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General Rules
Internet Entry Rules
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The Bass Pro Shops® Sweepstakes will be conducted from February 17, 2009 and end on June 7, 2009.

To participate, a player must submit a non-winning Virginia Lottery Bass Pro Shops® ticket available for purchase during the sweepstakes period. Players may enter by US mail or via the Internet.

In conjunction with this Sweepstakes, one drawing will take place on April 20, 2009 and a second drawing will take place on June 8, 2009.

All Sweepstakes entries must be received at the Lottery by 11:59 pm on April 19, 2009 to be eligible to participate in the April 20, 2009 Sweepstakes drawing.

Entries received from April 20, 2009 until 11:59 pm on June 7, 2009 will be eligible to participate in the June 8, 2009 drawing.

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

The Bass Pro Shops® 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 Bass Pro Shops® Sweepstakes more than once as long as a different non-winning Bass Pro Shops® ticket is submitted with each entry. However, a player is eligible to win only one prize per drawing.
All entries, whether submitted through the US mail or via the Internet, have an equal chance of winning a prize.
Chances of winning any prize in the Bass Pro Shops® Sweepstakes depend on the number of total entries.
The Virginia Lottery will not be responsible for entries submitted incorrectly, or received before the February 17, 2009 start date or after the June 7, 2009 entry deadline date. Such entries shall be deemed invalid.
This page does not include all official rules. To download the official rules, click here.

To be eligible to enter the Bass Pro Shops® Sweepstakes on the Internet, you must register as a participant with your full first and last name, street address, city, state and ZIP code, phone number and a valid e-mail address.

If you have registered for previous second-chance drawings such as the Ultimate Poker Experience™ Sweepstakes, there is no need to re-register, unless your e-mail address has changed.

To participate, a player must submit the Sweepstakes Entry Number from one (1) non-winning Bass Pro Shops® ticket.

The Sweepstakes Entry Number is the 14-digit number that is found on the back 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.
All entries received by April 19, 2009 will be eligible for the first drawing on April 20, 2009. Entries for the 2nd drawing must be received by June 7, 2009. The second drawing will take place on June 8, 2009.
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 Sweepstakes Entry Number is the first 14-digit number that is found on the back of the ticket.
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 Bass Pro Shops® 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 Bass Pro Shops® ticket.
Print your full name, address, city, state, ZIP code 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:

Bass Pro Shops® Sweepstakes
P. O. Box 1815
Richmond, Virginia 23219
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 Bass Pro Shops® tickets that have been entered on the Internet are NOT eligible to be mailed in as entries.
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