• You have to check 8 juryo wrestlers : each time these rikishi will win a bout during the tournament, you will score 1 point.
• You have to chose 1 super juryo wrestler you think will make a big number of wins: each time that rikishi will win a bout during the tournament, you will score 2 points. (You can check him among your 8 wrestlers too, so each win will be worth 3 points over all !)
  So, chose the right guy!
• You have to check 1 weak maegashira wrestler possibly back to juryo next basho, into a list of 8 threaten maegashira (ranked at the bottom 16 of the makuuchi table) and you'll increase your total of points with the total of defeats of that weak rikishi!
• You have to check 1 ex-juryo and 1 juryo hope from groups of 8 rikishi each and the same rule: for each win, you'll increase your total of 1 point.
• Attention: kyujo wreslters (or wrestlers who can't compete before the basho. ex: Baruto at Kyushu 2005 with 0-1-14 due to an appendicitis did not compete any day of the basho) won't give any points because for every wrestler injured during the tournament, the fate will be cruel for him and for you if he's part of your selection ... Sorry, there's a big part of luck too, in that game!
• You can play an unlimited number of times before the beginning of the Tournament but only your last selection in memory will be used, of course.
• The deadline will be fixed on Sunday, day one of the basho at 2PM Japan Standard Time. The scrolling message at the bottom of the entry form shows the deadline translated into many time zones.

We will count the points and the players of each division will be classified from the highest to the lowest total of points. When the total is the same for two and more players, the following tiebreakers will be used:

1. most points in Juryo Yusho,
2. most points in Juryo hope,
3. most points in Ex-Juryo,
4. most points in Low Maegashira, and
5. highest rank.

The total of points into each division will be converted to classic sumo scores: we will try to split the table in order to obtain a same number of players who will be kachikoshi than those who will be makekoshi.

The creator of Juryo Game, Jeff "Hoshifransu" Morgillo, offered a prize available to Everybody: an NHK Ozumo magazine. The participation is free. In order to avoid a multi-identities winner and to enable to everybody to participate, it has been decided to give different bonus points for each level. Makuuchi players will all receive 7 points from the start of the basho, Juryo players will all have 5 points, Makushita players will all receive 3 points and 2 points for all the Jonokuchi players. That bonus will be added to the total of points and of course, life will be harder for the low ranked players to win the race, but it will still remain possible. It won't change anything into each division's final standings. Now that he is no longer running the game, it is not known if that tradition will continue. The "Super Yusho" can still be won by everyone.

The purpose of the Juryo Game is to play with the underdogs of the lower ranks and to put the lights on them. Especially in makushita, there ain't no salary. Too many wrestlers are training hard and the fate is cruel for them, too often. So, come on, the Juryo division (mainly) and the lower divisions too!