MegaFan Ticketfest Promotion Rules

Overview

1.            This promotion will run from 5:00 a.m. (C.T.) on June 30, 2014, until end of day on August 16, 2014(3:00a.m. August 17, 2014)

2.            MVP Club players will receive a contest entry for every purchase of $5 or more of Mega Millions. 

How To Play:

During the promotion, every Mega Millions purchase of $5 or more on one ticket will generate a voucher ticket. On the voucher there will be a seven-digit prize voucher number. Players may enter through their MVP Club membership at www.nelottery.com . Players will enter the seven-digit prize voucher number at www.nelottery.com. To enter, players must provide all required information to complete the entry. In addition, players must retain the voucher ticket for prize verification.

Players will receive one voucher through August 16 for each ticket of $5 or more purchased. All purchases from $5 -$9 on the same ticket will receive one voucher, purchases from $10-$14 on the same ticket will receive two vouchers, etc. Players will have until August 18 at 11:59p.m. to enter at www.nelottery.com, with the final drawing taking place on August 19.

3. MegaFan Ticketfest:

A single drawing will be held on August 19, 2014. All entries received from June 30 through August 18 will be eligible.  Winners will be contacted by a representative of the Nebraska Lottery to complete the verification process.

Prizes

The prizes are as follows:

MegaFan Ticketfest:

How to Enter

4. Online Entries Only:

• Players may enter through their MVP Club membership at nelottery.com.
• One entry requires entering the seven-digit voucher numbers from each voucher received for purchases of $5 or more of Mega Millions.
• The Nebraska Lottery will not accept entries at any of their claim centers or retail locations.
• Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. (C.T.) on August 18, 2014. Entries received after this time will not be eligible for the final drawing and will be destroyed.
• Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-810(5), prior to the payment of any lottery prize in excess of five hundred dollars for a winning lottery ticket presented for redemption to the Lottery, including applicable prizes provided in this promotion, the Lottery shall check the name and social security number of the winner with a list provided by the Department of Revenue of people identified as having an outstanding state tax liability and a list of people certified by the Department of Health and Human Services as owing a debt as defined in section 77-27,161 (the “certified debt”). The Lottery shall credit any such lottery prize against any outstanding state tax liability or certified debt owed by such winner and the balance of such prize amount, if any, shall be paid to the winner by the Lottery. Any such credit of a lottery prize against a state tax liability or certified debt is collectively referred to as an “offset.”
• If the state tax liability or certified debt is greater than the cash prize amount, the Nebraska Lottery will provide a substitute prize for the merchandise prize.  The substitute prize will be a cash amount determined by the Nebraska Lottery in its sole discretion, which amount will not be subject to appeal by the prizewinner and will not include the value of any state or federal tax (collectively referred to as the “cash equivalent”).  The cash prize amount and the cash equivalent will be credited against the state tax liability or certified debt and if applicable, the remaining amount paid to the winner.  As an alternative, the prizewinner may elect to pay the full amount of the state tax liability or certified debt in the amount and in the manner as determined by the Nebraska Lottery in its sole discretion.  If the Nebraska Lottery determines the full amount of the state tax liability or certified debt has been paid in the manner as prescribed by the Nebraska Lottery, the prizewinner will receive the prize as detailed in the promotion.

Players must keep these tickets for verification.  See nelottery.com for more details.

Contest Terms

5.            Only entries submitted by legally eligible players through www.nelottery.com and containing complete and valid information are eligible for this promotion contest. 

6.            Entries which are lost, late, illegible, incomplete, misdirected or incompletely received, including by reason of technical malfunction, network congestion or system incompatibility are ineligible. 

7.            Information provided to the Nebraska Lottery will be kept confidential, and will be used solely by or on behalf of the Nebraska Lottery and will not be shared with or sold to outside parties without prior approval.

8.            The drawings will be conducted at Nebraska Lottery headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Nebraska Lottery will notify contest winners. The identity of contest winners is public information pursuant to Lottery regulations and may be posted on the Lottery website and publicized by other means including, but not limited to, news releases and articles in the Nebraska Lottery players digest and retailer newsletter. 

9.            Prizes awarded in this and any other promotional contest conducted by the Nebraska Lottery are taxable income and may be reported for tax purposes.  Winners of prizes over $500 in value will be checked for outstanding tax and child support liabilities to credit prize awards in accordance with state law.  Prizes over $5,000 in value will automatically have state and federal income tax of 5 percent and 25 percent, respectively, withheld in accordance with state and federal law. 

10.          Prizes won in this contest are not transferable and, unless otherwise stated in the contest rules, may not be assigned except by judicial order. The Nebraska Lottery will substitute a prize of equal or greater value if the advertised prize cannot be awarded due to unavailability for any reason. In such event, certain conditions and restrictions may apply. 

11.          The Nebraska Lottery is not responsible for any travel, lodging, meals or other expense related to claiming any prize. Non-cash prizes may not be exchanged or redeemed for cash value.  Prizes consisting of lottery tickets will be mailed to Nebraska addresses only. Out-of-state winners may pick up lottery ticket prizes at a Nebraska Lottery claim center location by arrangement.

12.          Participants must be 19 years of age or older and be Nebraska Lottery MVP Club members to enter this contest. Employees of the Nebraska Lottery and its contractors, subcontractors and their immediate family members residing in their same household are ineligible. 

13.          Nebraska Lottery MVP Club membership entitles one to receive information concerning Nebraska Lottery products and promotions according to his or her stated preferences.  An MVP Club member may modify his or her member profile at any time by following the directions on the MVP Club member login page on the Nebraska Lottery website at www.nelottery.com. 

14.          The actual tickets from which numbers are submitted must be retained for prize verification and received by the Lottery, along with a valid claim form.  The Lottery is not responsible for lost, stolen, misdelivered, damaged, illegible, or incompletely received tickets or claim forms.

15.          Contest rules, drawing dates, deadlines and procedures are subject to change without notice as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the Nebraska Lottery in its sole discretion.  By entering this contest, all participants agree to be bound by Nebraska state law and the rules and regulations of the Nebraska Lottery.