To enter, first fill out the free NEW USER registration form. After registering, you are ready to play Pro Basketball Pick'em. If you already have a registered SPORTS CHALLENGE account, you do not need to go through this necessary process. Simply click on LOGIN and enter your valid SPORTS CHALLENGE email address and password.

Pro Basketball Pick'em will run from October 20, 2009 to April 14, 2010.

Each day of the Pro Basketball season, you will be able to play the daily Pro Basketball Pick'em ballot. You will predict the winning team for each upcoming Pro Basketball game per ballot. Once you have made your picks and answered the tie breaker questions, you will then click on the Submit button. A submit page will load. You must wait for the timer to countdown to zero on the submit page before your ballot will be officially submitted. Once the ballot has submitted, you will be sent a confirmation email. After the daily Pro Basketball games have ended, your ballot will be scored and you will be sent a results email.

The object of the contest is simple: Try to correctly predict the winning Pro Basketball teams each day throughout the Pro Basketball regular season. A correct selection counts as one ticket. An incorrect selection counts as zero tickets. You do not lose tickets for making an incorrect selection. You do not receive tickets for correct tie breaker selections. The Pro Basketball Leaderboard will be updated when the ballots are scored.

To view the Pro Basketball Pick'em ballot prizes and winners, click on the "View Prizes" button above the Pro Basketball button on the navigation bar. The national participant with the best score on the daily ballot will be awarded 50 BONUS raffle tickets. These tickets do not go towards the Pro Basketball Leaderboard, but rather are bonus tickets to be used in the raffle prize section. If there is a tie for the best ballot score, the tie breaker questions will be exercised to select one ballot winner. If there is still a tie after exercising the tie breaker questions, then a randomized computer drawing will be conducted to select the one ballot winner.

Group Play: You have the option to group yourself with friends, co-workers, or completely random fans by joining or creating a group. Within each group you will be automatically ranked based on your score. If a group is created after the season has started, accrued tickets will be based on the group creation date. Participants can join any public group at any time. If you want to play with a specific group of people you know, create a private group and make it only accessible to those whom you have given the password. The creator of a group sets the group name and password, if applicable. All group participants will select a nickname for the group. You may invite friends to your group by clicking on the "invite friends' link. You may post messages to your group by using the message board in the group.

Scorecard: You may view your local and national ranking on the Pro Basketball Pick'em scorecard page. You may also view your weekly ballots and scores. To view the scorecard of another participant, go to the Pro Basketball Pick'em leaderboard page and click on the username of a participant.