Awhile back Proline or the sports lottery, as many label it, changed the official definition of a regulation hockey game, which in reality is defined as lasting 60 minutes in duration. When Proline realized the public was having and gaining reasonable success and cashing in on some relatively big winnings on tickets which included ties some time ago, it was then that it decided to alter the official length of a standard hockey game and make it 65 minutes in duration as opposed to the defined sixty minutes. That's correct, so now if a proline player wants to include a tie on his or her proline hockey ticket, in order for that particular play, tie or selection to win or be successful now, the hockey game in question has to pass the extra five minutes of overtime (yes overtime) and get to the shootout portion of the game.
In conclusion only the shootout portion of a NHL game is considered the tie now and the extra five minutes, which in essence is actually overtime and therefore known as or called a tie by hockey purists and the dictionary definition, is considered part of the regulation portion of the game or simply added to the sixty minutes of action, thereby bringing the total length of a hockey game to sixty-five minutes long. A change only Proline can and basically has gotten get away with and not have to explain its' reasoning behind the glitch or change in the official definition of a standard regulation ice hockey game. Nothing was brought to their attention on a whole and so they began raking in substantial amounts on tickets containing ties, many of which actually were winners if they (Proline) had been forced to abide by the legal and standard defintion, in terms of length, of an ice hockey game. The public or avid gamblers ignored the change and basically the glitch or alteration has been forgotten and Proline continues to rob the general public, moreso now than ever before when hockey season rolls around each year.
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