The Pinburgh Match-Play Championship, a PAPA event sponsored by pair Networks Inc., is the largest pinball tournament in the world, featuring 305 pinball machines and 800 players battling the silverball over three days (Thurs – Sat) of competition. Pinburgh will offer plaques for all of the top finishers in each division and a guaranteed $100,000 prize pool.
Pinburgh’s match-play format offers a social experience as players from all over the world compare skills during a series of multiplayer matches spanning the first two days. On Thursday, each player will compete in five rounds, each consisting of four, four-player matches to determine the appropriate skill division for all players. Divisions will be marked as A / B / C / D, with Division A being the most skilled. On Friday, players will compete against other players solely within their own skill division in order to determine seeding for the final rounds. On Saturday, the top 40 in each division will compete in separate divisional finals.
Pinburgh competitors must pay a $120 tournament registration fee in addition to general admission, making the total cost for Pinburgh and a full event pass $215.
REFUND POLICY: We outsource our ticket sales, event registration, and refunds to ShowClix.com. All ticket purchases, registrations, and refunds will be processed by their team.
Refund requests for general admission tickets will be honored until July 21. Players requesting a refund for the additional tournament registration fee between December 1 and March 15 will receive a full 100% refund. Players requesting a similar refund between March 16 and June 30 will receive a 50% refund. Players requesting a refund for the tournament fee between July 1 and July 21 will receive a 25% refund. No Pinburgh registration refunds will be given after July 21 for any reason. Due to the existing waitlist, Pinburgh tickets CANNOT be transferred to another person. We will issue individual refunds as appropriate and proceed through the waitlist in order. All associated processing fees will be paid by the ticket purchaser when any refund is given. All games used in the Pinburgh tournament will remain on free-play.
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