

12.8 If any of these conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and conditions and the remaining conditions shall survive and remain in full force and effect.

12.9 The Promoter’s decision is final with regard to all promotional matters and no correspondence will be entered into.

12.10  Any question concerning the legal interpretation of the rules will be based on Scottish law and the Courts of Scotland will have exclusive jurisdiction unless you live in England or Wales, in which case your local courts will have jurisdiction.

APPENDIX I

Leaderboard Competition Prizes