Happy Holidays Promotion Rules

NEBRASKA LOTTERY
$10,000 HAPPY HOLIDAYS CASH GIVEAWAY
PROMOTION RULES AND PROCEDURES

I. Purpose

A.To ensure that prizes awarded in the $10,000 Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway Drawing are determined impartially and randomly.

B.To ensure that the integrity of the Nebraska Lottery is maintained at all times.

II. Overview

The $10,000 Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway Prize Drawing is a promotion in which players send in ten (10) dollars worth of eligible, non-winning holiday Scratch games, along with a completed entry or ticket back to be eligible for a drawing with a chance to win one of five (5) prizes in the final Happy Holidays grand prize contest on January 15, 2005. Players may enter by placing ten (10) dollars worth of non-winning $1 Holiday Dough, $2 Crazy Kringle Cash, $3 The Name Game Crossword, or $5 Winter Cash Scratch tickets, with a completed ticket back or form into an envelope and mailing it to Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway, Nebraska Lottery, P.O. Box 98944, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-8944. Entries may include any combination of eligible, non-winning $1, $2, $3 or $5 Scratch holiday tickets valued at a total of $10. Each entry of $10 worth of non-winning $1, $2, $3 or $5 Scratch holiday tickets must be in a separate sealed envelope. Each entry with more than $10 worth of holiday Scratch tickets will be considered as one entry.

All participants and winners must be eligible to play the Nebraska Lottery and must otherwise comply with the State Lottery Act and Rules and Regulations of the Nebraska Lottery. By participating in this second chance drawing, participants agree to being photographed and videotaped by the Nebraska Lottery, and in having their images, and non-confidential information about them used in advertising, educational and promotional activities of the Nebraska Lottery. The Nebraska Lottery is not required to provide any additional consideration for these activities.

Promotion rules and procedures are subject to change as determined necessary or appropriate by the Lottery Director without additional public notice.

Drawings. The Nebraska Lottery will hold five (5) preliminary drawings during the promotion to select a total of five (5) semi-finalists for the Grand Prize Drawing. The 2004 preliminary drawing dates are December 14, December 21, and December 28, 2004. The 2005 preliminary drawing dates will be held on January 4 and January 11, 2005. Entries are due by 5:00 p.m. on the day preceding each drawing. Entries not drawn will be destroyed. The odds of an "Entry" being drawn are dependent on the number of eligible entries received. The Nebraska Lottery reserves the right to open the entries following the drawing date to obtain player information for statistical and other purposes. Although entries selected in the drawing will be reviewed to determine their compliance with the rules, other entries will not be examined to determine whether they contain winning tickets. The Nebraska Lottery is not responsible for lost mail, any mail delays, or for any winning ticket claims or other correspondence sent to the second chance drawing address. An individual entrant may be selected only once to be a Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway semi-finalist; however, players may submit multiple entries. Entries for the fifth and final preliminary drawing will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. (C.T.) on Monday, January 10, 2005. Entries received after this deadline date and time are not eligible for the drawing and will be destroyed.

III. Prizes

A.Five (5) prizes in the Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway contest will be awarded on Saturday, January 15, 2005. The Grand Prize winner will win $10,000 cash. The second place winner will win $1,000 cash. The third place winner will win $750 cash. The fourth place winner will win $500 cash. The fifth place winner will win $250 cash. All five (5) semi-finalists will receive a prize package that includes 25 $1 Scratch coupons, a Nebraska Lottery blanket, a Nebraska Lottery T-shirt, and a Nebraska Lottery duffel bag.

B.All prizes must be claimed by drawing winners to the Nebraska Lottery within 60 (sixty) days after the Grand Prize Drawing or they are forfeited and become unclaimed prizes.

C.Neither the Nebraska Lottery nor its vendors or suppliers are liable for any delays in travel which result from acts of God, public enemy, earthquake, fire, flood, explosion, epidemic, quarantine, strikes, freight embargoes, closure of all major access roads to a geographic region, weather or other causes beyond the control of the Nebraska Lottery.

IV. Drawing Dates, Times and Locations

The preliminary drawings will take place on the above indicated dates at the GTECH Warehouse at 4700 Bair Avenue in Lincoln, Nebraska. If all entries do not fit within the drawings container the Lottery Drawing Manager will divide the entries received evenly by weight into bags. Immediately prior to the draw, an equal number of entries will be withdrawn from each bag until the drawings container has approximately 125 pounds of entries however the drawings container shall not be filled more than half full. A drawing for the one (1) winner of each drawing will take place immediately after the drawings container is filled and locked. The drawn finalist will be contacted by the Drawing Manager and will be announced through the Nebraska Lottery's public relations office and on the Nebraska Lottery website.

V. Eligibility

A.Ten (10) dollars worth of eligible, non-winning holiday Scratch tickets which have been duly issued, and which have been fully completed and mailed in a single envelope with a completed ticket back to the Nebraska Lottery and received prior to 5:00 p.m. (C.T.) on the day preceding each preliminary drawing shall be considered an eligible entry.

B.To be eligible for the Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway Drawing, entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. (C.T.) the day before each preliminary drawing at Nebraska Lottery Headquarters in Lincoln, Nebraska by mail to the indicated P.O. Box. Entries received after 5:00 p.m. on each due date and entries not drawn in each preliminary drawing will be destroyed. The Nebraska Lottery reserves the right to open any entries following the drawing dates to obtain player information for statistical and other purposes. Although entries selected in the drawings will be reviewed to determine compliance with the rules, entries drawn will not be examined to determine whether they are winning Scratch tickets.

C.An individual entrant may be selected only once to be a Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway semi-finalist. Five (5) different semi-finalists will be chosen. Each of the five (5) Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway winners must be a different person.

D.At least one ticket back in an entry must be fully completed, showing the printed name, address, and phone number and signature of the individual submitting the entry. Envelopes which contain entries bearing more than one person’s name shall be disqualified. Envelopes not containing a duly issued and fully completed ticket back shall be disqualified.

E.Individuals must be at least 19 years of age to be eligible to enter this promotion and to win a prize.

F.Attempts will be made by the Drawing Manager or his or her designee to contact each of the semi-finalists by telephone and / or certified mail. The Drawing Manager may utilize alternative methods to contact the semi-finalists at the Drawing Manager’s discretion.

G.Only one "Entry" is allowed for each envelope. If more than one (1) entry is contained in an envelope it will be counted as a single "Entry". Multiple entries may be mailed together in a larger envelope PROVIDED that each individual entry envelope includes $10 worth of eligible, non-winning holiday Scratch tickets with the back of at least one ticket completely filled out. The larger envelope containing multiple entries must be clearly marked “MULTIPLE ENTRIES ENCLOSED”. Envelopes containing multiple entries but not so marked will not be opened but will be entered as one entry only.

H.All entries must otherwise comply with the State Lottery Act, Lottery rules and regulations, and all applicable forms, notices and publications. Employees of the Nebraska Lottery, its vendors, and members of their immediate families are ineligible to participate.

VI. Handling and Storage of Entries

A.Entries will be collected from the Post Office by a member of the Marketing Staff of the Nebraska Lottery and secured by the Drawing Manager.

B.Entries will be processed and stored in a secured area at the Nebraska Lottery or at a designated location for Nebraska Lottery use at the GTECH Warehouse at 4700 Bair Avenue in Lincoln. To the extent possible, processing will include eliminating other items that may have been deposited in the Nebraska Lottery Post Office box, and checking to ensure that the Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway entries have not been accidentally mixed with other second chance drawing envelopes or with prize claim envelopes.

C.The Drawing Manager will supervise transport of the entries to the drawing site.

D.Entries not drawn, or which are received after the draw date will be destroyed by the Nebraska Lottery at the direction of the Lottery Director.

VII. Drawing Preparations

A.Supplies

1.Drawings container.

2.Camcorder with an audio track to record drawing.

3.Appropriate Form(s).

4.Drawing Manager Program.

5.Finalist envelope.

6.All eligible entries.

7.Plastic bags.

8.Calibrated scale.

9.Static Guard spray.

B.Personnel

The drawing team will, at a minimum, consist of the Drawing Manager, an Entry Drawer, and the Systems Auditor or a member of Investigations Division. The Entry Drawer can be any person, including a Nebraska Lottery employee. The Entry Drawer must be someone who has not entered an Entry in his or her name into the drawing and may not claim any winnings should an Entry bearing his or her name be drawn. No one person may participate in more than one role during a drawing, although each member of the drawing team may assist other members in their functions. Additional Lottery-approved staff may be included to assist the drawing team.

1.Drawing Manager will be responsible for the following duties:

a.Process mail, including picking up mail at the Post Office box and securing in plastic bags.

b.Ensure all necessary equipment and supplies are available and in good working order.

c.Ensure all required personnel are present, briefed, and prepared to conduct the drawing.

d.Ensure all required documents and forms are completed in a timely manner.

e.Supervise all aspects of the drawing process, including set-up and take-down of equipment and all drawing(s) (as appropriate).

f.Supervise staff in drawing assignments.

g.If initial draws are necessary, separate the envelopes into plastic bags evenly by weight.

h.Ensure initial and final drawings are videotaped with an audio track for Lottery security purposes.

i.Halt the drawing if anything improper is observed.

j.Approve continuation of the drawing once any observed problem is corrected.

k.Examine each drawn entry in cooperation with other members of the drawing team to ensure it is valid and eligible.

l.Secure each drawn entry.

m.Notify winners and certify their identity and eligibility.

n.Prepare and certify a list of all winners.

o.Designate duties or obtain the services of additional Nebraska Lottery personnel as needed or desired.

2.Entry Drawer will have the following responsibilities:

a.Inspect equipment to satisfaction that the drawing is random.

bParticipate in all drawings.

c.Draw the designated number of envelopes from the drawing drum, handing each to the Drawing Manager.

dObserve the Drawing Manager record the name, address, and phone number in a drawn entry in the appropriate place on the Prize Winners Form for every entry drawn.

e.Sign a form certifying the above steps have been followed for the drawing(s) in which he or she participated.

3.The Systems Auditor or a Member of Investigations Division will have the following responsibilities:

a.Witness the drawing.

b.Sign a form certifying that to the best of their knowledge, all steps were followed for the drawing(s) which he or she witnessed.

VIV.Drawing Procedures

A.The Drawing Manager will ensure that all entries that have been properly submitted by the deadline date and time are available for the drawing.

B.The Drawing Manager will notify drawing team members and other participating persons of the time designated to assemble at the drawing site.

C.The Drawing Manager will arrange for transportation of entries and drawing equipment to the drawing site.

D.At the time designated, the drawing team will assemble to set up and inspect equipment. The Drawing Manager will ensure that all equipment is available and in good working condition.

E.Prior to any preliminary drawing, the Drawing Manager will brief and prepare the Drawing Team explaining the drawing procedures. After the drawings container drum has been filled with up to 125 pounds of entries (the drawings container shall not be filled more than half full), the drawings container will be rotated twenty (20) times. The Drawing Manager will instruct the Entry Drawer to reach into the drum and select one of the envelopes.

F.Depending on the number of entries submitted, the drawing may be held in multiple steps. If the number of entries is less than 125 pounds, one drawing for the winning entries will be held following procedures outlined below, skipping paragraphs I, J and K.

G.If the number of entries exceeds 125 pounds, or if the drawings container is filled more than half full, a number of initial drawings will be held to draw the entries that will be included in the preliminary prize drawings.

H.Prior to beginning the drawing process, the Drawing manager will ensure that a video camera is positioned to tape all drawing activities. At the beginning of the videotaping, the date and time of the drawing should be indicated. Each preliminary or Grand Prize drawing will be taped from just prior to the mixing of the entries until after all entries have been drawn. Recording may be paused between drawings.

I.For each preliminary drawing if initial drawings are necessary, the entries will be thoroughly mixed within equally weighted plastic bags. The Drawing Manager will request that the Entry Drawer draw an equal number of entries, determined by weight, from each bag until the drawings container holds 125 pounds of entries; however, the drawings container shall not be filled more than half full. The Entry Drawer will hand the drawn entries to the Drawing Manager who will weigh them and then place them in the drawings container for the final drawing. The number of entries to be drawn from each bag will depend on the total number of entries received and number of entries required to fill the drawings container to 125 pounds to a maximum of one half full.

J.All entries not chosen in an initial drawing will be placed and sealed in plastic bags immediately after the preliminary drawing is completed to ensure that they are not intermixed with those either selected for the preliminary drawing, or those entries for previous or subsequent drawings. The Drawing Manager will ensure the placement of the envelopes in the plastic bags and sealing of the plastic bags.

K.After all preliminary drawings have been completed and all non-selected entries are securely sealed in plastic bags, the final prize drawing may commence.

L. At the designated time of the final drawing, the drawings container will be rotated twenty (20) times.

M.A single entry will be withdrawn from the container by the Entry Drawer. The entry drawn will be examined by the drawing team to ensure it qualifies according to these guidelines and that it is properly filled out. If the drawing team determines the entry valid at this point, the Drawing Manager will secure the entry, date and mark it as a Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway winner.

N.Steps L and M will be repeated until one (1) eligible entry per drawing is chosen as a Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway contestant.

O.After the one (1) preliminary finalist has been selected and determined initially valid and eligible, the Drawing Manager will contact the individual designated on the entry. Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway finalists must provide their Social Security number and other personal identification to be finally determined as a Happy Holidays Cash Giveaway Finalist. The Drawing Manager will prepare and certify a Finalist list.

P.When the drawing is completed, the equipment will be secured and all non-winning entries will be placed and sealed in plastic bags.

Q.The Drawing Manager may alter the timing of any step of the drawing, or pause any drawing activity, to accommodate television or other media coverage or to ensure the security and integrity of the drawing.

IX. Awarding of Prizes

A.The prize, less any delinquent taxes and/or delinquent child support payments will be awarded to the appropriate individual winning entrant after he or she provides valid and sufficient personal identification proving his or her identity as the winner and after he or she completes a Nebraska Lottery Winner Claim Form.

B. The Accounting Supervisor will ensure that all applicable Lottery forms are completed by winners before warrants are issued.

C.Any additional local, state, federal or other taxes, expenses or surcharges associated with the prizes not mentioned in these rules are the responsibility of the winner. The Nebraska Lottery is not responsible for any travel expense related to claiming any prize.

X. Resolution of Improprieties or Irregularities

A.At any time during the drawing, any member of the drawing team may request the Drawing Manager to bring the drawing to an immediate, temporary halt if they observe any incident appearing to jeopardize the validity or integrity of the drawing.

B.Immediately after any such temporary halt, the drawing team will confer to determine an appropriate course of action. If there is agreement among the parties as to a particular course of action, that course of action will be taken.

C.If there is no agreement, the parties will review the videotape. If there is agreement among the drawing team members after viewing the videotape as to a particular course of action, that course of action will be taken.

D.If there is no agreement among the drawing team members, the course of action will be determined by the Drawing Manager.

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Published on 12/09/2004