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Click the links below for rules regarding the Deal or No Deal™ Sweepstakes.
General Rules
Internet Entry Rules
Text Entry Rules
Mail-In Entry Rules

The Deal or No Deal™ Sweepstakes will be conducted from September 20, 2007 and end on February 26, 2008.

To participate, a player must submit a non-winning Virginia Lottery Deal or No Deal™ scratcher, available for purchase during the sweepstakes period. Players may enter by US mail, via the Internet or by text message.

In conjunction with this Sweepstakes, two (2) drawings will take place on February 29, 2008 to select the winners and finalists for this Sweepstakes.

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

The Deal or No Deal™ 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 Deal or No Deal™ Sweepstakes more than once as long as a different non-winning Deal or No Deal™ Scratcher ticket is submitted with each entry. However, a player is eligible to win only one prize.
All entries, whether submitted through the US mail, on the Internet or via text message, have an equal chance of winning a prize.
Chances of winning any prize in the Deal or No Deal™ Sweepstakes depend on the number of total entries.
The Virginia Lottery will not be responsible for entries submitted incorrectly, or received before the September 20, 2007 start date or after the February 26, 2008 entry deadline date. Such entries shall be deemed invalid.
This page does not include all official rules. Complete game rules are available from the Virginia Lottery by request. Write to: Virginia Lottery Game Rules, Promotions Department, 900 East Main Street, Richmond, VA 23219.

To be eligible to enter the Deal or No Deal™ Sweepstakes on the Internet, you must register as a participant with your 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 American Idol™ Grand Prize 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 Deal or No Deal™ Scratcher ticket. The Sweepstakes Entry Number is the 13-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 February 26, 2008 will be entered in the February 29, 2008 drawing.
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 and Finalists selected in association with this Sweepstakes will each be notified by an official letter sent by the Virginia Lottery. Included with the congratulatory letter will be a Claim form, an Affidavit of Eligibility form, a pre-paid, pre-addressed UPS return envelope and a complete copy of the Virginia Lottery’s Deal or No Deal™ Official Sweepstakes Rules.

Winners who fail to respond to their winner notification will forfeit their Prize.
To enter using a text message, a player must text their Sweepstakes Entry Number from the back of any non-winning Virginia Lottery Deal or No Deal™ scratcher ticket to 82568.

Standard text messaging rates may apply.
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 February 26, 2008 will be entered in the February 29, 2008 drawing.
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.
If your text entry is selected as a Winner or Finalist, you will be notified by text message sent to your wireless number used to submit the entry.

After sending your physical address to the Lottery, you will notified by an official letter sent by the Virginia Lottery. Included with the congratulatory letter will be a Claim form, an Affidavit of Eligibility form, a pre-paid, pre-addressed UPS return envelope and a complete copy of the Virginia Lottery’s Deal or No Deal™ Official 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 Deal or No Deal™ Scratcher.
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:

Virginia Lottery Deal or No Deal™ 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 Deal or No Deal™ Scratcher tickets that have been entered on the Internet are NOT eligible to be mailed in as entries.
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