Local curling fans attending The National in Guelph will have the opportunity to enter for their chance to advance to the semi-finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest
GUELPH, ONT., January 4, 2010 – One lucky Canadian will become the second semi-finalist of the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest at The National in Guelph, Ont. as local fans will be able to enter for their chance to attempt to cover the button for $1 million (CDN), live on CBC Television.
At The National, six lucky fans who filled out a ballot will be randomly selected to compete in an on-site playoff. The on-site playoff will take place during the fourth end break of The National’s championship game on Sunday, January 10. During the on-site playoff, the fan who is closest to the button will win the right to compete in the semi-finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button.
The finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest will take place during the championship game of the BDO Classic Canadian Open, the third leg of the men’s 2009-10 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling series, on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Man.
To enter the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest, individuals can register online at www.capitalone.ca/button or on-site during the opening days of The National. Individuals can also register on-site at the Sleeman Centre in Guelph from January 7-9, 2010. Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on January 10, 2010.
A total of six Canadian curling fans will qualify for the semi-finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button including one representative from the Grey Power World Cup of Curling, The National and the BDO Classic Canadian Open along with three randomly selected online entrants.
Clay Graves, 64, of Toronto, Ont. was the first contestant to qualify for the semi-finals after emerging from a pool of six randomly selected contestants at the Grey Power World Cup of Curling in Mississauga, Ont. when his rock landed 5’3” from the button.
The six semi-finalists will subsequently compete against each other following the semi-finals of the BDO Classic Canadian Open on Saturday, January 23. The semi-finalist who throws the rock closest to the button will earn the right to compete for $1 million in the finals of the Capital One Million Dollar Button.
In order to win the Capital One Million Dollar Button’s grand prize of a one-time payment of $1 million (CDN), the contest finalist must successfully deliver a rock from the hack and have it cover the hole in the centre of the button on a regulation curling sheet. The contest finalist will have just one opportunity to execute the shot.
Should the finalist’s rock miss covering the hole in the centre of the button, but be touching a part of the button, the individual will receive $100,000 (CDN). Alternatively, $25,000 (CDN) will be awarded if the rock is touching the four-foot circle. A prize of $10,000 (CDN) will be awarded if the rock is touching the eight-foot circle while a rock that touches the 12-foot circle will earn $5,000 (CDN). Should the finalist’s rock not touch any of the circles, the individual will receive $1,000 (CDN). Full contest details are available at www.capitalone.ca/button.[1]
The Capital One Million Dollar Button is the first curling-based contest in Canada with a grand prize of $1 million available to be won.
Last year, Ron Trottier of Osoyoos, B.C. came within 35 inches of winning $1 million after his shot slid just past the button. Trottier’s shot was good enough to earn him $10,000 (CDN) as the inaugural finalist of the Capital One Million Dollar Button.
As part of its exclusive agreement, CBC will air live playoff coverage of the first three men’s 2009-10 Capital One Grand Slam of Curling events. CBC will also broadcast the men’s and women’s finals of the 2010 Grey Power Players’ Championship.
Held annually since 2001-02, the Capital One Grand Slam of Curling features the world’s best players in one series.
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[1] There is no purchase necessary to participate in the Capital One Million Dollar Button contest. A math skill-testing question will be required.
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