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General Rules
Internet Entry Rules
Mail-In Entry Rules

The New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes will be conducted beginning on Tuesday, November 1, 2011 and ending on Sunday, January 8, 2012.

To participate, a Player must submit one (1) nonwinning ticket from any Virginia Lottery holiday game (SILVER and GOLD, SWEET TREATS, PENG-WIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS or JINGLE BENS) via an established entry method for this Sweepstakes. Entries for this Sweepstakes will be accepted via U.S. mail and the Internet.

On Monday, January 9, 2012 the one (1) established drawing date for the New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes, a drawing will be conducted from all eligible entries submitted via the established entry methods and by the established entry deadline date.

To participate in the drawing, all sweepstakes entries must be received at the Lottery by
11:59 p.m. on Sunday, January 8, 2012 for the January 9, 2012 drawing.

Entries submitted will be valid for the drawing based on the date the entry is received by the Virginia Lottery.

The New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes is open to players 18 years of age or older. Players may be required to provide proof of their date of birth.
A player may enter the New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes more than once as long as a different non-winning Virginia Lottery holiday game (SILVER and GOLD, SWEET TREATS, PENG-WIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS or JINGLE BENS) is submitted with each entry. However, a player is eligible to win only one prize in the drawing.
All entries, whether submitted through the US mail or on the Internet have an equal chance of winning a prize.
Chances of winning any prize in the New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes depend on the number of total entries.
This page does not include all official rules. To download all the official rules, click here.

To be eligible to enter the New Year $500 Bonus Sweepstakes on the Internet, you must register as a participant of Lottery Match.

To participate, a player must submit the Sweepstakes Entry Number and Web Code from one (1) non-winning Virginia Lottery holiday game (SILVER and GOLD, SWEET TREATS, PENG-WIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS or JINGLE BENS).

The Sweepstakes Entry Number is the 14-digit number found on the back of the ticket. The Web Code is hidden under the latex on the front of the ticket.
A Sweepstakes Entry Number may be entered only one time.
PLAYERS MUST RETAIN THE NON-WINNING TICKETS THEY ENTER, AS PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY, SO THEY CAN CLAIM THEIR PRIZE IF THEIR ENTRY IS SELECTED.
Players must correctly enter the Sweepstakes Entry Number found on the back of their non-winning scratcher ticket. The Virginia Lottery will not be responsible for Sweepstakes Entry Numbers that are transposed or entered incorrectly.
The Winners selected will each be notified by an official letter or email sent by the Virginia Lottery. Included with the congratulatory letter will be a Claim form, an Affidavit of Eligibility form, return envelope and a complete copy of the sweepstakes rules.

Winners who fail to respond to their winner notification will forfeit their Prize.
Only one (1) entry per envelope. An entry consists of one (1) non-winning Virginia Lottery holiday ticket (SILVER and GOLD, SWEET TREATS, PENG-WIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS or JINGLE BENS).
Print your full name, address, city, state, ZIP code, Date of Birth and daytime telephone number on the back of the ticket. Entries MUST include ALL information to be eligible.
Place the ticket in an envelope no larger than 4.5” x 9.5” and mail to:

Virginia Lottery New Year Bonus Sweepstakes
Post Office Box 2461
Richmond, Virginia 23218
Do not send winning tickets to the Sweepstakes entry address. Tickets that have won a prize are not eligible for drawings.
Entries mailed to any other Lottery address will NOT be eligible for the drawing and will not be returned to the player.
Non-winning holiday tickets (SILVER and GOLD, SWEET TREATS, PENG-WIN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS or JINGLE BENS) that have been entered on the Internet are NOT eligible to be mailed in as entries.
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